Framingham Democratic Committee
Agenda: Monthly Business Meeting

Wednesday May 14th 7pm Zoom only

7:00 – 7:05 Welcome and reading of FDC Mission Statement – Rozzy Hooper-Hamersley, Vice-Chair
7:05 – 7:10 Preliminary announcements – Doug Lawrence, Chair
7:10 – 7:50 Kate Merritt-O’Toole from Indivisible
7:50 – 8:00 Reports from City Council, School Committee
8:00 – 8:05 Reports from our Legislative Delegation
8:05 – 8:10 Reports from State Dem Committee: Norma Shulman, Parwez Wahid, Kathie McCarthy
8:10 – 8:50 Sub – Committee Reports

Civics Education – Kurt Fusaris & Barbara Fontes
Legislative Subcommittee – Audrey Hall
Motions in support of :
Bill H.104 An Act Establishing the Massachusetts Consumer Data Privacy Act S. No.
227
Amendment H.66 Proposal for Constitutional Amendment H.66 Relative to Oaths of
Office
Bill S.1486 An Act Relative to End-of-Life Options (H.2540)
Bill H.1014 An Act Establishing a Climate Change Superfund (S.588)
Environmental – Larry Stoodt
Motion in support of City of Framingham adopting the Opt-in specialized Building Code and
completing the municipal Decarbonization Roadmap.
Communications – Adam Steiner
Programming – Rozzy Hooper-Hamersley
Bylaws – Jim Hansen
Motion to except by-law changes

Membership –
 Nominees for Members (Based on open seats)
 Nominees for Associate Members (Open call)
 Vote on New Member / Assoc. Member
– Chair reads list of nominees from prior meeting
– Remarks by candidate.
 Why do you want to be an Associate?
 What would you like to accomplish? How will you volunteer/contribute?
 Will you abide by the Bylaws and pay the dues?
– Comments from the floor
– Vote on candidate membership
8:40 – 8:45 Treasurer’s Report – Larry Stoodt
8:45 – 8:50 Acceptance of Past Minutes – Lori Bornstein – March 30th
8:50 – 9:00 Announcements – from members, future events
Markey event -Parwez
9:00 Adjourn

Special Note: If you or a loved one are experiencing any issues that we can help with please
contact the Co-Chairs or any Officer and we will do all we can to get services or meet any
needs that we can for that person. Our members might be able to help you find the help you

need, and nobody should be facing challenges alone!

Future Events

6/8/25 Sunday 7:00pm FDC Monthly Meeting
6/14/25 Saturday No Kings Protests country-wide