Community Caucuses & Outreach Organizations

Community outreach organizations and community caucuses are required to provide a report per DFL Constitution Article XIII, as outlined in the DFL Rule Book pages A-13 through A-15, in order to be certified for the following biennium.

Timeline and Process:  

• Every two years, the Party Affairs Committee reviews the biennial reports of the community outreach organizations and community caucuses and makes appropriate reports to the relevant governing bodies of the party for each.  Biennial reports cover the period of January 1 of an odd-numbered year through December 31 of the following even-numbered year, and are filed on or before January 31 of the following odd-numbered year.

• The Party Affairs Committee may, in partnership with community outreach organizations and caucuses, develop guidelines for reports.  Any guidelines for reports covering a given biennium must be published no later than July 1 of the even-numbered year of that biennium.   Such guidelines do not constitute rules and do not impose additional requirements for reports or for community outreach organizations and community caucuses beyond those described in the Rule Book. 

• Beginning in the fourth quarter of even-numbered years, the Party Affairs Committee contacts the officers of each community caucus and community outreach organization to establish the biennial recertification procedures and timeline.  Community outreach organizations and community caucuses are provided a report questionnaire to facilitate this effort.  Reports are filed on or before January 31 of the odd-numbered year.  The State DFL Party Affairs Committee shall review the report of each community outreach organization or community caucus based upon the criteria as stated in the DFL Constitution.  This review is completed, and the results communicated back to the organization, in time for the results of the review and the committee’s recommendation to be placed on the agenda for the next State Central Committee meeting, but no later than 30 days prior to the next State Central Committee meeting. The Party Affairs Committee reviews all reports and submits its recommendations for consideration at the first State Central Committee meeting held after the DFL Business Conference in odd-numbered years, unless the report is submitted more than 45 days late. Reviews of such late reports are completed and the results communicated back to the organization, in time for the results of the review and the committee’s recommendation to be placed on the agenda for the second State Central Committee meeting after the DFL Business Conference.  

Example Biennial Recertification Report Form