Decisions Made:

• Needed: New email blast for PNC delegates.

People Present: Joshua G (Secretary, NS), Charlene D (Co-chair, CMGR), Lois G (PV), Brian C (Treasurer, GBC), Barbara C (ARV alternate), Danny Factor (ARV).

• With 6 voting members in attendance, quorum is reached!

Guests: Elie Yarden and David Gerry.

1) Assign Meeting Roles - Brian Minutes, Lois Facilitator, Josh Time.

2) Approve draft agenda - Approved by consensus.

3) Approve minutes from 2/27/20 Adcom Meeting - Approved by consensus.

4) Presidential Primary Election report (see https://electionstats.state.ma.us/elections/view/135904/ )

• Danny and Charlene elected. 5 min meeting to appoint Treasurer and Secretaryelected at the previous Annual Convention (see GRP Bylaws 8.5.8).
• PresPrimaryElection.‘State Results website may be preliminary. We can use these numbers to determine delegate apportionment.’ CD
• When official results done, ....delegate selection plan was approved by StateCom. It describes how many delegates each pres candidate gets, formula complex.
• No Preference delegates ‘won’, HH, DH, SC.
• needed: new email blast for delegates
• Only write-in candidates who contacted town officials beforehand will have their write-in votes counted.
  • Inquiry on write-in candidates – some things immediate,
    • Joshua spoke with Rosenberry; David Rolde’s request for recount too late, court order needed to see write-in ballots.

5) Working Committee Reports

• MDVR: Josh: Sending GRP Outreach letter to Progressive Campus Groups; Video Project, John B asking for GRP Members to volunteer for speaking parts.
• CDLC: Charlene:
  • Updating candidate page... no local/district candidates endorsed by Statecom yet, so no one on/to put on 2020 candidates webpage yet.
  • Nat & Joyce running in for 2 offices in Whately – are they asking to be endorsed by Statecom? No, local candidates don’t usually do this.
  • Acton: Selectboard candidates (2) Jim Snyder-Grant (unenrolled), Terra Friedrichs(? unenrolled)
  • Charlene running for State Rep in 12th Worcester District.
• LegisCom: Meeting once monthly, state legislative session begins 2021 so relatively quiet now – bills and bill authors sought.
• TechComm: considering video conferencing freeconferencecall.com video option.
  • Re: videoconf: Zoom limited to 40 minutes, freeCCall not.
  • Also Jitsi – but needs Chrome or Chromium browser.
  • DG: Zoom $300 to go over 40 min. smartphone apps for Zoom & FCC.com
• Comcom: Brian
• Funfin: Brian and Roni Beal met by phone, nothing to report.

6) Regional Convention updates - *What are options if regions can't meet face-to-face?*

• News Re: COVID-19 changing daily.
• Metro West Reg Con Cancelled by the library today!
• Sat, Mar 14 SE MA Regional Convention.
• PVC met already. last sunday. Elizabeth Humphrey and Lois Gagnon elected to Statecom.
• dg: only meeting required by state law = cd and df meet and reappoint Secretary and Treasurer (this is a correction, per MGL and GRP bylaws).
• Danny: confused about those elected at Regional Convention: Are they now a full member of Statecom or does Danny and Charlene need to acknowledge them?
  • David: Technically Charlene and Danny are the only elected Statecom members. Everyone else is appointed.
• Charlene: The only thing we have to do is appoint the Secretary and Treasurer elected at previous convention (two co-chairs continue to serve, do not need to be reappointed). The officers and two elected StateCom members then appoint the people elected at the Regional Conventions.
• Regional Conventions must report who was elected to the GRP Secretary.

7) StateCom, Sunday 4/5, 9-4, Natick - 10 minutes

*What are options if StateCom can't meet face-to-face?*

• Required: reconstitute Statecom via Charlene & Danny by 4/12/20 deadline: RegularSpring Statecom meeting afterward could be rescheduled, delayed.
• Statecom: CD & DF will meet apr5. Big statecom doesn’t have to be in person. Daylong not practical?
• State deadline: applies to only first (2-person) statecom.
• State requirement for regional Conventions meeting? Deadline? By April 1st (day before new StateCom is in effect, by state law).
• Treasurer and Secretary re-appointed by presidential primary ballot-elected StateCom members (in 2020, Charlene and Danny). - 5-minute statecom. Meeting, must be by deadline of 4/12/20.
• Reg Convn website notification
• choose delegates to nominating convention: this is done according to the Delegate Selection Plan by the PCWG.
• done by on website.
  • 1) ballot to Statecom
  • 2) these appoint officers.
  • 3) these appoint chapter -elected statecom members
• Danny: Was originally County convention regions. Merelice proposal to change to equal sized region.
• Joshua asked to call SoC: re: regional conventions.
• DF: not solved: Is it GRP officers or Statecom Electeds Charlene  & Danny who appoints Regional Convention-elected statecom reps.
• State Convention, COVID-19 far enough off so conditions better by then? Take it from situation later assessed.

8) Post Card Mailings, updates

Keep list of donors (who donated as a result of the mailing?).

How many returned undeliverable?

60 (160-180) returned.

9) State Convention updates

• Annual Convention Committee Volunteers: Roni Beal, John Blumenstiel, Matt Andrews, Maha Gray, Joshua Gerloff.

10) PCWG still accepting applications for PNC delegates

• Will send email blast.
• There is a Participation Fund.

11) Round Robin