Meeting Minutes

08/06/2024, Tuesday 6:30 – 8:00 pm Meeting Minutes 38  in-person; 9 on Zoom Mohammad called the meeting to order at 6:33 Guest Speakers: Shoshona Kelly – Candidate for Executive Council District – described her background, described the job of Executive Counselor, tied up her campaign as an act of “hope;” hope as a belief in our collective future. Questions: concerns about a better voice for education Andru Volinsky – introduced Ro Khanna – 4th term member of Congress, Congressman Khanna represents Silicon Valley, author of Digital Divide, co-sponsored the CHIPS Act and actively working on reform of the Supreme Court Ro Khanna – How do we win the election? Besides reproductive rights, climate, voting rights...

07/16/2024, Tuesday 6:30 – 8:00 pm Meeting Minutes 34  in-person; 7 on Zoom Mohammad called the meeting to order at 6:30 Caucus: to elect an At-large delegate for Cheshire Co. – Megan Murray of NHDC presiding Mohammad thanked Paul Robb of the Jaffrey Committee who has resigned. This seat will be filled tonight. We are grateful for his service. Karen Sebastian (Chesterfield was nominated and elected unanimously; she spoke briefly of the importance of getting Democrats elected and doing what you can do! Cheshire Fair Booth, August 1-4 – requesting people to take a time slot Cheshire Co. Candidates Introduction Cheshire 17 (floterial) – Kristan Tilton Cheshire 18 – Hannah Bissex (Cheshire 18 has 2 seats; the...

Cheshire County Democratic Committee Monthly Meeting Minutes 05/07/2024, Tuesday 6:30 – 8:00 pm; Attendance: 20 in-person; 7 on Zoom Mohammad called the meeting to order at 6:31pm NH Democratic Convention is on Saturday, 5/11; Cheshire Co. will have a table Deep Canvassing - Winning in 2024 – (Sue Hay) Our job as Cheshire Co Dems is to get NH Democratic candidates and Exec Councilors elected; we need an army of canvassers, especially in the purple towns. We need to sweep the tables in Cheshire Co to win the state; we are capable of winning most of these seats but we need canvassers!June 15th – 3 hour training in Deep Canvassing If anyone in Keene has a secure place where we can store signs and such, we could...

25 in-person; 6 on Zoom 1. Mohammad called the meeting to order at 6:33 2. Guest Speakers: a. Matt McLaughlin – running for Senate 9, a critical seat to flipping the Senate blue; the district covers a large range and he feels he will have to concentrate on high population areas; he’s looking for a contact person in each town. His #1 issue is women’s rights, he believes it needs to be a constitutional amendment. His #2 is climate change. Education is #3. Lucy Weber suggested that Matt be sure to NOT ignore the small towns. Also, to not feed into the Republican agenda – by staying away from terms such as ‘divisive concepts’ b. Colin Van Ostern – running for CD 2, i. US Congress is fundamentally broken; to fix...