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From the Club President's Desk

Hi WHCDC Friends,

Wow! There are so many exciting things going on in the club. We are really starting to take shape, with officers elected and committees beginning to form. The Jefferson-Jackson Dinner was a total success thanks to Mearl Grabill’s efforts to fill the tables. Our club got a lot of recognition from the party. Ken Ulman raved about our organization and the attendance at meetings. Governor O’Malley was aware of our progress and was very appreciative of our efforts!

The Blood Drive is this Saturday, so look on the website for information and sign up to give. Jim Adams has organized the drive, so please call him at 443-520-8800 to set up a time to give. I’ll be there around 9:30 with the other early birds. I hope to see you all there!!

Speaking of the Club website, you have got to check it out at http://westernhowarddems.com and bookmark the page. Jim Mellicant has done a superb job in setting it up for us!! Please be patient with us as we work out our communication system. We have an email list we are using for communication right now and we are trying to coordinate it with the Google Group. We apologize if you get a couple of emails about similar topics while we work out the bugs. The best source of up-to-date information will be the website.

Our last meeting in May featured Brad Heavner, Executive Director of the Maryland Public Interest Research Group. Brad reviewed the outcome of environmental issues in the 2007 State Legislative session just ended in Annapolis. He was very pleased with the progress we made and is optimistic that we will continue to make progress on a number of fronts in future sessions. The information Brad shared is summarized in the minutes from the meeting.

Our next meeting (June 19th) will be a busy one!! Our special guest will be Racheline Bonacci, Director of Howard County Tourism Office. We will also hear about the Neighborhood Contact Program from Cathy Zomlefer and Michael McPherson from the Democratic Central Committee. The Neighborhood Contact Program will provide us with an opportunity to reach out to other Democrats in western Howard County that will be a support to the club as well as to the party. It is a real win-win situation for us, so I am very excited about the program.

Things are really moving along quickly. The presidential primary is already starting in Howard County. If no clear winner emerges from “Tsunami Tuesday”, there is a good chance that Howard County and Maryland will have a say in which candidate will be on the ticket in November 2008!! You want to be here for that!!

I hope to see you all soon!

Clyde Robinette
President, WHCDC