SDSA Board Minutes
November 12, 2007
The
meeting was called to order at 7:00 by Co-chairs Lynne Armstrong and Roberto
Flores.
Members
present: Lynne Armstrong, Roberto
Flores, Jeanne Belaire, Cris Ramirez, Antonia Padilla, Travis Peterson, Bryan
Gerard, Joe LaMonica, and Olga Hernandez
Members
absent: Richard Moon and Ruth Dalrymple
Guest: Dan Graney
The
assistant treasurer, Jeanne, reported a balance of $5,332.01.
Bryan
made a motion to approve the September board minutes, Antonia seconded and the
minutes were approved. There was no
October meeting since there was no quorum.
Committee
reports were presented, beginning with the Board Development Committee. The chair of the committee, Cris, reported
that several positions on the board would be open for elections in January. Cris, Ruth, and Antonia will seek
re-election. Richard, Joe and Travis
will not. The following people have expressed
an interest in running for an at-large SDSA Board Position: Michelle Myers, Pat McGuire, and Larry
Stallings. Olga indicated that Chris
Forbrich is considering the possibility and she will be sending him an
application. An announcement will be
made at the general meeting and Cris will have applications for anyone
interested in running for a board position.
Dan
Graney, chair of the Endorsement Committee, presented several action items for
a vote. He announced that the board
voted by e-mail to approve Kenwood Community Center as the site of the
Endorsement Committee Meeting. Mark Spencer
would like to deliver the check personally since he made the arrangements, the
board agreed to give him a check and allow him to present it. Dan presented the candidate questionnaires
for approval. After a discussion of
question #9 referring to gender identity being added to legislation, Cris made
a motion, seconded by Antonia, to reword the statement to say “Will you support
an ENDA that includes gender identity?” Questions
#8 and #9 are redundant. Cris rescinded
her motion and Antonia seconded. Travis
made a motion to remove question #9, Antonia seconded and the motion
passed. Joe made a motion to accept all
the questionnaires, Travis seconded and the motion passed. Cris made a motion to accept the HRC
Presidential Questionnaires as part of our Endorsement Process and that we invite
their representatives to make a presentation at the endorsement meeting. Bryan seconded and the motion passed. Cris made a motion to accept the Friendly
Incumbent Endorsement Guidelines, Travis seconded and the motion passed. Cris made a motion to accept the list of
state friendly incumbents (Zaffarini, Van de Putte, Martinez Fisher, McClendon
and Villarreal), Travis seconded and the motion passed. Bryan made a motion to include Congressman
Charlie Gonzales on our list of friendly incumbents, Cris seconded and the
motion passed, with Travis abstaining.
Dan will be presenting these incumbents to the membership for a vote and
requested that this item be placed on the agenda for the next membership
meeting.
Lynne
suggested that an e-mail reminder be sent to the committee chairs requesting a
budget for the next year.
Travis
reported on the Police Academy Training, the first of which was on September
21. He indicated that it went well and
the responses from those attending were positive. A training session for seasoned officers is
scheduled for December 6th and one more will be scheduled next
spring.
Olga
reported that membership is up to 170.
Lynne
requested that Antonia follow up on media sources that will publicize SDSA
meetings, events and endorsements.
Lynne
reported that Monica Guerrero agreed to be the Mistress of Ceremonies at the
next SDSA banquet and that the Tropicano has confirmed the date, September 6th
and the contract is pending.
The
Christmas party will be on Saturday, December 08, 2007 at the home of Lynne and
Olga. Travis and Cris volunteered to provide a ham and Lynne and Olga will
provide a turkey. It is BYOB and bring a
covered dish for members.
Roberto
announced that Mara Keisling, one of the most influential leaders of the transgender
equality movement, will be in San Antonio.
He would like SDSA to be a co-sponsor of this event.
Lynne
agreed to write a letter to Grady’s thanking them for their past support and
their generosity in allowing SDSA to continue to meet there, free of charge. She and Roberto will be meeting with Grady’s,
in mid December, to confirm SDSA meeting dates for 2008.
Cris
made a motion to adjourn, Bryan seconded and the meeting was adjourned.
Respectfully
submitted,
Cristina M. Ramirez,
Secretary