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2009 Pride Parade and Festival Saturday June 20
Parade starts at College Green Park Iowa City, corner of College & Washington Streets Everyone is welcome to march or just watch. The parade will end in a rally on the Pentacrest in front of the Old Capitol with music and rousing speakers. A festival will follow in (upper) City Park.
Johnson County Democrats will have a table at the Festival after the Parade. HELP IS NEEDED for the table.
Contact James Moody jsmoody@netins.net or (319)-400-2824 to help.
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Hall of Fame Dinner to Honor Former Iowa Governor Tom Vilsack June 27
Former Iowa Governor Tom Vilsack, currently serving in the Obama administration, former First Lady Christie Vilsack and former Lt. Governor and IDP Chair Sally Pederson, will be inducted into the Iowa Democratic Party Hall of Fame. What: 10th Annual Iowa Democratic Party Hall of Fame Awards Ceremony
When: Saturday, June 27th TBD PM
Where: Drake University, Sheslow Auditorium, Des Moines, IA
The 2009 Hall of Fame Ceremony will mark the first time former Governor Vilsack has returned to Iowa to speak since beginning his service in the Obama administration. The Hall of Fame Ceremony is the second largest gathering of the year of Democrats across Iowa. Topped only in size by the Jefferson Jackson Dinner, held in the fall, the Hall of Fame is an annual event celebrating Party activists, supporters and the successes of the Democratic Party in Iowa.
Go to www.iowademocrats.org for information and to reserve seating.
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Organizing for America Summer Update
Here is a brief update on what the Obama organization is up to in Iowa over the summer. Thank you to everyone that participated in our events. We will make sure we send out updates as we get them. Please feel free to share this information with your local party members.
Health Care- As you may know, health care is our major focus this summer. We will be trying to put a local face on the need for health care reform, and we invite all of you to join in some of our organizing projects.
You can use our Health Care Action Center to learn more about the program and to give feedback on health reform you would like to see.
Community Service Events - Iowa Service Projects The last weekend in June we will have various community service projects around Iowa. We would love to have local parties attend or help with these events if possible.
Declarations of Support- We will be collecting these declarations all summer, and if you have a local event, you can print out the declarations to have signed. You can mail them back to us if you collect some: Organizing for America- 5661 Fleur Dr., Des Moines, IA 50321
Public Stories- We are hoping to highlight the need for health care reform. If you have any stories that we can highlight feel free to fill out our form: http://my.barackobama.com/page/s/HCstory
Summer Events- We have heard from many of you about local events that our volunteers should attend. We would love to know where and when these events are. We may not be able to go to every event, but we will let our volunteers in the area know about them.
E-Mail Derek at EadonD@dnc.org with a list of events in your community - please let us know- Date, Time, Meeting Location, and any other information.
Thanks and have a great summer,
Derek Eadon
Iowa State Director
Organizing for America
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Central Committee Meeting July 9
Central Committee will meet Thursday July 9 at 7:00 the back of the board room in the Iowa City Community School District Administration Building. The address is 509 S Dubuque St, Iowa City, IA.
Note: This meeting is for the SECOND Thursday of July and NOT the FIRST Thursday. This change is by vote of the Central Committee at the June meeting
Central Committee Members may be elected.
Membership and Candidate Development Chairs may be elected.
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Executive Committee Meeting Wednesday July 8
The Executive Committee will meet July 8 at 7:30 the back of the board room in the Iowa City Community School District Administration Building. The address is 509 S Dubuque St, Iowa City, IA.
Note: This is a change from previously announced meeting time.
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Minutes of meeting of Johnson County Democrats Central Committee June 6th, 2009
The meeting was called to order at 7:04 PM.
The minutes were approved as presented.
The treasurer's report was presented. Scott recommended we set up a cash receipt system so that we can better keep track of cash donations. The treasurer's report was approved.
Elected Officials: Bob Dvorsky, Dave Jacobi, Rod Sullivan, Janet Lyness
The North Liberty Fun Days parade is rapidly approaching. Details will be sent out in email.
Nominations were opened for the office of Fundraising Committee Chair. No nominations were made, and nominations were closed.
It was moved and seconded to accept the 2-year budget and plan.
It was moved to amend the motion to provide for a review of the budget by the executive committee every 3 months. This amendment was approved.
It was moved to amend the motion to separate the plan from this vote. This amendment was approved.
