[statecom-discuss] CDLC 12-27 minutes

[Mike Heichman]

Mike Heichman wrote:

> CDLC
> Meeting in Worcester
> December 27, 2007
>
>
> Present: Elie, Ralph, Gary, Emily, Ellie, Grace (facilitator), Rick, 
> Maureen, Mark, Kirk & Mike (recorder)
>
> I. Next meeting will be a phone conference. Sunday, January 6 at 8 PM.
> Free Conference Call: Conference Dial-in Number: (712) 432-9998
> Participant Access Code: 525338#R
>
> II. Reports
>
> A. Elie’s Report
>
> 1. Elie had a written report with contact information for Swift, 
> McKinney, Ball and Nader, progress report on his contacts with the 
> presidential candidates, and his request for assistance from Greg 
> Gerritt (from the National GP) who is willing to come up from 
> Providence for a meeting in Boston.
> 2. Elie will contact the GP about assisting with Gary’s idea of 
> getting PBS to cover our forum.
>
> B. Boston Report:
>
> 1. Gary, Mike, Merelice and Lawrence met with Mel.
> 2. Gary contacted Chuck who will be contacting Roxbury Community 
> College this week
>
> C. Mike’s Report
>
> 1. Mike had been requested at the last meeting to come up with some 
> ideas on preparing for our forums. His ideas included the role of the 
> CDLC, the request of assistance from other GRP statewide committees 
> including Adcom and Statecom, and tasks for the 2 “regional forum 
> committees”.
> 2. Additional ideas
>
> a. IIC: Add: Who will be the moderator?
> b. IID: A point of emphasis: “The real priority is not the creation of 
> the perfect forum; the real priority is a focus on outreach.”
>
> D. Emily’s Western MA Report
>
> 1. Emily contacted Eli B (ComCom) who will be busy until January 1. 
> She will contact him again.
> 2. She was unsuccessful in contacting Martina. However, she was 
> successful in contacting Rick and Emily (who joined us for the meeting).
> 3. Rick contacted Luis B, who will help with the event in Holyoke. 
> Luis will contact Holyoke Community College for a potential venue. We 
> discussed this venue and others-maybe the First Baptist Church in 
> Holyoke. (Note: Luis has a radio show.)
> 4. Grace will contact AIC in Springfield as a potential site.
>
> E. Mike passed out a list of all the primaries and caucuses.
>
> 1. It shows that there will be a number of elections taking place in 
> the month of January and a whole bunch on February 5 (Super Tuesday), 
> including MA, CA and NY.
> 2. Mike was concerned that the candidates would be so busy campaigning 
> around the country that it would be unlikely that we could get many of 
> them to MA before February 5.
> 3. Grace and Elie both believe that this will not be the case and 
> there will be a very good chance that we will be able to get some of 
> them up to our forums.
>
> III. When should we have our forums?
>
> A. Agreement to find our sites ASAP.
> B. Agreement that the best dates would be the weekend (Friday-Sunday) 
> of January 26-28 (potential conflict with State Comm. meeting) or 
> February 1-3 (just before the primary).
>
> IV. Mike asked the question whether the GRP could raise $ at these 
> events, especially if the venue was at a public institution. We need 
> to ask Jamie O. and Dan M.
>
> V. We discussed the relationship between the CDLC and the 2 Regional 
> Committees (Roxbury and Springfield/Holyoke).
>
> VI. Elie is expecting to hear information from all of the candidates 
> by January 4.
>
> VII. Next meeting will be a phone conference. Sunday, January 6 at 8 PM.
>
> Free Conference Call: Conference Dial-in Number: (712) 432-9998
> Participant Access Code: 525338#
>
> VIII. Requests for Assistance from GRP Committees
> A. Adcom
>
> 1. We will probably need some $ for our 2 forums.
> 2. We will need access to lists. (Mike will e-mail Dan M for forms.)
>
> B. ComCom
>
> 1. Assistance with media coverage (PSAs, radio, etc.)
> 2. Copies of the GRP Newspaper for the Forum
> 3. Mike will write up a 2 paragraph article for the GRP Newspaper (To 
> be filled in later with details about the forum. (Mike expressed a 
> concern that we would not have the information in time for the 
> newspaper’s deadline.)
> 4. (Note: The Regional Committees will be responsible for the local 
> media coverage.)
>
> C. Membership
>
> 1. GRP membership materials (membership brochure, buttons, membership 
> forms & $ envelopes, GRP sign-in sheet, etc)
>
> D. Tech Comm.
>
> 1. Keep the website updated.
>
> E. Statecom
>
> 1. Ask every Statecom member to attend at least one forum-volunteer to 
> help at the event and assist with bringing folks from their region to 
> the forum(s).
>
> IX. Mike will add the new people to the CDLC list and will create a 
> separate “Forum List” for those who are actively working on the forums.
>
> X. Restructuring CDLC
> A. Gary was elected Male Co-Chair.
> B. Emily declined (for now) to be elected Female Co-Chair.
> C. Mike was elected Secretary.
> D. Mike and Gary will serve for the next 6 weeks and then we will have 
> new elections.
>
> XI. $ Issues
>
> A. The last 2 meetings members have traveled from the eastern and more 
> western part of the state to Worcester. Today we had a dinner meeting. 
> Some of us need $ for our expenses.
> B. Mike will ask Dan M to send him forms for reimbursement.
>
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