Date: Monday Feb. 12, 2018
Time: 6:30pm – 8pm
Meeting Location: MassDems HQ, 11 Beacon Street, 4th Floor
Conference Call #: (641) 715-3580 – Access Code: 256632
Roll Call Attendance
Phone: Hannah (At-large), Melissa (Membership Outreach), Frank (Treasurer), Michael K (South Shore Chair), Sarah (Fundraising Director), Kevin G (At-large), Jonathan Goldman (Western Mass Interim Chair), James (Central Mass Chair), Yaniv (MetroWest Chair), Jessica (DSC), Ed (Black Caucus Interim Chair)
Person: Rebecca (Secretary), RJ (YDA Committee Rep Male Identifying), Rob (Vice President), Chris (At-large), Caesar (Technical Director), Matt (President), Chad (Neponset Valley Political Director), Jocelyn (Latino Caucus Chair), Mike D. (Neponset Valley Chair), Farrah (Women’s Caucus Chair), Isaac (Policy Chair)
President’s Remarks
- Rebecca calls for the removal of Jessica Finocchiaro from her DSC seat. A formal email will be sent following the board meeting.
- RJ hosting Town Halls in Western mass
- Rebecca, Matt and Hannah want to create more materials and initiatives around getting young people involved in the Democratic party (town and ward committees, youth-add on delegates)
Treasurer Report
- $1,295 on hand
YDA Committee Rep (Female-Identifying) Vote – Led by Rob
- Brittany voted in
Safe Communities Act Endorsement Vote – Led by Mike K.
- Voted to endorsed
- Chris will write press release
Platform Vote – Led by Isaac
- Mike concerned there hasn’t been a formal policy meeting
- New platform passed
Inactive Chapters Bylaw – Led by Rebecca
- Rebecca will take another pass
Social Media Bylaw – Led by Rebecca
- Bylaw passed
Conflict of Interest Discussion – Led by Rebecca
- Tabled for next meeting
Switch to MailChimp – Led by Caesar
- We use MailChimp now instead of VoteBuilder
- Farrah wants her own email domain (using Gmail for now)
Clarifying Endorsements – Led by Matt, Melissa, Rebecca
- Chris would like us to start endorsing in primaries
- This will be part of a bigger conversation at a future meeting
New Business
- Melissa wants help planning virtual meetings
- Ed reminding us about the Valentine’s Day event
- Ed wanted to know next steps to the black caucus