Minutes of the Carroll County Democratic Central Committee
August 11, 2016

In attendance:  Don West, Corynne Courpas, Mitch Edelman,
Frank Rammes, Dorothy Scanlan, Tom Scanlan, Sadie Allgeier,
Joan McGrath, Anita Riley, Charles Harrison Intern: Ryan
Koch

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

Pledge of Allegiance

Chair’s Report Will be part of HQ discussion.

Secretary’s Report
The June and July minutes were approved.

Treasurer’s Report
There is a balance of $6,856.81 in our checking account. 
Treasurer’s report was approved.

Club Reports

CC Dems:
Approximately 30 people attended the picnic.  Donna Sivigny,
one of the Board of Education candidates, and
representatives from Jamie Raskin’s campaign attended.  The
meeting on September 12 will feature speaker Angela Gustus,
Executive Director of the Carroll County HSP.  October’s
meeting will feature the Board of Education candidates.  So
far three of the four are confirmed:  Marsha Herbert, Julie
Kingsley, and Donna Sivigny.

South Carroll Club:
No report.

Committee Reports

Local Politics:
The current controversy is what to do with the now-empty
schools.  No plans had been made despite the fact that the
Commissioners had a year to figure this out.  There will be
a meeting on August 20th hosted by Commissioner Dick Weaver.
 Perhaps some information will come to light at this
meeting.  Central Office will probably not move to the
former New Windsor Middle School.

Annapolis:
the State party seems to be stepping up its attacks on
Hogan.

Communications:
LTEs have been written.  There was a reminder that there
might be a cut-off date for letters supporting candidates. 
We need letters in support of VanHollen and Raskin as well
as Clinton.  Our Facebook page was hacked—but it increased
our traffic.  We are getting one or two new followers on
Twitter every day.

VAN:
Don will forward Tyler’s emails to Dorothy and Mitch.

Interns:
Kathy O’Donnell’s internship is coming to an end.  She has
been faithfully submitting analyses on a variety of topics. 
She will write one more report for us.  We are grateful for
her contribution—she is a fine writer and her position
papers were astute.

Western MD PAC:  no report. ASDC:  no report. LGBTQ:  no
report.


Events

On October 6 there will be Democrat v Republican softball
game sponsored by Kohn Advertising.  The game will be held
at the Westminster playground and will start at 6pm.

Fallfest:
HQ will be open Friday night for Midnight Madness.

Fall breakfast:
It is scheduled for October 8th from 9-11.  Anita is working
on

Old Business Charter:
the anti-charter activists came to the last commissioner
meeting.  It’s important that those of us who support
charter and are able to attend a commissioner meeting do so.
 There is an online poll on the Carroll County Times website
asking people to vote in favor or opposition to charter.

Congressional Candidate forum:
Ryan will contact Raskin’s people.  Don will ask Karen
Leatherwood, a member of the Carroll County Republican
Central Committee, to contact Cox to see if he is
interested.  Don contacted the Community Media Center.  They
would like to host and broadcast the forum.

Trifold:
Dorothy will update and send to Anita for union printing. 
We will purchase 200 or 250, depending on the price point.

Recognition of former Board of Elections members:  we will
invite the three former members of the Board of Elections to
the fall breakfast free of charge and recognize their
contribution.

New Business
Headquarters: We are open limited hours now.  We need a
coordinator.  Mitch will be responsible for scheduling. 
Corynne will handle issues regarding the facility.  Everyone
has keys now.  For our Grand Opening on September 10th we
will have hot dogs and other snacks.  Everyone will
contribute something.  We will also have pastries from
JeannieBird bakery.

Signs:
no one in Maryland has Clinton signs yet.  Frederick County
placed their own order.  We will do the same.

Election Day Food Drive:
there is a box in HQ now.

CCDCC Officer Elections:
Don appointed to the nominating committee Tom, Joan, and
Sadie with Tom as chair.  The committee will come to the
next meeting with the names of those who have agreed to be
considered for the offices.  At least four names will be
submitted for four offices.  A non-secret ballot will be
held in October.  New officers will be installed in
November.

Candidate recruitment:
It is not too soon to start talking to people about running
for local and state office in 2018.

The meeting adjourned at 9:00pm. Our next meeting will be
September 8, 2016.

Respectfully submitted,

Dorothy Scanlan Recording Secretary, CCDCC