Johnson County Democratic Party
Business Meeting
July 5, 2022
Call to Order:
Greg Haas called the meeting to order at 7:00pm.
Attendance:
Greg Haas, Mitch Black, Suzi Black, Lois Petersen, Dudley Case, Sharon Case, Vikki Chenette, Mary Van Auken, Jim Shell, Linda Wilson
Secretary Report:
Minutes from June 7, 2022 meeting were approved.
Treasurer Report:
Suzi Black reported the balances in the general and the Scholarship accounts.
Chair Announcements:
Greg Haas announced that the Wyoming Democratic Party has hired him as the new Rural Organizing and Voter Registration Director. Greg said much of his work helping campaigns will come after the primary election. Voter registration through the entire tenure.
Greg also announced that he and Myra Camino will be running as write-in candidates for the Buffalo City Council.
Old Business:
Greg Haas announced that he has finished setting up the online donation site for the James D. McIntyre Memorial Scholarship using Stripe.com.
Greg also announced that after some research by him and Dudley Case is was determined that the Wyoming Democratic Party and JC Dems are special organizations under Wyoming law and that these two entities only need to file financial statements with the Wyoming Secretary of State.
Greg stated that there is nothing new happening with the position paper, and that instead of doing a position paper he will probably just use a shorter version of the new Democratic state platform. This will then be used to help recruit precinct committee men and women.
Lois Petersen volunteered to be on the JCDems Platform Committee.
New Business:
Guest Speaker:
Greg Haas introduced the guest speaker, Kim Bartlett, who is running in the primary election as a candidate for representative in House District 28 in Hot Springs County.
Kim is running on five main issues: Medicaid expansion, freezing property taxes for seniors, job growth/economic diversification, education and equality.
Kim lives in Thermopolis and is a small business owner running a native landscaping company. She and her husband are also master Gardeners.
She said she would welcome any help that the JC Dems can give to her campaign.
She also mentioned that Erin O’Doherty is running a zoom training session for candidates on July 16.
Sergio Maldonado is running in the primary election for Superintendent of Public Instruction and is a very good candidate for this state position.
Upcoming events:
After much discussion about having a social event around Labor Day that would include Democrats from Johnson, Sheridan and Campbell Counties, Suzi Black made a motion to have one social event around Labor Day that would include Democrats from Johnson, Sheridan and Campbell Counties. Vikki Chenette seconded the motion. Motion passed.
Lois Petersen will be the contact person for this event and she will follow up with Kris Korfanta from the Sheridan County Democrats.
Announcements from the Floor:
It was announced that there will be at least four write-in candidates for the Buffalo City Council: Mike Madden, Jody Sauers, Greg Haas and Myra Camino.
Upcoming Meetings:
JC Dems next monthly meeting will be Tuesday, August 2 at 7:00 pm in Room 108 at the Bomber Mountain Civic Center.
Adjourn:
Greg Haas adjourned the meeting at 8:28 pm.