11th
DISTRICT CONVENTION
Chairman George Keller called the meeting to order at
George
introduced the officers – Chuck Durand, Vice-Chairman; Sandra Bradbury,
Secretary; and Nancy Day, Treasurer. For
this convention, George appointed Sandra Bradbury as Secretary. Angela Moore will be Chairman of the Parliamentary
Committee and committee members are Marie Ledbetter and Nathan Ramsey. The Teller Committee consists of Sid Johnson,
Carl Mumpower and Betty Budd.
Sergeant-at-Arms is Casey Reese.
Timer is Steve Duncan.
George
introduced our newly elected Representative in Raleigh, Charles Thomas. Charles said he was elected Chairman of this
organization about six years ago and some things are different now. If we continue with division and divisiveness,
there is no way for Republicans to return to a majority in the House.
David
Sawyer, Chairman of the 11th District and candidate for State
Vice-Chairman, spoke next. He said
Republican conventions are being held today throughout
Dr.
Carl Mumpower, City Councilman, thanked George and Alice Keller for their
service the past two years and thanked everyone for being present. He has been on City Council five years. Carl said it is a myth that one has to
compromise values and principles to be effective. One needs to look for common ground. Carl said he does not pander to voters. One has to be sincere and of good heart. People are looking for something other than
fog or liquid jello to hold onto. It is another myth that one has to be angry
and aggressive. Carl said he is
soft-spoken and will continue to be, but will not be weak or soft inside. He thinks he has to be courteous, persistent
and work harder than the opposition.
Carl said he has been a minority all five years, but he can be
effective.
Nathan
Ramsey, Chairman of the Buncombe County Commissioners, thanked George for his
hard work. He said George’s job was
unappreciated, but critical. Nathan was
fortunate when he first ran to have a good Party Chairman. All Party Chairmen work hard. Whoever is elected today will do a great
job. Nathan said he won by 741 votes
when he first ran. A little hard work
helped and made a difference. In
Justice
Bob Orr, a candidate for Governor, spoke next.
Twenty-four years ago on the 5th floor of the Buncombe County
Courthouse, Orr said he was elected Chair of the Buncombe County Republican
Party and he is now running for Governor.
He wants to see that there is some presence of
Steve
Duncan, candidate for the 11th District Chair, spoke next. He was excited to see today’s crowd. This convention is electing between two
people to be Chair of this County. Steve
is running for the entire 11th Congressional District and no one has
challenged him. Steve has been involved
in politics for 24 years. He will not
apologize for his faith or because he is an American citizen. Steve is proud of his country. The convention’s job today is to elect
Republicans to all offices. That work
starts today after a Chairman is selected.
Steve challenged the convention to grow behind that person and expects
us to work.
Eric
Gorny spoke next for Marcus Kinley, a candidate for
State Chairman. Marcus wanted to be here
but was unable. He leads by example with
a can-do attitude and hard work, by developing others, by building a team and
by taking pleasure from the success of his teammates. He wants to empower counties with funding to
deal with candidates and reunite the party.
Marcus is now Chairman of the Guilford County Republican Party. Eric said he actually answers his cell phone,
is very sociable and gives direct answers.
Eric encouraged people to question Marcus. He noted that Linda Daves
is also a good candidate.
Matt
Hebb, running for Asheville City Council, spoke next. He wants to bring some honor back to the
City. Carl Mumpower is trying it
alone.
Selena
Sullivan said she was officially running for Asheville City Council. This convention is about leadership and we
need it on the Council. Carl needs help. Selena said she is an effective proven leader
and is not afraid of a fight. She is a
native of
George
said his motto for this election is, “Replace the baby.”
Robert
Van Wagner, the Republican representative on the Buncombe County Board of
Elections, gave an update on the voting machines. We ended up with one vendor. This is a system the BOE is not in favor
of. We can lose an election with one
corrupt Democrat judge. The vendor says
we have to pay extra money to do all the forms.
