SDSA Board Minutes
March 9, 2009
Members
present: Lynne Armstrong, Roberto
Flores, Olga Hernandez, Jeanne Belaire, Cris Ramirez, Linda Allen, Peg MacPhail,
Bryan Gerard, David Plylar, Mark
Spencer.
Members
absent: Larry Stallings, Chris Forbrich and Antonia
Padilla
Co-chairs
Lynne and Roberto called the meeting to order at 7:00 PM.
Secretary’s
Report: Peg moved to accept minutes as
presented, Bryan seconded and it carried.
Registrars
will be on the membership agenda first and then the regular business meeting
will take place.
Endorsement
Committee: David reported the venue for the
forum on March 29 is
Kenwood Center, 1:30 to 6:00 PM.
Arrangements have been made for a security guard. Letters to all those who have filed have been
sent. Committee members will do follow
up on questionnaires. David presented a
tally sheet that will be used at the forum and each SDSA member will receive a
copy. Peg has created a web page listing
the status of returned questionnaires.
It can be seen via the SDSA web page under endorsements. The motion that no candidate can speak at
the endorsement forum without a questionnaire was discussed. This motion is null and void because proper
procedures, as per by-laws, were not followed.
Budget and Finance Committee: Mark discussed tracking expenses by
committees and categories. The committee
is looking at using Quicken to record this information. Bryan offered to set up Excel spreadsheets
for this if Quicken does not work. Mark
presented a financial statement for the first month.
Membership
Committee: Olga reported that we have
167 members so far. She would like for
members to be reminded that their dues must be current if they want to vote at
the Endorsement Forum
Banquet will
be held on the 10th of October.
Matt Foreman, former Director of the Gay/Lesbian Task Force, and
currently
Olga has
been asked to be co-chair of National Stonewall Democrats. She has accepted. She has asked for our support. Roberto moved that Olga be unanimously
approved for the NSD position with full support from SDSA. Peg seconded the motion and it carried. Other chapters in Texas have also agreed to
provide support.
Roberto
reported that at least 8 SDSA members attended the TSDC Conference. Photos will be on the web site. Speakers were excellent as was the food. Seventy-nine people attended.
Travis
Peterson presented an overview of the Peace Officers Training Committee and why
he thinks that SDSA should make this committee an official committee of SDSA. His suggestion is that it become
a subcommittee of the Political Relations Committee. Bryan moved to create a subcommittee of the
Political Relations Committee that would act as a liaison to the Peace Officers
Training Committee and assist the POTC in becoming an independent and free
standing entity, Cris seconded and the motion
carried.
Topics and
suggestions for the board retreat will be discussed through the Yahoo group.
Mark is
working on the brochure and suggested waiting until the election is over before
updating and printing it.
Lynne asked
us to consider the possibility of providing scholarships for those unable to
attend events, conferences, etc. This
can be a topic for the retreat.
The Board
discussed taking out an ad on Q San Antonio and advertising costs have been budgeted. Details on the cost of an ad will be
discussed next meeting.
Peg
suggested looking into Facebook and Twitter in order
to attract more members. She will get
more information and details on this.
Meeting was
adjourned at 8:30 PM.
Respectfully
submitted,
Cristina M. Ramirez,
Secretaary