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Meeting Minutes – July 16,2024

by | Jul 17, 2024 | 2024 Meeting Minutes, Meeting Minutes

07/16/2024, Tuesday 6:30 – 8:00 pm

Meeting Minutes

34  in-person; 7 on Zoom

  1. Mohammad called the meeting to order at 6:30
  2. 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!
  1. Cheshire Fair Booth, August 1-4 – requesting people to take a time slot
  2. Cheshire Co. Candidates Introduction
  • Cheshire 17 (floterial) – Kristan Tilton
  • Cheshire 18 – Hannah Bissex (Cheshire 18 has 2 seats; the primary will winnow        this down to 2 candidates – we want to win both of these seats)
  • Cheshire 18 – Jed Brummer
  • Cheshire 18 – Tom Ahlborne-Shu – running as Tom Shu
  • Cheshire – Deni Dickler
  • Cheshire 16 (floterial 10 towns) – Jim Gruber
  • Cheshire 1 – Dylan Germana
  • Cheshire 15 (floterial) – Sam Jacobs
  • Cheshire 7 – Terri O’Rorke
  • Cheshire 12 – Alan Gross – – could not be with us today
  • Cheshire 11 – Jack Getting – could not be with us today
  • District 1 County Commissioner – James Duffy
  • District 1 County Commissioner – Ben Tilton – could not be with us today
  • District 3 County Commissioner – Rick Van Winkler
  • State Senate District 9 – Matt McLaughlin
  • State Senate District 10 – Donovan Fenton
  • Nick Germana will be moving from Cheshire 1 to Cheshire 15
  1. Reports from Town Chairs:
    • Chesterfield

House party July 25

August 9 – Meet the Candidates, 6-7:30, town hall

  • Surry – August 18, 2-4, Meet and Greet, town hall
  • Alstead – Orchard Hill Bakery – Sunday, July 21, 2 pm, meet the candidates
  • Rindge Dems – 4th annual picnic – Sunday, 5-8pm Aug 11th , 138 Thomas Rd
  • Keene – joint statement opposing violence with the Keene Republicans
    1. July 19th – Houseparty
    2. Aug 11th Houseparty
  • August 14th Houseparty
  • Swanzey –
    1. Old Home Day parade Friday, 7:30 meet, 10:00 parade
    2. August meeting Aug 13th
  • Westmoreland – not scheduled at this time
  1. Elected officers’ Reports:
    • Terry Clark – Tampa, FL
      1. Part of a Team from Keene Accepted 2 National achievement Awards –
      2. Creation of emergency ambulance service
      3. Handyman program – Retrofits houses for seniors
      4. Community Power – On August 1st, Cheshire Co is going to be offering the lowest electrical rates in the state, communitypowernh.gov/cheshire
  1. County Committee Reports:
    • Election Support – Sue Hay –
      1. Continued training on Deep Canvassing, another coming on July 27
      2. The team is asking what the candidates need from them, somewhat focused on new candidates and competitive districts – need to find legislative weak points in opponents (oppositional research)
  • We have hired an intern who is helping to define voting records, both positive and negative, Quinn Mitchell
  • Treasurer – $32,148 in our bank account, the strongest place we’ve been in a number of years; we’re now in the part of the election cycle where we spend it down. Cheshire Dems can help to finance town events.
  • Candidate Forums – Sometime in August – Executive Counselor Districts 2 and 5 have multiple candidates, as does the County Commissioner District 1 seat
  1. Announcements:
    • Next meeting Aug 6 with Congressman Ro Khanna
    • Volunteer Appreciation BBQ & Candidate’s Day – Labor Day weekend
  1. Meeting Adjourned – 8:05