We cannot take care of the machines.
About 20-25 people attended all of the BOE Board Meetings and hammered
on the fact that this is the system we needed.
They convinced four of the five
Republican
Kids Club President Aaron Pettit spoke next.
The club’s service project fell through for this year. They will get a new project and will update
the website. The club has designed some
t-shirts.
Robin
Ramsey, President of the Blue Ridge Republican Women’s Club, thanked all
Precinct Chairs, officers and especially George and Alice. She started in the BRRWC and has held every
office except treasurer. There is so
much to do for 2008. Joining a club
gives one that direction as a group effort.
There are several clubs in which to get involved.
Kathie
Lack, President of the Action Club, said her group was focusing on education of
the voters about issues so they will make good choices on election
day. They need people committed
to work year-around to educate people.
The club also needs money. Kathie
thanked George and Chuck for their hard work.
Matt
Hebb, President of the Buncombe/Henderson County Young Republican Club, said
they have a combined membership. Members
are between 18-40 years old and need to be involved. Young Republicans are the future and will
take over eventually. Matt is trying to
build the YR’s.
They are very important to our county.
He encouraged people to call him.
He wants to build the club up to be the best of any Young Republican
Club. More clubs are now being chartered
in
Bill
Porter, President of the Buncombe County Republican Men’s Club, spoke
next. This club has been around a long
time. They just joined the newly
resurrected North Carolina Federation of Republican Mens
Clubs. They want to get ineffective
Republicans activated. There are enough
Republicans to elect everybody in office if Republicans would go to the polls. All men and ladies are invited to the
meetings. The club meets at the Corner
Stone on the second Saturday of the month.
The next meeting will be April 14.
They eat breakfast and start the meeting at
It
was noted that Ken Bagwell is a new grandfather.
Chuck
Durand, Vice-Chairman of the Buncombe County Republican Party, said he was
there to chide the group a little bit.
We have some problems to solve.
Chuck’s job has been with the workers.
He has been a Christian conservative Republican for over 50 years and
has served
George
Keller said this was an unusual year. He
presented a Constituent Service Award to Congressman Charles Taylor for 16
years in the United States House of Representatives. Congressman Taylor left a big hole. Maybe in two or three years Shuler might pick
up some of the work. (Congressman Taylor
was not present.)
George
presented a Move Forward Award to Wilma Sherrill for her efforts on behalf of
women and children. She served us for a
long time in the State House. (Wilma
Sherrill was not present.)
George
presented a Fly In The Ointment Award to Carl
Mumpower, a leader who votes his principles every time. Carl accepted the award and said it is the
first one he has received in five years.
The
Solid Rock Award went to Chuck and Mary Ann Durand for his hard work and undergirding of all Buncombe County Republican work for the
past two years.
The
Keep On Keeping On Award was presented to Frances
Cosgrove for always doing her very best to do her job and more for the Buncombe
County Republican Party. Chuck said that
Steve
Starnes received the Most Persuasive Recruiter for Poll Workers Award. He has since resigned. (Steve Starnes was not present.)
Finally,
George said the Volunteer Award went to Kathy Rhodarmer. She has been involved in many activities in
support of the Buncombe County Republican Party for several years.
George
said being Chairman of the Buncombe County Republican Party was his joy and
pleasure for the past two years. We have
added several Republican clubs and have a year-round headquarters for the
party. We had a near-complete slate for
Republicans. We supported candidates in
2005-2006 and it was a tough two years to support candidates. The national tidal wave really affected
us. George felt sure this convention
will elect good leadership for the next two years. He encouraged them to elect who they would
work for. We are the players in the game
and need volunteers. We make phone
calls. We live in paradise. Let’s continue to fight and take it
back. Let’s do the work.
George
appointed Steve Aceto as Temporary Convention
Chair. Steve said his main qualification
is that he is Chairman of the Sewer Board.
