Central Committee Meetings and Minutes
Archive 2006-2007

 

Wednesday June 13, 2007 - 6:30 p.m.
Panhandle Health District
322 Marion Avenue, Sandpoint Idaho

CALL TO ORDER

INTRODUCTIONS AND ATTENDANCE REVIEW
REVISE /APPROVE AGENDA MINUTES

TREASURER’S REPORT

OLD BUSINESS
Dem Rally Post Falls, 6/23 – approve expenses for ad, silent auction and picnic items
4th July Parade
Priest River Days
Panhandle Special Needs Volunteering
Precinct Captain Recruitment
Slogan Contest Results
State Pledge Fund

NEW BUSINESS
Update On County Commissioner’s Business - Todd
Approve Domain Registration & Webmaster Fee - $144
Finance Committee Report
1-2 Month Summer Recess?
Summer Party(ies)
Bonner County Food Bank – Ranel Hansen
Goals From State Party
Fall Training At State Central Committee
Agenda Meeting Last Wednesday of Month

Next Meeting:
To be discussed
Panhandle Health District
322 Marion Avenue, Sandpoint, Idaho

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BONNER COUNTY DEMOCRATIC CENTRAL COMMITTEE
MINUTES OF SEPTEMBER 2006 MONTHLY MEETING

BONNER COUNTY DEMOCRATIC CENTRAL COMMITTEE
MINUTES OF OCTOBER 2006 MONTHLY MEETING
Chair Gil Beyer called the meeting to order at 6:35 p.m. at the Panhandle Health Building, 322 Marion Avenue, Sandpoint Idaho.

ATTENDANCE
Executive Committee members present were; Deb Crossett, Rick Wilfert, Gil Beyer, Bob Marley and Parise Whitley. Precinct Captains present were; Maureen O’lone, Ken Meyers, Maggie Mjelde, Jan Wilfert, Dan Aeschliman, Clare Marley and Mary McFarland. Also present were; Roger Campbell, Barb Harris, Mary Faux, Howard Faux, Laura Bry, Bob Wynhausen, Roger Campbell, Steve Elgar and Steve Johnson.
REVIEW / REVISE / APPROVE AGENDA
Jackie Twilliger’s visit was added to new business. Deb moved to accept the agenda. This was seconded by Jan and approved.
MINUTES / TREASURER’S REPORT
Clare moved to accept the minutes as written. This was seconded by Deb and approved. Rick reported $35.69 in the savings account and $5,720.11 in the checking. Ken moved to accept the Treasurer’s report. This was seconded by Deb and approved.

OLD BUSINESS
- GOTV volunteers are mostly in place. $2500.00 is to be spent on post cards. $500.00 is to be spent on food and volunteer support services. Judy Meyers has offered to coordinate food and volunteer services. Steve and Shelly have offered to cover any reasonable additional costs. $400.00 is budgeted for phones. Various minute plans were discussed. The state might be willing to help us in some way with the purchase of phones. Deb requested an additional $1500.00 for GOTV expenses. Maggie moved to approve an additional $1500.00 for GOTV expenses. This was seconded by Maureen and approved. An after the polls close party is being planned for DeLuna’s.
- There will be a bake sale on October 14th at the farmers market.

NEW BUSINESS
- Jackie Twilliger will be at headquarters at 10 a.m. on friday the 13th. Attendance would be appreciated.
- The Bee wants us to buy adds for the voters guide. There was much discussion concerning the ethics involved. The idea of just bold and simple “Enough is Enough” was brought forward. Gil asked if the Central Committee would be willing to let the Executive Committee act on the purchasing of an add or adds. Maggie moved to buy as big an add as we can for $1500.00. This was seconded by Jan and approved.
- Jan asked for a budget of $300.00 for the Festival of Trees. Deb moved to approve, Maureen seconded and the budget was approved.
- Gil ask that we think about the idea of having a year round headquarters. Our current Landlord is asking $350.00 per month which includes rent, phone and computer.
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BONNER COUNTY DEMOCRATIC CENTRAL COMMITTEE
MINUTES OF AUGUST 2006 MONTHLY MEETING

Chair Gil Beyer called the meeting to order at 6:35 p.m. at the Panhandle Health Building, 322 Marion Avenue, Sandpoint Idaho. Introductions were made.

