Cohasset
Democratic Town Committee
Meeting,
March 5, 2011
Members Present:
Ned Tebbetts, Chartis Tebbetts, Judith Chute, Agnes McCann, Kevin McCarthy, Gail
Collins, Virginia Najmi, Peter Pescatore, Tom Callahan, Mary Lou Clark, Margy
Charles
Scholarship Yard Sale:
Ginny and Donna will co-chair the yard sale and Ginny will gather the
appropriate information and get that to Kevin who will send out the information
to his list. The date for the yard
sale is May 14th at
Donna’s home, 23 Hill St.
Democrat of the Year:
The Democrat of the Year dinner, sponsored by the South Shore Democratic
Town Caucus, will be held at the Elks Hall in Weymouth on October 28.
Nominations for CDTC’s Democrat of the Year were discussed and Ed Lappen was
considered, nominated and unanimously voted to be this year’s Democrat of the
Year at the SSDC dinner.
Roosevelt Dinner:
Sending a Committee member to the Roosevelt Dinner at the Park Plaza in
Boston was discussed. Peter
Pescatore was nominated and seconded to attend the dinner.
The $250.00 ticket for the dinner, which is a yearly event, will be paid
for by the CDT Committee’s funds.
Voter Outreach Sub-Committee:
Discussion of the “Points to Consider in Developing a Strategic Plan”
put together by Ginny Najmi and involving goals and objectives for civic
and voter engagement, were examined and some small changes were made while other
objectives were made clearer. The
amended “Points” will be made available to Committee members.
Chartis made two
suggestions regarding the “Points to Consider,” one that someone on the
Committee should be in charge of helping generate new membership up to our full
capacity of 35 and the other that there
be a person designated to be responsible for fund-raising.
Conversation also included
discussion of the individual responsibilities of Committee members which are
stated in the CDTC by-laws. Kevin
will look into the Committee by-laws.
Gail outlined a proposed
time-line of civic events for the next ten months.
One proposal was to hold a drive for the food pantry on a regular basis
throughout the year, perhaps every 3 to 4 months.
Jane Cory indicated that a fund drive by the CDTC members would be
greatly appreciated and needed as she has seen no reduction in the needs of
local folks who utilize the food pantry.
A food pantry drive was
proposed for late April-Gail will look into that
Some other possible civic
events were proposed such as:
*Having a table at the SSArt
Festival-Peter will pursue information on
that.
*Having a social for seniors
at 60 Elm-Ginny will pursue that possibility.
*Exploring a forum on
veteran’s issues in the fall-Gail will pursue that
possibility.
The voter outreach
sub-committee (Agnes, Gail, Peter and Ginny) will meet again before the next
regular Committee meeting on Sat., April. 2.
Electoral organizing for
voter identification will be an on-going project.
State Action Agenda Committee:
Representatives to the Action Agenda Committee are having a phone
conference twice a month. Kevin is
a member of that Committee and asked that Committee members who wished to be
part of the phone conferences let Kevin know.
The Action Agenda Committee
is asking local democratic committees to pursue efforts going forward in the
areas of election organizing, issue-based organizing and civic engagement.
Education Forums:
Three forum proposals have been suggested by Betsy Connolly and Helene
Leib. The first is scheduled for
March 24th and will be a presentation by Betsy on the state- mandated
anti-bullying program. She will be
accompanied by the student liason to the school committee with assistance by
Helene Leib, Chair of the Cohasset School Committee.
For the second
informational session on education in Cohasset folks will be encouraged to
attend Garrett Bradley’s presentation on April 6 to the School Committee on the
status of education funding in the state.
The third forum will be in
May and will focus on how the state funding will impact Cohasset schools and
will include as a panel the school system’s business manager, David DeGennaro,
as well as Betsy and Helene.
Important Dates:
The next regular CDTC meeting will be
Sat, April
2 at 9:00A
in the meeting room of the Paul Pratt Library.
Education
forum, March 24 at 7:00P also
in the meeting room of the library: subject—the state- mandated anti-bullying
program.
Movie Night:
March 18th
at 7:00P—Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps