Welcome - For the near future, we will host VIRTUAL Meetings-
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***The Forum is co-moderated by Karl Fink and John Hansen.
If you wish to be added to the Forum Mailing List just send a request to RepHansen@aol.com. or KarlVFink@gmail.com -You will get meeting reminders, meeting notes and nothing else.- -Meeting Dates-*** The next virtual meeting of the Dexter Forum will be on Saturday, November 07 at 8:30 AM on Zoom ****************************************************** To attend virtual meetings please join the "Forum Mailing List" as noted above to get the sign in info ****************************************************** ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ <<< The "Stump">> ---- "Stump Activity" is complete for now. ---- ------------------------------------------------------------------ ************************************** The the big election is coming. Check the Forum Notes from previous meetings on the "previous meetings" pages.. ************************************** |
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Who We Are- |
The Dexter Forum is supported by the Dexter Wellness Coalition as part of the 5 Healthy Towns initiative to "help connect with others in healthy ways". The purpose of the Forum is to create an opportunity for interested women and men to gather to discuss important issues facing our community. All are welcome on a drop-in basis. The group meets on the first and third Saturdays of the month.
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The Forum in action-
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"We make the agenda at the meeting so you never know what's on peoples' minds until you ask."
======================================================== FORUM Notes October 17-2020 We had our final candidates on the virtual stump this morning. They were: Rod Anderson - Republican, County Commission District 1 Wa Hubbard - Non-partisan, Dexter City Council Zach Michels - Non-partisan, Dexter City Council Sue Shink - Democrat, County Commission District 2 Michigan law allows for elections to be held in May, August and November of each year. (In presidential years there can be a primary as scheduled by the political parties.) Since all of our elected officials are elected in even years the 2021 election dates, if needed, will likely only be about funding issues so we will put the stump in storage for a while and get back to our bread and butter issues like traffic and development. We did have time for a few other items. Sanam Arab explained the decision by the arts, culture and heritage committee to postpone their storytelling even until later in the year. Ryan Henyard recommended a guide for young/first time voters developed by UM that is available at Michigan Online. Aimee Osinski asked candidates who wish to be featured in the next issue of The Guardian to contact her at anbingham@gmail.com Paul McCann reported that the re-opening of the library has been going well with good mask compliance. The library looks a little different and has less of a browsing vibe and more of a do what you need to do and keep moving feel. In any case it is good to be open again. Senator Theis gave a quick Lansing update. October is a five Saturday month so our next session will be in three weeks on Saturday, November 7 at 8:30 AM on Zoom. With any luck we may even know who won the election for president. ============================================== FORUM Notes October 03-2020 Not surprisingly we were all stump speeches today so the notes are pretty easy. For the benefit of our newer members we do not summarize or paraphrase stump speeches. We also do not solicit candidates. They find us and we schedule them on a first come basis. We heard from the following: Phil Arbour - in opposition to the Dexter City charter amendment that would require a vote of the people to sell any city property. Brian Arnold - candidate for Dexter Board of Education Barbara Read - candidate for Dexter Board of Education Harley Rider - candidate for Dexter Township Supervisor Melanie Szwara - candidate for Dexter Board of Education Shelly Vrsek - candidate for Webster Township Trustee Our next meeting will be on Saturday, October 17 at 8:30 AM on Zoom. ===========================================The notes from previous meetings are on the "previous forum notes" pages... |
