JC Dems Minutes
Jan. 5, 2021
Bomber Mt. Civic Center Rm 108

In Attendance:
Greg Haas (C), Lois Petersen (S), Jim Shell, (T), and Dudley Case.

Meeting was called to order at 7:05 pm.

Treasurer’s Report Our current balance is $1593.59

Minutes of the Nov. 4th meeting were approved as amended.

Announcements from the Chair:
* No one from JC was able to attend WDP’s Dec. State Meeting. A resolution which would secure more voter protections was to be discussed at that meeting, but we don’t know if it passed.
* The WDP has invited all the county Chairs to a round table zoom meeting on Jan 26. If there’s anything you’d like brought to that table please let Greg know.
* The WDP makes a podcast and they recently interviewed Greg for an episode on the topic of what JC Dems had done locally in support of statewide candidates. Greg will share the URL for that podcast when it is available. The already complete episodes of the WDP podcasts can be found here: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1352485.

Business old and new:
Discussed at length the ongoing efforts of the JC Democrats to stimulate more input and involvement at the precinct level. We all agreed that we need more involvement from local Democrats as well as safe opportunities for county Dems to talk with one another about political and local issues. Greg proposed several ways to elicit a list of concerns specific to each JC precinct and ideas on how to address those concerns at our monthly meetings. Ideas discussed: social meetings rather than business meetings every other month, more ‘Get To Know Your Fellow Dems’ potlucks like the one held last Jan., backyard socials (weather permitting) possibly organized by precinct chairs with support from the County Committee, short business meetings followed by monthly guest speakers, calls from the County Committee to a rotating selection of precincts about hyper-local concerns which would highlighted at the following monthly meeting in a targeted precinct report.

Greg and Dudley will develop a proposed short list of questions (2-4 only) to be asked by the County Committee – this list will be brought to the Feb. meeting.

With group meetings a continuing concern due to COVID-19, our Feb. 2nd meeting will be conducted online via zoom. Greg will chair the meeting from Room 108 at Bomber Mountain Civic Center, and anyone who would like help using zoom can join him there. The meeting link will be sent out in the call to meeting notices in hopes that more will participate when offered an online connection via the familiar zoom format.

Jim Shell recommended the book ‘On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century‘ by Timothy Snyder.

Adjournment: Meeting adjourned at 8:55 pm.

Next meeting: Tues., Feb. 2, 2021 at 7 pm – tranceiving from Bomber Mountain via zoom. Happy New Year to ALL!

Johnson County Democratic Party Meeting
January 5, 2021 at 7:00 PM
Bomber Mtn Civic Center – Room 108

Agenda

7:00pm Call to order

7:05pm Pledge, Check in, introduce, announce as needed, approve/amend agenda

7:10pm Treasurer, Secretary and Chair Announcements

Minutes, money, etc.

7:15 Business, old and new

social aspects of precincts

precinct maps

finances

earlier start on ad campaigns

ways to help community as a group

guest speakers for meetings this year

technological alternatives to gathering

local candidates

8:00 Announce upcoming meetings

Next Monthly Meeting: February 2, 2021?

Other?

8:15 Adjourn

JC Dems Minutes
November 4, 2020
Bomber Mt. Civic Center – Room 102

In Attendance:
Chairman, Secretary, SCM, 1 precinct committeeman and 1 guest.

Call to Order:
Meeting was called to order at 7:10 pm.

Announcements and Reports:

• In the Treasurer’s Absence, Chairman reported current balance and summarized the past month’s transactions.
• Minutes of the Oct 6, 2020 meeting were approved as written.
• Chair and Treasurer will submit report, of our contributions and expenditures from Jan. 2019 to Dec. 2020, to the WY Secretary of State by the Nov. 13 deadline.
• Chair will follow up with the Merav Ben David and Lynette Greybull campaigns, confirming with them the exact amount of our ad contributions to them for the purpose of their reporting.
• Chair shared information about the Slack Coordinated Campaign application used by at least one other JC Dem and many others to contact voters and share candidate information. Works well.

Old Business:

• Floor opened to discussion about “Election Day”, etc.
• Secretary provided an update on WY Promise – progress has been slowed as we all await election results

New Business:

• Motion was made to hold the next JC Dems meeting on Dec. 1st, there was no second.

Announcements from the floor:

• No announcements nor motions from the floor.
• Next month meeting Tues., Jan. 5, 7 pm – Bomber Mountain CC, Room 108.
• Happy Thanksgiving, Merry Christmas and Happy holiday season to all.

