The January meeting was held on January 30 as a hybrid meeting in the Gordon Room at the George Peabody Library in Danvers.
Danielle Allen, Harvard Professor of Ethics and Public policy and a former candidate for Governor, joined us via Zoom. Danielle is the founder of Partners In Democracy https://partnersindemocracy.us/. Danielle introduced and provided information for a proposal sponsored by herself, Steve Grossman and Nicole LaChappelle for the creation of a MassDems Commission on Healthy Democracy. Following the presentation, there was good discussion on the proposal and its goals. A copy of the proposal is attached below.
There was a motion to support Dr. Allen’s requests. The committee voted to support the motion without any disapproval.
There was discussion whether the committee should consider raising the dues from $15 to $20. The decision was to leave the dues at $15. Dues are annual and voluntary.
Scheduling meetings at the library on the 4th Thursday has proven difficult due to the busy library calendar. Thus the next meetings will not be on Thursday.
Next meeting will be on Wednesday February 28. This will be a caucus to nominate delegates to the convention. People to have a desire to be a delegate must attend in person. Undetermined if this will be a hybrid meeting but leaning toward in person only so stay tuned.
The March meeting will on be on Monday, March 25.
There was general discussion on a number of topics. The meeting minutes will be posted on the documents page when issued.
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