Meeting Minutes Archive

September 22

Call to order by Co-President Galen Mitchell at 7:02pm

Notes from our liaison to the Republicans:
--They have not appointed a liaison to us.... perhaps we are too cool for them
--They are making t-shirts that say "No you won't" and will be selling
them for $5.50
--'Pubfest is in the works
--They are going to try to create a "Gusties Restoring America" organization
--And Al Gore is coming to St. Olaf in the Spring (thanks for the info
Republicans)

Visit from "Vote Yes MN"
Vote to better the environment! On the ballot this November

The City of St. Peter is doing voter registration on campus!
September 24-25 from 9am-3pm outside the caf! Please help out!!!!

Doorknock Pittman and Sohre is set for this Thursday!
Thursday, September 25th - meet in the Courtyard Cafe at 6:45pm
E-mail Kacy if you want to help out!

Get Out The Vote (GOTV) is coming up quickly!

Election Day/Election Night Party
We need people to drive the vans to get people to the Community Center
to vote!
If you are certified, we really need help!
If you are not van certified, please get certified! We need you!
Election Night we are partying! Food and maybe door prizes! Stay tuned
for more info

T-Shirts are coming! Pre-order your shirt now!!!

We are going to table at SCTC. Mankato State doesn't have an active
Dems organization and neither does SCTC doesn't either so we need to
help them out! Contact Kacy if you are interested.

Debate watching party is this Friday in the Courtyard Cafe! Jake is
bringing cookies!

Election trivia night at Patty's on October 28th at 7pm.

Bulletin Boards are going up in the dorms starting tomorrow! Kacy and
Amy are working on putting together packets to make it easy for dorm
captains! If you want to help out, stop by the Den tomorrow anytime
after noon.

Old Dems shirts are still available for $10! Size small is all we have left!

Meeting adjourns at 7:45pm

Next meeting is Monday at 7pm.

Respectfully submitted,

Amy McMullan

Sept 16

Sept 8

Hello Democrats--

Here are the minutes from tonights meeting! Next meeting is Monday,
September 15th at 7pm in the Boardroom.


Welcome from Galen. He is excited about this important year.

Around the room for introductions. Lots of freshmen and sophomores!!! YEA!

Charles is the liaison to the Republicans, but he missed the first
meeting. Oh well.

Alex Knewtson and Co. from the Tim Walz campaign talked about a lot of
great opportunities (Contact Kacy for their contact information).

Eric Nelson talked on behalf of the DFL. More great opportunities to
volunteer this election season.

SURPRISE GUEST: Margaret Anderson Kelleher - Speaker of the MN House
Please get involved in some way!!!

Terry Morrow told his election night story.

10-3 Packers at halftime.


Announcements:

Student Involvement Fair is this Wednesday, September 10th from 5-7.
Stop by and talk to Galen at the College Dems table!

Friday, September 12th @ 6pm Dem's are BBQing in the John's Family
Courtyard! FREE FOOD!!! And we will probably do our first doorknocking
in Co-Ed after (7pm)

Dorm captains are established. If you would like to be a dorm captain,
please contact Kacy, as some dorms still have no one :(

Galen says we like the Republicans. We are hoping to do a huge voter
registration with them sometime between Sept. 22-26.

Working on scheduling debates with politicians.

Some wonderful volunteers are submitting letters to the editor for the
Weekly!!!

Al Franken needs help getting yard signs out to residents in St.
Peter. If you want to help, contact Kacy.

Remember we are tabling this week and next... If you are helping,
please make sure you are registering voters correctly (must include
Dorm/Apartment and Room Number, and please use driver's license
numbers).

We are getting TSHIRTS again!!!! WOOHOO!!! Galen will email design out
when it is done.

T-shirt Tuesdays for Terry Morrow!

If you need a ride to help volunteer at the DFL Office in 'Kato, email
the Dems list.

Vikings lost. Sadness.




Also, I have just updated the Dems e-mail list. If you are receiving
e-mails and do not wish to be getting e-mails, please e-mail ME (not
Kacy) at amcmulla@gac.edu .

