KCADP Board Meeting
June 12, 2017
Present: Pat Delahanty, Richard Mitchell, Ray Schweri, Aaron Bentley, Ben Griffith, Dawn
Jenkins, Stephanie Wurdock Lindsey, Kate Mudd. Zach Everson joined us via conference call.
Regrets from Kaye Gallagher. Kate Miller’s mother has recently experienced serious health
problems and Kate was with her. Chris Beckett has announced to the Board that with her
retirement at Presentation Academy, she will be relocating in the DC area and must resign from
the Board. We all will miss her warm presence and steady dedication to our work. Good luck
Chris!
1.
Meeting was called to order at 6:40.
2.
Approval of March Minutes. Motion was made and seconded to approve the minutes as
published. Motion carried.
3.
Treasurer report. Kaye sent out a report before the meeting. Pat commented that he asked
Kaye what our balance was right before the meeting and it was sitting at $63,000. Additionally,
Pat had a check from a recent donor still to be deposited for $10,000. So our account is doing
nicely. We are encouraged to keep the momentum in order to reach our fundraising goal.
4.
As to the report Kaye emailed out to the Board, we are unable at this time to approve the
report. There are discrepancies with balances and the amount of expenses reported. The Board
would like to see the report emailed out earlier in the future so that we can raise questions
before we meet as a Board. We discussed a few other options and ideas.
5.
Election of Officers. Nominations were sought. A motion was made, seconded and approved to
have the current officers serve again in the same capacities:
a.
Pat Delahanty- President
b.
Kate Miller- Vice-President
c.
Kaye Gallagher- Treasurer
d.
Ben Griffith- Secretary
6.
The slate was approved by a unanimous vote.
7.
Legislative Update. Pat reviewed for us that he is optimistic as he reviews our confidential
assessment on where House members stand on the abolition issue. There are 43 “moveable” or
“undetermined” members on our list right now. If we could move 24 of these members to a
“yes” on abolition, a bill could pass the House. The Senate was not really visited this past
session but our numbers indicated from previous assessments that we are somewhat close
there right now. Of course, the leadership in the House and Senate and Judiciary Chair positions
are key. We are hopeful that a promise to hold an interim committee hearing with abolition on
the agenda will occur in July or September. Stay tuned.
8.
Materials for Tabling Events. Pat shared his work on materials for tabling events like the State
Fair. (We are still awaiting word from the Fair on whether we will have a booth this year. If you
are a volunteer for a day, please be ready to serve! We should know soon.) He noted that the
Concerned Conservatives card has been especially useful because it is small and on heavy card
stock and it has a short and concise message that a quick scan by a reader can digest. He has
begun work on an “Innocence” card and a “Murder Victim Family” card that will echo the same
principles. These three messages are the ones we should be emphasizing. He passed around
drafts of the new cards on template. Board members expressed approval and appreciation.
9.
El Toro. In a recent donor meeting Pat had with Stephen Reily, Steve was very impressed with
our Facebook presence work. This led him to suggest to Pat that he should meet with El Toro, a
tech-info company that works on targeting issues by IPN computer addresses. A recent example
of El Toro’s effectiveness was the Beer Distribution Bill (2 sessions ago) where the powers of the
large beer companies shutting out the local craft beers was defeated by an effective campaign
targeting audiences that would move legislator votes. El Toro has agreed to give KCADP a nice
discount on its services. Pat is still investigating the service and how we might be able to use it.
10. Next meeting will be 6:30 pm, September 11, 2017 at the Catholic Conference Center in
Frankfort.
11. Before adjourning, Zach asked us to make a call concerning an upcoming scheduled execution in
Virginia. He asks Board members to make a call to the governor as in this case it might make a
difference. He is sending out an email to Board members as we leave tonight.
Respectfully submitted, Ben Griffith, Secretary
