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Stonewall DFL - Board of Directors Meeting | June 10, 2007 @ 1 PM – DFL Headquarters

 

Members present: Joe Carlile, Nancy Bernard, Andy Hauer, Paul Skrbec, Atom Robinson and Tim Bonham

 

Members absent: Del Jenkins (excused), Michael Martinez (excused), Dyna Slyuter (excused)

 

I.                   Chair person Joe Carlile called the meeting to order at 1:14 pm

II.                Reading of the Affirmative Action Statement

III.             Approval of Agenda – moved to approve, Atom Robinson, second by Tim Bonham. Motion passed without objection.

IV.             Approval of Minutes – moved to approve by Atom Robinson, second by Nancy Bernard. Motion passed without objection.

V.                Officer’s Reports

a.       Chair – talked about the St. Paul City Convention

b.      Associate Chair – had meeting at her home to discuss festival. More details under Pride arrangements.

c.       Treasurer – presented current balance of checking account; discussed the validity of the PayPal and compliance with MN campaign finance laws; discussed sending tax ID number to Joe so that PayPal will allow unlimited transfers from our account.

d.      Secretary – no report

e.       AAO – no report

VI.             Standing Committees:

a.       Political Support (Del Jenkins (chair), Joe Carlile, Tim Bonham and others as needed) – no report

b.      Communications (Alan Hooker (chair), Paul Skrbec, Joe Carlile and others as needed) – Paul discussed current status of the old Got Marketing system and list status. Talked about developing membership acquisition strategies using a DFL list.

c.       Fundraising (Atom Robinson (chair), Nancy Bernard and others as needed) – Nancy talked about working with Michael in setting up house parties focusing on membership and fundraising for 2008. Joe stated that he would like to bring back the Stonewall DFL Halloween party.

d.      Membership (Michael Martinez (chair), Dyna Sluyter, Tim Bonham and others as needed) – see Fundraising above.

VII.            Old Business

a.       Pride arrangements

                                                              i.      Twin Cities Pride Festival – Nancy talked about plans for events. Nancy is working with Twin Cities Gay Men’s Chorus and Calliope to see if they would do some small performances at our booth. Nancy passed around a sign-up sheet. Will have membership / ‘send me more information’ sheets. Nancy will draft an e-mail message to send out to the larger ‘old’ list about pride activities.

                                                            ii.      Pride Parade – discussed the difficulties with the Pride parade. Matthea Little Smith suggested establishing a community liaison with Twin Cities Pride. Joe will draft a political support statement that can be added to signs that will be carried in the parade. Joe Carlile requested that the item “pride debrief” be added to the agenda for our next board meeting.

                                                          iii.      Printing – Paul Skrbec motioned to approve funding to print 2,500 ‘send me more information’ cards and a separate Stonewall DFL information sheet / letter – 500 pieces. Atom Robinson added a friendly amendment to have all work done at a union shop. Seconded by Nancy Bernard. Motion passed unanimously.

b.      Endorsements

                                                              i.      St. Paul School Board – Keith Hardy. Nancy Bernard motioned to upgrade Keith’s status to endorse him. Seconded by Tim Bonham. Paul Skrbec pointed out that this would require a 2/3 majority to overturn the general membership vote. Tim Bonham motioned to table the topic to allow the time to meet with the candidate or invite him to the next meeting. Seconded by Paul Skrbec. Motion passed unanimously. Motion tabled until our July 15th meeting. Joe Carlile will contact the candidate with an update.

                                                            ii.      IRV – the board came to a consensus that Joe Carlile communicates the appropriate use of Stonewall DFL name for the St. Paul Better Ballot initiative.

c.       PAC vs Caucus  (held over until August meeting)

VIII.         New Business

a.       Paul Skrbec motioned to appoint Matthea Little Smith to fill one of the existing open board seats. Seconded by Nancy Bernard. Motion passed unanimously.

b.      Tim Bonham will be working on the September State DFL celebration of the 35th anniversary of the 1st passage of a party plank in support of gay/lesbian marriage. One of the issued being discussed is paying for a wedding cake as a ‘thank you’. (September 29th). Tim Bonham moved to hold a reception for this event with a budget of $300. Nancy Bernard seconded. Motion passed unanimously.

 

IX.             Joe Carlile  made a motion to adjourn at 3:22 pm seconded by Atom Robinson. Unanimously approved.

 

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