Adjournment: at 8:12.

Respectfully submitted by Lois Petersen, Secretary (edited and uploaded by Greg Haas, Chairman)

Johnson County Democratic Party Meeting
November 4, 2020 at 7:00 PM
Bomber Mtn Civic Center – Room 102

Agenda

7:00pm Call to order

7:05pm Pledge, Check in, introduce, announce as needed, approve/amend agenda

7:10pm Treasurer, Secretary and Chair Announcements

7:15 Old Business

Open to floor, reflections on Election Day

7:35 New Business

Open to floor.

7:50 Announce upcoming meetings

Next Monthly Meeting: ???

Other?

7:55 Adjourn

JC Dems Minutes
October 6, 2020
Bomber Mt. Civic Center – Wyoming Room

In Attendance:
Chairman, Treasurer, SCM, 2 precinct committeemen and committeewomen, 2 others.

Call to Order:
Meeting was called to order at 7:07 pm. Mary Jo agreed to take notes for minutes. Folks introduced themselves. Allegiance to the flag, republic and justice for all was pledged. Chair asked for any motions to alter the agenda. Added followup discussion re: offer to campaigns of ad funding in Johnson County.

Announcements and Reports:
Treasurer’s Reported current balance and summarized the past month’s transactions. Greg submitted receipts for reimbursement for domain name registration.
Minutes of the Sept 1, 2020 meeting were approved as written.

Old Business:

• Greg has contacted both Ben-David and Grey Bull campaigns regarding offer from last meeting. He updated those present on what he’d learned and the lack of meaningful response and his thoughts about why that may be the case. Some discussion about alternatives took place. Greg will follow up.
• Greg reported on post card sending sessions and letter to the editor class the WDP offered.
• Greg reported on yard signs coming from campaigns over the next several days. He will be communicating via email listserv as that situation develops.
• Greg noted that Grey Bull is offering hand-made campaign masks to the first 100 people who donate $25 or more. Visit https://secure.actblue.com/donate/gbmasks.

New Business:

• Discussion about David Romtvedt as write-in candidate for JCSD1 school board. Nobody in the room had first hand confirmation of his acceptance or current interest in being a write-in candidate. Discussion about use of postcard writing effort to support his candidacy. Further discussion suggestions about list of addresses and purpose of future postcard round. Another brief meeting will be planned for Wednesday October 14, 2020 to distribute addresses and decide postcard language. Room 108 at 5:00pm.
• Discussion about flags and yard signs. Discussion about Jim’s letter to the editor and the events described therein.

Announcements from the floor:

• No announcements nor motions from the floor.
• Postcard meeting Oct. 14 at 5pm in room 108 of Bomber Mtn Civic Center.
• Next month meeting Nov. 4, 2020 at 7pm in room 108 of BMC.

Adjournment: at 8:25.

Respectfully submitted by Greg Haas, Chairman

Johnson County Democratic Party Meeting
October 6, 2020 at 7:00 PM
Bomber Mtn Civic Center – Wyoming Room
also: Internet Stream (see email for address)

Agenda

7:00pm Call to order

7:05pm Pledge, Check in, introduce, announce as needed, approve/amend agenda

7:10pm Treasurer, Secretary and Chair Announcements

Money, Minutes, Domain name registration receipt, pass the hat

7:15 Old Business

GOTV – Postcards, past and present. Signs.

Letters to the Editor

7:35 New Business

Write-in candidate(s)

Signs

7:40 Motions and Announcements from the floor

7:50 Announce upcoming meetings

Next Monthly Meeting: November 4, 2020

Other?

7:55 Adjourn

JC Dems Minutes
Sept. 1, 2020
Bomber Mt. Wyoming Room

In Attendance:
Greg Haas (C), Lois Petersen (S), Jim Shell (T), Dudley Case, Sharon Case, Bill McIntyre (SCM), Mitch Black and Mary Jo Newton.
Meeting was called to order at 7:07 pm and Mary Jo was welcomed as a newcomer to our meetings.

Announcements and Reports:
Treasurer’s Report: Our current balance is $2363.58.
Minutes of the Aug. 4th meeting were approved as written.
Greg outlined some of the benefits of using Vote Builder software to gain useful local voter information.

