April 29 Meeting

Executive Committee Meeting-Directors and Officers

Start: 6:30

At Eastside Community Center

Present: Sieglinde Gassman, Bobby Jennings, Amber Hanson, Chris Whiting, Virginia Rybin, Lenora Taylor, Rich Kramer, Joann Ellis, Marj Ebensteiner, Brenda Wood, Jo Ann Clark, Wayne Wittman, Roger McClure, Doug Moore, Dianne Vevoir, Jerry Meusburger, Joanne Sylvander, Peter Breitholtz

Officer Reports:

Chris

CD4 Convention

-elected state committee members

-Al Franken and Jack Nelson Palmeyer spoke

-50 folks for seven spots as national delegates

Linde

Budget Talks

-financial report discussed

-Doug Moore provided bill

-discussion to use Anchor Bank

Peter

SD67 Main Blog

-discussed who should have direct access to the blog

-decided but did not vote on having a link on the blog to another more public

\blog

Bobby Jennings stressed the importance of the blog reaching folks outside the central committee and enabling them to post directly on the blog. Joann Ellis discussed fact that some folks don’t have computers. Doug suggested that the blog be guided by structure. Chris suggested link on blog to another more public blog.

Motion to move on to committee talks opposed for more discussion then passed.

Committees:

Committee info is being developed on the SD67 Main Blog and calls to action are being submitted. A list of names of folks on committees was passed around. Secretary copied list into minutes so that they could be added to the SD67 Committee blogs (see SD67 Main Blog/Committee Blogs).

Local Unite Timeline:

Discussed printout of local unite timeline (see SD67 Main Blog).

Motion to adopt framework of strategic plan/local unite timeline passed with no further discussion.

Adjouned: 7:30

Central Committee

Start: 7:30

CD4 Convention ended at 5pm. Betty McCollum will be endorsed. Chris said to contact Melissa Jamrock about posting for Betty on SD67 Main Blog.

Delegates

-Jo Ann discussed delegates not present and folks that are not seated. SD67 will send seven plus one delegate to the state convention in June in Rochester. Marty Strub will have training at his home on second to last Friday of May, the 23^rd, for the state convention.

-Chris suggested that a St. Paul delegation should be formed and that he is working on that. He suggested St. Paul, reflected in recent legislation, is a sort of “dead zone” overshadowed by the iron range, Minneapolis, and “Greater” Minnesota. He suggested that we make t-shirts for the St. Paul delegation.

-The state convention in Rochester will be stricter about who can serve on convention committees and who can get onto the floor. Lenora Taylor expressed she would like to get onto the floor and this will be worked out.

Motion to Adjourn passed: 8:00pm

-Broke out into committees for talks.