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Unofficial minutes from December meeting of Oconee County Democratic Committee

OCONEE COUNTY DEMOCRATIC COMMITTEE

JANUARY 19, 2012

OCONEE COUNTY ANNEX

Members Present:  Ann Stoneburner (1-3), Robert Wyatt (6-1), Violet Dawe (1-1), Liz Goodroe (4-3), Vicky Moody (4-1), Diana Jeffreys (6-2), and Pat Adams (6-3)

Members Excused: Sarajane Love (2-3), Jonathan Veit (2-1), and Dan Matthews (2-2).

Members Absent:  Tony Glenn (1-2), Linda Elkins (3-1), Rita Bennett (3-2), and Peggy Thrasher Law (4-2).

Call to order:  The meeting was called to order at 7:00PM by Chair Ann Stoneburner.

Welcome and Introduction of Visitors and Guests:

David Shearon and Nancy Deremo

Approval of Minutes:   Liz Goodroe reported that the minutes had been sent to out and received no replies for corrections.  Ann called for a motion to approve the minutes of the December 11, 2011 meeting.   Robert Wyatt moved and Pat Adams seconded a motion that the minutes submitted by Liz Goodroe be approved. The motion carried.

Treasurer’s report:  Violet Dawe reported that the bank balance is $XX,XXX.XX.  Ann said Article 3.9 from Bylaws of the Oconee County Democratic Committee:  Dues: Reasonable dues for members may be set, upon due deliberation and majority vote of the committee.  No person elected to serve in a Committee post shall be denied the right to participate for a failure to pay dues to the Committee.  As things stand now, members who do pay their dues contribute a range of amounts; however, this is all lumped under the category of “Dues” in the Annual Financial Report.  It was suggested that this year we each pay the same amount in Dues and label our additional (and welcomed) monetary contributions as “Donations.”  Violet collected dues and members’ forms, and Liz Goodroe will compile members’ forms.  In terms of recording in-kind donations, the recommendation for 2012 was for members to give Violet a record of their in-kind contributions on a monthly basis.  Committee dues were set at $10/year.  

Board of Elections & Registration:  Robert Wyatt reported the BOE didn’t meet in December and the next meeting is scheduled for February 6, 2012.  While 2011 was quiet in terms of elections, 2012 has the potential for as many as seven elections or possibly as few as three.  Robert said the Oconee County website, (http://www.oconeecounty.com), provides a link to the BOE for voter information and to the state elections office.  Violet asked what happens to qualifying fees after elections.  Robert said if there is a Democrat candidate at the County level, the Oconee County Democrats Committee should receive one half of the qualifying fee, which is calculated at 3% of the annual salary of the candidate.  Violet reported that we have not received money for the past couple of elections.  Robert is going to look into it and report back.

Technology Report:  on behalf of Jonathan Veit, Ann Stoneburner reported:  Jonathan asked Committee members to check their subscriptions to “Oconee Democrats” at oconeedemocrats@yahoogroups.com. A check for $120 to develop a web-site has been sent to the DPG.  Training sessions are available if needed.  Are any members interested in joining the committee to administer the new website?  

Chair Report:  Ann Stoneburner reported that organizational plans for the rally “Oconee County Democrats in 2012,” as described by Patsy Harris at the November meeting, was in progress and requested assistance in determining a locale, refreshments, and advertising.  Darryl Hicks, previously a Labor Commission candidate, has been contacted to serve as our featured speaker.  Affidavits were submitted to be forwarded to the DPG with copies to Liz Goodroe. The annual membership ($25) was paid to the Georgia Association of Democratic County Chairs (GADCC).  We should apply for funding to the GADCC to cover expenses for the new website and rally.  A training session will be held in Bishop at the Community Center for candidates to the election of delegates at the caucus to be held in Madison on April 21^st.   Georgia Deserves Better Rally in Atlanta is on January 28^th at noon.  Pat and Ann said they would like to go, and Ann reported that five people from a committee would be considered a sponsor.