Old Business:

• A motion was made and seconded by Dudley and Jim and passed unanimously: JC Democrats will contact Merav Ben David and Lynette Gray Bull, offering each candidate up to $600 match money to be used toward campaign ads through local media sources. Greg will provide each with a list of local media sources and we will reimburse them based on evidence of their qualifying expenditures.
• Greg will check with state WDP and the candidates to see if there are tools they can provide us for promoting their campaigns (e.g. postcards we can mail out to JC voters listed as Independent or Unaffiliated in an effort to inform them of Dem candidates). Anyone willing to help with this postcard mail out is asked to PLEASE let Greg know asap so he can get cards and wording to you. The cost for stamps can be paid for by JC Dems.
• Greg explained his first draft of the resolution he offered, in July, to create. Please check the resolution out at the link he provided in a recent email and give feedback to Greg or go ahead and improve the document.
• Greg shared info about the https://iwillvote.com/ website which provides info on voting, specific to residents of each zip code in the US. This is a helpful site to see if you are registered, get info on registering, learning about vote-by-mail or get specifics on voting in person. Jim Shell also suggested making sure the Buffalo Bulletin and Mini publish voting tips provided by the County Clerk.

New Business:
Greg will contact Merav Ben-David to see if she has thoughts she might like to share with the Buffalo Bulletin regarding the front page article in the 8/27/20 Buffalo Bulletin on the Natural Resources Management Plan. Her perspective as a scientist and candidate would be good.

Motion by Bill /Dudley to authorize $15.99 to re-register our JC Dems domain name passed unanimously.

Announcements from the floor:
Lois shared some updates about the Braver Angels activities and meetings.
Bill reported that one of the two mail sorting machines in the Casper USPS sorting facility has been removed.
Next meeting: Tues., Oct. 6, 2020 at 7:00 pm – Bomber Mountain Civic Center-Wyoming Room.

Adjournment: at 8:45.

Johnson County Democratic Party Meeting
September 1, 2020 at 7:00 PM
Bomber Mtn Civic Center – Wyoming Room
also: Internet Stream (see email for address)

Agenda

7:00pm Call to order

7:05pm Check in, introduce, announce as needed, approve/amend agenda

7:10pm Treasurer, Secretary and Chair Announcements

Money, Minutes, Representation of Mail-in Voting

7:15 Old Business

GOTV – Contact Candidates to Support Local Advertising. Campaign tools.

Voter Registration, History, Precinct Info. Votebuilder.

Resolution to Vote on entire platform during Convention

7:35 New Business

Register domain name. $15.99

7:37 Motions and Announcements from the floor

7:45 Announce upcoming meetings

Next Monthly Meeting: October 6, 2020

Other?

7:50 Adjourn

JC Dems Minutes – August 4, 2020 – Bomber Mt. Wyoming Room

In Attendance: Greg Haas (C), Lois Petersen (S), Jim Shell (T), Dudley Case, Sharon Case, Bill McIntyre, and Mitch Black.

Meeting was called to order at 7:08 pm.

Treasurer’s Report: Our current balance is $2302.58.

Minutes of July 7th meeting were approved with one correction.

Announcements:
Dawn Barela is a new hire with the WDP and she is keeping WY Dems posted on the upcoming convention.

Old Business: Get out the vote
A letter to the 3 local organizers of the Black Lives Matter march was sent by Greg. No response yet from them about how best to contact and encourage young people to vote in the upcoming election.
100 GOTV post cards provided by Merav Ben-David were sent to WY Dems by members of the JC Dems. After discussing other ways to encourage Dems to vote, Lois agreed to ask Rob Hicks to consider putting an article in the Buffalo Bulletin about current voting regulations and tips on how to make voting easier for all. Jim will talk to Vanessa Vogel about doing something similar in the Mini.

New Business:
We discussed an interest in having names to write in on the Democratic ballots in positions where there is no one registered to run. Mitch checked with Anita Frances Edington and she is willing to be written in as the District 22 representative, opposing Dave Kinsky. Manna Dudley Case has agreed to be a write-in candidate for the District 40 Rep position, opposite Richard Tass and Barry Crago. So, please consider writing these names in, and be sure to spell their full name correctly on the write-in line.

Greg will try to get voter history and voter registration data from WDP as well as precinct information.

Adjournment: at 8:21.

Next meeting: Tues., Sept 1st, 7 pm – location to be announced later.

The Buffalo Bulletin has created a 2020 Voter’s Guide. It has some good details, but not much about mail-in or absentee voting.

They shared it on twitter.com.

The Wyoming Primary Election is 12 days away. Are you registered to vote? #Election2020 #wyoming pic.twitter.com/jiXCpVhDla

— Buffalo Bulletin (@BuffBulletin) August 6, 2020