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Stonewall DFL - Board of Directors Meeting | July 22, 2007 @ 1 PM – DFL Headquarters

 

Members present: Joe Carlile, Nancy Bernard, Andy Hauer, Paul Skrbec, Atom Robinson, Michael Martinez, Dyna Slyuter, Matthea Little Smith and Tim Bonham

 

Members absent: Del Jenkins, Alan Hooker (excused)

 

I.                   Chair person Joe Carlile called the meeting to order at 1:08 pm

II.                Reading of the Affirmative Action Statement

III.             Approval of Agenda – moved to approve without objection by Atom Robinson. No objections. Motion passed without objection.

IV.             Approval of Minutes – moved to approve by Nancy Bernard, second by Tim Bonham. Motion passed unanimously.

V.                Officer’s Reports

1.      Chair – Thank you for Pride; PAC vs. party unit update – DFL sees no issues with us holding the status quo, DFL would like us to start using the VAN more; DNC American Majority Partnership Summit discussion; called for feedback (to DFL Chair) on staff reviews.

2.      Associate Chair – thank you for pride help.

3.      Treasurer – presented treasurer’s report.

4.      Secretary – no report

5.      AAO – no report

VI.             Standing Committees:

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

2.      Communications (Alan Hooker (chair), Paul Skrbec, Joe Carlile and others as needed) – no report

3.      Fundraising (Atom Robinson (chair), Nancy Bernard, Matthea Little Smith and others as needed) – Nancy asked about the cake for the state central committee; also brought up the SDFL Halloween party – Nancy, Atom & Tim will meet to start planning the party.

4.      Membership (Michael Martinez (chair), Dyna Sluyter, Tim Bonham and others as needed) – no report

VII.          Old Business

1.      Endorsements

                                                              i.      1:30 pm - Consideration of Keith Hardy, Candidate for Saint Paul School Board, Time Certain Special Order. Existing motion from June meeting: 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. Met with candidate and discussed the original motion. Skrbec called the question. Motion passed. Vote on the original motion. All in favor (Atom Robinson not present for vote), motion passes and Keith Hardy endorsed. Chair Carlile will contact the candidate.

                                                            ii.      2:00 pm - Consideration of Saint Paul Better Ballot Campaign, a ballot initiative, Time Certain Special Order. Nancy Bernard motioned to endorse the Better Ballot Campaign for St. Paul, seconded by Andy Hauer. Andy Hauer called the question. Motion passed. Vote on the motion to endorse. One vote for the motion, Seven votes against. Motion failed.

VIII.       New Business

1.      Approving the absences of several board members at the June 2007 board meeting. The Chair would like to excuse the absences of the last meeting. All in favor. Motion passed. The Chair would like to excuse the absence of Alan Hooker. All in favor. Motion passes.

2.      Membership volunteer survey. Michael Martinez spoke on this item. Chair referred this to the membership committee.

3.      Member recruitment house parties Michael Martinez spoke on the topic. Chair referred the matter to the membership committee. Tim Bonham moved to allocate up to $50 per each of the 3 house parties for expenses. Seconded by Dyna Slyuter. Motion passed unanimously.

4.      DNC American Majority Partnership Summit. Nancy Bernard motioned to provide up to a maximum total amount of $400.00 (no more than $400.00) for/to any current Stonewall DFL board members attending the DNC American Majority Partnership Summit. Second by Tim Bonham. Unanimous in favor. Motion passed.

5.      Maplewood City Council Race - Joe Carlile spoke on the details of the race. SD55 is endorsing on Wednesday. The Chair referred the matter to the political support committee without objection.

6.      PAC vs Caucus  (held over until August meeting) – Atom Robinson made a motion to suspend the rules and take up the held over discussion at the July meeting. Andy Hauer seconded. Motion passes unanimously. Tim Bonham motioned to continue functioning as a party unit with a financial PAC. Nancy Bernard seconded the motion. Motion passed unanimously with one abstention.

 

IX.             Andy Hauer made a motion to adjourn at 3:28 pm seconded by Tim Bonham. Unanimously approved.

 

Announcements and upcoming dates:

 

1.      August 19 – SDFL Board of Directors meeting; 1 pm @ DFL HQ