Minutes of the Carroll County Democratic Central Committee
October 8, 2015


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

The meeting was called to order at 8:00pm.

Pledge of Allegiance

Chair's Report

Corynne attended the state party meeting in place of Don. 
She reports that Bruce Poole and Pat Murray are doing great
things. There are a number of events coming up:   an October
26 event at the Visionary Art Museum to honor Barbara
Mikulski; another on Nov 2 to honor Steny Hoyer for his ADA
advocacy; another message training workshop in November; a
fundraising workshop on November 17.

It was noted that the presidential primary is on April 26.

The next state party meeting is December 5.  Updated
information on becoming a delegate to the convention is on
the State party website.

Don mentioned that Van Hollen's people are looking for a
point person in Carroll.

Secretary's Report

September minutes were approved, with the motion made by
Corynne and seconded by Joan and was passed unanimously.

Treasurer's Report

Corynne reported that the checking account balance is $
5,738.37.  Checks continue to come in for the breakfast. 
Frank made a motion that the report be accepted; Charles
seconded; passed unanimously.

Special Discussion: Jefferson-Jackson name change

Mitch suggested a mail ballot.  Anita and Greg are opposed
to the name change.  We need to have a discussion with the
members in opposition; therefore, any decision will be
postponed until the December meeting.  Frank made a motion
to change the name; Corynne seconded.

It was suggested that we choose a name that honors the past
and embraces the future.  It's not revisionist history; it's
an opportunity to reinvent the future.

Vote was as follows:  6-YES; 2-NAY; 1-abstension



Possible names were brainstormed:  Unity, Victory,
Jefferson-Kennedy, Founding Fathers, Forward Carroll, Onward
Carroll, Founders' Dinner.

Club Reports

CC Dems: met Monday for a brainstorming session.  There will
be no meeting in November and probably no meeting in
January.  It was discussed reducing the number of meetings
to every other month.  Paul Milton was invited to attend the
committee/club holiday dinner at Buttersburg.  Laura
O'Callahan was the speaker at the October meeting.   She
said there would be training on the new voting machines on
October 15 and November 19 at 7pm in the gym.

South Carroll Club:  No report

Committee Reports

Local Politics:  Education is the hot topic and the banner
we should take up.  The Save North Carroll group is meeting
tonight.  The Board of Education is meeting on the 14th. 
Option 4 is to be revealed, and then there will be public
comment.  The rumor is that they are hoping to fast track
whatever option is approved.

Annapolis:  Tabled.

Communications: Eblasts: Keep the eblasts coming. LTEs: We
still need to recruit people to write letters on a regular
basis. Facebook: Don has been doing a stellar job managing
the Facebook page.  He sets the schedule every day. 
Discussion ensued as to whether to allocate $100 to ÒboostÓ
our posts on Facebook. Mitch made a motion to approve; Frank
seconded; motion passed.

Events:  Kumar Barve and Jamie Raskin are the speakers at
the breakfast which is October 24 at 9AM at the Best
Western.  We need to continue to recruit people to come. 
Joel RubinÑa new entry into the District 8 race-will also be
in attendance.

There will be a debate watch party at Johansson's on October
13.

Blog:  We need to revisit this.

Old Business

Brochure:  completed and printed

Fallfest:  Was worthwhile.  Quite a few people stopped by
and we have new names to add to our eblast list.

Intern duties:  Mitch will email her to see what her vision
is.

Bylaws:  Don needs to sign and send to State Party and Board
of Elections.



New Business

Do we want to have a headquarters?  We will make a decision
in the spring and start looking for a space.

A potential meeting with the Carroll County Times publisher
has been tabled.

The meeting was adjourned at 9:00pm.

Respectfully submitted,

Dorothy Scanlan Recording Secretary, CCDCC