Oconee County, GA Politics

 Agenda of the Oconee Democratic Committee Meeting 7 pm, January 19, 2012 at the Government Annex, Watkinsville  Call to order and welcome.  Approve agenda. Liz Goodroe and approval of minutes of the meeting on December 11, 2011. Violet Dawe and the Treasurer’s report.  A discussion of dues:  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 diversity of amounts all lumped under the category of “Dues” in the Annual Financial Report.  It has been suggested that this year we each pay the same amount in Dues and label our additional (and welcomed) monetary contributions as “Donations.”  Collection of dues and memb...

Oconee County Democratic Committee member Dr. Patricia Priest has worked hard on this event and has also continued work with the book club. Woven brightly, Daniel J. Matthews, Jr. To: oconee@yahoogroups.com From: ppriest@charter.net Date: Sat, 7 Feb 2009 21:46:48 -0500 Subject: [oconee] Dancing with Athens -- and Oconee -- Stars First I wanted to send a reminder that the book group sponsored by the Oconee Democrats will meet Thursday, February 19th, at 6 at Five Points Deli on Epps Bridge Parkway to discuss "Three Cups of Tea." It's a great, uplifting book. You can pick it up at Books Galore in Watkinsville -- with a 25% discount. As always, newcomers are welcome. I'm also writing to let people know that tickets are now on sale for "Dancing with Athens Stars" -- the very fun March 1st show at the Classic Center that will benefit Project Safe. Oconee's own Courtney Gale (working with Ron Putman, who t...

Hello! I wanted to let you know the line-up -- revealed yesterday -- for the 2009 "Dancing with Athens Stars" at the Classic Center. Our big surprise star from Oconee County is . . . Sgt. Courtney Gale! She's paired with dance instructor Ron Putman, who is based at Freedom of Movement in Oconee. And another surprise is . . . Commissioner Michael Thurmond! Please see the other stars and their match-ups in the press release below. You can also learn the winner of -- and the phenomenal tally of funds raised by the 12 finalists vying for -- the "People's Choice" slot in the show. People can vote online at Project Safe's web-site for their favorite dancer starting on December 1st. Thank you! Pat Priest Co-Executive Producer ----------------------------------------------------------- Project Safe has announced its line-up for the 2009 "Dancing with Athens Stars," its signature spring dance competition that raises money for services...