Minutes of the Carroll County Democratic Central Committee
November 10, 2016


In attendance:  Don West, Corynne Courpas, Mitch Edelman,
Frank Rammes, Dorothy Scanlan, Tom Scanlan, Zach Hands

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

Pledge of Allegiance

Chair's Report

Our election events went well, and we can be proud of our
efforts.  The state party executive meeting was mostly spent
reviewing the collected statistics of the efforts of the
combined campaign.  Regarding our poll watching efforts, no
concerns were noted.

Secretary's Report

The October minutes were approved.

Treasurer's Report

There is a balance of $2,820.39 in our checking account. 
The Treasurer's report was approved.

Club Reports

CC Dems:  Tabled.

South Carroll Club:  Tabled.

Committee Reports

Headquarters:  We will put together a list of volunteers who
put a lot of time in helping at HQ.

Local Politics:  The closed schools were officially handed
over to the county today.  The new Board of Education
members are Donna Sivigny and Marsha Herbert, both of whom
were actively supported by the county's Republican Party. 
The Combined Education Committee had what turned out to be
its last meeting.  Very little was accomplished; only one
actual recommendation was made, which was to fund another
audit.

Communications:  Our headquarters distributed more than
1,000 signs and 450 buttons.  We will keep the eblasts
going - just not as many.  Our Facebook page has almost twice
as many ''likes'' as the Carroll County Republican Central
Committee page.  Now that the election is over, we will cut
back on the number of posts.  The most important thing is we
need to keep people involved.  Should we a do a survey?  A
live blog?  Geofilters are becoming popular; Zach will bring
back a report about what they are and how they work.  We
need to keep building our Twitter following.

VAN:  A lot of the information in VAN is outdated and/or
useless.  People do not have land lines anymore, nor do they
answer their phones.  Getting out and knocking on doors
still is the best way to go.  It would be nice if VAN had a
field for email addresses.  It was noted that VAN relies on
its users to update.

Interns:  Tabled.

Old Business

Election Events: recap

Charter:  the effort has ''gone down in flames''.  It has been
turned over to a long-range planning committee - a committee
that has never met. We would need 6,000 signatures to get it
on the ballot.  There are about 121,000 registered voters in
Carroll County.

NAACP Freedom Fund Banquet:  we had a great presence at this
event.  The MLK breakfast is in January.

Holiday gathering:  Sign up for your choice of meals on the
My Sign-Up page.  We will ask Neil Ridgely to be the
speaker.

New Business

HQ wrap-up:  We will break down HQ on Saturday.  We had a
truly great location.

Sponsor a movie: It costs $250 to sponsor a movie at the
Carroll Arts Center.  Brainstorm movie ideas.

Early voting:  Carroll County needs more early voting sites.
 It would only cost $4,000 for one additional site.  If a
county has 125,000 registered voters, three sites are
recommended.

Candidate recruitment:  Tabled.


The meeting adjourned at 9:00pm. Our next meeting will be
our holiday dinner on December 8, 2016.  The first meeting
of the new year will be January 12, 2017.

Respectfully submitted,

Dorothy Scanlan Recording Secretary, CCDCC