Minutes for the January General Meeting of Manhattan Young Democrats Tuesday, January 19th, 2012 Note: These

minutes begin after the election for Secretary. I can type up the previous minutes as well if anyone would like. Additionally, if youd like any changes in the format or anything like that, just let me know. Christina Chang was nominated for the office of Treasurer and her nomination was seconded from the floor. There was no opposition. No other nominations were heard. A simple vote was collected and Christina won unanimously. Christina will be the Treasurer for 2012! Kim introduced the next section of the meeting, the proposed changes to the MYD constitution. She outlined the process and noted that six amendments would be proposed. Amendment One was read aloud. The amendment was moved to the floor and seconded. There was no debate and no opposition. Amendment One passed unanimously. Amendment Two was read aloud. A few short clarifying questions were answered by Kim. The amendment was moved to the floor and seconded. Elizabeth rose to speak against the motion. She argued that the term for an appointed officer to serve without election should be reduced to three months, instead of four in other words, if an officer resigns and three months or more remains on his or her term, a vote of the general membership should take place. Ahmed spoke in response to Elizabeth, arguing that the language of four months was selected to avoid the unfortunate circumstance that would occur if MYD was asked to hold a special election at the same time as Young Gets It Done, the major development event. Elizabeth seemed satisfied with this reply. The amendment was moved to a vote. Amendment Two passed unanimously. Amendment Three was read aloud. A clarifying question was asked but the speaker withdrew the question upon the realization that it was a subsequent proposal he meant to question. The amendment was moved to the floor and seconded. There was neither debate nor opposition. Amendment Three passed unanimously. Amendment Four was read aloud. Dillon spoke in favor of the amendment. The amendment was moved to the floor and seconded. There was no opposition. Amendment Four passed unanimously. Amendment Five was read aloud. The amendment was moved and seconded. There was no debate and no opposition. Amendment Five passed unanimously. Amendment Six was read aloud. The amendment was moved and seconded, and then a speakers list was created. The speakers list was, in order: Jon Reznick, Emmy Harris, Ben Yee, Mitch, Al Benninghoff, Stefan and Jordan Reisner. A number of clarifying questions were asked. Dillon moved to table the motion. There was a period of delay as Roberts Rules of Order were consulted. The motion was found to be undebatable. Al raised a problem with the motion to table in

conjunction with certain language in the constitution. Dillon revised his motion to table the motion indefinitely. There was no debate, per the rules of order. A normal vote was held. While there was clear opposition, the motion to table passed. The amendment has consequently been tabled indefinitely and will not be adopted. The meeting then briefly turned to member time. Jesse spoke to the group about a resolution supporting the public financing of elections and asked MYD to sign the resolution. A vote was held and MYD unanimously voted in favor of signing the public financing resolution. The meeting then moved to adjourn.