Minutes for March 10, 2007

Johnson County Democratic Women

Regular Monthly Meeting

Saturday, March 10, 2007

11:00 am

Cook’s Cafeteria

Meeting called to order: 11:07 am

Attendees: Darlene Atwood, Karin Bell, Evelyn Cook, Katherine Hegemann, Mary Hazel Hensley, Dee Lewis, Lydia Lewis, Carole Maulden, Lynn Ong, Helen McQueen, Reba Robinson, Bobbie Smith, Romayne St. John, Kathy Terrill, Evelyn Walsh

To all new members: Join a committee

Reading and approval of the minutes from February 10, 2007

Treasurer’s report of $319.19

Program by Publicity and Public Relations:

• Publicity and Public Relations Report
• Monthly PSA to The Tomahawk and WMCT Radio
• Article on Evelyn Cook becoming President (Celia)
• Included in The Progress Edition of The Tomahawk on March 21 there will be an organization listing and group photo (Celia)
• DWJC Website on http://johnsoncountydemocraticwomen.blogspot.com/ (Kitty)
• Fund raisers
• Input from those present: voting and voting machines
• Brochure: Young Democratic Voters—quotes from, need for Sunrise Festival (June 1 & 2) and Trade Days (June 22-24)

Meeting items presented by Evelyn Cook, President:

• March 31 election of JCD officers and executive board, upstairs in Courtroom, 10 am
• Vote and approve of a booth at Trade Days
• History: Louis May-The Democratic Party in Johnson County meets in a phone booth and the Republicans held a scavenger hunts to find a Democrat; Look Magazine determined in the 1930s that Johnson County was the most Republican county in the US; Evelyn has a 4 volume history of the TN Democratic party up to 1040; Evelyn’s mom was made a colonel in the TN Guard shortly before her death
• Two goals: 2007 establish a Young Democrats group; 2008 get out the vote

Darlene Atwood:

• The Johnson County voting machines are safe
• In the last election, 52% of votes were cast during early voting
• By the next election, there will be Vote Centers established in the county where anyone from the county may vote early

Dee Lewis: Can a person be a member even though she can’t attend the meetings? Yes

Carol Maulden, Membership Committee: Every member will be getting a sheet of Democratic voters to call and get them involved and voting.

Adjourn meeting at 12:07 pm