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Minutes of General Meetings and Board Meetings
J.
Crews:
7:00 pm opened meeting with
welcome to visitors Kathleen
Hamilton, Jerri Arganda and Fred
Bartz. Comments
about the Candidate's Forum and
"world premiere" of
Laurenn Barker's quarry video. D.
Diamond:
Treasurer's Report:
$80 dues rec'd.; $85
membership pmt to FB Chamber of
Commerce; $60 dues Mary
Thurlow:
GO Team committee
coordinator for Fallbrook,
described GO Team activities
(walking precincts, J.
Crews:
Scholarship update from
Chris Assad.
Chris described effort with
Delores Feicht in creating a
package for C.
Assad:
Introduction of Laurenn
Barker; neighbor, friend, flower
grower, formerly worked with
environmental companies J.
Crews:
Read comments on quarry and
introduced Bob Hamilton as
moderator for the Candidates'
Forum. H.
Katz:
Spoke against proposed
Liberty quarry; in favor of social
contract between govt and public;
that govt rules & R.
Hamilton:
Introduction of Douglas
Dye, Candidate for the 66th
Assembly District held by Kevin
Jeffries.
Doug was R.
Hamilton:
Introduction of Paul Clay,
Candidate for the 36th State
Senate District of CA, a teacher,
and very active in the SW
Riverside Democratic Club. R.
Hamilton:
Introduction of Fabio
Marchi, Candidate for SD County
Board of Supervisors 5th District,
held by
Bill Horn. J.
Crews:
Asked L. Davis to comment
on request from representative who
appeared tonight with a request
for support of a grant submission
by the Fallbrook Boys & Girls
Club. Lynn reported that the Club rep would appear at Monday's
Board Meeting with their request. J.
Crews:;
Announced April meeting
speakers on the California Fair
Elections Act.
Thanked Candidates and
speakers and moved to adjourn the
meeting at 8:30pm;
2nd and carried. Respectfully
submitted, Lynn
Davis, Secretary
FALLBROOK DEMOCRATIC CLUB
BOARD MEETING –January 11, 2010 MINUTES Present:
Joe Crews, Dale Diamond,
Jim Dooley, Lynn Davis, Connie
Freese, Chris Assad Absent:
Bob Hamilton J.
Crews:
Opened meeting at 7:10pm
with discussion of officer
transition support.
It was determined that Jim
would assist Dale with Treasurer
transition. J.
Dooley:
Reported the final Treasury
Audit of 2009 had a $0.40
difference, now reconciled with
Jan Marshall. Following
discussion of alternate Treasurer
options (hiring an accountant),
Board agreed to maintain current
acctg. C.
Assad:
Asked for any photos taken
during January General Meeting.
None. Recommended that photos be
taken at every meeting to increase
publicity potential. J.
Crews:
MEMBERSHIP growth ideas.
Joe suggested & Board
agreed on:
name tags at meetings (Joe
will purchase); update sheets for
members & newcomers to build
database.
General discussion of past
membership drives; current
membership and approaches to
bulding it.
Joe commented that
Publicity should work with
Membership to contact members and
grow Club. J.
Crews:
SPEAKERS.
Cited two sources:
1) San Diego Democratic
Party list of speakers available
for our use. 2)
Source speakers from Democratic
Clubs' websites.
Connie noted that the Obama
administration is "getting
involved" in Gregory Cyn.
Lynn offered to look for
speakers from Sierra Club pool.
Discussion of a stipend
and/or dinner for speakers
resulted in motion from Connie to
offer $35 speaker fee
OR a dinner with FDC
officer to each speaker.
Motion 2nd & passed. J.
Crews:
EVENTS.
Board agreed to
promote the following annual
events:
1)Avocado festival (May) 2)
Fall picnic (Sept) 3) Christmas
Parade & 4) Holiday party
(both Dec).
Dale agreed to contact the
Chamber of Commerce for
information about booth space for
the Avo Festival & report to
the Board.
Discussion of the annual
Picnic resulted in agreement to
pursue a different venue, perhaps
a private home.
It was agreed that Board
would consider possible
alternatives to Palomares and
explore them, reporting next
month.
Also agreed that Board
would table discussion of
Christmas events to a later date.
Discussion ensued
concerning official Board or FDC
notices & the need to have the
President retain final approval on
all club-sponsored emails.
Connie motioned that all
"mass emails" should
have Presidential approval prior
to distribution. 2nd & passed. J.
Crews:
CANDIDATE SUPPORT in
election year.
Discussion of FDC
endorsement & general
agreement that endorsements will
be held until filing dates are
closed and all candidates are
announced.
Joe noted hat Bob Hamilton
is planning a candidate's night
program for March 4th. J.
Crews:
LIABILITY INSURANCE.
Noted that Lake Elsinore
purchases it at $575/pa.
