Columbia County Democratic Central Committee

Minutes of January 15, 2002

Warren, OR

Present: Peter Alotta, Susan Easley, Jolene Jonas, Debi Corsiglia, Joe Corsiglia, Dorothy Robertson, Bill Eagle, Claudia Eagle, Geneva Shadley, Sherry Olsen, Linda Waters, Nancy Federici, Brad Witt, Josette Hugo, Rita Bernhard, Darryl Boom, Diana Boom, Karen Ladd, Craig Frasier and Lori Peterson

The meeting was called to order by Chair Jolene Jonas at 7:00 PM and the group joined in the flag salute.  Introductions were made.

Minutes for the meeting on December 15^th were approved followed by the treasurer’s report by Co-Treasurer, Joe Corsiglia. The balance is $675.20.  Joe mentioned the bank was now charging service charges if the account balance falls below $300 and if there is no activity during a monthly cycle.  To avoid those charges, he will stagger our transactions.  Joe moved and Bill Eagle seconded a motion to send a check to the Fairgrounds for our booth rental for the Fair.

By-laws: Nancy Federici moved and Peter Alotta seconded a motion to replace Articles I, II and III of the committee by-laws with the amended ones as recommended by Diana Boom.  Bill volunteered to work on any revisions to Article IV and Jolene will ask Betty Huser if she would help out, too.  Peter and Susan Easley agreed to work on Article V.  Reports will be delivered at the April meeting.

Precinct Registration: The filing period for precinct committeepersons is February 1-March 12 and Jolene handed out registration forms to the group. The need to recruit more precinct people was discussed. Forms will be sent to those not in attendance.  After the meeting Jolene asked that each person fill out their forms individually and suggested anyone with questions call Betty at the Courthouse.

Upcoming Meetings:  The next state meeting will be in Eugene on February 9^th and the state platform convention will be in Beaverton March 8-10. We can have 12 delegates and three alternates. Volunteers to attend the state convention are: Jolene, Susan, Peter, Craig, Josette, Bill, Claudia and Brad. Jolene will contact Chip and Nancy Bubl as well as Shawna Sykes regarding the state convention. The group agreed to keep our state delegates the same.  At the district level, Nancy will continue as a delegate with Claudia Eagle.  Jolene, Craig and Brad offered to serve as alternates. Jolene will contact  Paul Dinu, Pat Zimmerman and several others to see if they would be interested in serving as district representatives.

Old Business: The Donkey U item was tabled until the next meeting as Shawna was not available.  Jolene said that she and her husband would work on a prototype business card for precinct persons to use to introduce themselves when they go door-to-door.

New Business: Bill announced the website would have an “Issues” section for varying types of commentary, and Jolene reminded  the group that the site is always in need of useful links and content.  Jolene also asked for volunteers to select county events the committee might participate in.  Diana and Nancy offered to compile a list for the April meeting.  A reminder was issued about the CCCHD gala on January 26^th and the Christmas auction and district lunch has been scheduled for December 14, 2002 at the Country Inn.  Nancy moved and Susan seconded a motion to appoint Lori Peterson and Karen Ladd as precinct committeepersons.

The meeting was adjourned at 7:58PM.

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