Regular Monthly Meeting
Saturday, July 14, 2007
JCMC Community Center
Meeting called to order at 10:10 am
Reading and approval of the minutes from June 9, 2007 by Katherine Hegemann
Treasurer’s report by Carole Maulden: $344.33
Meeting items presented by Katherine Hegemann
- Brochures: get copy of file to Terry Warden to take to the prison for inmates to take care of printing
- Directory of members: Carole and Kitty will coordinate and get members to allow personal information to be published; those present at the meeting said they had no objections to their personal information being published
- Old Butler Days (August 10 & 11, 9 am-9 pm): Friday 11 am-3 pm Louise Hamm and Karin Bell, Saturday 11 am-3 pm Shirley Brahaney and Carole Maulden
- Johnson County Fair (August 18 11 am-5 pm): 11 am-3 pm Terry Warden and Evelyn Cook, 3 pm-5 pm Shirley Brahaney and Kitty Hegemann
- The call list first contact should be completed by the next meeting
- Next meeting August 25
- Honor Shirley Brahaney as first president and main organizer of DWJC by Evelyn Cook
- Next year get going, vote Democratic, organize Young Democrats, and complete the call list to enlist new members
- Terry Warden has wanted to see a Young Democrats organization since she moved to JC. There is no Young Democrats (YD) on the high school level in TN
- Janet Meeks: state Democratic employee and coordinates E TN Democrats
The face of TN Democrats is changing and becoming more progressive
Democrats need to attract younger people
Vote Builder database to find interested voters
YD are 18-40 years old
Identify by voting in 2004 and 2006 in the primaries
Barack Obama has a strong YD at ETSU
HS YD have to be restarted since 9 out of 10 will leave the area after graduation
If a HS YD is organized: what will the school allow? Use community service projects as YD. Identify goals and objectives. Need strong leadership. Need one Dem teacher and 2 strong Dem young people to organize and lead. Some YD organize outside of HS.
Using Vote Builder: people are very busy; we must get out of our comfort zone and talk and educate people about the issues
The 1st District needs to use technology (50% of county chairs have no email)
Young people use email, My Space, You Tube
County parties need to have a fire set under them to get active
New state party leaders are leading TN Dems to a strong, progressive way (Graham Sasser is 38)
Emphasize the voting records of Davis and Alexander.
Letters to the Editor of the local newspaper - Terry Warden needs a list of potential YD
Adjourn meeting at 11:10 am
Submitted by: Katherine Hegemann, Secretary
07/14/2007
