PCD-CC Minutes 8/09

Polk County Democrats Central Committee Meeting -  DRAFT MINUTES

August 6, 2009

Polk County Courthouse, Dallas, Oregon

Present: Jason Brown, Gloria Holland, Rob Breyer, Carol Infranca, Lee Schlenker, Alyce Perry, Harriet Feder, Jean Sherbeck, Sue Olmstead, Ron Dodge, Suzi Price, Lisanne Pearcy, Timothe Seelbach, Alan Holland, Chris Wilch, Pete Christiansen

Vice chair, Jason Brown, called the meeting to order at 7:05 and led the group in the flag salute. Each person introduced him/her self.

Lisanne Pearcy moved and it was seconded to approve the minutes with minor corrections.  Motion passed.

Chair's Report:  Alan Holland reported that the booth at the Polk County Fair has been operating, but needs more volunteers during the fair. There are also volunteer opportunities at the State Fair.

Financial Report:  Linda Williams was not present to give the report.

Fair Staffing Report:  Peter Wells is in charge of the booth at the county fair, and he is at the fair during this meeting. 

                  Sue Olmstead reported that she is booking volunteers for the State Fair on August 29.  Anyone interested may sign up with Sue.

Airlie Winery Fundraiser:  Sue Olmstead had tickets for sale for $5. The event will happen on August 15,  from 1-4 at Airlie Winery. Call 503-838-6279 for more information.

DPO Hosting the State Central Committee Meeting:  Alan reported that the state central committee would like to hold the next meeting in Salem at a local union hall.  In the evening - of September 19 - there would be a social/dinner.  The question was:  do the Polk County Dems want to co-host this event with Marion County? Sue Olmstead volunteered to attend a planning meeting with Marion County. Lisanne suggested that Sue seek to understand what the financial benefit would be to the Polk Dems, should we participate.

Jason Brown moved and it was seconded that the Polk County Democrats work with the Marion County Democrats to assist in organizing the State Central Committee in September.  Motion Passed.

Campaign for Change:  A quarterly project has been on-going since the last general election.  This September, the theme is the "Back to School."  Harriet Ferder moved and it was seconded that Polk County Democrats bring school supplies for the Organization for America events on September 3 by participating in the bringing of school supplies at the September meeting to include Democratic volunteers and phone numbers in an announcement so that people who can't come to the next meeting can drop school supplies off in advance.  The motion passed.

Gloria will notifiy the Itemizer and the Statesman of the next meeting with an announcement of the school supply  drive to be finished by the September meeting.

Post Cards to Congress:  Jason Brown distributed post cards to attendees along with information regarding the current health care issue.  He discussed the Democratic Party stand on health care. A discussion followed. It was the general consensus that further discussion should take place at the next CC meeting, when participants are more familiar with the issue.

Litter Patrol:  Alan will head up a litter patrol on Sunday, September 13 at 1:00 pm at the Rickreall Firehall. Everyone is encouraged to show up and help out.

Strategic Plan:  Suzi Price  and Timothe Seelbach presented an explanation of the work the Process and Rules Committee has been doing on the current Strategic Plan.

                  What follows is the finding of the committee's survey indicating what CC members believe the Polk County Democratic Party should be doing:

                  Engage in Community: Fairs, Litter Patrol, etc (44)

                  Build a Volunteer Force:  (34)

                  Build a strong, sustainable structure - Grow party (26)

                  Grow Financial strength (26)

                  Get More Democrats in local and state offices (21)

                  Develop a set of values and positions (7)

A full report of the Strategic Plan will be sent to the secretary and will be made available at the next meeting. Contact Timothe, Suzi, or Lizanne for more information about the Strategic Plan.

General Discussion:

Jason suggested we have a Health Care House Party and show a film about the issue.  Chris Wilch offered his home for the event.  There was a discussion about inviting the volunteers from the Obama list. Chris will choose a date for the event, and the planning will take place in the coming weeks.

Lisanne will bring tickets for the Pentacle play "Stop Kiss" to the Airlie Winery so that people will be able to  have them to sell to family and friends.

Lisanne moved and it was seconded to table the Health Care Resolution until the next meeting.  Motion passed.

Timothe moved and it was seconded to ask the secretary to send the Health Care Resolution sent out before the next meeting.  The motion Passed. Jason will send the Resolution to the secretary via e-mail.

Suzi moved and it was seconded to appoint Alyce Perry as a PCP in Precinct 162.

The next meeting will take place on September 3, 2009 at the Polk County Courthouse, with the social beginning at 6:30 pm and the meeting beginning at 7:00 pm.

The meeting was adjourned at 9:07 pm.

Minutes taken by Gloria Holland, secretary.