Chair Hanson called the meeting called to order at 11:03

• Credentials Report  After roll call, Amelia Manlove reported 127 delegates present, a quorum is present.  Tara Patterson requested clarification that no Yamhill County delegates were present.  The report was approved without objection.
• Chair recognized Travis Nelson, DNC Member, to lead a Moment of Silence for George Floyd.  The delegate thanked the body for unanimously passing resolutions 2020-09 and 2020-10.  The body observed 8:46 of silence.  Chair Rosa Colquitt
• Chair recognized Carina Miller, who represented the nine recognized tribes of Oregon,
• Approval of Agenda:

• Michael Smith, Multnomah County moved that discussion between officers and staff not be included in the 20 minutes defined in the standing rules.    Chair deferred the consideration until resolution.
• Leigha LaFleur, CD 3 Chair, was added to the Credential Report for 128 credentialed members.
• Agenda was approved without objection.

• Chair’s Report: Chair Hanson thanked the body for passing the Emergency resolutions honoring George Floyd and declaring that Black Lives Matter.  These unanimous decisions made a powerful statement and were shared with our elected representatives.  Special thanks to Travis Nelson, Rosa Colquitt, members of the Black Caucus and elected officials who worked to craft them. Chair remarked June 28 is the 51st anniversary of the  Stonewall uprising, and 50th anniversary of the first Pride march. Due to COVID-19, there are no Pride gatherings this month or this Summer.  
• Committee Reports Chair Hanson requested only urgent committee reports.  Other standing committee reports were submitted in writing and  those received are appended to the bottom of these minutes.

• Platform and Resolutions Committee

• Chair Hanson discussed the review process for resolutions before the PRC Other resolutions not appearing before you have merit, but the Platform and Resolutions Committee  felt that they either had work still to be done or were not urgent and timely.  Deferrals do not necessarily mean that resolutions won’t come up at future meetings.
• Resolution 2019-19: Regarding Opposition to Fascism was presented with a unanimous do pass recommendation from the Platform and Resolutions Committee. PRC Chair Soltz moved for approval.  

• Deren Ash, Deschutes County, moved to amend the resolution.  Genny Lynch offered an amendment to the amendment.  The amendment to add “Section 5: We condemn the disingenuous conflation of anti-fascism with terrorism.” passes 59 - 58.  A roll call of the vote was read out.  After the call, delegates had an opportunity to register a correction to create a final tally the amendment to the amendment failed 55-64.  
• Celine Harris Swenson moved to conduct all further votes only by electronic vote without roll call.  The motion passed with 98 in favor and 18 opposed.  This does not negate a member’s ability to call for a roll call after the electronic vote.
• The body voted on the original amendment: “Section 4. We condemn the disingenuous conflation of anti-fascism with terrorism, and the abuse of anti-terrorism laws by those who would use them to intimidate, harass, detain, and deny the rights of people in the United States to speak, associate, and assemble in lawful protest.”  The amendment passed with 72 votes in favor and 43 against.
• The resolution as amended passed 103 in favor 2 against.

• Resolution 2020-01: Regarding Funding for Behavioral Rehabilitation Services for Juveniles  moved with a unanimous do pass recommendation from the Platform and Resolutions Committee.  The resolution passed by unanimous consent.
• Dan Goetz moved to extend the meeting by up to 30 minutes.  The motion required ⅔ majority to approve, 104 in favor, 15 opposed.  The motion to extend passed.

• Resolution 2020-07: Regarding Climate-Smart Economic Recovery Moved from the committee with a do pass recommendation.  GM Garcia objected, debate commenced.  Mary Nikas proposed a Scrivener’s change to change the title to exclude the term Climate-Smart.  Yancy requested to keep the phrase but define it in the title.  Chair ruled to move to debate on the resolution before debating the title.  Brian Josephson moved to commit.  The motion failed 52 in favor and 68 against.  Keith Haxton moved to call the question. The motion passed with 116in favor and 5 against.  The resolution passed with 120 in favor, 1 opposed.

• Celine Harris Swenson moved to Adjourn the motion passed with 99 in favor and 4 opposed.
• The meeting was adjourned at 1:20 PM

Standing Committee Reports as of 6/27:

Budget Committee

The Budget Committee had one piece of business before it before the 2nd Quarter SCC meeting, but was unable to meet due to Covid 19 and scheduling conflicts.

