Inland Mendocino Democratic Club Executive Committee Minutes
DATE: 03-15-2022
TIME: 5:30 PM
PLACE: Zoom Meeting Click Here
Meeting ID 894 0277 5632 Passcode 304953
Members Present: Phyllis Mervine
Exec Members Present: Fred Mervine, Helen Sizemore, Judy Popowski, Jim Mastin, Steve Scalmanini, Kayla Meadows, Scott Miller, Robin Sunbeam
Quorum: A quorum is present
- Call to order / Welcome
- Revision and approval of agenda
20241115 Motion to Approve Agenda: Approved by a majority - Public Comment and Announcements
- Consider February Minutes
20241115 Motion to Approve Minutes : Passed by a majority
- Chair’s Report
- Mobile Headquarters: Fred put together an interactive plan. https://inlandmendodems.org/WP/MHQPlan/
- Fred made a walk-through of the plan - about 45 minutes. https://inlandmendodems.org/WP/mhq-project-plan/
- Treasurer’s Report
Scott is not here yet, so we assume everything is more or less the same as last month.
20241115 Motion to Approve treasurer's report: Passed unanimously
- Business
- Review and discuss MHQ Plan
- Next Club Meeting Speakers Options
- Estelle Clifton Jackson Demonstration Forest.
- A forum of our 3 & 5 District Democratic Candidates?
- Mike McGuire talk about the Great Redwood Trail now that the NCRA is being disbanded?
- Michael Hunter about the Jackson Demonstration Forest. Helen will invite Michael Hunter and ask if he wants to talk together with Estelle.
- Darcy Anvil can talk about the new county CEO.
- Maybe someone can talk from the local businesses about surviving after the pandemic
- Maybe the future of the coast mill site for a topic in the near future.
- Chamise is running for the new post of Treasurer/Assessor unopposed.
- Mobile Headquarters Team Reports
- MHQ Guide- Helen
- Helen watched the video with Kayla. They came up with an outline of their intention for the “Pilot’s Handbook.” Kayla is wondering about reimbursement of gas money? Perhaps we can have a request form to be reimbursed. They wrote a detailed draft. Goals:
- Register voters.
- Recruit new members.
- Support candidates.
- Raise money.
- Helen watched the video with Kayla. They came up with an outline of their intention for the “Pilot’s Handbook.” Kayla is wondering about reimbursement of gas money? Perhaps we can have a request form to be reimbursed. They wrote a detailed draft. Goals:
- MHQ Kit - Robin
- Robin reviewed the contents of the voter registration kit she sent to Fred. We can also use the QR code that goes straight to the State voter registration website. Where will we get the bling from each candidate? We could use US flags wedged into the dirt, a popup with our club name painted on the flap, and other signs from the storage space.
- Robin will send Helen and Kayla the voter instructions we developed in the Voter Registration Committee.
- We can provide fliers for other advocacy organizations, like Mobilize Us, etc. Under the umbrella of the MCDCC, we can provide literature to support federal candidates. Visibility!
- How will people even notice us? We can display the candidate yard signs around the vehicle. Helen asked Richard Shoemaker, but he doesn’t know where the big magnetic signs that Joe used on the side of his big ass van. We can order new ones!
- MHQ Plan - Fred
- Fred will continue developing the MHQ master plan.
- Fred will continue developing the MHQ master plan.
- MHQ Sites - Jim
- Jim and Scott will scope out the sights. Scott also will find out if we can set up at farmers markets. Jim and Scott will work together on a site plan beginning with all the sites that Joe used last time.
- Fred will send Joe’s old schedule to Jim.
- Scott & Jim will meet on Friday afternoon.
- MHQ Voter Data - Judy
- Fred wants a baseline of voting statistics to compare over time to see if we are making a statistical difference. Judy will ask the MCDCC for statistics from MO to find out the number of registered voters in Mendocino County in 2018 & 2020 by zip codes and how many registered Democrats voted?
- MHQ Recruitment - TBD
- It is easier to recruit volunteers if we have a specific time and place rather than offer an open schedule. We need to begin recruiting people ASAP! Give the membership PLENTY of advanced notice about the MHQ.
- The whole plan depends upon volunteers. We need to begin recruiting people ASAP!
- We will use our member list and contact each member to encourage participation in this project.
- Fred will contact Mike Pallesen to see if he can join us
- It is easier to recruit volunteers if we have a specific time and place rather than offer an open schedule. We need to begin recruiting people ASAP! Give the membership PLENTY of advanced notice about the MHQ.
- MHQ PR - TBD
- Send reminders out with every newsletter. Schedule, signups, and all documents will be posted on inlandmendodems.org
- Send reminders out with every newsletter. Schedule, signups, and all documents will be posted on inlandmendodems.org
- MHQ Schedule - TBD
- It is easier to recruit volunteers if we have a specific time and place rather than offer an open schedule.
- MHQ Deployment - TBD
- MHQ will work better staffed with two people when possible
- MHQ Provision Kits - TBD
- Good of the Order
Meeting ended 7:11pm
- Next meeting:
April 18, 2022
PLACE: Zoom Meeting Click Here
Meeting ID 894 0277 5632 Passcode 304953
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