May Minutes 2024
Second Congressional District Meeting May 11,2024
Minutes
This meeting was originally scheduled to begin at 8:30AM so all members would have time to be credentialed. We had hoped to begin at 10AM with the actual convention.
However, we discovered that the MDP wanted all the districts to begin the convention at 11AM. As we had a number of candidates hoping to speak, we shuffled the order
and listened to our guests as the credentialing process was ongoing. Our "keynote" speaker was Kimberley Thomas who is running for the Michigan Supreme Court. She
was followed by four candidates for the Michigan House of Representatives - K.P. Mahoney (102nd Dist.), Jason Dillingham (91st Dist.). Tracy Ruell (100st Dist.), Chris
Crain (Dist. 101) and Tom Bratton who was representing the Elissa Slotkin U.S. Senate campaign. All our speakers were really informative and allowed plenty of time for
questions and discussions.
This month's meeting began with the district convention to select delegates for the DNC National Convention that will be held in August. All members who wished to vote
in the proceedings were credentialed prior to the 11AM starting time. Chairperson Mary Minnick called the meeting to order at 11AM and appointed Dallas Dean as the
temporary convention chair. Following the Pledge of Allegiance and the reading of the Land Acknowledgement, Dallas called for the credential committee report. Ken
Mahoney reported that we had 51 credentialed members - 50 for Joe Biden, and 1 uncommitted. Five counties (Isabella, Midland, Manistee, Eaton, and Ottawa) had no
representatives. The credential report was approved by the body.
The rules committee was chaired by Karen Turnbull. The full copy of her report is attached. The rules committee report was approved by the body.
Chair Dallas Dean explained the proportional voting protocols that we would be following. The votes from the five counties that were not represented would be allocated
among the remaining counties. Following our actual voting the raw numbers would be submitted to the State Party office where calculations would be made. Jeff Winston,
the Project 83 director, had joined us and would be responsible for submitting our totals to the MDP. He read the list of nominees. There were three distinct slates
from which to choose. Slate One, entered into nomination by Karen Turnbull, was John Helge and Dallas Dean. Slate Two, entered into nomination by Courtney Phillips,
was made up of Courtney Phillips and Susan Frahm. Slate Three, nominated by Kelly Weaver, was Kelly Weaver. The members broke down into their own county groups and the
votes were cast. Jeff Winston entered our totals to the State party office where the proportional votes were calculated. After a brief delay he announced that our
district had selected John Helge, Dallas Dean, Courtney Phillips and Susan Frahm as our delegates to the national convention. Following the announcement, Dallas Dean
adjourned the convention.
The next part of our full program was our ice cream social. It gave all of us a chance to mingle and get re-acquainted with old friends from around the district. As an
opportunity to raise some money, K.P. Mahoney ran one of her famous auctions. She had us all laughing and raised more money than anyone could have predicted. Thanks to
all who donated items and to all those who dug deep to buy them.
Chair Mary Minnick recalled the meeting to order at 1:05PM.
Roll Call of Officers: Mary Minnick, Dallas Dean were present. John Helge, Peggy Raddatz were absent. Quorum was established.
Treasurers Report: Dallas Dean reported $16860.64 in our federal account and $11261.32 in our Texas Hold'em account. Total - $28021.96
Finance Committee Report: Wexford County requested $450 for website construction and $456 for newspaper ads. Motion to supply the funds was made and approved.
Mecosta County requested $2400 for three months rent on their new office. Motion to supply the funds was made and approved.
Mason County requested that their approval (as yet, not spent) for rent on their new office be increased from $1400 to $2100, Motion to increase the amount was
made and approved.
As the filing deadline has passed we can now confirm that Michael Lynch will not have a primary opponent. This means we can begin to fully support his effort to
defeat Rep. John Moolenaar and to be the next representative from the 2nd Congressional District of Michigan. A motion was made, seconded, and passed to give Michael
$5000 for his election campaign. This is the maximum ammount that we can contribute at this time.
Unfinished Business: In a motion introduced by Karen Turnbull and Cathy Willermet we voted to change the name of our annual award from "True Blue" to "Streaming Blue".
The award itself, presented at the Gala in September, is designed to recognize a party worker who is doing extraordinary work for the cause.
We used this opportunity to elect our representatives to the Legacy Dinner which will be held in Detroit on June 8th. The county chairs were asked to submit nominations
of deserving members and we received over 25 qualified individuals. Each chair got a chance to speak for their choices. All of these people are deserving and would have
been great representatives for our district. In the end, we had to chose and we elected Jim Cunningham and Christina Bush. A motion was made and passed to give each of
them $100 to help offset expenses for a trip to Detroit. We also had received a request from the MDP to sponsor a table at the Dinner. The cost would have been $2000
and we agreed that there were better ways to spend our monies.
Good and Welfare: Michael Lynch thanked us for our contribution and for our help in getting the required signatures he needed to get on the ballot.
Chris Bush thanked us for electing her to the Legacy and gave us an update on her medical struggles.
Agenda was complete and the meeting adjourned at 2:20PM.
Our next meeting will be Zoom only at 10AM, June 8th.