Credentials
Committee Chair Beki Taylor gave the first report. There are 149 duly registered Republicans
present. Beki
moved that 149 duly registered Republicans be elected delegates to the
convention. The motion carried. Beki asked how many
guests were in the auditorium and many people stood up. She welcomed them to the convention and asked
all guests to move to a particular area.
If
anyone wished to speak, Steve Aceto asked them to
rise to be recognized, state their name and Precinct number.
Chad
Nesbitt (Prec. 53) asked if someone is a guest and a
Buncombe County Republican, whether they can vote. George said yes, if the person had registered
by January 31.
Steve
Aceto called for adoption of the agenda with one
minor change. An additional motion would
be submitted to modify the BCGOP Structure.
Eric Gorny moved to add two people to the credentials. Beki agreed. The agenda was adopted with three instead of
two motions to modify the BCGOP Structure.
Steve
Aceto said adoption of Rules of the BCGOP Convention
requires a 2/3rd vote. George
moved the rules be adopted. Casey Reese
(Prec. 14) seconded.
Steve Aceto suggested the convention adopt the
rules as posted on the website. The
motion carried.
Beki gave the second report from the Credentials Committee. There are now 150 delegates. She moved all be eligible to go to the
District and State Conventions. The
motion carried.
The
Minutes of the 2006 BCGOP Convention were adopted by common consent.
George
presented the Treasurer’s Report. There
were copies of the report on the table.
The last two years were different from other years. There is some money in the bank after having
supported candidates in 2005 and having a headquarters for 18 months. Steve Aceto thanked
Nancy Day for the report, which was adopted by common consent.
George
moved the convention adopt the State Plan of Organization as the BCGOP Plan of
Organization. The motion was seconded by
Linda Carol (Prec. 19.1). The motion carried.
There
were three motions to modify the BCGOP structure. George read the following two motions.
1. Move to modify the BCGOP
Structure to specify two Vice Chairmen for the BCGOP, a First Vice Chairman for
Organization and a Second Vice Chairman for Event Coordination. The exact wording of the modified Structure
is posted on our website, www.buncombegop.org.
2. Move to add to the Powers
and Duties of the County Central Committee a new paragraph E, to read:
“E. If a member of the Central Committee
has three consecutive unexcused absences from meetings of the Central Committee
and the Executive Committee, that member shall be assumed to have resigned from
the Central Committee of the Buncombe County Republican Party.”
Loree Pettit (Prec. 37) seconded the motion. Dorothea Alderfer (Prec. 52) asked if this was effective immediately or in the
future. George said immediately. Mike Harrison (Prec.
50.1) asked what has happened in the past years to create this proposal. George replied events for fundraising back up
badly on the Chairman. The Vice-Chair
gets totally swamped. This is to free up
the Chair. The Lincoln-Reagan Day Dinner
takes all of one’s time for a couple of months.
Tom Rightmyer (Prec. 28) said the person who
organized the Lincoln-Reagan Day Dinner this year was Mike Harrison. Bev Kirkland (Prec. 5) said this was discussed two years ago. We did not do it, but we should have
then. The majority of the work that
could have been done put a heavy load on the Chairman and the Vice-Chair. Bev said she was
greatly in favor of this. The first
motion carried.
The
second motion, regarding tightening up attendance by the Central Committee, was
read again by Sandra. Kathie Lack (Prec. 50.1) seconded the motion. Ed Osada (Prec. 8), asked what constitutes
an unexcused absence. George replied
when neither the Chair, Vice-Chair nor Secretary had
any idea a person would not be there.
Matt Hebb (Prec. 6.1) wanted to amend the
motion to specify the definition of unexcused absence. George consented to a friendly
amendment.
The
definition of an unexcused absence would be, “An absence as defined either by
the Chair, Vice-Chair or Secretary not being informed of the absence.”
