Minutes of the Annual Convention
The 2006 Buncombe County Republican
Party Convention on
Chairman George Keller
called the convention to order at
Chairman Keller appointed
Alice Keller as Convention Secretary. Brief
remarks by elected official Asheville City Council member Carl Mumpower
followed. Sheriff Bobby Medford was also
in attendance and was recognized.
Next, convention attendees
heard short speeches from the following candidates: John Armor, candidate for US House of
Representatives for District 11; Rusty Duke, candidate for Chief Justice of the
NC Supreme Court; Eric Levinson and Gus Gray, candidates for Justice of the NC
Supreme Court; R L Clark and Brian Cooper, candidates for NC Senate District
49; Mike Harrison, candidate for NC House District 114; Eric Gorny and Bill
Reynolds, candidates for NC House District 115; Bill Porter and Charles Thomas,
candidates for NC House District 116; and Don Yelton, candidate for Buncombe
County Clerk of Court.
Chairman Keller appointed Beki Taylor as Chair of the Convention Credentials
Committee.
Next, Robert Van Wagner,
Republican member of the Buncombe County Board of Elections, gave a report on
the current situation in regard to the use of paper ballots in the May ’06
primary election and the selection of new voting machines before the November
’06 general election.
Chairman Keller presented
the following awards: to BCGOP
Treasurer, Nancy Day, “The Quiet Competence Behind the Scenes” Award”; to Craig
Young, founder of the ACTION Club, “The Spirit Award”; and to Kathie Lack, coordinator
for volunteer poll workers in the ’05 elections, “The BCGOP Volunteer Award.”
Chairman Keller appointed
Marin Reidinger as the Presiding Chairman of the
Convention. Mr. Reidinger
appointed Angela Moore as Convention Parliamentarian.
Chair Beki
Taylor presented the report of the Credentials Committee, which was accepted by
the convention. Credentialed attendees
were unanimously elected as delegates.
Delegates elected at this convention are eligible as delegates for the
11th Congressional District GOP Convention in April and the NCGOP
Convention in June 2006.
Delegate Robin Wilson presented
the Rules of the Convention, which the delegates present
voted unanimously to accept. Delegate
Charles Thomas made a motion “To authorize the Credentials Committee, Executive
Committee, Secretary, and Chairman to name additional delegates to the District
and State GOP Conventions before the March 21 deadline for submission. The
motion received a motion and carried.
Delegate Robin Wilson made a
Buncombe
motion to accept the minutes of the 2005 BCGOP Convention
as submitted by Convention Secretary Alice Keller. The motion received a second and
carried. BCGOP Treasurer
Nancy Day presented her annual
report which included a balance of $17,367.46 as of
There was no unfinished
business from the 2005 BCGOP Convention.
After a call for new
business, Delegate Chuck Durand made a motion “To accept the NC Republican
Party Plan of Organization, dated May 2005, as our BCGOP Plan of
Organization.” This motion received a
second and carried without opposition after some discussion.
Delegate Kathie Lack made a
motion “to change the ‘BCGOP Structure’ as follows: ARTICLE I, COUNTY EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE, 1.
Membership, E. [underlined words to be
added] The Presidents of all Republican
Clubs in Buncombe County, to include:
the Buncombe County
Republican Women’s Club; the Blue Ridge Republican Women’s Club; the Buncombe
County Republican Men’s Club; the Buncombe County Republican ACTION Club;
the Buncombe County Young Republicans’ Club; and the UNCA College Republican’s
Club. If the President of a
Republican Club in Buncombe County is already a member of the Executive
Committee of the BCGOP because of some other office held, the club President
may appoint one other club member to serve on the Executive Committee.” The motion received a second and carried unanimously.
Delegate Mary Jane Westall, representing the Blue Ridge Republican Women’s
Club, brought the following resolution:
“We, the members of the BCGOP are proud to be Republicans. We recognize the potential in our local
Republican party by the number of candidates who have filed for elective
office. We therefore urge all
Republicans to pay heed to President Reagan’s Eleventh Commandment, ‘Thou shalt not speak ill of other Republicans,’ and therefore
resolve that following the primary elections we will strive to elect all of the
Republicans on the November ballot.” The
motion received a second and carried unanimously and enthusiastically.
David Sawyer, Chairman of 11th
District Republicans, announced that the District GOP Convention will be held
at
Chairman Keller received a
motion to adjourn at
Respectfully submitted,
/signed/
Alice R. Keller, Convention
Secretary
Attachments:
1. Agenda, 2006 BCGOP Convention
2. Minutes, BCGOP Convention
3. Annual Treasurer’s Report as of
4. Two motions as presented