May 29, 2006
 
John Behrman called the conference to order at 7pm, May 29, 2006, quorum was declared at 7:05pm. Meeting was held via telephone conference to 

• Make sure the rules defining membership in the caucus are clear with respect to voting privileges in particular. The roll for our General Caucus shall be  
• any as have previously executed a membership form ex officio (with voice) and  
• any as have or do execute a form and are credentialed delegates (with vote and voice).
• Approval of the General Meeting Agenda for the convention
• Recommendation to Endorse Boyd RITCHIE.  

WHEREAS the Democratic Party is one of just two Political Parties Nominating By Primary Election (Title 10, Subtitle B, Texas Election Code) in Texas; ...

WHEREAS it exercises inherent powers (Title 10, Section 161.001); ...

PPC Steering Committee Meeting 3/18/06

PPC SC members in attendance: Sarah Gonzales, Henry Kight, Stan Merriman, Sonia Santana, Terrence Shanks, Sheril Smith, Bob Turney - quorum reached.
PPC SC members unable to attend: Bob Dean, Ann Marie Schroeder, Jeri Segovia, Linda Perez, John Tackaberry
PPC members in attendance: Bill Baumbach, David Griggs, Lisa Harris, Mary Kay Merriman, Mehrdad Pirouz, Aimee Turney, David Van Os, Jan Wheeler
List of new PPC joining members: Nancy Russell
Guests: Rich Bailey, Melanie Cervantes, Rosie Gonzalez, Mark McCulloch, Charlie Urbina Jones, Jo McCall, Betty Richie, James Robertson, Aisha Savoy, Betsy Singleton, Don Singleton

PPC Steering Committee Meeting 1/7/06

PPC SC members in attendance: Linda Foley, Sarah Gonzales, John Kelley, Henry Kight , Nata Koerber, Stan Merriman, Linda Perez, Sheril Smith, Bob Turney - quorum reached.

The Progressive Populist Caucus Recommends An Openly Transparent Use Of The Chair’s Platform Advisory Committee

WHEREAS: The Texas Democratic Party wishes to maximize participation from the grassroots in the creation of its State Party Platform;

WHEREAS:  The Party is committed to open and transparent conduct of its business;

WHEREAS:  The grassroots people of the Party have expressed a need for increased participation in the affairs and policy positions of their State  Party and have many laudable ideas which have not previously had a venue to be expressed and State Party leadership has expressed the need for increased grassroots participation;

BE IT THEREFORE RESOLVED:  that the Texas Democratic Party will deploy a gender, ethnic, lifestyle and geographically diverse group comprising the Chair’s Platform Advisory Committee to the primary task of each creating a regional hearing or “town hall meeting” to be convened prior to the commencement of SD/County conventions, or in conjunction with those conventions in locations accessible to West, Panhandle, South, Central, North, Northeast and Southwest/Gulf Coast Texas Democrats,

AND BE IT RESOLVED that these Committee members will collaborate with elected SDEC members in selecting date, time, location, venue for “testimony” and publication of meeting notices through local and State Party channels and the local media to maximize participation by Texas Democrats,

AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that these Committee members will prepare a succinctly written report summarizing in bullet-point form the ideas on Platform content on public policy issues for the Chair to provide to the elected State Convention Platform Committee for consideration in inclusion in and/or amendment to the existing duly constituted State Platform.

PPC Steering Committee Meeting

SC meeting called at 5:25pm, November 12, 2005

PPC SC members in attendance: Linda Foley, Sarah Gonzales, Henry Kight , Nata Koerber, Stan Merriman, Linda Perez, Sonia Santana, Terrence Shanks, Sheril Smith - quorum reached.

PPC Steering Committee Minutes
August 22, 2005

Sheril Smith called the conference to order at 8:10pm, August 22, 2005, quorum was declared at 8:30pm. Meeting was held via telephone conference to address the expenditure of money to purchase t-shirts and to discuss expenditures relating to the upcoming annual PPC meeting.

Progressive Populist Caucus of the Texas Democratic Party
Job Descriptions – Steering Committee Officer as of Annual Meeting 2007

Chair Emeritus – The Chair Emeritus has the following duties, but is not a voting member of the Steering Committee:

PPC General Meeting
Austin, Texas July 9, 2005

SC meeting was called to order at 4:00pm, Saturday, July 9, 2005

PPC SC members in attendance: Linda Foley, Sarah Gonzales, John Kelley, Nata Koerber, Stan Merriman, Linda Perez, Sheril Smith, Bob Turney - quorum reached.