2nd CD Agenda for September 9, 2023
Pledge to the Flag
Indigenous Land Acknowledgement: (Per request by Barry CDP Chair Christina Bush - let a county party read this every month. Who would like to volunteer today to read for us?).
“The State of Michigan occupies the ancestral, traditional, and contemporary lands of the Anishinabek – Three Fires Confederacy, the Odawa (Ottawa), Ojibwe (Chippewa), and Bodewadmi (Potawatomi). The Michigan Democratic Party recognizes historic Indigenous communities in Michigan and those forcibly removed from their homelands. We further recognize the ongoing relationship of dependence upon, and respect for, all living beings of earth, sky, and water. In offering this land acknowledgment, we affirm Indigenous sovereignty, history, and experiences.”
Speakers:
1). Michael Lynch - 2nd CD Congressman Candidate
Roll call of officers:
Chair: Mary Minnick
Vice-Chair: John Helge
Treasurer: Dallas Dean
Secretary: Peggy Raddatz
(Peggy) Roll Call of District Committee Members:
Mary Minnick, Robin Aslakson, Karen Turnbull, Amanda Siggins, Christie Freestone, Christina Bush, Peggy Raddatz, Julie Alexander, Cathy Willermet, Dallas Dean, Michael Lynch, John Pakledinaz, John Helge, Edward Miller, Michael Fields, Jerry Hilliard, Shawn Davis, Jeffrey Beegle, Mark Everhart, Jennifer Koch Donovan, Landon Myers, Lynn Mason, Kim Gates, Jennifer Austin, Justin Johnson, Jason Colella, Mary Temple, Tim Smith, Sally Wagner, Mark Thomson, Chadwick Walenga, Ken Mahoney and K.P. Mahoney.
(Peggy) Roll call of Counties:
Barry County, Clare County, Eaton County (3/16), Gladwin County, Gratiot County, Ionia County, Isabella County, Kent County (13/24), Lake County, Manistee County, Mason County, Mecosta County, Midland County (5/16), Montcalm County, Muskegon County (11/18), Newaygo County, Oceana County, Osceola, Ottawa County (1/17), Wexford County.
Determination of quorum:
According to our by-laws (Section #5.1.C.), a quorum will exist when 50% of the officers and four additional members of the District Committee are present. *It appears we have a quorum. We can start our meeting.
Approval of agenda - Has everyone had a chance to read the agenda? May I get a motion to approve the agenda? Any further discussion? Let's vote.
Approval of minutes- Has everyone had a chance to read the minutes? Are there any changes or additions that anyone has to the minutes at this time? May I get a motion to approve the minutes with additions (if any)? Let's Vote.
Officer’s reports:
Chairperson Mary Minnick- Please read your report if any is needed at this time.
Vice Chairperson John Helge - Please read your report if any is needed at this time.
Treasurer Dallas Dean -Please read your report if any is needed at this time.
Secretary Peggy Raddatz - Please read your report if any is needed at this time.
Committee Reports:
● Rules and Bylaws Committee:
1). Dallas Dean (Chair)- Please read your report if any is needed at this time.
2). Mark Everhart - Lake County D.P.
3). John Helge - Manistee County D.P.
4). Mary Minnick - Lake County D.P.
*To download the potential changes made by the By-Laws Committee, please click here:
second_district_democratic_party_by_laws_change_august_30_2023.doc
You can also go to the tab on the 2nd CD Website "2nd CD By-Laws" and view them here:
www.michigan2nddemocrats.com/2nd-district-rules-and-by-laws.html
● Finance and Fundraising Committee:
1). Dallas Dean (Chair) -Please read your report if any is needed at this time.
2). Ken Mahoney - Muskegon C.D.P.
3). K.P. Mahoney - Muskegon C.D.P.
● Candidate Recruitment and Support (for candidate) Committee:
1). Ed Miller (Chair) - Please read your report if any is needed at this time.
2). Christina Bush - Barry County D.P.
3). Christie Freestone - Gratiot County D.P.
4). Julie Alexander - Mecosta County D.P.
● Political and 2nd CD Party Organizing Committee:
**Have either of you had any additional contact with Tracey Busch about how she is doing and how the "Ice Cream Social/Meet n Greet" event is shaping up for her and her county party members for the date of September 23rd at "The Depot" in Downtown Reed City? Was she able to get the postcards together through the Rural Caucus sent out yet?
