Minutes of the Carroll County Democratic Central Committee
June 9, 2016

In attendance:  Don West, Anita Riley, Corynne Courpas,
Mitch Edelman, Frank Rammes, Charles Harrison, Dorothy
Scanlan, Tom Scanlan, Zach Hands, Anne Stoner, Sadie
Allgeier Interns: Ryan Koch, Henry Snurr, Guests:  Muri
Dueppen,

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

Pledge of Allegiance

Chair’s Report

Our Democratic Victory dinner was very successful.  Speakers
were Chris Van Hollen, Jamie Raskin, and Joe Werner.  The
state party meeting was well attended by our members.  The
next full state party meeting is in September.  There is a
fundraiser for Jamie Raskin on June 22nd;  all members are
encouraged to go.

Secretary’s Report

The May minutes were approved with one minor correction.

Treasurer’s Report

There is a balance of $7,820.40 in our checking account. 
Treasurer’s report was approved.  Our insurance is paid for
the year, and dinner expenses are paid.  We should have
about $9,000 to fund our headquarters.  The question of
whether we would need to pay for Hillary Clinton signs was
raised.  We likely will have to pay for them, but we will
wait until after the convention.

Club Reports

CC Dems: 

The annual picnic will be July 17th at the Silver
Run/Union Mills Park from 1-4pm, rain or shine.  Everyone
will need to sign up to bring a dish to share.  You can
BYOB.  Club membership is required to attend the picnic;
dues are $15.  The club is anticipating that candidates or
their representatives will attend. The planned speaker for
the May meeting could not make it so will be asked to speak
at the September meeting.  The club plans to ask Board of
Education candidates to speak at the October meeting.  The
club will host a sign rally the night before the election. 
Looking ahead, the holiday dinner is tentatively scheduled
for December 8 at the Buttersburg Inn.

South Carroll Club:
no report.  Anita is hoping to have a meeting in September.

Committee Reports

Local Politics:  The county budget passed 3-2.  CCEA and
CCPS have come to a tentative agreement.  The CCPS closure
appeal will be heard June 28th.

Annapolis:
tabled until next session.

Communications:
Please send website updates to Don.  Mark is very responsive
about getting them up.  LTEs are needed.  Keep commenting on
the CCTimes editorials.  Send out eblasts for the Raskin
event and for the picnic.


LGBTQ:
Anne reported that the DC Pride parade is this Saturday. 
Upcoming Pride events are June 25th, Frederick Pride; and
July 23-24th, Baltimore Pride.  At the next Board of
Education meeting on June 15th, Superintendent Guthrie will
outline how the school system will comply with federal
regulations as they relate to transgender students.

Old Business

Democratic Victory dinner:  85 dinners were served.  The
silent auction did well. Should we rethink the dinner date
or the silent auction?  The live auction did very well, so
this is something that should be repeated.

Candidate forum-Don emailed Marion Ware about the
possibility but has not received a response.  A Raskin/Cox
forum would be ideal.

Candidate training:
tabled

Intern:
Zach has let the application expire and will repost it in
August.  There is a young Dems club starting at Westminster
High School.

Charter:
Tabled

Headquarters:
We have a potential excellent location on Main Street. 
Details need to be ironed out, but we just need to make an
offer.  Anita made a motion to authorize up to $2,500 for
rent for the HQ space.  Frank seconded and the motion passed
unanimously.  Corynne will ask how soon we can get in, but
an August 1 opening would be the goal.  We would close
mid-November.  Start thinking about supplies and
furniture-folding chairs/tables, etc.

New Business

Fall breakfast: Tabled.

Officer elections:
Vote will be in the fall.

Trifold Brochure:
needs to be updated.

Fallfest:
Corynne has the paperwork and will register us for Fallfest
which is September 24th and 25th.

The meeting adjourned at 9:20. Our next meeting will be July
14, 2016.

Respectfully submitted,

Dorothy Scanlan Recording Secretary, CCDCC