Meeting Minutes: 2008-03-20

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The meeting was called to order at 6:15 PM by HCDCC Chairman, Don Rogers.

Meeting Agenda:

  • Call to Order
  • Approve Agenda
  • Approve last month’s meeting minutes
  • Approve financial statement for March
  • New Business:
    • Voter registration at Red Cross Health Fair on April 26 – Need Volunteers to work
    • Local Democratic campaigns?  Other events?
  • Old Business
  • Adjournment

AGENDA:  A motion was made to approve agenda made by Vickie Rock, seconded by Nicki Schumaker and unanimously approved by all in attendance.

PREVIOUS MINUTES:  2-13-08 Minutes were approved at a brief meeting held at Vickie Rock’s house just prior to the County Convention to assure that all planning-actions had been met.  No meeting minutes were taken at that meeting nor were any posted on the site.

TREASURER’S REPORT:  Vickie Rock handed out copies and explained the treasurer’s report.  A motion to accept the Treasurer’s report was made by Nicki Schumacher, seconded by Gordon Schumacher, and unanimously approved by meeting attendees.

NEW BUSINESS:

  1. Voter Registration Project at the Red Cross Health Fair, Saturday, April 26, 2008.  Nicki explained that we will be providing voter registration services at the Fair and will need volunteers for three time slots.  In registering new voters, it is important for volunteers to understand that they can make no comments as to candidates running for office and that we are registering ANY voter … not just Democratic voters.
    • 09:00-10:00 AM:  Nicki Schumacher
    • 10:00 -11:00 AM:  Don & Carolyn Rogers
    • 11:00 – 12:00 PM:  Volunteer still needed
  2. Meeting Calendar:  Members in attendance felt it might be a good idea to hold two meetings monthly (in an attempt to possibly energize more local Democrats).  Business meetings would be held on the 2nd Saturday of each month, and a social gathering would be held on Thursday evenings just prior to our Saturday business meeting.  Business meeting location was set as the back meeting room at RoundTable Pizza.  Location for the social gathering may float from location to location.
    • Next Business Meeting:  Saturday, April 12,  11:00AM-1:00 PM, RoundTable Pizza
    • Next Social Gathering: Thursday, April 10, 6:00-8:00 PM, RoundTable Pizza
    • Meeting attendees agreed they would attend the ‘Social Gathering’ and that they would bring one guest with them.
  3. Fund-raising:  Attendees at the meeting agreed that in order to be able to host events in the local community, some type of fund-raising activities will need to be undertaken.  Ideas tossed around at the meeting included the following items (though no activities were approved as yet to be undertaken):
    • Rummage/Yard Sale
    • Raffle of a patriotic lab quilt
    • Dinner with a candidate
  4. Democratic Mailings:  Gordon Schumacher brought a mailing that he’d received from the Democratic Party 2008 Victory Drive and asked if anyone in the room had received a similar mailing.  No one else had received one.  He asked that the HCDCC explore why ‘all’ Humboldt County Democrats didn’t receive the mailing.
  5. Potential 2008 Activities:  A short discussion was held to attempt to identify activities we could sponsor throughout 2008 to draw attention to our fledgling organization and at the same time support Democratic candidates standing for election.  While 4th of July and Hot August Nights  festivities were recognized as opportunities, no specific events we could host were identified at this time.
  6. Standing Committee Chairs:  Per the Bylaws approved at the County Convention, we need to elect individuals to serve as Chairs of 5 standing committees (descriptions of their duties appear in Section 16 of the Bylaws.  Anyone interested in serving as Chair of any of these committees is asked to please send an email to HCDCC@sbcglobal.net to express your interest:
    • Finance/Fund-raising
    • Program/Political Action
    • Membership/Candidate Recruitment
    • Publicity/Public Relations
    • Administration

OLD BUSINESS: None

ADJOURNMENT:  Vickie Rock made a motion to adjourn the meeting, Gordon Schumacher seconded the motion, and the meeting adjourned around 8:00pm.

ATTENDEES:  Don Rogers, Carolyn Rogers, Roger Rock, Vickie Rock, Sam Potter, Beatrice Asher, Patrick Henigin, Gordon Schumacher, Nicki Schumacher