The business before the committee, which we hope to begin work on in the 3rd quarter, is:

“…the task of investigating and evaluating the feasibility of having the DPO Chair be a paid position and report to the SCC members its conclusions at the 4th Quarter meeting of 2020"

Credentials Committee

The Credentials Committee has no outstanding business, and has been fulfilling their role in reviewing the lists of members to be credentialed for electronic meetings of the SCC and the Executive Committee.

Local Events and State Fair

Due to the pandemic, many community activities and events were canceled in the summer months. This directly impacted the purpose of the Local Events & State Fair Committee’s work. Of course, the Committee Members and regular Volunteers that attend the State Fair or their own County Fairs were disappointed as this was viewed as a missed opportunity to connect to voters face-to-face during a presidential year. This was the first State Fair that the DPO was not able to attend in its history. Understandably, we are proud to adhere to the words of top healthcare experts and scientists’ advice for the well-being of our communities.

The Committee held one virtual zoom meeting during the 2nd Quarter, prior to knowing if the State Fair would be canceled just in case we needed to organize. The purpose of the meeting was for committee members to share what their local county parties were doing to adjust. Many shared that doing more Zoom meetings to organize. Others shared that they are focused on participating in their Neighborhood Leader Program to GOTV. Shortly after, the news was shared by the Oregon State Fair that it was indeed canceled. The State Fair ended up using the fairgrounds for greater purposes to help with COVID-19 testing, as well as housing those displaced by the wildfires.

According to the Oregon State Fair website, they are gearing up with plans to be open in the year 2021. As a Standing Committee, we will have an excellent blueprint from a successful 2019 State Fair year. We will be ready for 2021 if the conditions are looking better. Something to consider moving forward is increased sanitation and what to do with the free water that we provide. The Oregon State Fair could very well provide their own requirements for community safety.

Lastly, the DPO - and county parties - will go through an Organizing meeting to determine new Party Officers that will impact the appointed leadership and members of the Local Events & Standing Committee’s leadership and membership.

Rules Committee:

The DPO Rules Committee has voted to advance the following items to the floor of the next SCC meeting where it would be appropriate to consider non-emergency business:

• Notice of New Business – On November 17, 2020, the Rules Committee voted 13-6 to send a special rule of order to the SCC that would set the expectation that delegates submit items of new business to the Chair 10 days in advance, stipulate the Chair will distribute a provisional agenda five days in advance, and require a 2/3 supermajority vote of the SCC to consider new business items that were not properly noticed.
• Documentation of Policies – On February 18, 2020, the Rules Committee voted unanimously to send a standing rule to the SCC that addresses concerns about ‘undocumented policies’ by creating a procedure for SCC members (including delegates, alternates and associate members) and county chairs to request information from the Admin Committee about DPO policies.

In addition, on January 18, 2020 the Rules Committee considered a proposal to create a standing rule that requires standing committees to submit written reports before quarterly SCC meetings; the committee was supportive of the idea but determined a more appropriate vehicle to accomplish this would be a policy created by the Admin Committee. The Rules Chair communicated its request that the Admin Committee consider a policy to establish clear standards for written reports to the DPO Chair via email on January 25, 2020.

Finally, the following concepts are on the list to be considered at a future Rules Committee meeting:

• The committee is working on a standing rule to set expectations around video and audio recording at SCC meetings;
• The committee is working on a bylaws revision to set expectation Credentials Committee members who do not fulfill the requirement of their office to actually credential members at SCC meetings be removed from the committee after two consecutive unexcused absences; and
• The DPO Chair has requested the Rules Chair and Chair of the REAL Committee begin discussions on rules to increase diversity of DPO Standing Committees.
• The next meeting of the DPO Rules Committee is scheduled for Saturday, July 18, 2020 at 5:00 PM via conference call.

REAL Committee:

The Racial Equity, Accountability, and Leadership (R.E.A.L.) Special Committee met to finalize the demographic survey and launched it to nearly 500 individuals who comprise the DPO State Central Committee, Standing Committees, County and Caucus Chairs, as well as DPO Officers and staff.

Code of Conduct Committee:

The Code of Conduct Committee has been meeting for over a year and is nearing completion of a final report with their recommendations.