Mark
Delk (Prec. 30) wanted to
change “unexcused” to “unannounced”.
Matt and George agreed to that.
Mike Harrison (Prec. 50.1) was concerned that
a member of the Executive Committee could announce he would henceforth attend
no meetings. What would the penalty
be? Would there be any limitation on how
many absences a person can announce or excuse?
Kathie Lack (Prec. 50.1) said we are watering
this motion down. The group cannot vote
in Central Committee meetings because not enough people show up. They need a functional group. We have to hold people accountable. They need to be there unless something
serious is happening. Billie Bennett (Prec. 68.1) asked why have three
unexcused absences. Why not two?
Steve
Aceto said there was a motion on the floor which had
been seconded and had two amendments.
Charles Thomas (Prec. 56) wanted to call the
question. Steve Duncan (Prec. 23.1) seconded Charles’ motion. Those in favor were asked to stand and the
Teller Committee counted voters. There
were 96 votes in favor and 26 votes opposed.
The motion carried.
Don
Yelton (Prec. 41) introduced the third motion, as
follows.
Motion to permit the Precinct
Chairman to appoint a member of his precinct to attend the executive committee
if they and the vice chairman cannot attend.
Every effort is being made to get attendance at the
executive meetings. Sometimes it is just
not possible to be in two places at one time.
Therefore I make the motion that the Precinct Chair has the authority to
appoint a proxy if none of the officers is able to attend. It goes without saying that the person that
the chair person would pick would be a responsible person and act on the behalf
of that precinct.
Danny
Roberts (Prec. 25) seconded the motion. Bill Fishburne (Prec.
29.1) said he was against this motion.
The Government of the
George
said it is in our structure that a Vice-Chair or Secretary of the Precinct can
attend meetings. In the
Angela
Moore thought we needed to go back and vote on Matt’s amendment. Matt defined unexcused absence as “One not
reported to the Chair, Vice-Chair or Secretary.” Matt withdrew his motion. Larry Moore (Prec.
40.1) said we voted on what the secretary read. Steve said the motion now is George’s original
amendment. It was seconded. Steve read the motion and used the word
“unannounced” instead of “unexcused”.
The motion carried.
Beki said we have a late-comer. She
made a motion to seat the new member as a delegate to all three
conventions. The motion carried.
Maureen
Flagg-Webber was Chair of the Nominating
Committee. Committee members were Eric
Gorny, Ralph Eubanks and Jerry Orr.
Candidates for Chairman are Mike Harrison and Chad Nesbitt. Maureen asked if there was anyone else who
wished to be nominated. There were no
nominations from the floor.
Bill
Fishburne said he was a former Chairman of the BCGOP. He placed Michael Harrison in nomination for
Chairman. Mike is a retired Army Colonel
and has worked hard for the party. He
has great character and integrity and has been successful in several walks of
life. Mike is married to Nona Jane and
they have a farm in Barnardsville. Mike is able to work with people from all
walks of life. He is able to serve us
and lead us. Bill felt Mike should
receive the favor of the convention’s vote.
They will be well served. Mike is
in the best position in terms of knowing and understanding
Selena
Sullivan nominated Chad Nesbitt for Chairman.
She has worked with him on many occasions.
Mike
Harrison said it was typical at political conventions to hear candidates beat
their fists and tell all the things they would do in the future. His wife will not let him get away with that. Mike wanted to be clear. He was not seeking election as Chairman to
rise above others, for a title or for some personal advantage. He has always felt an obligation to serve the
country. He takes pride in having been a
leader in the greatest military in the world.
Mike’s purpose is to serve the members of this party and help find
solutions to the problems we face. He is
not perfect, but he is too energetic to sit back in his rocking chair. Mike wants to build a majority party in
Chad Nesbitt spoke
next. First, he presented a gift to Ken Bagwell. Then he told
us why he wanted to be the next Buncombe County Republican Chairman He was going to bring discipline to the
Democrats.