Respectfully submitted,
Mark Everhart, Temporary secretary
Minutes
This meeting was originally scheduled to begin at 8:30AM so all members would have time to be credentialed. We had hoped to begin at 10AM with the actual convention.
However, we discovered that the MDP wanted all the districts to begin the convention at 11AM. As we had a number of candidates hoping to speak, we shuffled the order
and listened to our guests as the credentialing process was ongoing. Our "keynote" speaker was Kimberley Thomas who is running for the Michigan Supreme Court. She
was followed by four candidates for the Michigan House of Representatives - K.P. Mahoney (102nd Dist.), Jason Dillingham (91st Dist.). Tracy Ruell (100st Dist.), Chris
Crain (Dist. 101) and Tom Bratton who was representing the Elissa Slotkin U.S. Senate campaign. All our speakers were really informative and allowed plenty of time for
questions and discussions.
This month's meeting began with the district convention to select delegates for the DNC National Convention that will be held in August. All members who wished to vote
in the proceedings were credentialed prior to the 11AM starting time. Chairperson Mary Minnick called the meeting to order at 11AM and appointed Dallas Dean as the
temporary convention chair. Following the Pledge of Allegiance and the reading of the Land Acknowledgement, Dallas called for the credential committee report. Ken
Mahoney reported that we had 51 credentialed members - 50 for Joe Biden, and 1 uncommitted. Five counties (Isabella, Midland, Manistee, Eaton, and Ottawa) had no
representatives. The credential report was approved by the body.
The rules committee was chaired by Karen Turnbull. The full copy of her report is attached. The rules committee report was approved by the body.
Chair Dallas Dean explained the proportional voting protocols that we would be following. The votes from the five counties that were not represented would be allocated
among the remaining counties. Following our actual voting the raw numbers would be submitted to the State Party office where calculations would be made. Jeff Winston,
the Project 83 director, had joined us and would be responsible for submitting our totals to the MDP. He read the list of nominees. There were three distinct slates
from which to choose. Slate One, entered into nomination by Karen Turnbull, was John Helge and Dallas Dean. Slate Two, entered into nomination by Courtney Phillips,
was made up of Courtney Phillips and Susan Frahm. Slate Three, nominated by Kelly Weaver, was Kelly Weaver. The members broke down into their own county groups and the
votes were cast. Jeff Winston entered our totals to the State party office where the proportional votes were calculated. After a brief delay he announced that our
district had selected John Helge, Dallas Dean, Courtney Phillips and Susan Frahm as our delegates to the national convention. Following the announcement, Dallas Dean
adjourned the convention.
The next part of our full program was our ice cream social. It gave all of us a chance to mingle and get re-acquainted with old friends from around the district. As an
opportunity to raise some money, K.P. Mahoney ran one of her famous auctions. She had us all laughing and raised more money than anyone could have predicted. Thanks to
all who donated items and to all those who dug deep to buy them.
Chair Mary Minnick recalled the meeting to order at 1:05PM.
Roll Call of Officers: Mary Minnick, Dallas Dean were present. John Helge, Peggy Raddatz were absent. Quorum was established.
Treasurers Report: Dallas Dean reported $16860.64 in our federal account and $11261.32 in our Texas Hold'em account. Total - $28021.96
Finance Committee Report: Wexford County requested $450 for website construction and $456 for newspaper ads. Motion to supply the funds was made and approved.
Mecosta County requested $2400 for three months rent on their new office. Motion to supply the funds was made and approved.
Mason County requested that their approval (as yet, not spent) for rent on their new office be increased from $1400 to $2100, Motion to increase the amount was
made and approved.
As the filing deadline has passed we can now confirm that Michael Lynch will not have a primary opponent. This means we can begin to fully support his effort to
defeat Rep. John Moolenaar and to be the next representative from the 2nd Congressional District of Michigan. A motion was made, seconded, and passed to give Michael
$5000 for his election campaign. This is the maximum ammount that we can contribute at this time.
Unfinished Business: In a motion introduced by Karen Turnbull and Cathy Willermet we voted to change the name of our annual award from "True Blue" to "Streaming Blue".
The award itself, presented at the Gala in September, is designed to recognize a party worker who is doing extraordinary work for the cause.
We used this opportunity to elect our representatives to the Legacy Dinner which will be held in Detroit on June 8th. The county chairs were asked to submit nominations
of deserving members and we received over 25 qualified individuals. Each chair got a chance to speak for their choices. All of these people are deserving and would have
been great representatives for our district. In the end, we had to chose and we elected Jim Cunningham and Christina Bush. A motion was made and passed to give each of
them $100 to help offset expenses for a trip to Detroit. We also had received a request from the MDP to sponsor a table at the Dinner. The cost would have been $2000
and we agreed that there were better ways to spend our monies.
Good and Welfare: Michael Lynch thanked us for our contribution and for our help in getting the required signatures he needed to get on the ballot.
Chris Bush thanked us for electing her to the Legacy and gave us an update on her medical struggles.
Agenda was complete and the meeting adjourned at 2:20PM.
Our next meeting will be Zoom only at 10AM, June 8th.
Respectfully submitted,
Mark Everhart, Temporary secretary