KCADP Board Meeting
March 12, 2018
Present: Pat Delahanty, Richard Mitchell, Ray Schweri, Aaron Bentley, Ben Griffith, Kaye
Gallagher, Kate Miller, Mark Meade, Kate Mudd, Brad Castleberry, Dawn Jenkins and
Stephanie Lindsey.
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Meeting was called to order at 6:31. We were using ZOOM video
conferencing. Some of the Board were on location at the offices of Water
with Blessings and some were on ZOOM.
. Approval of December Minutes. Motion was made and seconded to
approve the minutes as published. Motion carried.
Treasurer report. Kaye sent out a report before the meeting. The report
detailed the bank statements from our last meeting. Beginning balance
as of Dec 1 $71,799.95 and ending balance as of Feb. 28 $65,524.44.
Pat and Kaye briefly updated us on some of the expenses. Motion was
made and seconded to approve the Treasurer’s Report. Motion carried.
. Election of Directors. There are seven nominees. Kaye Gallagher, Ben
Griffith, Dawn Jenkins, Mark Meade and Kate Miller are current Board
Members up for new terms. Josh Cramer who in the past has served on
the board of Nebraskans Against the Death Penalty and is now in
Louisville was nominated as was Mike Von Allman, our good Witness to
Innocence friend. One potential nominee, David Floyd, had not been
contacted about his nomination so his name was withdrawn. A motion
was made to accept all seven nominees for 3-year terms and this motion
was seconded. The motion carried unanimously.
Bylaws amendment proposal. Pat reviewed the proposed changes that
were sent out earlier by email before the meeting. Pat went over the
changes that would result. After a brief time of discussion, we entertained
a motion to accept the amendment. Motion was seconded and the motion
carried. Pat will resend out the newly amended by-laws to the Board.
Legislative Update. Pat summarized some of the good actions and
meetings held this session. He noted that the House has 41 or 42 yes
votes in the House and there are enough votes to get the bill out of
committee. It doesn’t look like we will get a vote with time running out for
this session. SB 107, which excludes the Death Penalty for those who
are severely mentally ill, got a unanimous vote out of committee. NAMI
has been leading the advocacy on this bill. It appears as if we have
enough votes in the Senate to pass it out of the chamber. If this were to
happen, KCADP will begin to work to advance the bill in the House.
Passage of this bill would be an important step forward for our work going
forward.
. State Fair. Question was raised about whether we would like to continue
this outreach. After a period of discussion, Board members agreed to
continue the Fair. Board members are encouraged to take one day to
help Pat cover the booth at the Fair.
Other Festivals. Pat suggested we try to do Court Days in Mount
Sterling this year. Board agreed with Pat's suggestion to make a show at
this festival.
Witness for Innocence. Grant money has been used up for Witness to
Innocence, but Pat has been approached by several groups who are
interested in hosting Witness events. ACLU would pay George Eklund’s
salary, but other money would need to be obtained. Pat will continue to
work on some of these leads.
10.30-Year Celebration. In December we will turn 30 years old. What
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should we do to celebrate this milestone? Kate Mudd will chair a
committee to think of ways to celebrate this anniversary. She is free to
recruit members as needed. We will take a new look at this in June Board
meeting.
Protocol update. The public hearing on the protocol was held. David
Barron did a very effective job in overviewing some of the problems
evident in the proposed protocol. Pat highlighted some of these concerns.
12. Yoga Idea from Kaye. Kaye brought forth an idea forward to begin
contacting Yoga folks to help support the abolition movement. She was
asking for help and ideas for this work. Is there a yogi around that might
help? Is there a state organization of yogis? Mark and Brad had some
suggestions.
13.Next Meeting (with ZOOM again) June 11, 2018---6:30. Details about
physical meeting place will be given ahead of time. Stay tuned.
14.Meeting adjourned at 7:56.
Respectfully submitted, Ben Griffith, Secretary