At
Chad Nesbitt received 51 ballots
Mike Harrison received 82 ballots
Steve
Aceto congratulated Mike and thanked
Maureen
said Richard Mills, candidate for First Vice-Chairman for Organization, was
absent due to a death in his family. He
is an ex-lawyer and co-owner of Asheville Historic Trolley. Richard lives in
Steve
Aceto asked if there were any nominations from the
floor and there were none. Steve Duncan
(Prec. 23.1) moved the nominations close and Chuck
Durand (Prec. 59) seconded the motion. The motion carried by acclamation.
Maureen said the candidate for Second
Vice-Chairman for Event Coordination is Rick Jenkins. Kathie Lack (Prec.
50.1) nominated Nona Jane Harrison.
Barbara Fishburne (Prec. 29.1) seconded the
motion. Bob Jolly (Prec.
23) moved that nominations close. The
motion was seconded.
Kathie
Lack said she did not prepare a speech.
Nona had just expressed an interest in coordinating events. She has done things behind the scene. We need interested people and Nona Jane is
willing to do the job.
William
M. Jenkins, candidate Rick Jenkins’ father, came to the podium to nominate his
son. He was not a delegate and Frances
Cosgrove (Prec. 14) asked if it was proper for a
non-delegate to make a speech. Steve Aceto asked if
William
M. Jenkins said he has been a preacher for over 50 years. He said David was a great man and referred to
Psalms 127. Mr. Jenkins appreciated the
Buncombe County Kids Club. He thanked
the people at the convention for producing a Republican Party. He said he didn’t have too much more time,
but would enjoy the Lord and politics as long as he lives. Mr. Jenkins has been married 54 years and has
two sons. His younger son is in the
military. The oldest, with the
convention’s help today, will start helping the Buncombe County Republican
Party.
Nona
Jane Harrison said she has helped her husband with his past three
campaigns. They spent 20 years in
Rick
Jenkins said he can throw a shindig as good as the next person. He felt it was an honor to
stand before this group and have his father say good words about
him. Rick’s father is his very best
friend. They are a close family. Rick has been married for 16 years and he and
his wife pass their values on to their two children. Work is earned by the sweat of your
brow. Whatever it takes in the
Republican Party, Rick is not afraid to go to work. He knows how to farm, and it makes one humble. The best thing Rick’s parents taught him is
how to pray. The people who own and run
Timothy
Hyatt (Prec. 68.1) felt this assembly should honor
Mr. William Jenkins so he or anyone else wanting to make a speech would be
allowed to do that and not be embarrassed.
Chad Nesbitt seconded the motion.
Steve Aceto said he had personally apologized
to Mr. Jenkins.
Betty
Budd of the Teller Committee gave the following results:
59 votes for Rick Jenkins
49 votes for Nona Jane Harrison
Steve
Aceto thanked both candidates.
Maureen
said George Keller and Ann Mills were candidates for Secretary.
Maureen
said Ann was not able to be here today.
She was Vice-President of the Buncombe County Republican Women’s Club
and is co-owner and manager of the Historic Trolley in
George
said he would be happy to be Secretary.
He knows what the job entails.
Loretta
Reynolds (Prec. 9) moved that nominations be
closed. Deborah Yelton (Prec. 40.1) seconded the motion. The motion carried.
A
standing vote was taken and the Teller Committee reported:
72 votes for George Keller
7 votes for Ann Mills
Maureen
said Ed Osada is the only candidate for
Treasurer. Betty Budd (Prec. 18) moved he be elected by acclamation. Don Yelton (Prec.
40.1) seconded the motion and the motion carried.
Maureen
read the list of nominees for At-Large Members of the Executive Committee, as
follows (five members can be elected):
Loree
Pettit
Anna Cannon
Matt Hebb
Selena Sullivan
Willa Grant
Maureen Flagg-Weber
Kathie
Lack (Prec. 54.1) nominated Bill Reynolds. Bill Lack (Prec.
