IMDC Exec Minutes 08-25

Inland Mendocino Democratic Club Exec Committee Minutes August 2025


DATE August 19,  2025
Exec Members Present: 6
Fred, Helen, Robin, Steve, Gabriel, Peter
Quorum: Yes
  Plus Tekla Broz & Jesse Boyd from the CC

    1. Call to order / Welcome 4:11 by Fred
    2. Revision and approval of agenda
      2025106 Motion to Approve Agenda as published: Yes
    3. Consider July Minutes
    4. Treasurer’s Report
      1. Approve 6 new Members as listed in the Treasurer's Report
    5. Consent Calendar Agenda, Minutes, Treasurer's Report, New Members in Good Standing 
      2025106 Motion to Approve Consent Calendar : unanimous
    6. Central Committee Report - Gabriel/Jesse
      • Central Committee Report 
      • Plan to vote on the Gaza Resolution tomorrow. 
      • Making a major push all over the county to promote Proposition 50, the redistricting measure.  Tekla is organizing canvassing teams in the county's 4 cities.  Steve is designing a postcard in favor of Prop 50 to mail to Democratic voters in the more remote parts of the county.  Plan to have a postcard writing party at the IMDC October 9 general meeting.  We need to also have teams registering voters.  
    7. Chair’s Report- Fred Mervine 
      • Fred has a big recruitment plan for membership.  It begins with his custom membership program he wrote that tracks all members and interested parties, as well as their volunteer interests, and the status of their membership payments.  The program integrates with our Brevo email communications packet, with PayPal for dues, and generates lists of volunteers for each category sending them email letters inviting them to volunteer. Fred will launch the finished program at the Labor Day Picnic.  
      • Next, Fred plans to generate lists of registered Democrats living in Inland Mendocino and invite them to join the IMDC.  
    8. Old Business
      1. Endorsement Standing Rule: Tabled again 
        To review the Standing Rule Click Here
      2. Attracting new Democratic Club members. - see above under the Chair's Report
      3. Candidate recruitment for future elections.  Dist 3 Haschak?  Dist 5 Williams?
        • Steve and Peter were busy preparing for the Labor Day Picnic and didn't do it. 
    9. Helen's recall effort of the DA
      • Bad news.  Something is wrong with her petition.  Helen will need a legal consult and the deadline was yesterday.  She will need to start over. 
    1. New Business
      1. Catholic Charities of NW California - Alejandra Torres came to solicit a donation for the free monthly legal services that Catholic Charities provides for immigrants in Mendocino County.  They did 181 consultations in Mendocino County, 79% in Ukiah.  They assist with green card renewals, DACA recipients, and more, not just Spanish speakers, also SE Asians, Haitians, Canadians and Europeans.  They receive funding from CA State, the Community Foundation, $2K from the Democratic CC.  They need $15K more.  Plan to put it on next month's agenda.  
      2. LDP - Steve
        • ABC permit got mailed today
        • Events committee will meet Wednesday at 1 pm. We need to know who is doing what.  
        • Tony has a battery powered sound system
      3. Booneville Apple Fair - Under way
      4. Election Rigging Response Act
        This November, California voters will have a chance to fight back against Trump's efforts to rig the election by voting on new congressional district maps in response to what Texas is doing. Our speaker next month will address redistricting. 
      1.  
    1. Good of the Order - Fred will be absent next month at our September 11 genral meeting
    2. Meeting adjourned at 5:24 pm. 
    3. Next meeting:
       
      DATE: September 16,  2025
      TIME: 4:00 PM
      PLACE: Zoom Meeting Click Here
      Meeting ID 825 6635 3751  Passcode 518110
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