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Stonewall DFL - Board of Directors Meeting | November 18, 2007 @ 1 PM – DFL Headquarters

Members present: Joe Carlile, Andy Hauer, Paul Skrbec, Michael Martinez, Del Jenkins, Alan Hooker, Dyna Sluyter

Members absent: Nancy Bernard, Matthea Little Smith, Atom Robinson and Tim Bonham

I.    Chair person Joe Carlile called the meeting to order at 12:57 pm

II.   Reading of the Affirmative Action Statement – Del read the affirmative action statement.

III.  Approval of Agenda – 2 additions were made. VAN update & guest speaker. Del Jenkins motioned to approve the agenda with additions. Andy Hauer seconded. Motion passed unanimously.

IV.    Approval of Minutes – chair motioned unanimous consent. Motion passed.

V.     Guest speaker – Al Franken.

VI.    Officer’s Reports

1.     Chair – reported on St. Paul elections; provided an update on ENDA and Hate Crimes bills in the US House.

2.     Associate Chair – no report

3.     Treasurer – presented treasurer’s report; balance on hand $2,846.74

4.     Secretary – January 2 is the St. Paul City Council Inauguration – contact Paul if you are interested in attending & January 4 is the Inaugural Ball – contact Paul if you would like to attend so we can request invitations.

5.     AAO – no report

VII.         Standing Committees:

1.     Political Support (Del Jenkins) – reported on the process for endorsements. Del moved to approve the process as presented. Seconded by Alan Hooker. Motion passed unanimously. Joe Carlile moved to empower the political support committee to vet and complete the candidate questionnaires. Seconded by Del Jenkins. Motion passes unanimously. Federal screening date is January 19, other screening dates are TBD.

2.     Communications (Alan Hooker) website has been updated and will have the new endorsement procedures online once Del provides documents electronically.

3.     Fundraising (Atom Robinson) – no report.

4.     Membership (Michael Martinez) – discussed what occurred with the VAN for the Halloween invitation. Paul will e-mail the 2006 membership letter to Michael for review with mark-up for changes for 2007.

VIII.    Old Business

1.     Halloween party report – we made $125 profit.

2.     DNC American Majority Partnership Summit – tabled until next meeting

3.     Report on MN State Central Committee meeting – tabled until next meeting

IX.    New Business

1.     Candidate endorsements by board members – Joe Carlile submitted the following amendment to be included in the Operational-By Laws of Stonewall DFL.

Article VIII. Use of Stonewall DFL Name in Personal Endorsements

Section VIII. 1. No member of the Board of Directors may use the Stonewall DFL name in conjunction with a personal endorsement of any candidate for political office of any ballot question.

Section VIII. 2. The prohibitions specified in Section1 do not apply if the candidate or ballot question has received an endorsement pursuant to Article V of the Stonewall DFL Constitution.

Section VIII. 3. An personal endorsement made under Section 1 shall not preclude a member of the Board of Directors from participating in the endorsement process in Section V of the Stonewall DFL Constitution.

Del Jenkins motioned to approve as amended. Seconded by Alan Hooker. Motion passed unanimously.

X.    Joe Carlile made a motion to adjourn at 2:52 pm seconded by Andy Hauer. Unanimously approved.

Announcements and upcoming dates:

1.      December 9 – SDFL Board of Directors meeting; 1 pm @ DFL HQ