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Stonewall DFL General Membership Meeting

Board Members present: Nancy Bernard, Del Jenkins, Matthea Little Smith, Andy Hauer, Paul Skrbec, Dyna Sluyter
Board Members absent: Alan Hooker, Tim Bonham, Atom Robinson

I. Acting Chair Nancy Bernard called the meeting to order at 1:10 pm

a. Acting Chair Nancy Bernard introduces Parliamentarian for the Day – Allan Bernard

II. Reading of the Affirmative Action Statement by Dyna Sluyter

III. Approval of Agenda Motion – Andy Hauer, Dyna Sluyter

IV. Approval of Minutes from March 02, 2008 board meeting – Dyna Sluyter; second – Paul Skrbec

V. Constitution Committee report – Del Jenkins

a. Del gave the report of the Constitution Committee to make some updates to the constitution.

Change 1

Article 1 Section Three. strike the sentence:

The active membership list shall be kept separate from a list containing the names of inactive members whom the caucus would like to keep informed of caucus activities or recruit for active caucus membership.

Change 2

Article 3 section 4 subsection 3

Insert the sentence in bold/underlined below.

Voting by absentee ballot shall be accomplished by submitting a specifically worded, authenticated and dated ballot to the person chairing the general membership meeting or other meeting at or before the time of voting. All ballots other than authenticated electronic ballots shall be placed in a sealed and signed envelope by the voter before submitting them. Absentee ballots are only valid on the first vote taken on question. The option for authenticated electronic absentee voting shall not be used in a way that results in discrimination to Stonewall DFL members without access to electronic media. There shall be no voting by proxy.

Change 3

Add Section 5 Participation via Conference Calls

A conference call may be arranged in advance or the discretion of the Executive Board to conduct caucus business and those participating count towards quorum.

Change 4

Article 6 section 1b strike language "no candidate rated acceptable" and and add language "only a candidate with an A or B rating". whole section verbiage is below.

b) Endorsement of a candidate for public or party office requires a 60% vote of the Board of Directors. No more candidates shall be endorsed than the number of open positions existing and no candidate rated unacceptable only a candidate with an A or B rating shall be eligible for endorsement.

b. After much discussion for each change, a motion to combine voting for changes 1, 3, and 4 and to accept the changes recommended by the constitution committee was made by Paul Skrbec; second by Dyna Sluyter. The motion past unanimously.

c. Change 2 to the constitution was discussed at length without any formal motions to make changes. In the end, a motion to approve change 2 as recommended by the constitution committee was made by Matthea Little Smith; second – Andy Hauer. The motion past unanimously.

VI. Voting in of new board members and the election of executive officers.

a. Del Jenkins was nominated for Chair by Matthea Little Smith. Motion to approve the nomination unanimously was made by Dyna Sluyter; second by Paul Skrbec.

b. Matthea Little Smith was nominated for Associate Chair by Del Jenkins. Motion to approve the nomination unanimously was made by Paul Skrbec; second by Dyna Sluyter.

c. Andy Hauer was nominated by Del Jenkins for Treasurer. Motion to approve the nomination unanimously was made by Matthea Little Smith; second by Dyna Sluyter.

d. Nancy Nordlund (Bernard) was nominated by Paul Skrbec for Secretary. Motion to approve the nomination unanimously was made by Dyna Sluyter; second by Andy Hauer.

e. Dyna Sluyter was nominated by Nancy Bernard for Affirmative Action Officer. Motion to approve the nomination unanimously was made by Paul Skrbec; second by Matthea Little Smith.

f. Tim Bonham, Al Ortwig, Stuart Merill, Paul Skrbec and Mary Doran were all nominated for Directors at Large positions. Motion to approve the nomination unanimously was made by Del Jenkins; second by Andy Hauer.

g. There are three open Director at Large seats.

VII. Meeting adjourned at 2:33 pm.