Connie thinks FDC may be
covered under NCU. Jim noted that
the FDC election office was
insured through CDP.
Connie offered to contact
NCU about the liability issue; Joe
will contact Xavier. J.
Crews:
Other issues: MEETING TIME LIMIT. Noted
that we want to hold meetings to
1.5 hrs.
Discussion resulted in
conclusion to streamline Business
portion of the General Meeting and
offer expanded postings to the FDC
website.
GOOGLE DOCS & similar
online crossroads for posting
information.
C.
Freese:
CANDIDATE FORUM night
(March meeting). Discussion of
format for speakers, utilizing
moderator and index cards for
members to submit questions to
moderator.
Also discussion of just who
the speakers will be. D.
Diamond: Submitted
CHARTER APPLICATION to Joe for
completion & renewal, an
annual requirement.
Also noted was request to
submit a Club summary for the
Clubs Council monthly "Blue
View".
Discussed need for monthly
representative at the Council of
Clubs meeting.
Joe will attend on January
16th and will email Board a letter
asking for volunteer attendees.
Chris will prepare &
submit the email request to Joe
for approval prior to its
distribution. J.
Crews:
FPUD key renewal due once
yearly; will check it in June. C.
Assad:
Requested information on
February speaker; Lynn gave her
flyers & websites. J.
Crews:
Read Bob's email
recommendations for Board
discussion.
Agreed to table discussion
of Candidate Funding and
Headquarters rental to a later
date.
Discussion of FDC website
resulted in agreement to utilize
email and all written
communications to promote visits
to website.
Board agreed unanimously
that FDC owes Anna Monday a debt
of gratitude for her generous
donation of her time to the Club's
website. J.
Crews:
Further general discussion;
meeting adjourned 8:55pm. Respectfully
submitted, Lynn
Davis, Secretary
General Meeting: January 7, 2010 MINUTES Vice
President
Diamond:
Called meeting to order at
7pm with a welcome to new members
& visitors
Motion to approve Minutes
of December meeting was made;
second; vote J.
Dooley:
Treasurer's Report: $2876.91
previous balance
502.98
receipts (dues, royalty,
Dinner payments)
-913.52
expenses (Hukilau payment)
$ 2466.37 current balance D.
Diamond:
Motion to approve
Treasurer's Report; second, vote J.
Crews:
Publicity Report. Joe first
thanked the Ramirez's for their
generous service to the Club.
Provided information on
February speaker, Assembly Member
Lori Saldana. D.
McKinney:
Membership Report D.
Diamond:
OLD BUSINESS Bob
Hamilton:
The 2010 State Platform is
open for comment/suggested
language Until
Feb 1, 2010. Bob read a
description of the redistricting
position; urged members to visit NEW BUSINESS - -none ELECTIONS: Ballots listing
Candidates announced at December
Meeting will be distributed
Following our speaker's
presentation, and Elections held. D.
Diamond:
If no other items of new
business, move to close business
portion of meeting; 2nd
& vote. R.
Hamilton:
Introduction to Howard
Katz, candidate for the 49th
Congressional District. H.
Katz:
Referred to his website,
background, local support. Spoke
of his position as "left of
center"
And mentioned his belief in
a 'social contract".
Q&A held until after
meeting. R.
Hamilton:
Introduction to General
David Brahms, retired US Marine
Corps Brigadier General; former
Director, JAG and currently
in private practice in Carlsbad,
CA. He serves on the Board of
Directors of the Judge
Advocates Assn.
General Brahms has received
the Bronze Star and
Legion
of Merit.
General
Brahms:
A self-described
"genetic Democrat",
Brahms spoke extensively of
Guantanamo
—background
details of legal & political
issues under the last
administration and
Problems
facing the current one as it seeks
to close the prison. Brahms quoted
Eric Westerfield
In
a 2003 interview:"we follow
the rule of law when it's hard; we
must show our way is
different—that
Our
way is worthy of being
embraced". The
General spoke passionately also of
the need to abolish the
"don't ask, don't tell"
policy and
Install
equal rights for gay members of
the military.
He urged the FDC to become
active by
Contacting
legislators to act on these issues
as well as urging more funding for
returning veterans
Suffering
PTSD and traumatic brain injury.
They total over 600,000.
He finished with the
admonition
To
become politically active, saying
"our country needs your
voices".
Q&A followed. D.
Diamond:
Introduced candidates for
2010 Board; ballots were
distributed, marked and collected. Results Tallied
and confirmed election of: J.
Crews, R. Hamilton, D. Diamond, C.
Freese & L. Davis. Chris The
meeting is now turned over to the
new President, Joe Crews. J.
Crews:
Thanked the members &
General Brahms and adjourned the
meeting at 8:30pm. Respectfully
submitted by Lynn Davis,
Secretary.
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