Minutes of the Carroll County Democratic Central Committee

January 12, 2017

In attendance:  Don West, Corynne Courpas, Frank Rammes,
Dorothy Scanlan, Tom Scanlan, Chuck Harrison, Anita Riley
Interns:  Henry Snurr, 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

	Don suggested that the committee make a $100 to the Humane
	Society of Carroll County in memory of Debbie Ridgely, wife
	of Neil Ridgely.  Neil is a long-time and tireless supporter
	of the party as well as a former committee member.

	The December state party meeting was reviewed.  Bruce Poole
	will be stepping down as state chair after the national
	party chair is chosen.

	Locally, people have asked to have more informal social
	events. The first meeting of VOCAL (Voices of the Center and
	Left) was a success, but where do we proceed from here.  We
	will wait to see how the other new group, Carroll CAN
	(formerly Together We Will) evolves.

	There will be a health care rally on January 15th at
	numerous locations around the country.  The Maryland rally
	will be held at Bowie State University starting at 2PM. 
	Doors will open at 1PM.

Secretary's Report

	The November minutes were approved.

Treasurer's Report

	There is a balance of $3,010.39 in our checking account. 
	The Treasurer's report was approved.

Club Reports

	CC Dems:  No meetings are scheduled for January and
	February.  Meetings will resume on March 6 with Angela
	Gustus of Human Services Program. There are no speakers as
	of yet lined up for April 3 or May 1.  The club is
	considering asking Kevin Kamenetz and other potential
	gubernatorial candidates.

	South Carroll Club:  A letter will go out next week to
	individuals who were members in the past in an effort to
	resurrect the club.

Committee Reports

	Headquarters:  no additional items to report.

	Local Politics:  ''Keep Carroll Carroll'' is the working logo
	the commissioners came up with to give them focus to
	creating goals for the county.  There are negative
	connotations that can be associated with this, but one
	commissioner insisted that this logo was ''just a
	placeholder''.  Tom Scanlan attended the annual CCEA
	legislative breakfast.  All the delegates and three of the
	commissioners were in attendance.  Delegate Susan Krebs
	claimed that ''Maryland spends so much on health care and
	Medicaid that this takes money away from education''. 
	Commissioner Richard Rothschild claimed that education
	should be ''decoupled'' from ''federal mandates''.  Both brought
	up privatizing teacher pensions.

	Annapolis Report:  the session has just begun

	Communications:  We have 45 followers on Twitter.  We have
	added quite a few people to our eblast list thanks to the
	new groups which have sprung up as a result of the election.
	We will use eblasts to keep people informed of central
	committee and club meetings.

	VAN:  This is not an effective tool because so much
	information is outdated.  The database needs to be able to
	collect email addresses.

	Western MD PAC:  There have been two meetings.  The summit
	will be held on April 28&29 at Rocky Gap State Park.  Do we
	want to sponsor a table again?

Old Business

	Charter:  Dead

	Bumper Stickers:  Anita will talk to Bob Lord and get a
	price for having these printed.

	Sponsor a movie: The movie, ''Lincoln'' was discussed as being
	a good fit.

New Business

	Victory Dinner:  The dinner is scheduled for May 4, 2017
	this year.  Anita has been working to get Steny Hoyer as the
	keynote speaker.  Do we want music again this year?  It was
	a significant expense last year.  Should we get another
	pinata -- perhaps Putin?

	Two-year plan:  Recruit a committee to tackle this

	Candidate recruitment:  Perhaps we should consider creating
	an advisory council - a separate entity to make recruitment
	recommendations.

	NAACP breakfast:  is this Saturday at Martin's at 9am.

The meeting adjourned at 9:19pm. Our next meeting will be
February 9, 2017.

Respectfully submitted,

Dorothy Scanlan
Recording Secretary, CCDCC