Oconee County, GA Politics

Oconee County Democratic Committee Agenda - March 19 2015 Business Meeting   Government Annex, Watkinsville, GA  1281 Greensboro Highway, Room B2   1. Call meeting to order, and record Members present or with excused absences 2. Nomination and Election of Officers: Committee members who have agreed to accept nominations: Margaret Holt - Chair; Sarajane Love – Secretary; Robert Wyatt – Treasurer; Vicky Moody - State Committee Member; and Pat Adams - First Vice-Chair. Additional nominations for officers will be accepted from the floor. 3. Recognition of Carolyn Crawford, past Chair 4. Collection of Dues from Committee Members: Carolyn, Wendy Wade, and Margaret have paid dues for 2015. There is no set amount for dues. Members have given what they consider reasonable.   According to the bylaws: “3.9. Dues: Reasonable dues for members may be set, upon due deliberation and majority vote of the Committee. ...

Bryan Long, Executive Director of Better Georgia, will be addressing the Oconee County Democratic Committee 7:00 pm Thursday, August 15th at the Oconee County Government Annex - 1291 Greensboro Highway (State Route 15) in south central downtown Watkinsville. Admission is free, but donations will be requested at the end of the evening to help support the outstanding work of the organization Better Georgia. According to their website: We are Georgians who are ready to once again lead the South. We want strong communities, churches and schools. We want quality jobs and a culture that attracts the best businesses. Better Georgia is here to make sure elected officials listen to Georgia families, small business owners and real people. We want our elected officials to pass sensible laws and policies that make Georgia a better state. Today, Georgia faces historic levels of unemployment with nearly half a million workers looking for jobs. Georgia has the 3rd highest poverty rat...

Oconee County Georgia Democratic Committee Meeting 7:00 pm Thursday, September 20, 2012 1291 Greensboro Highway, Watkinsville (706) 372-1062 (chair Dan Matthews’s cell) Oconee County Government Annex USDA conference room I.                     Call to order and welcome – check for quorum II.                  Agenda correction and approvals, if any III.                Sarajane Love – road clean up in October, choose which Saturday morning. IV.               Linda Griffith – Charlotte DNC impressions V.                  Ann Stoneburner – ALCES fundraiser at Ashford Manor in late...

Some Oconee County residents seem to be rather angry and seemingly insulted about the way we run the Oconee County Democratic Committee meetings. Well guess what, if you aren't attending these meetings, we don't care. We will always welcome you back with open arms. Seems that things are getting pretty ugly and uncivil about the people who are and are not coming this evening.  Some people even seem to know what emails I have and have not sent. We remain flexible, fluid and open to compromise and change. Despite the fact that voting tends to be 3-to-1 Republican to Democrat in the general election, there are a lot of local people who want to have a voice in local politics. We encourage our members to cross over and pick up a Republican ballot on the Primary July 31 or before to have input on who will be our leaders. It makes perfect sense to me that the majority Republican vote will be roughly split down the middle in many of the contested races, thus making the Democratic ...

The Oconee County Democratic Committee would like to announce that their next two regular monthly meetings will be open to any and all candidates who have Oconee County, Georgia in their district to briefly speak at 7:00 pm  gatherings Thursdays, June 21st and July 19th at the Oconee County Government Annex at 1291 Greensboro Highway. For more information or to reserve a spot, please call chair Dan Matthews at 706-769-1131 or 706-372-1062

Please attend this meeting if you can. Sincerely,  Dan Matthews From: oconee@yahoogroups.com To: oconee@yahoogroups.com Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2012 22:56:10 +0000 Subject: [oconee] Oconee Democrats Regular Monthly Meeting (Please note @ Gov't. Annex this Month), 4/19/2012, 7:00 pm Reminder from: oconee Yahoo! Group Title: Oconee Democrats Regular Monthly Meeting (Please note @ Gov't. Annex this Month) Date: Thursday April 19, 2012 Time: 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm Repeats: This event repeats every month on the third Thursday. Location: Oconee County Government Annex Street: 1291 Greensboro Highway City State Zip: Watkinsv...

Minutes of the Oconee Democratic Committee Meeting 7 pm, March 15, 2012 at the Govern ment Annex, Watkinsville  Meeting was called to order at 7:00pm  Attendees:  Liz Goodroe (4-3), Vicky Moody (4-1), Diana Jeffreys (6-2), Dan Matthews (2-2), Rita Bennett (3-2), Sarajane Love (2-3), Diana Jefferies (6-2), Peggy Thrasher Law (4-2) Absent excused: Ann Stoneburner (1-3), Robert Wyatt (6-1), Violet Dawe (1-1), Jonathan Veit (2-1), Pat Adams (6-3) Members Absent:  Tony Glenn (1-2), Linda Elkins (3-1) Guests:  Carolyn Crawford, Wendy Wade, Lana Sheats, Eric Gray, Nancy DeRemo Call to Order:   In Ann’s absence Liz Goodroe called the meeting to order at 7:00PM and welcomed attendees.  Since there were some new members we went round the table with introductions. Approval of Minutes:   Liz Goodroe asked for approval of minutes of the meeting on February 16, 2012.  Sarajane moved to approve, all in favor. Treasurer’s Report: ...

Eric Gray, Communications Director, Democratic Party of Georgia The Oconee County Democratic Committee enjoyed swelled ranks last night during their regular March monthly meeting at the Government Annex on Greensboro Highway on the heels of the very successful "fun"-raiser at Krimson Kafe a fortnight back with former candidate for Labor Commissioner Darryl Hicks. We were also quite pleasantly surprised to welcome the Communications Director of the Democratic Party of Georgia in Eric Gray. He answered every one of our sharp and pointed questions succinctly and honestly and is certainly welcome back anytime. Gray even called others to try to answer our questions about certain obscure procedures for the delegate selection process in Madison at Morgan County High School next month. The biggest news to come out of the meeting was the resignation of acting director Ann Hudson Stoneburner and the resumption of yours truly as director. This move was long contemplated and quic...