Guest Speaker:  David Shearon of Ashford Manor spoke on his quest to support Project Safe (www.project-safe.org) through “Dancing with the Athens Stars.”  David and his dance partner, Elissa Bacso, are Team6.  He gave some suggestions for anyone interested in hosting an event to help Team6 raise “votes,” which are $1.00 for each vote.  David has a Team6 blog, http://dwasteam6.tumblr.com.  Tickets for the competition, held April 1st at the Classic Center in Athens, go on sale in March.  David reported that for every dollar raised, $.92 goes to helping abuse victims vs. overhead and administrative costs.  $260,000 has been raised over the past three years from DWAS, one third of that money is raised the night of the competition! 

Liz Goodroe reported that our $200 donation to the Food Bank of Northeast Georgia provided 800 meals.  There was no other business, and Ann called the meeting adjourned at 8:45PM.

Submitted by:  Liz Goodroe

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2012 slate of books for the community book group

From: Pat Priest ppriest@charter.net

Date: January 27, 2012 9:07:48 PM EST

To: Oconee County Democrats oconee@yahoogroups.com

Subject: [oconee] 2012 slate of books for the community book group

Reply-To: oconee@yahoogroups.com

 

Hello!

We've finally settled on this year's slate of books for the book group
sponsored by the Oconee Democrats. Join us sometime! I think you'll find
the list very diverse -- with a play, some terrific writing about
science, a handful of classics, and new works, too.

We meet the last Wednesday of every month at Piccolo's in the Bell's
shopping center in Watkinsville. Come at 6:30 if you'd like to order
dinner or a drink. We'll get the discussion underway at 7.

Please pass this list along to people you know who might be interested
in joining us. Attendees include people from various counties and with
different political affiliations, too.

And one more thing: the author of our February book is probably going to
be joining us.

Read on!

Pat Priest
Member,
Oconee Democrats
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January
All the King's Men
Robert Penn Warren
Winner of the Pulitzer Prize

February
Georgia Odyssey: A Short History of the State
[UGA History Professor] James Cobb

March
The Beak of the Finch: A Story of Evolution in Our Time
Jonathan Weiner
Winner of the Pulitzer Prize

April
Black Like Me
John Howard Griffin

May
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
Rebecca Skloot
A New York Times best seller that has been on MANY best-of lists

June
Death of a Salesman
Arthur Miller
Winner (in 1949) of the Pulitzer Prize for Drama and Tony Award for Best
Play

July
Caleb's Crossing
Geraldine Brooks
A best-selling work of historical fiction about the first Native
American to graduate from Harvard (in 1665)

August
Gulliver's Travels
Jonathan Swift

September
Proofiness: The Dark Arts of Mathematical Deception
Charles Seife
Starred review on Booklist

October
Goodbye to All That
Robert Graves
A memoir about WWI, ranked as #41 on the list of Modern Library's best
non-fiction works

November
Fear and Loathing: On the Campaign Trail '72
Hunter S. Thompson

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Valentines for a former president

Show the Carter family some Valentine's Day love and appreciation, please?

Sincerely, 

Dan Matthews

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To: oconee@yahoogroups.com
From: ppriest@charter.net
Date: Sun, 29 Jan 2012 11:54:27 -0500
Subject: [oconee] Valentines for a former president

 

Hello!

I produce a Saturday morning talk show (TRUE SOUTH) on News/Talk 1340
WGAU where we talk about important issues such as the Keystone XL
Pipeline, Citizens United, and . . . this past week, the really great
things Jimmy Carter accomplished as president.*

TRUE SOUTH is launching a Valentine's project, asking people to send
Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter a Valentine. We want the Carters to know how
much the people in this state -- and beyond -- admire and cherish them
before it's too late.

Here's the address:

The Carter Center
One Copenhill
453 Freedom Parkway
Atlanta, GA 30307

Let's celebrate the things Carter accomplished and those he TRIED to do.
(For example, he tried to get us to move toward energy efficiency and
renewable energy more than THIRTY years ago!)

Get out your construction paper or fire up Photoshop!

And please send this around to people who might want to participate!

Thanks!

Pat Priest
Executive Producer,
TRUE SOUTH
News/Talk 1340 WGAU
Saturdays at 10 AM
(and available by podcast and on demand)

*Here's the link to that show about President Carter and the XL Pipeline
if you'd like to hear it:
http://www.1340wgau.com/Player/101234841/

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