District 30 Democrats: Minutes Jan. 9, 2010

[Draft: to be approved at Feb. 6 LD 30meeting]

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Welcome and Pledge of Allegiance(10 a.m. start time)

Suzanne Newton,Chair

Pledge of Allegiance recited by those attending.Pledge led by Don Kret.Introductions

Suzanne Newton,Chair

Attendees introduced themselves by name and precinct. Suzanne NewtonGuest SpeakersSam WercinskiToddCamenisch

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Candidate running for AZ Secretary of State. Primary date has been changed from Aug. 31 to Aug 24, 2010. Discussionabout validity of signatures. Cited military, business andgovernment experience; former chair of Maricopa CountyDemocratic Party. Important to keep elections fair & honest;consumer protection. Reviewed LD30 voter demographicsand issues. Reviewed voting patterns LD30 & statewide.[Handout and DVD provided.] Covered the duties of Secretary of State: Chief Election Officer; Consumer Protection; Streamline Business Functions; Transparency inGovernment. Ensuring SoS resources from Phoenix are madeaccessible to the rest of Arizona. Q/A topics: How to dispelrumor/assumption that if the governor is a Democrat, that theSec’y of State has to be a Republican? Need to fix state gov’t.Had a small real estate firm (mostly residential). Runningtraditional; requested donations; in 2007-8, DPS interdicted 6xnumber of guns & cash than in the 8 years prior due to smarter policies and tactics being applied; need to create policies to get people here legally and humanely; tax code needs revising;

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Candidate for State Senate LD30. BA from U of A. Militaryexperience (Navy). PhD from UNC. Medical experience.School council, currently serving on CFSD school board;strong pro-education stance; concern about overall health of the state; all issues depend upon support for education: neededucation for jobs, economic growth, business success,rational discussion re. land/water use, etc. Q/A topics: runningtraditional; requested donations; immigration – border issuesare federal, not state/local jurisdiction; need long-term thinking

and not short-term approaches; no one’s talking, partisanclimate at state legislature; where can we recover revenue,revise the formula for funding;MinutesJen Prileson,secretaryMinutes from the November 2009 meeting, taken by Pat Canady, were posted on

30dems.blogspot.com

(thanks to Mark Kerr). To postcomments on the blogspot, send to

30dems@gmail.com

.Minutes amended; VeraBerkman made motion toaccept minutes; Pat Canadymade motion to acceptminutes as amended; DonKret seconded, motion passed.Treasurer’s Report

Alex Mich,Treasurer

Alex Mich gave the report. We have a current balance of $ 1,838.32.One outstanding check for $200, quarterly contribution went to PimaCounty headquarters, has not been cashed/posted.Motion to accepttreasurer’s report passed.Chair’s Report

Suzanne Newton

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PCDP Executive Committee Mtg: current balance around$19,000. Anonymous challenge grant of $15,000 to donate to party for facilitating headquarters to prepare for upcomingelection year. Grant expires 1/30/2010. Suzanne requestedthat they hold the $200 we sent so it will be matched. We canchoose to take our remaining quarterly contributions as other districts have chosen to do. County Fair coming up (April 15to 25

). April 17 (Saturday) is our assigned day; signup sheetsare available for volunteers.

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November State Committee Mtg: Two-fold – Interestingmeeting in Kingman; local support increasing; major piece of business: 6 vice chairs, 3 men and 3 women; Sharon Coveywas elected to take Mohur Sidhwa’s place; all 3 of the menresigned and need to be replaced. We need to ensure all statereps attend or send proxies for the 1/23/2010 meeting; DavidOlvera from LD30 is running.

Leroy Dyson made a motionto pre-pay our remaining$600 quarterly contributionsto the County party, asstipulated in our 2010 annual budget, on or before Jan. 302010, so it would be matched by the anonymous grant.Motion seconded by DavidHosea. Henry Johnsonsuggested we focus our individual contributions onthe local and state level rather than national; expressed theneed for monies to stay local.After motion to closediscussion, Vera Berkmancalled the question which passed unanimously.

Old Business

Suzanne Newton

None New Business

Suzanne Newton

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2010 elections; campaign participation: Suzanne mentioned possible recreation of ‘cluster’ precincts; David Hoseasuggested Voter registration, petition signing, early voter signups via volunteers in front of libraries 1 day/week, 1day/month (blue sheet for committee, white for volunteers); – volunteers cannot block foot traffic; Vera Berkman suggested

Vera Berkman nominated

volunteers to walk precincts.

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Pat Canady has resigned from LD30 as first vice chair; weneed to replace her.

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Election/Campaign Strategic Planning committee needs toform and meet: suggestion to meet on a Tuesday or Thursdayevening. Suzanne encouraged us to walk precinct(s) after upcoming meetings; Dorothy and Henry Johnsonrecommended inviting independents and Democrats to a house party to meet candidates.

Frank Bergen for 1

ViceChair; nomination wasdeclined.David Olvera formally movedwe create a CoordinatedCampaign Committee.Seconded.

Discussion.Question called and motion passed after discussionclosed.Club Reports/Schedules

Clubrepresentatives

Club Meeting Schedules & ProgramsDemocratic Club of the Santa Rita Area – January 9, 1 pm

Democratic Women In Action – January 16Quail Creek Democrats – January TBASaguaro Eastside Democrats – January 18Tanque Verde Valley Democrats – January 20Nucleus Club will meet January 14 @ ViscountSuites on BroadwaySpeakers: Luis Heredia, Executive DirectorADPJennifer Johnson,Communications Director ADP

Campaign Reports &Announcements

Suzanne Newton,Chair

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Camenisch: (see notes above)

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Goddard: Vera Berkman stressed the need for $5contributions; still at exploratory committee level

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Glassman: Mary Jane Dyson shared that Jason is stillcollecting $20 contributions.

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Jason Williams: Suzanne Newton shared that Jason will be participating in Clean Elections; needs $5 contributions

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Gabby Giffords: Suzanne has petition signature forms

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Visitor from District 28: Fundraiser for District 28 – a WhiteElephant Sale/Rummage Sale on Saturday, May 1 at PimaCounty Dem. HQ; goal to bring people to HQ as well as toraise money.