161) seconded the motion.
Eric
Gorny (Prec. 65) nominated Chad Nesbitt. Kathy Rhodarmer (Prec. 47.1) seconded the motion.
Danny
Roberts (Prec. 25) nominated Don Yelton. Linda Caroll (Prec. 19.1) seconded the motion.
Danny
Roberts (Prec. 25) nominated Paul Purdue. Matt Hebb (Prec.
6.1) seconded the motion.
Beki asked if someone could be a Member-at-Large and an Area
Coordinator. George said it would be
redundant. They would already be on the
Central and Executive Committees.
Bill
Reynolds (Prec. 32) said he would no longer be an
Area Coordinator after this meeting.
George
said Precinct Chairs could be elected.
Presidents of the clubs are on the Central Committee already. He wondered if Matt contemplated resigning as
President of the YR’s when he makes a run for City
Council. Matt replied he will have to
resign as President when he signs up to run for City Council.
Chuck
Durand (Prec. 59) said there is a section in the
rules that someone can be a candidate and remain part of a club. He asked what the rule was for
candidates. Bill Porter (Prec. 24) said you cannot be a Precinct Chairman and a
candidate. Matt said he had called the
State about that. He will have to resign
because of the North Carolina Young Republican rules. There is no legal requirement to relinquish
party offices. He has also talked to the
Board of Elections.
Bill
Lack (Prec. 161) wanted to know if it was physically
possible to be a candidate and still give something to the local GOP. Mark Delk (Prec. 30) thought there was an
appropriate time to debate and an appropriate time to talk about
candidates. These issues should be
brought up when they talk about qualifications.
Mark encouraged the group to get on with the vote.
Matt
and Selena withdrew from nomination.
Nancy
Nesbitt (Prec. 53) nominated Zora
Hayes. Selena Sullivan (Prec. 11.1) seconded the motion.
Frances
Cosgrove (Prec. 14.1) nominated Nona Harrison. Beki Taylor (Prec. 47.1) seconded the motion.
Mark
Delk (Prec. 30) moved to
close nominations. Frank Bradshaw (Prec. 46) seconded the motion. The motion carried.
The
following candidates were nominated:
Loree
Pettit
Anna Cannon
Maureen Flagg-Weber
Willa Grant
Don Yelton
Paul Purdue
Bill Reynolds
Zora
Hayes
Nona Jane Harrison
The
following candidates were elected:
Loree
Pettit
Don Yelton
Bill Reynolds
Zora
Hayes
Nona Jane Harrison
There
were no Announcements and no Old Business.
Under
New Business, Don Yelton (Prec. 40.1) proposed a
resolution in support of John Rhodes Day, as follows:
Whereas, the pay to play atmosphere was created in
our State Capitol by a select group of power brokers; and
Whereas, the tendency is to be rated ineffective if
you do not go along to get along; and
Whereas, the manipulation of the committee structure
and appointments is used as a reward for supporting the power structure and
ignoring the platform of the Grand Old Party; and
Whereas, the pressure not to support our party
caucus and stand for the ideals of the Republican Party of less government,
lower taxes and more freedom is exerted by the political machine in Raleigh.
Now, therefore, be it resolved that the Buncombe
County Convention of
And, this Convention does fully support the
establishment of the John Rhodes Society of Honest Politicians begun here in
And furthermore, be it resolved that the Buncombe
County Republican Party does fully support, encourage and request that the
Republican Party of North Carolina aid and support establishment of March 22nd
as John Rhodes Day in Politics in North Carolina.
This said resolution was adopted by the Buncombe
County Convention on
George
Keller (Prec. 1) seconded the motion. The motion carried.