ATTENDANCE
Executive Committee members present were; Jim Ramsey, Gil Beyer, Bob Marley, Rick Wilfert, Deb Crossett and Parise Whitley. Precinct Captains present were; Ken Meyers, Maureen O’Lone, Dan Aeschliman and Maggie Mjelde. Also present were; Barbara Harris, Mary Faux, Lori Williams, Steve Elgar, Howard Faux, Katy Akers, Pat Ramsey, Roger Campbell, Shelly Landry, Carol Mueller, Gary and Carol Pietsch and Steve Johnson.
REVIEW / REVISE / APPROVE AGENDA
Maureen moved to approve the agenda as written. This was seconded by Deb and approved.
MINUTES / TREASURER’S REPORT
Deb moved to approve the minutes as written. This was seconded by Jim and approved. Rick reported $3828.78 in the savings account and $2201.30 in the checking. He also mentioned an executive decision to approve an additional $40.00 expense for the Priest River Timber Days Parade. Deb, Gil, Parise and Jim voted in favor of this decision. Income for July was $93.00. Expenses for July were $2,003.67. Steve offered to loan the Central Committee the $600.00 tied up in deposits so that the money could be spent before the elections were over. Deb moved to accept the Treasurer’s report. This was seconded by Maureen and approved.
OLD BUSINESS
- Priest River Days went well. Next year we need twice as much candy, about 32 pounds.
- More volunteers are needed for the picnic. Larry Grant and Howard Faux will be there. Flyers were passed out for us to copy and hand out / hang up around town.
- We are collecting nonperishable food items for the food bank.
- Headquarters opens officially on 8/14. From 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. there will be festivities. Headquarters is located on highway 200 across from Cold Water Creek.
- A sign up sheet was passed around for volunteering at the fair booth.
NEW BUSINESS
- While signing for new bank cards Rick found out he could up the limit on single signature checks form $100 to $500. Rick asked that this be approved. Deb moved to approve the raising of the single signature limit. This was seconded by Maggie and approved.
- The 4th of July banners cost $30.00 more than was planned for. Deb moved to approve the additional expense. This was seconded by Maggie and approved.
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BONNER COUNTY DEMOCRATIC CENTRAL COMMITTEE
MINUTES OF MARCH 8, 2006 MONTHLY MEETING

Chair Deborah Crossett called the meeting to order at 6:35 p.m. at the Panhandle Health Building, 322 Marion Avenue, Sandpoint Idaho.
An announcement was added to the agenda by Gretchen Hellar.

ATTENDANCE
Executive Committee members present were: Deb Crossett, Bob Wynhausen, Bob Marley, Jim Ramsey, Rick Wilfert and Parise Whitley. Precinct Captains present were: JoAnn VanStone, Jan Wilfert, Maureen O’Lone, Ivan Benson, Ken Meyers and Dan Aeschliman. Also present were: Dale VanStone, Roger Campbell, Gretchen Hellar, Maggie Mjelde, Shelly Landry, Pat Dutkovich, Pat Ramsey, Todd Crossett, Judie Conlan, Gary Pietsch and Carol Pietsch .

MINUTES / TREASURER’S REPORT
Jan moved to accept the minutes as written. This was seconded by Bob W. and approved. Rick reported $4257.85 in the savings account and $1268.48 in the checking account. Jan moved to accept the Treasurer’s report. This was seconded by Bob W. and approved.

OLD BUSINESS
*Ken Larson spoke to us about the formation of the issues committee. He also passed out “Comparing Issues” which contains draft statements. Deciding what the function of these statements are and who these statements are directed to is a decision that needs to be made. Jan moved to accept Ken as chair of the issues committee. This was seconded by Bob W. and approved.
*Maggie Mjelde volunteered her home for Grouse Creek phone canvassing on March 11. There will be a phone canvass at the Wilfert’s March 18 at 9:30 a.m.
*Shelly will be heading up the March 31 fundraiser. It will be at the VFW. Volunteers will be needed. Maureen moved to approve up to $600.00 in expenses for this fundraiser with $100.00 being returned as a deposit on the VFW Hall. This was seconded by Bob W. and approved.
*Pizza and Politics was interesting and well attended.
*The Caucus had 12 delegates and 5 alternates.
*The Health Care Forum was also well attended with 14 people forming a task force with it’s first meeting already scheduled. Todd Crossett is on that task force.
*Jan moved to accept Parise as chair of the community service committee. This was seconded by Bob W. and approved.

NEW BUSINESS
*Jan needs 3 dancers for the 4th of July parade.
*The Potluck and Letter Writing Organization will meet at Gretchen Hellars on the 14th at 10 a.m.
*Tuesday at 4:30 the English as a Second Language program will hold a reception.

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BONNER COUNTY DEMOCRATIC CENTRAL COMMITTEE
MINUTES OF FEBRUARY 8, 2006 MONTHLY MEETING

Chair Deborah Crossett called the meeting to order at 6:35 pm at the Panhandle Health Building, 322 Marion Avenue, Sandpoint Idaho.

ATTENDANCE
Executive Committee members present were; Deb Crossett, Bob Marley, Rick Wilfert and Parise Whitley. Precinct Captains present were; Maureen O’Lone, Ken Meyers and Jan Wilfert. Also present were; Roger Campbell, Judy Meyers, Shelly Landry and Steve Elgar.