Respectfully submitted,
Amy McMullan

GAC Dems October and Upcoming Events

	Month Date Time Activity Notes Contact October 1 T-shirt Pre-order due $12 - indicate size and color (green or blue) Galen Mitchell or Kacy Wothe 2 1pm Van training get certified to help with Election Day Safety and Security 2 meet @ 6:15 Door-knocking Rundstrom, Collegeview, Uhler Kacy Wothe 6 6pm Meeting Boardroom Galen Mitchell or Kacy Wothe 8 evening Phone-banking Help call GAC Students Kacy Wothe 9 evening Door-knocking IC, Prairieview, Arborview, Southwest, ILS Kacy Wothe 13 6pm Meeting Boardroom Galen Mitchell or Kacy Wothe 20 NO MEETING Reading Break 27 6pm Meeting Boardroom Galen Mitchell or Kacy Wothe 28 7pm Election Trivia Night Patty's Amy Erickson November 3 6pm Meeting Galen Mitchell or Kacy Wothe 4 All day Election Day! Driving vans to the Community Center Galen Mitchell or Kacy Wothe 4 Evening Election Night Party In the Dive Galen Mitchell or Kacy Wothe

September 29 Minutes

From Sec. Amy McMullan

NOTE TO ALL DEMOCRATS: OUR MEETINGS WILL NOW BE ON MONDAYS AT 6PM (NOT 7PM).

And here are your minutes:

Call to order at 6:02pm

Present: Kacy Wothe (co-pres), Sean Maertens, Eric Nelson, Nick
Stramp, Bern Egger, Jackie Schwerm, Erianna Reyelts, Laura Sjoberg,
Andy Winn, Drew Ajer, Mandy McCourt, Peter Espenson, Derek Notch,
Katie Webster, Ben Lundquist, Nick Prince, Sonja Johnson, Andrea
Nelson, Allison Cooney, Charles Owens, Drew, Jacob Seamans, Amy
McMullan, Galen Mitchell (co-pres)

Green or blue shirts?

Charles was help hostage by the Republicans and apologizes for missing
last meeting.

Pre-order your sweet new Dems shirt through Wednesday! Get your money
and order to Galen or Kacy by Wednesday or you just might not get a
shirt. That would be sad!

Tabling is happening! Chat with Kacy if you want to help! If you have
signed up, you better be there!

Door-knocking on Thursday, October 2nd! Meet in the Courtyard Cafe at
6:15! We will be getting to Rundstrom, College view, and Uhler...
E-mail Kacy if you can help out! If you do not e-mail Kacy, you cannot
door-knock (legally).

Meetings will be on Mondays at 6pm in the Boardroom from here on out.

We are hungry for donkey cookies at the Election Night Party! (Nick
Stramp might be helping us out with this.... yea Nick!!!)

Plan on door-knocking on Thursday, October 9th! We need lots of people
this day! We want to cover International Center, Prairie View,
Arborview, Southwest, and the ILS Houses! Get this on your calender!

Kacy is working on getting volunteers to go to South Central Technical
College to table. They don't have College Dems. So if you can help,
please chat with Kacy ASAP!

If you want/can doorknock in St. Peter or phonebank, please contact
Eric Nelson! eric.t.nelson@gmail.com

We are phonebanking as a group!!!! Just calling GAC students! Next
Wed., Oct 8th in the evening! Get that on your calendar too!

Van training is this Thursday! Please contact Safety and Security to
get in on this because we need drivers for election day! Its super
easy to do and a minimum time commitment on Thursday!

Here ends the meeting!

Adjourn at 6:32pm

Respectfully submitted,

Amy McMullan

Gustavus College Democrats, Overview

What: College Democrats
Where: Gustavus Adolphus College,
800 W College Ave, Saint Peter, MN 56082
When: Meetings Mondays at 6 pm
Regular events, check calendar
Volunteering
Why: To support the Minnesota DFL and national Democratic Party.
How: Effort and teamwork.

Who:
Co-Presidents - Galen Mitchell and Kacy Wothe
Secretary - Amy McMullan
Liaison to the Republicans - Charles David Owens