Minutes from September 8, 2007

Democratic Women of Johnson County
Regular Monthly Meeting
Saturday, September 8, 2007
10:00 am
JCMC Community Center
Presiding: Katherine Hegemann, Secretary

Meeting to be called to order at 10:00 am

Katherine Hegemann: Reading and approval of the minutes from August 25, 2007

Carole Maulden: Treasurer’s report of a bank balance of $329.83

Meeting items presented by Katherine Hegemann

• Fund raiser
• Cranberry Festival will be October 13
• Social for December to be discussed in committee
• Announcements to media suggestion and approved to send to the Watauga Democrat, Johnson City Press, Bristol Herald Courier, and television stations

Judy Walsh has a new granddaughter, Ivy Katherine Lakatos

Committee meetings

Program: Judy Walsh and Bobbie Smith

• Belinda Gelman and Kathleen Gehr will have the program on Obama in October
  
• Judy Walsh will discuss a program on the History of the Democratic Party in Johnson County with Tommy Walsh.
  
• The December social should be a brunch on December 8 at our regular meeting time. It should be a covered dish brunch. We might want to defer spouses attending the social until our May picnic.

Membership: Carole Maulden and Kathleen Mount

• Two members of the Membership Committee were present at the Sept. 8 meeting of DWJC. They divided the membership list and will call current members who are not regularly attending meetings, to encourage them to do so.

Publicity & Public Relations: Katherine Hegemann, Karin Bell, Louise Hamm, Belinda Gelman, Flo Bellamy, Kathleen Gehr, Romayne St. John

• The group edited the newsletter and the directory (to be distributed in January).
• Evelyn Cook has donated an heirloom quilt to be raffled off to help raise funds for the DWJC.
• Romayne volunteered to create and print the raffle tickets. The cost will be $5 per ticket and the raffle will run until after the Sunflower Festival next summer.
• Karin Bell will try to have vests for those who will man the booth at the Cranberry Festival. She showed the pattern and took some measurements.

Schedule for the Cranberry Festival, October 13, 11 am-5 pm
11 am-2 pm: Romayne St. John (Evelyn Cook), Karin Bell (Evelyn Cook), Louise Hamm
2 pm-5 pm: Helen McQueen, Belinda Gelman, Wanda Payne

Adjourned meeting at 10:46 am
Minutes compiled September 9, 2007
Minutes to be submitted for approval on October 6, 2007
Submitted by: Katherine Hegemann, Secretary

Minutes from August 25, 2007

Democratic Women of Johnson County
Regular Monthly Meeting
Saturday, August 25, 2007
10:00 am
JCMC Community Center

Evelyn Cook: Meeting called to order at 10:10 am

Secretary’s Report: Reading and approval of the minutes from July 14, 2007

Treasurer’s Report: With a deposit of $30, the bank balance is $318.83

Katherine Hegemann

• Fund Raiser Discussion: Kathleen Gehr-Chocolate auction; Kitty Hegemann-Kid day at Ralph Stout Park; decided to go with the chocolate auction with Kathleen as Chair and Belinda Gelman and Evelyn Cook serving on the committee
• District Call List: Some folks don’t want to make cold calls; Belinda Gelman will assist with the Trade list; Carole still has some lists that nobody has agreed to call
• Cranberry Festival: Kitty Hegemann to call Helen McQueen to have her coordinate; Evelyn Cook suggested that members from Shady Valley and the rest of us will man the booth

Carole Maulden

• The Old Butler Days did not work out so good-confusion about setup, not a high attendance, and it was very hot

Evelyn Cook

• Old Butler Days: take the heat trophies to Karin Bell, Louise Hamm, Carole Maulden, Kitty Hegemann
  Changing meeting day and time discussion: Saturday 10 am, 11 am or 12 pm; vote to keep at 2nd Saturday of the month at 10 am
• Janey Nelson: presented a sample vest for DWJC; reversible with solid outside and print inside; cost $25-28 per vest
• Instead, Karin Bell, Lynn Ong and Kathleen Gehr volunteered to make the vests for the cost of the fabric; Romayne St. John motioned to accept Karin’s idea, seconded and voted yes
• State of DWJC: Are we getting where we need to be? Unanimously Yes-especially compared to a year ago
• Directory: Kitty will have them by next meeting
• Belinda suggested we recall those on the voting lists who expressed interest in DWJC before the next meeting
• Discussion: DWJC newsletter, article in newspaper, get those who can’t come to the meetings to call the voting list women
• DWJC did not participate in the JC Fair as per Terry Warden’s advice-major act was not coming and the heat wave

Next meeting: September 8, 2007, JCMC Community Center, 10 am

Evelyn Cook: Adjourned meeting at 11:05 am
Minutes compiled August 26, 2007
Minutes submitted and approved September 8, 2007
Submitted by: Katherine Hegemann, Secretary