Minutes of the January 21, 2025 meeting of the Bonner County Republican Central Committee .

1. Call to Order at 6:32pm
2. Invocation by Ron Korn
3. Pledge of Allegiance led by Scott Herndon
4. Roll Call: Present: 32 Absent: 3 Proxies: (3) Cornel Rasor, Sean Morgan, Lana Santelli Percent: 89% (33%req) Excused absences Mark Sauter, Jeff Connoly
Scott Herndon requested a commitment from Ben Olson to not record the meeting. No commitment given.
6:36pm

Mike Nielsen moved to enter Executive Session to discuss recording of meeting. Second by Jane Purdy.

Executive session took place.

Dan Vaniman moved to exit Executive Session. Second by Jane Purdy.

6:52pm Returned from Executive Session
Scott Herndon requested a commitment from Tom Bokowy, Washington Precinct Committeeman, to abide by the no recording rule. Mr. Bokowy refuses to comply with rule,
Mr. Bokowy is in violation of rule 720 forbidding recording of meeting. According to Roberts Rules, chapter 20, article 62 and article 63.
Nathan moves to exclude Tom Bokowy from the meeting. Roger Rudd seconds. No discussion.
Roll Call vote requested. Vote: Yea__24__ Nay__7__ Motion passes.
Mr. Bokowy refuses to comply. Police called for removal
Scott Herndon requested a commitment from Ben Olson to abide by the no recording rule. Mr. Olsen states he is not recording the meeting. Committee is satisfied with Mr. Olsen’s response.

Hannah Herndon moves to exclude Mr. Nick Douglas from the meeting. Second by Jane Purdy. No discussion. Motion passes. Mr. Douglas exited the meeting.

10 minute Recess

7:09pm Meeting called back to order.
Mr. Bokowy decided to comply with rule and removed his recording equipment. Committee rescinds motion

5. Scott Herndon announced that Kathy Nash will pass a hat for donations/venue fee offerings and mentioned the signup sheet for email updates on table in the back or sign up online at BonnerGOP.org
6. Approval of Agenda:
 Grace Bauer moved to have the meeting adjourned at 8:30 hard stop. Andy Kee seconded. Discussion. Motion Failed.
 Agenda approved by unanimous consent.

7. Approval of meeting minutes of 12/17/24:
 Regular meeting minutes of 12/17/24 approved by unanimous consent.

8. PC Reports/Announcements: None
9. Report of The Chair: None

10. Committee reports:

a. Bylaws committee: Dan Vaniman stated no bylaw changes requested, no report. Scott Herndon reported that new bylaws were recorded at the county and are on website.

b. Elections committee: Kristin Dodd reported that committee will focus on Highway, Hospital District and Library Districts in the May elections. There is a tight schedule between district deadline, candidate filing deadline, and withdrawal deadline for us to have an evaluating process of candidates.

Jeff Tyler gave a presentation about KCRCC search committee. Processes are similar. However, their promoting process/committee work helps find candidates and increases voter involvement.

c. Executive committee: Scott Herndon reported committee discussed logo and name use and need for trademark.

Motion out of committee: Use of “Bonner County Republican Central Committee” name and logo must be preceded by Precinct name when PC’s use and Officers must precede by office held. This applies to all forms of communications and social media pages and groups. No discussion.

If a PC office is vacated, that former PC must immediately cease using the name of the committee in social media and other correspondence.

Motion approved on voice vote. new rule for the committee for duration of the term.

Dan Vaniman moved to trademark logo and name at cost of $48 to Secretary of State. Mike Nielsen seconded. Discussion.

Mike Nielsen moved to amend motion to increase cost to “up to $100”. Seconded and approved by the BCRCC on a voice vote.

d. Fundraising committee: Julie Lynn reported that the MAGA Celebration is set for Saturday, March 8th. Committee set budget as $26,500.

e. Rules and resolutions committee: Jane Purdy stated no report.

f. Search committee: No report

11. Republican Party Officers:

b. Treasurer’s Report – Kathy Nash reported treasurer’s report sent to committee. Cash balance reported to SOS $8412.12.

Bills: TLC Web hosting $270.35
Notarizing bylaws $40.
Ivanos for room rental $250.

Kathy made a motion to pay bills. Second by Mike Nielsen. Discussion. Passed by unanimous vote.

c. State Committeeman – Dan Vaniman reported he was unexpectedly unable to attend winter meeting.

d. State Committeewoman – Julie Lynn stated no report.

e. State Youth Committeewoman – Hannah Herndon reported on her experience at the winter meeting.

State central committee Rules Committee passed 11 rules and the highlight of the meeting was the censure of Hiram Erikson. Scott added further censure details and reported that Resolution Committee passed 23/34 resolutions. Resolutions passed will be brought to Idaho legislature by IDGOP liaisons.

12. Executive Session rules & rules related business.

Mike Nielsen moved to enter Executive Session. Second by Jane Purdy.

8:48pm Entered Executive Session.

Andy Kee moved to exit Executive Session. Second by Rick Kirshner.

9:25pm Returned from executive session to discuss Investigative Committee report

Mike Neilsen moved to extend the Investigative Committee until September 2025.

Dan moved to amend the motion to extend to the end of the current committee term May 2026. Second by

Rick Kirschner. Discussion. Motion to amend approved.

Motion to extend the Investigative Committee until the end of the current committee term, May 2026. No debate. Approved by unanimous consent.

13. Unfinished Business: none

19. New Business: none

20. Adjournment: Mike Nielsen moved to adjourn. Rick Kirschner seconded. Adjourned at 9:29pm

Respectfully submitted,
Lisa Liband
Secretary
2/12/25