Windham Democratic Committee
Minutes of July 20, 2000 Meeting

DRAFT 

 (Thursday July 20, 2000 at 7:00 p.m.- French Club in Windham)

1. Roll-call: Quorum met

2. Chair Niles called meeting to order at 7:05 p.m.

3. Welcome new member David Hemingway

4. Motion to approve minutes of previous meeting: J. Gazette/A. Carey - Vote: past with 6 abstentions

(W. Pawelkiewicz, Juan Pérez, D. Hemenway, J. Underwood, A. Hope and Y. Negrón)

5. Treasurer's report &emdash; Motion to table (the treasurer was absent at time of report):: W. Pawelkiewicz/W. Sayers - Vote: unanimous

6. Chair's Report:

• Copies of some of the items in the Town Committee's website (done by Murphy Sewell)
• Ray Parlotto committed to listening to town committees in regards to election of individuals for State Central and other issues
• Fundraiser for Sam Gejdenson in Ashford on Saturday, July 21, 2000
• Much thanks and appreciation to Walter Pawelkiewicz for fronting _ of the cost for the website
• $100.00 donation received from Susan Johnson & Dennis O'Brien (the check read in appreciation of the Town Chairs work).
• Special thanks to Murphy Sewall for all of his work; the the Town Chair officially named him the web site's webmaster

7. Nomination for Registrar of Voters: Motion to nominate William "Bill" Sayers - D. J. O'Brien/

S. Bonafine/A. Carey and Y. Negrón

• Motion to close nominations and the secretary cast one affirmative ballet: B. Mustard/R. Tirado
• Vote: unanimous

8. Nomination for State Representative: Motion to nominate Walter Pawelkewicz: D. J. O'Brien/J. Lescoe/

J. Pérez/D. Niles

• Motion to close nominations and the secretary cast one affirmative ballet: T. White/J. Lescoe
• Vote: unanimous

9. Nomination of Justices of the Peace: Motion made to nominate the following candidates for Justice of the

Peace: M Díaz/R. Tirado:

• Diane Potvin
• Joseph Mazzola
• John McGrath
• Lorraine Peppin
• Philip Haddad
• Lourdes Montalvo (Bilingual)
• Louis DeLorme
• Rosa Tirado (Bilingual)
• Roger Lizee
• Yolanda Negrón (Bilingual)

   

• Motion to close nominations and the secretary cast one affirmative ballet: T. White/W. Sayers
• Vote: unanimous

10. New Business:

• L. O'Brien reported there is $1,042.00 in the town committee's bank account. $140.00 used for creation of website and $70 from the State Central raffle tickets.
  • Motion to accept report: T. White/W. Sayers &emdash; Vote: unanimous
• D. J. O'Brien introduced his guest, Chris Merrit, who is a student at Windham High School, working part-time at WILI. He is volunteering to help make an oral history of the Town Committee long with Josh Niles who is doing the video portion of the project.
• Ice cream social after the meeting, courtesy of Walter 2000

11. Motion to adjourn at 7:45 p.m.: L.O'Brien/T. Lambert - Vote: unanimous

Minutes recorded and submitted by: Yolanda Negrón, Recording Secretary

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