Northwest Tarrant Progressives Minutes: General Meeting, Wednesday, September 18, 2024

Call to Order: The meeting was called to order by the club president, Sally Craig, at

7:00PM, with 16 members and guests present. The meeting was held at Arizola’s

Mexican Restaurant.

Minutes: The minutes of the August 2024 meeting were emailed to members and

approved.

Financial Report: The financial report, showing a cash balance of $1,561.11 was

presented by Richard Layne and was approved as read.

Richard also presented a financial report from the Drive to the Polls Golf Tournament.

The club donated $350 to Mimi Coffey’s campaign. After expenses of $421.50, the profit

was $638.19.

Speakers:

Mark Greene, National Delegate for Congressional District 12, gave a report about the

Democratic National Convention. He said it was very organized, logistics were handled

well, and overall, it was an exciting and inspiring. Although there were protestors

outside, they did not have a negative effect on the convention.

Alejandro Arango, from Collin Allred’s campaign spoke about how the campaign is

going. Allred is ahead by 1 point in the polls and has been out fundraising Cruz. They

are building a coalition with many organizations statewide, such as Powered X People.

They need people to volunteer to knock doors and phone bank. They have a phone

bank set up at the Tarrant County Democratic Party office, anyone can join.

www.TXoffense.com has many opportunities for volunteering, as does TCDP.

Upcoming Events:

Saginaw Train and Grain Festival – October 5 10 am – 4 pm

We will be partnering with Mimi Coffey and helping at her booth. We do need volunteers

throughout the day and for set-up and take-down.

Items discussed:

The October meeting will be at Galilee Restaurant

Reminders/Announcements:

Membership Dues can be paid directly to Richard, or paid with Zelle, or on ActBlue.

New Member Promotion – Prorated memberships are being offered to anyone joining the rest

of this year.

RideShare to Vote - If interested, you can sign up with and help drive voters to the polls.

Contact Joan at 469-431-3442.

Adjournment: The meeting adjourned at 8:13 PM.

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