Minutes of the Carroll County Democratic Central Committee
September 10, 2015


In attendance:  Don West, Corynne Courpas, Frank Rammes,
Dorothy Scanlan, Anita Riley, Charles Harrison, Mitch
Edelman, Tom Scanlan

The meeting was called to order at 7:00pm.

Pledge of Allegiance

Chair's Report

Don asked if anyone was interested in attending the social
media training on the 19th.  There will be additional
workshops if members want to attend but are unable to attend
the one this month.  Don also mentioned that there will be
an event for Hillary Clinton on Sep 22 in Ellicott City
being organized by her point person in Maryland.  Corynne
will attend the state party meeting on September 29th.  The
Sun is doing an article on the potential name change for the
JJ dinner. The Sun contacted Don, Anita, and Frank for
comment.

Secretary's Report

July & August minutes were approved, with the motion made by
Frank and seconded by Charles and was passed unanimously.

Treasurer's Report

Corynne  reported that the checking account balance is $
5,915.76.  Everything is paid/current.  She asked that we
try to get as many checks for the breakfast as possible to
her by October 8.   Otherwise, Anita will hold them.  Mitch
made a motion that the report be accepted; Tom seconded;
passed unanimously.

Club Reports

CC Dems: September 15 is the first meeting.  Members of the
Westminster County Council will attend.  Laura O'Callaghan,
a member of the Board of Elections is scheduled to speak at
October's meeting.  Paul Milton is scheduled to speak at the
November meeting.

South Carroll Club:  No report

Committee Reports

Local Politics:  Tom reported on the Board of Education
meeting which focused on the recommendation to close five
schools primarily because of declining student population. 
Dick Weaver was the only commissioner in attendance.

Annapolis:  Tabled.

Communications:  Mark has been ÒtweakingÓ the website.  Kohn
charged $300 to fix some problemsÑprimarily calendar issues.
 Our website may have been hacked.

We need to recruit LTE writers.

Events:  Kumar Barve and Jamie Raskin are attending the
breakfast which is October 24 at 9AM at the Best Western. 
Tickets are $40 pp or$35pp for a table of eight.   We need
to make sure this is on the website and publicized on social
media.  An eblast will be sent to our list.

There will be a second Republican debate watch party at
Johansson's on September 16.  The first Democratic debate is
on October 13th.  We will again meet at Johansson's.

Blog:  Tabled.

Old Business

Brochure:  Dorothy will finish working on the brochure.  We
will have it printed by a union shop.

Fallfest:  All slots are filled.  Still working on getting
literature from candidates.  We will need to have the
brochure available.

Intern duties:  There was discussion as two what we could
ask the intern to do.  The following suggestions were made: 
research issues, manage a headquarters, manage volunteers,
got to Annapolis & meet with legislators.  Ask her what she
is interested in doing!  The point was brought up, however,
that: #1, she is studying overseas for the semester, and #2,
she is from Pennsylvania so has no knowledge of Maryland
politics.

Rural MD PAC:  Tabled.  Don has not received any
communication.

JJ dinner name change: There was a great deal of discussion,
but the decision was made to postpone and discuss in more
detail at the October meeting.  Members were asked to bring
suggestions.  Tom made a motion to change the name,  set a
timeline, and announce the new name at the December
get-together.  Charles seconded.

Bylaws:  Changes were reviewed.  There will always be the
option to add a corresponding secretary if it is decided one
is needed.  Mitch will send the revised by-laws to the
CCDCC, state party, and Board of Elections.

New Business

ÒWant to be a Delegate to the convention?Ó  It was agreed
that you have to be connected to actually get to be a
delegate.  There are channels one must go through.  State
Party wants us to hold an informational session for people
who want to be delegates.

Number of Democratic Presidential Debates:  The Republicans
are having 20 debates; Democrats are only holding 6Ñand two
are after New Hampshire.  What is our stance as a central
committee regarding the limited debates?  Is this something
for us as a committee to be concerned about?  Ask Greg what
he thinks.  Corynne will ask Mollie Byron.

Invite CCT's publisher to a meeting?:  It was decided that
it would be better to ask for a meeting at the CCT office. 
We will wait and see what Milton says at the club meeting in
November.

Christmas gathering at the Buttersburg Inn on December 10: 
All set.

The meeting was adjourned at 9:00pm.

Respectfully submitted,

Dorothy Scanlan Recording Secretary, CCDCC