​Agenda (Draft)

 

• Call to Order

• Introductions

• Minutes from last meeting, Oct. 8, 2016

• Treasurer’s Report - George LaVenture

• Committee Reports:

  • Holiday Party Status

  • Chairman’s Notes

  • Other Reports, if any

• Old Business

  • Labor Day Report – Summary: Diane Stevens; Number of Voter Registrations

  • Heritage Days Report – Summary: Dan Caruso

  • Proposal for Standing Committees

• New Business

  • Discussion of the four ballot questions

  • Discussion of a possible equest to City Clerk's office to change process of notifying the Ward Chairs about being elected.

• Adjourn

 

 

 

Marlborough Democratic City Committee

Regular Monthly Meeting on December 3, 2016

Minutes – Draft

 

Attendees:

 

• Officers: Kirk Hurley, Chair; Barbara Allen, Vice Chair; Dan Caruso, Vice Chair; Debbie Doucette, Secretary

• Members: David Doucette, Alison Serano, Doug Pizza, Carmine Gentile, Joan Gregoire, Danielle Gregoire, Barbara Shapiro, Alice Wertheimer, Christopher Laurent, Lee Hettinger

• Visitors: Peter LaPrade, Catherine Hendry

 

November Minutes:

 

• Approved with correction of Michelle Bodin-Hettinger’s name.

 

Treasurer’s Report:

 

• Balance as of 11/20/16--$706.47 (report delivered prior to meeting with no treasurer attending.

 

Committee Reports:

 

• Holiday Party Committee – Barbara Shapiro. Financial results will be on January’s Agenda. The MDCC acknowledged Barbara for her excellent work on the Holiday Party.

 

 

Old Business:

 

• State Democratic Chair Election Result: Gus Bickford was re-elected

• Alice Wertheimer suggested 3 additional committees:

  • Infrastructure: MDCC’s procedures need to be established to support all other committees

  • Communications: Includes social media, traditional media, outreach to other town committees. (Publicity&Public Relations?)

  • Visionary: “ Who are we?” What are our values? What do we agree or disagree on?

• Doug Pizza suggested a Platform be created for our group.

• Alice recommended a book “Tales of a New America” by Robert Reich, pub in 1987. The author predicts the world’s current political/economic situation nearly 30 years ago. Good book for discussion.