COUNTY COUNCIL MEETING -- MINUTES January 21, 2001 1. The meeting was called to order with quorum at 12:29pm Facilitator: Bob Nanninga Members present: Lupita Jimenez, Michele Delehanty, Ed Zugates, Tammy Tatum, Ric Newbery, Karine Megerdoomian, Ron Fraga, Ann Menasche. Members not present: Jared Aldstadt Minute-taker: Karine Megerdoomian 2. APPROVAL OF MINUTES (a) The minutes from the General Membership meeting on November 12th were not approved. They were set aside. The following corrections/concerns were brought up: - A statement about the discussion during county council elections was asked to be removed - Error(s) on the vote count was noted - Treasurer's report was corrected After the corrections have been made, the minutes can be put forth for approval at the next meeting. [We didn't discuss who would be making the corrections] (b) Postponed approval of minutes from County Council meetings on November 19 and December 16 until the County Council meeting in February. (Some corrections were suggested on December 16th for the November 19th meeting but the council members don't have the corrected version.) (c) It was suggested that minutes should be taken as "reportable action" only. The meetings may be tape-recorded to back the minutes. The criteria for what should be in the minutes will be formalized and put online for discussion. [by who?] 3. TREASURER'S REPORT The Treasurer's Report was made available in hardcopy. There was a discussion about the dues to the State. It was proposed that the GPSD pay half of the dues now ($220) and the rest in August. This proposal was accepted by Consensus. The reimbursements for expenditures in the Martin Luther King event and the General Membership meeting of January 21st were approved, and the council members were reimbursed. 4. CONSENT CALENDAR ITEMS: - Recommend Michele Delehanty to serve on the State Platform Standing Committee. - Certification of the San Diego State Local - Certification of the South Bay Local - Approve the pending working groups and committees The first item on the Consent Calendar was removed, since Michele Delehanty was already approved to serve on the State Platform Standing Committee. The remaining items in the Consent Calendar were approved by consensus. Ric Newbery asked for his concern to be noted regarding the big size of the South Bay Local (the fact that it includes Spring Valley in its geographic borders). 5. BUDGET FOR 2001 Discussion of the Budget for the year 2001 was postponed to the meeting in February. The Budget will be included as new business in the next meeting. 6. COMMITTEES AND WORKING GROUPS This item has already been approved as part of the Consent Calendar. It was removed. The campaign committee membership is still pending. The nominations will be taken from the floor during the General Membership meeting and the final approval of the committee will be held online. 7. FREQUENCY OF GENERAL MEMBERSHIP MEETINGS It was proposed that the General Membership be held for two hours, every other month, on the third Sunday of the month. The meetings will consist of a mix of business and program. This proposal will be brought up and decided in the General Membership meeting. It was proposed that the County Council meet each month, on the second Friday of the month. This proposal was approved by the Council members. 8. OLD BUSINESS The date and discussion of the Sunflower Award/Founders Celebration will be brought up at the General Membership meeting. 9. NEW BUSINESS a) Tammy Tatum noted that a Council member should be aware that their actions, if they go against a contract, could make the whole Council liable. Michele Delehanty suggested that perhaps we should become incorporated. b) Karine Megerdoomian suggested that we should have a process for online decision-making. It was agreed that Ric Newbery will suggest the process and it will be discussed at the next Council meeting in February. c) Ann Menasche announced that she had made initial contacts to prepare for activities to be held on issues relating to Women's day (March 8th). d) Michele Delehanty suggested that during the General Membership meetings, we should have a separate table, perhaps called "Community Forum", for other organizations' flyers and announcements. The actual name for such a table will have to be decided online. e) Ricardo Newbery announced that the next state plenary will be held on April 28th in Sacramento. We will need delegates to attend the plenary. He also announced that Michele Delehanty was appointed to the Platform Committee. f) Ricardo Newbery announced that Mike Weyman is asking people to join the Sustainer Program, a fundraising program for the State. If interested, we should contact Mike Wyman or talk to Ric. g) Bob Nanninga suggested that we include the plenary fees in the budget discussion at the next Council meeting. 10. Meeting was adjourned at 1:42pm ADDENDUM: Items to be followed-up (1) Corrections to be made to the meeting minutes from Nov. 12 GM meeting (Lupita?) and Nov. 19 CC meeting (Jared). Dec. 16 CC meeting minutes to be made available (Jared). (2) Formalize criteria for what should be in the minutes is to be put online for discussion. (3) Campaign committee is to approved online. (4) Formalize the online decision-making process (Ric). (5) Prepare ideas for the Budget for 2001.