For additional information, I have placed this on the website under the tab "Call to Action" Click here to read it:
www.michigan2nddemocrats.com/call-to-action.html
1).Cathy Willermet (Chair) - Please read your report if any is needed at this time.
2). Karen Turnbull - Mecosta County D.P.
● Communications Committee:
1). Mary Minnick (Chair) – Please read your report if any is needed at this time.
I have also secured U.S. Senate Candidate Pamela Pugh to be one of our guest speakers at out November 11th in-person meeting at Wheatland Township Hall in Remus, MI.
On February 10th 2024 we will have Candidate for U.S. Senate Leslie Love as our guest speaker.
As always, we will have Candidate for Congress Michael Lynch speak at these in-person meetings as well.
2). Amanda Siggins - Wexford C.D.P.
3). Sally Wagoner - Newaygo C.D.P.
● Policy and Resolution Committee:
1). John Helge (Chair) - Please read your report if any is needed at this time.
2). Michael Lynch - Gratiot C.D.P.
● Audit Committee:
1). Robin Aslakson (Chair) - Please read your report if any is needed at this time.
2). Mark Everhart - Lake C.D.P.
**This committee has the role of working with the Treasurer to audit and review the district bookkeeping and bank records. They are not scheduled to begin a review until the year 2025.
Unfinished Business:
1). Have we secured and paying for the Wheatland Township Hall in 2024?
2). Is there any other unfinished business at this time?
New Business:
Is there anyone else who would like to bring up any new business at this time?
1). Email Scam (Michael Field) See website tab "Call to Action":
www.michigan2nddemocrats.com/call-to-action.html
2). Is there any other new business at this time?
County Reports:
**Due to the number of counties in the 2nd CD, County Reports will be included with the meeting minutes from today. If you haven’t already submitted them, please do so as soon as possible. I add them to our website under the "County Parties" tab.
Good and Welfare:
**Does anyone else have any other "Good and Welfare" they would like to share today?
1). Who would like to volunteer to read the Land Acknowledgement at our next months meeting?
2). Is there any other Good and Welfare at this time?
Agenda is complete, meeting is adjourned
Pledge to the Flag
Indigenous Land Acknowledgement: (Per request by Barry CDP Chair Christina Bush - let a county party read this every month. Who would like to volunteer today to read for us?).
“The State of Michigan occupies the ancestral, traditional, and contemporary lands of the Anishinabek – Three Fires Confederacy, the Odawa (Ottawa), Ojibwe (Chippewa), and Bodewadmi (Potawatomi). The Michigan Democratic Party recognizes historic Indigenous communities in Michigan and those forcibly removed from their homelands. We further recognize the ongoing relationship of dependence upon, and respect for, all living beings of earth, sky, and water. In offering this land acknowledgment, we affirm Indigenous sovereignty, history, and experiences.”
Speakers:
1). Michael Lynch - 2nd CD Congressman Candidate
Roll call of officers:
Chair: Mary Minnick
Vice-Chair: John Helge
Treasurer: Dallas Dean
Secretary: Peggy Raddatz
(Peggy) Roll Call of District Committee Members:
Mary Minnick, Robin Aslakson, Karen Turnbull, Amanda Siggins, Christie Freestone, Christina Bush, Peggy Raddatz, Julie Alexander, Cathy Willermet, Dallas Dean, Michael Lynch, John Pakledinaz, John Helge, Edward Miller, Michael Fields, Jerry Hilliard, Shawn Davis, Jeffrey Beegle, Mark Everhart, Jennifer Koch Donovan, Landon Myers, Lynn Mason, Kim Gates, Jennifer Austin, Justin Johnson, Jason Colella, Mary Temple, Tim Smith, Sally Wagner, Mark Thomson, Chadwick Walenga, Ken Mahoney and K.P. Mahoney.
(Peggy) Roll call of Counties:
Barry County, Clare County, Eaton County (3/16), Gladwin County, Gratiot County, Ionia County, Isabella County, Kent County (13/24), Lake County, Manistee County, Mason County, Mecosta County, Midland County (5/16), Montcalm County, Muskegon County (11/18), Newaygo County, Oceana County, Osceola, Ottawa County (1/17), Wexford County.