MINUTES / TREASURER’S REPORT
Jan moved to approve the minutes as written. This was seconded by Ken and approved. Rick reported $1253.06 in the checking account and $4247.85 in the savings. Jan moved to approve the Treasurer’s report. This was seconded by Ken and approved.

OLD BUSINESS
Judy reported that the Health Care Forum on 1/31 attracted 56 attenders. Exciting ideas were presented and the next, solution oriented forum, on March 7 should be equally exciting. Finding a balance between the bipartisan nature of the forum and the fact that it is being sponsored by the BCDCC was also discussed. It was suggested that some of us write letters to the editor thanking the BCDCC for sponsoring the forum and plugging the next.

The phone canvassing of the Sagle Precinct at Dan’s house was very successful. Shelly reported that 10 callers identified 125 people. On March 11 we will meet at a location to be announced later to canvass the Grouse Creek Precinct. On March 18 we will meet at Jan’s house to canvass the Humbird Precinct.

NEW BUSINESS
The Boundary County fundraiser was discussed. They are reported to have raised $1700.00 with their chili-feed and auction. A Bonner County fundraiser was proposed for Friday, March 31. Shelly will look for a location and Deb will look for someone to head it up.
Marueen volunteered to make signs and it was mentioned that Judy makes a mean apple pie which could be a possible auction item.
Shelly pointed out that the Democrats are not very visible in giving to charities. A scholarship fund was mentioned as possibility, as well as giving to Toys for Tots, giving to the food bank, giving to the health clinic, adopting a highway and sponsoring a book collection at the library. A giving coordinator for the BCDCC would be a handy person to have.

EVENTS
Pizza and Politics will be a Slates 2/24 at 6:30 pm. Maureen moved to spend up to $100.00. This was seconded and approved.
The caucus will be 2/28 at the courthouse at 7:30 pm.
State Central Committee has asked that each county put together a gift basket worth $30.00. Ken moved that we give Shelly the funds to do this. This was seconded by Maureen and approved.

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BONNER COUNTY DEMOCRATIC CENTRAL COMMITTEE MINUTES OF JANUARY 11, 2006 MONTHLY MEETING

Chair Deborah Crossett called the meeting to order at 6:40 pm at the Power House meeting room.

ATTENDANCE
Central Committee members present were; Deb Crossett, Bob Wynhausen, Bob Marley, Rick Wilfert and Parise Whitley. Precinct Captains present were; Dan Aeschliman, JoAnn VanStone and Maureen O’Lone. Also present were; Judy Meyers, Shelly Landry, Gary Pietsch, Carol Pietsch, Dale VanStone and Roger Campbell.

MINUTES / TREASURER’S REPORT
Maureen moved to accept the minutes as written. This was seconded by Dan and approved. Rick reported $1269.02 in the checking account and $4217.85 in the savings. Maureen moved to accept the Treasurer’s report. This was seconded by Dan and approved.

NEW BUSINESS
Shelly reported on the training of precinct committee persons. She let us know that she is here to help us in any organizational way she can. Identifying democrats is of the utmost importance. She has updated the precinct committee persons handbook and has posted it on the yahoo web site. Shelly would like to see us focus on phone canvassing as individuals or groups to start with, possibly focusing on one precinct at a time. It was decided we would start with the Sagle precinct. Deb, Parise, Bob Marley, Rick, JoAnn, Bob Whynhausen and Shelly agreed to meet at Dan’s on February 4th at 10 am.
Judy reported on the upcoming health care forums sponsored by the BCDCC. The first forum will be at the Sandpoint Community Hall on January 31 at 6:30 pm. It will focus on the nature and scope of access problems in Bonner County as well as possible solutions. The second forum will be at the meeting room in Bonner County Hospital on March 7 at 6:30 pm. This meeting will focus on developing working solutions. For those interested in writing a letter to the editor some talking points are the 14,000 uninsured people in Bonner County, of which 80% are employed. The average amount spent on health insurance by a family of four is $11,000 to $12,000. Per capita income in Bonner County is a little over $18,000. Health care is an important part of community infrastructure. It’s time for a change.

Dan moves we allow no more than $200.00 in expenses for this forum. This was seconded by Bob Wynhausen and approved.

Ken Larson will be heading up the issues committee which will focus on local issues. Results from an opinion poll conducted by the state will be out some time in February.

Upcoming events include; 1/20/06 Boundary County chili feed fundraiser at the Boundary County Fairgrounds. 2/18/06 Frank Church Dinner. 2/28/06 Democratic Caucus, 6:30 pm at the Bonner County Court House. Pizza and Politics at Slates Bar and Grill 2-24/06 at 6:30 pm.

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