General Meeting

May 10, 2011

Minutes

Meeting called to order by EVP Amanda Fleites

Pledge led by Rick Neuhoff

Icebreaker by VP of Membership Raul Mejia:

Evan

Lauren

Mike

Sharon from Rep. Abruzzo’s office

Linda

Jackie

Marcus

Paul

Elaine

Michael Sotelo, VP of Democratic Hispanic Caucus of Palm Beach County

Chad

Officer Reports

Amanda Fleities

- DEC looking for members for Voter Outreach Committee

- Introduced/ announced newest Executive Board Member, Secretary Tiffany Tran

VP of Communications Megaan Schraeder

- New website created with great help by Secretary Tiffany Tran- www.pbcyd.org

- New Facebook Fan page created, everyone urged to “Like” it

Speaker Presentation

Discussion on immigration issues in the U.S. led by Raul

Comments

Special guests Representatives Jeff Clemens and Mark Pafford

- Just finished 2011 legislative session in Tallahassee

- Harmful growth management bill passed by state Republicans

- Bill passed by R’s to cut public employee pensions

- Florida has been under the control of the Republican party for the past 14 years

- Encouraged everyone to talk to 2-3 friends about what happened in Tallahassee and bring them to the next PBCYD meeting and start getting Democrats elected!