The amended budget motion was approved.
It was moved to accept the 2-year plan. The plan was approved.
Volunteers were requested to be part of an audit committee. Volunteers: Jean Falk, Peter Hansen, Jerry Lorimor.
It was moved to give the treasurer authority to buy a receipt booklet to record cash donations. The motion passed.
It was moved to ask the audit committee to review or revise cash reporting procedures for the treasurer. The motion passed.
The following resolution was moved: "We, the Johnson County Democratic Central Committee, urge the Iowa City City Council to pass a resolution condemning the FBI infiltrating a non-violent Iowa City peace group." The resolution passed.
It was moved to change the July meeting date to July 9th. The motion passed.
Jean Falk volunteered to be fundraising chair. She was nominated to be fundraising chair. She was elected.
The meeting was adjourned at 9:01 PM
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The Executive Committee May 27 2009 Synopsis:
The Executive Committee May 27 2009 Synopsis:
Membership: There was a discussion on the need for Membership Committee activity. After the meeting the Chair received a message (sent while the meeting was in progress) from the Membership Cochairs saying that they were resigning. Because of notice requirements, we cannot elect a new chair until the July Central Committee meeting at the earliest.
Data collection: There were two types of data discussed---1) voter and volunteer information data, and 2) fund raising data.
Currently the information for 1) on the VAN is not as useful as it should be. It was suggested that this is partly because we have not paid enough attention to the quantity and quality of the information we put in. Data Chair Paul Deaton will contact Micah Honeycutt of the IDP for suggestions on how we can improve.
For a variety of reasons, we should maintain our own fundraising data information. Paul Deaton will contact John Deeth about getting a list for a fundraising letter. He also volunteered to draft a fundraising letter.
Audit Committee: We need to complete an audit soon. It was supposed to be done by March 1. Although there were three who volunteered in January to do this, they left before their names could be recorded. At the May meeting we will begin this audit process again and ask for volunteers for the Audit Committee. There should be at least two members. This audit should cover the period of time since the last audit, until the month prior to the new audit. The Chair will try and find copies of previous audit reports to act as guide.
Two year budget: There was one typo mentioned and it was suggested that the budget changed to reflect an expectation that our income would equal our expenses. Also it was mentioned that we need to have a form of the Treasurers report that can more readily be related to the proposed budget.
Public Relations: We discussed the idea of adding more interesting content to our web pages. One possible idea is to post short video clips of interviews with winners of our Pioneer Awards.
The JCDems banner: The company who will make the banner will not bill to a non-profit organization. The Chair will make arrangements for payment.
Second District Convention 2010: It was discussed that we would like to have the 2010 Second District Convention to be held in Johnson County. The Chair agreed to contact the Second District Chair to ask for this.
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Second District Central Workshops Saturday August 15
The Second District Central Workshops are scheduled for Saturday August 15 10:00-5:00 PM West Liberty Community Center West Liberty Iowa.
further information will become available soon at the District website www.idp2nd.com.
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The 2009 Johnson County Caucus Resolutions
There was not enough time at our Caucus to read two letters we received from the Iowa Democratic Party: A letter from our former Iowa Democratic Party Chair Brennen and a letter from Representative Boswell. Click Here to see those letters.
The following resolutions were passed at the 2009 Johnson County Caucus:
Resolved that the Johnson County Democratic Caucus express strong support to the Iowa City Community School Board for keeping Roosevelt Elementary School open and making sure that the other elementary schools in the central part of Iowa City are kept adequately maintained and repaired.
The Johnson County Democratic caucus supports withdrawal of all combat troops from Iraq by 5/20/2010 is hereby resolved. In addition, commitment to the withdrawal of all US troops from Iraq by 12/31/2011 must be reiterated.
The Johnson County Democratic caucus supports the investigation of Medicare Advantage health care programs to ensure honest representation of health care coverage.
The Johnson County Democratic caucus supports the thorough and complete investigation by the Justice Department, the Congress, and other relevant bodies of possible criminal activity by the prior presidential administration.
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The 2008 Johnson County Platform
For the final version 2008 Johnson County Platform, as approved March 15 at the County Convention, Click Here
Eventually this will be moved to our Resources Page
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Welcome to our site
This Johnson County Democratic Party website is designed to provide information about our candidates, issues and upcoming events in our area. Please join us at upcoming events and become more involved with issues of concern to you.
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