November 17, 2021 – Virtual meeting held via closed ZOOM
7:00 pm – Call to Order by Chair Carla Rogers
Attendees:
| X | Carla Rogers | x | Bunny Hatcher | x | Karen Richter |
| X | Steven Butts | x | Colleen Hinton | x | Norman Sigler |
| x | Aaron Garcia Virgen | x | Sarah Koch | x | Sara Smith |
| x | Rachel Glass | Chris Porter | x | Gina Topp | |
| x | Leah Griffin | Dawn Rains | x | Julie Whitaker | |
| x | Trey Lykins | x | Nick Bonazza |
Welcome & Reminder of our social contract
Review of Agenda and Minutes
- October minutes approved by majority
- Agenda for tonight approved by majority
2021 Accomplishments
- Expanded membership – 553 members!
- More diverse membership, representative of our district
- We updated our Endorsement Rules, adopted a Platform, adopted 12 resolutions, stood up a Membership Policy Caucus structure, introduced a speaker series “Reframing Issues of Equity” and hosted 13 programs.
- 2 Adopt-a-Street clean ups and 2 Burien Outreach events with 25+ voter registrations.
- We endorsed and supported 17 candidates and 2 initiatives
- We held 8 canvas events and partnered with 4 organizations
- All during COVID!!!!
Announcements & Upcoming Dates
- Newsletter articles due Thursday, December 2
- Awards – nominations needed! Award nomination form: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1ugROczNvXcPPwVST9LgYSg2anuto-D9KLhkGjxldULQ/viewform?edit_requested=true Due December 15th and will recognize at January meeting. Questions? Contact Ann Martin: martinhtam@gmail.com.
- Bylaws Committee meeting – early December, changes to board in February. If you’re interested in participating in the Rules & Bylaws committee (or just have ideas or suggestions on things to address), email bylaws@34dems.org.
- April Fundraiser Planning – starting in January
- Received email from Mayor Matta regarding election support, and the chair and he are meeting to discuss.
- Need to review the 34th election engagement and methods, and determine what works best.
- January 19th – consider an in-person meeting? 6:30 – 8:00 at a central location?
- Gina Topp moved and Karen Richter seconded to give $250 toward the school levy campaign and take it to the membership. Board approved unanimously.
- Holiday Donations – $1,000 in the budget. Gina moved and Rachel seconded for $250 to each of the four food banks given last year. Verbal approval, no opposition.
- Chris and Carla will research creating FB donation links in addition to support these food banks.
Holiday Service Project
- Three ways to help Dec 12
- Cook, donate food to be cooked
- Donate Items
- Donate $ (for the purchase of items)
- Drop off only
School Levy Contribution
It was noted that a motion to consider making a contribution to the Schools First campaign (for the Seattle Public Schools Levies) would need to be done at the January membership meeting. We donated $100 to the Highline School Levy.
Resolutions
- Call for Non-discriminatory Health Care https://docs.google.com/document/d/1mezZog0V1_qArDNDwBQmys0q6YQNcxl5/edit
- Bunny Hatcher recommendation from committee is to pass as amended to membership.
- Sara Koch seconded.
- Unanimous verbal approval.
- KCDCC Resolution on Access to the Democratic Party VoteBuilder Resource
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- Resolution is being taken back for reconsideration.
Good of the Order
- Norman Sigler got married and will be moving out of the 34th.
8: 40 Adjourned by Carla Rogers, Chair