Determination of quorum:
According to our by-laws (Section #5.1.C.), a quorum will exist when 50% of the officers and four additional members of the District Committee are present. *It appears we have a quorum. We can start our meeting.
Approval of agenda - Has everyone had a chance to read the agenda? May I get a motion to approve the agenda? Any further discussion? Let's vote.
Approval of minutes- Has everyone had a chance to read the minutes? Are there any changes or additions that anyone has to the minutes at this time? May I get a motion to approve the minutes with additions (if any)? Let's Vote.
Officer’s reports:
Chairperson Mary Minnick- Please read your report if any is needed at this time.
Vice Chairperson John Helge - Please read your report if any is needed at this time.
Treasurer Dallas Dean -Please read your report if any is needed at this time.
Secretary Peggy Raddatz - Please read your report if any is needed at this time.
Committee Reports:
● Rules and Bylaws Committee:
1). Dallas Dean (Chair)- Please read your report if any is needed at this time.
2). Mark Everhart - Lake County D.P.
3). John Helge - Manistee County D.P.
4). Mary Minnick - Lake County D.P.
*To download the potential changes made by the By-Laws Committee, please click here:
second_district_democratic_party_by_laws_change_august_30_2023.doc
You can also go to the tab on the 2nd CD Website "2nd CD By-Laws" and view them here:
www.michigan2nddemocrats.com/2nd-district-rules-and-by-laws.html
● Finance and Fundraising Committee:
1). Dallas Dean (Chair) -Please read your report if any is needed at this time.
2). Ken Mahoney - Muskegon C.D.P.
3). K.P. Mahoney - Muskegon C.D.P.
● Candidate Recruitment and Support (for candidate) Committee:
1). Ed Miller (Chair) - Please read your report if any is needed at this time.
2). Christina Bush - Barry County D.P.
3). Christie Freestone - Gratiot County D.P.
4). Julie Alexander - Mecosta County D.P.
● Political and 2nd CD Party Organizing Committee:
**Have either of you had any additional contact with Tracey Busch about how she is doing and how the "Ice Cream Social/Meet n Greet" event is shaping up for her and her county party members for the date of September 23rd at "The Depot" in Downtown Reed City? Was she able to get the postcards together through the Rural Caucus sent out yet?
For additional information, I have placed this on the website under the tab "Call to Action" Click here to read it:
www.michigan2nddemocrats.com/call-to-action.html
1).Cathy Willermet (Chair) - Please read your report if any is needed at this time.
2). Karen Turnbull - Mecosta County D.P.
● Communications Committee:
1). Mary Minnick (Chair) – Please read your report if any is needed at this time.
I have also secured U.S. Senate Candidate Pamela Pugh to be one of our guest speakers at out November 11th in-person meeting at Wheatland Township Hall in Remus, MI.
On February 10th 2024 we will have Candidate for U.S. Senate Leslie Love as our guest speaker.
As always, we will have Candidate for Congress Michael Lynch speak at these in-person meetings as well.
2). Amanda Siggins - Wexford C.D.P.
3). Sally Wagoner - Newaygo C.D.P.
● Policy and Resolution Committee:
1). John Helge (Chair) - Please read your report if any is needed at this time.
2). Michael Lynch - Gratiot C.D.P.
● Audit Committee:
1). Robin Aslakson (Chair) - Please read your report if any is needed at this time.
2). Mark Everhart - Lake C.D.P.
**This committee has the role of working with the Treasurer to audit and review the district bookkeeping and bank records. They are not scheduled to begin a review until the year 2025.
Unfinished Business:
1). Have we secured and paying for the Wheatland Township Hall in 2024?
2). Is there any other unfinished business at this time?
New Business:
Is there anyone else who would like to bring up any new business at this time?
1). Email Scam (Michael Field) See website tab "Call to Action":
www.michigan2nddemocrats.com/call-to-action.html
2). Is there any other new business at this time?
County Reports:
**Due to the number of counties in the 2nd CD, County Reports will be included with the meeting minutes from today. If you haven’t already submitted them, please do so as soon as possible. I add them to our website under the "County Parties" tab.
Good and Welfare:
**Does anyone else have any other "Good and Welfare" they would like to share today?
1). Who would like to volunteer to read the Land Acknowledgement at our next months meeting?
2). Is there any other Good and Welfare at this time?
Agenda is complete, meeting is adjourned