Bill
Fishburne (Prec. 29.1) read the following resolution:
Whereas Congressman Charles Taylor served the 11th
Congressional District ably, well and with distinction for 16 years; and
Whereas he is a man of character with true family
values; and
Whereas during his eight terms in Congress he helped
his district and his country in many ways; and
Whereas his successor has failed to represent his
district in many ways and has voted for the most liberal of Democrats, Nancy Pelosi, as Speaker of the House;
We express our deep gratitude to Charles Taylor and
to his caring and capable staff, and express the will of this convention that
Mr. Taylor is strongly urged to consider future public service to the citizens
of
Bill
Reynolds (Prec. 32) seconded the motion. Linda Carol (Prec.
19.1) wanted to add a friendly amendment to strike the part about Heath
Shuler. She felt all of our leaders need
support. Bill Porter (Prec. 24) seconded the motion. Bill Fishburne (Prec.
29.1) said if this is friendly, he will reject it. Linda wanted to remove the following words:
“Whereas his successor has failed to represent his
district in many ways and has voted for the most liberal of Democrats, Nancy Pelosi, as Speaker of the House”
Steve
Duncan (Prec. 23.1) was opposed to the
amendment. He felt Shuler has not done
what he said he would in his campaign.
Frank Bradshaw (Prec. 46.1) said when Heath
Shuler was elected, everyone said they all knew where
he was headed. Bradshaw was not going to
give Shuler a break. Bill Porter (Prec. 24) supported the amendment and agreed with the
comments about Heath Shuler. Linda Carol
(Prec. 19.1) said she wanted to honor Congressman
Taylor and did not want anything to take away from the gratitude expressed to
him. She would be in favor of a separate
resolution against Heath Shuler. Bill
Fishburne (Prec. 29.1) said if Linda would be so
gracious as to write that second motion, okay.
In the absence of that, Bill stood by his original resolution. Steve Duncan (Prec.
23.1) wanted to call for the question.
Dorothea Alderfer (Prec.
52) seconded the motion. The motion
carried.
A
standing vote was taken for the amendment.
The Teller Committee reported:
19 votes for
24 votes against
The
amendment failed.
A
standing vote was taken for the resolution.
The Teller Committee reported:
32 votes for
13 votes against
The
resolution carried.
Mike
Harrison (Prec. 50.1) read the following resolution:
Whereas many Republican Party members in Buncombe
County do not attend and participate in County Conventions due to physical
infirmities, illness, the demands of family, employment or other reasons;
And whereas it is desirable to encourage voting by
as many party members as possible;
And whereas voting by proxy is a well established
voting procedure used by large organizations to increase voting participation
by eligible voters;
Be it therefore resolved by the Buncombe County
Republican Party that:
The Chair, BCGOP Party shall designate a special
sub-Committee of the Executive Committee not later than
Loretta
Reynolds (Prec. 91.A) seconded the motion. Mike said he has a blind neighbor and he
knows about others who could give notarized or legal proxies. Bill Porter (Prec.
24) said we did not know who candidates were going to be. How can anyone give a proxy? Linda Carol (Prec.
19.1) noted that the Plan of Organization says in Section 5.A that at precinct
meetings there shall be no proxy voting.
At County Executive Meetings, there are no proxies. So many unknowns would make it
difficult. Linda asked about
teleconferencing. Steve Aceto asked that she speak to the resolution.
Mark
Delk (Prec. 30) felt the
group was not debating the merits of proxy voting. Steve Duncan (Prec.
23.1) wanted to call the question. Don
Yelton (Prec. 41) thought the State Party would be
looking at this. Mike said he just wants
to evaluate it. The question was called
and the motion carried with one opposing vote.
George
passed the gavel to Mike. Mike said he
was honored and humbled to have been elected.
Now the work begins. He knew some
people had reasons if they voted against him.
He said everyone is a valued member of the party and Mike will depend on
them to help him succeed.
The
meeting adjourned at
Respectfully
submitted,
Sandra
Bradbury, Secretary
Buncombe
Executive Committee