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February 17th, 2015 
Carla Hansen Regular Club Meeting
Tuesday, February 24
6:00 p.m.
Zion Presbyterian Church
545 Ashbury Ave
The next Club meeting will be on Tuesday, February 24. We will be finalizing the Club’s initiatives and goals for 2015 and presenting the final calendar for the year. Please look for the approved budget within the newsletter
We’ve invited Assembly member Tony Thurmond to address the Club for our March meeting. Stay tuned for more details.
February 17th, 2015 Carla Hansen The January meeting brought the Club a brand new executive board, pages of brainstormed initiatives and objectives, ideas for meeting topics, an approved budget and an a resolution to encourage our State representatives to reform Prop 13 by placing an initiative on the 2016 ballot. The list of new executive board members can be found on page four along with their contact information.
ECDC President, Carla Hansen, gave Club members a presentation of what the Club accomplished in 2014, presented ideas for what the Club could do in 2015 since it’s not an election year and a ideas for meetings. Treasurer, Greg Lyman presented the proposed 2015 budget. Club members provided input on a few line items and voted to approve the proposed budget with an amendment.
The bulk of the meeting was spent on discussing ideas for ECDC-led initiatives and objectives for the year. Club members present at the meeting brainstormed a number of issues and ideas. All of the input was recorded at the meeting. The list will be narrowed down by the executive board and the final ideas will be brought back to the Club at the February meeting. Club members at the February meeting will prioritize the final items on the list. The executive board also agree to finalize the 2015 calendar with the input from the Club members.
February 17th, 2015 Carla Hansen Club members brainstormed a number of ECDC-led initiatives and objectives for 2015 at the January meeting. The Executive Board discussed the ideas and based on capacity of the Board and feasibility of topics, is recommending the following list below:
The overall goal of the year is to increase the number of members in the Club. By taking on policy issues in the community, we hope to create and increase interest in the Club (and gain more members).
ECDC-led initiatives
These are policy issues the Club would research, draft, work with relevant stakeholders and advocate for at the City/County level.
Some of the other brainstormed initiatives, such as undergrounding services and WiFi, are more under the purview of the utilities companies and less Democratic Club policy issues.
Objectives
These objectives are focused on the internal development of the Club.
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