Minutes of the Carroll County Democratic Central Committee
February 9, 2017


In attendance:  Don West, Mitch Edelman, Frank Rammes,
Dorothy Scanlan, Tom Scanlan, Chuck Harrison, Anita Riley,
Anne Stoner, Sadie Allgeier, Zach Hands
Interns:  Ryan Koch
Guests:  Eight guests were in attendance

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

Pledge of Allegiance

Chair's Report

	The VOCAL (Voices of the Left and Center) meeting went well
	with 53 in attendance. A mission statement was hammered out.

	There is a Carroll CAN meeting this Saturday @ 2pm.  Two
	central committee members attended the NAACP breakfast. 
	Tara Ebersole, member of the Baltimore County Central
	Committee, is trying to organize all the counties who are
	part of District 1 to work to defeat the re-election of Andy
	Harris.

Secretary's Report

	The January minutes were approved.

Treasurer's Report

	There is a balance of $ 0.00    in our checking account.  It
	was noted that the cost to maintain the website is $639.84. 
	The Treasurer's report was approved.

Club Reports

	CC Dems:  Meetings will resume on March 6 with Angela Gustus
	of Human Services Program.

	South Carroll Club:  No report.

Committee Reports

	Young Dems:  Ian Casker is taking charge of this.  They are
	actually meeting tonight themselves or they would be here. 
	They are working on writing a constitution and by-laws. 
	They hope to be chartered by March 1 and want to establish a
	strong relationship with the CCDCC.

	Local Politics:  The big issue in the news currently is what
	to do with the Carroll County Career and Technology Center.

	Annapolis Report:  Our delegation is sponsoring legislation
	that is purely partisan.  We should pick a few bills for the
	committee to take a stand on and send out eblasts informing
	people as to what our delegation is doing—or not doing.

	Communications:

	Website:  is there a report that can show how many people
	view the website?  We need to ensure coming events are kept
	current.

	Twitter:  Maryland Dems mentioned us and we gained about ten
	new followers.

	Facebook:  looking for original content—as opposed to just
	sharing news articles.  Since the election the FB page has
	added almost 200 ''likes''.

	VAN:   There was discussion that moving to sending text
	messages rather than calling would be a better option. 
	However, then the recipient would have the caller's phone
	number.

	Western MD PAC:  The next meeting is February 21st.  The
	meeting will focus on planning for the summit.  This event
	is open to the public.  A motion was made to sponsor a table
	at the summit.  A table seats 8 people and costs $600.  Once
	again, the cost of attending the summit would be split 50/50
	between the CCDCC and attendee.  Motion carried.  We will
	have to come up with a new ad.

	LGBTQ: St. Paul's UCC sponsors ''First Fridays'' as a safe
	place.  They've had to find a larger space for this.  PFLAG
	is sponsoring a Valentine's Day Dance from 5-9 at St. Paul's
	UCC on Sunday, February 19th.

Events

	Victory Dinner:  Will take place at Martin's Westminster. 
	Ticket prices will remain $75 or $70/pp for a table of ten. 
	There will be a silent auction and a 50/50 raffle.  Doors
	open at 6:30.

	Taste of Arabia @ McDaniel:  will be held on April 24th at
	6pm in the Forum.

	Movie sponsorship:  discussion focused on giving away
	tickets at the Victory dinner.

Interns

	Zach will be meeting the Westminster High School Dem club. 
	A junior at Winters Mill is interested in interning.

Old Business

	Bumper Stickers:  no update.

	Two Year Plan:  It's time to come up with our two year plan.
	 The committee is comprised of Ryan Koch, Henry Snurr, Zach
	Hands, Sadie Allgeier, Christian Orr, and Ian Casker.  They
	have already met once.  It was agreed that the plan needs a
	complete overhaul.  We need a detailed action plan; a rough
	draft is requested by our next meeting.  This should be the
	task of the core committee, and then broader input will be
	solicited.

	Bylaws:  tabled.

New Business

The meeting adjourned at 9:30pm. Our next meeting will be
March 9, 2017.

Respectfully submitted,

Dorothy Scanlan
Recording Secretary, CCDCC