Inland Mendocino Democratic Exec Committee Minutes 4-22
DATE: April 19, 2022
TIME: 5:40 PM
PLACE: Zoom Meeting Click Here
Meeting ID 894 0277 5632 Passcode 304953
Exec Members Present: Fred Mervine, Helen Sizemore, Judy Popowski, Jim Mastin, Steve Scalmanini, Kayla Meadows, Scott Miller, Robin Sunbeam
Guests: Phyllis Mervine
Quorum: YES
- Call to order / Welcome
- Revision and approval of agenda
20241114 Motion to Approve Agenda as revised: duly seconded and passed - 6 ayes - March 22 Executive Committee Minutes
20241114 Motion to Approve Minutes as revised: duly seconded and passed unanimously
- Chair's Report
- Continue planning for MHQ - everybody needs to be engaged
- I met with Kenny Jowers to get his ideas on how to energize the club. See my report with notes from that meeting.
- Published the April Newsletter
- Fred will get together with Robin to show her how to login to the IMDC website and post the minutes herself
- Treasurer’s Report
20241114 Motion to Approve treasurer's report as revised: duly seconded and passed unanimously
- Discussion ensued regarding renewing lapsed memberships.
- 20241114 IMDC will send a special mailer to non-active members offering to give them the opportunity to renew their membership for the remainder of this year and next year. Deadline of June 1.: duly seconded and passed unanimously
- Business
- Endorsements - should we endorse any local candidates for the primary -e..g. John Haschak, Ted Williams
- Steve reviewed the endorsement policy and wrote up a policy draft.
- 20241114 Changes to the IMDC Standing Rule for Endorsements: IMDC will consider endorsements in primary elections. If there are 2 or more Democrat candidates for the same office in a primary, we may endorse all, some, one or none.: duly seconded and passed 7 ayes
- Steve reviewed the endorsement policy and wrote up a policy draft.
- Approve new Members in Good Standing
- No new members this month.
- Memberships sent in online must be searched for, no alerts so far. Fred will get together with Scott to orient him on how to find that.
- Donate to Haschak campaign?
- 20241114 IMDC will donate $360 to the Haschak for Supervisor Campaign 2022.: duly seconded and passed unanimously
- 20241114 IMDC will donate $360 to the Haschak for Supervisor Campaign 2022.: duly seconded and passed unanimously
- Endorsements - should we endorse any local candidates for the primary -e..g. John Haschak, Ted Williams
- Mobile Headquarters Team Reports
- MHQ Guide- Helen
- Need to put a hard copy of this guide with each kit in case of no internet access.
- There is currently no procedure to reimburse mileage. Discussion ensued whether to reimburse expenses on gas purchased rather than per mile.
- Fred plans an online document to reimburse mileage.
- In order to assure accountability, users of the MHQ can provide a post-shift report to evaluate a stipend request. Helen will add a report form to the guide.
- MHQ Kit - Robin - discuss ideas for kit
- Sandwich Boards (Scott/Jim)
- Table vs. Ironing Board, Chair(s) - (Fred)
- Signage: Sandwich boards made with PVC pipes strong fabric for signs. Easy to attach to the tables. Jim and Scott scoped it out for a 2 legged sandwich board sign about $100 each. Maybe heavy. Deer netting with glued on letters is good in a wind.
- MHQ Plan - Fred
- MHQ Sites - Jim
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- Need to start recruiting locals to keep the MHQ box there.
- Suggest an online link to the geographical site. Include a hardcopy map in the kit for each of the sites. Get near the Farmer’s market, not in it.
- MHQ Voter Data - Judy
- MHQ Recruitment - TBD
- We need a recruiting team leader
- It is time to get the PR rolling on social media, print news, PSA's and to be visible at public events
- MHQ PR - TBD
- MHQ Schedule - TBD
- MHQ Deployment - TBD
- MHQ Provision Kits - TBD
- Endorsement Standing Rule Update
- Good of the Order
- Next meeting:
DATE: May 16, 2022
TIME: 5:30 PM
PLACE: Zoom Meeting Click Here
Meeting ID 894 0277 5632 Passcode 304953