A summary of the KCRCC's monthly meetings.

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KCRCC's July 2026 Monthly Meeting

 

The Kootenai County Republican Central Committee convened its monthly meeting with an opening prayer, Pledge of Allegiance, and roll call establishing a quorum (including proxies). The agenda was adopted after discussion of a proposed addition for bylaw-change notice (later handled by simple announcement).

 

Approval of the June 23, 2026 minutes occupied substantial time. Multiple amendments were offered, including a detailed substitute for section 8D (standing-committee chair selection and the prior appeal of the chair’s ruling). Portions were postponed to the August meeting for circulation and review (8D, a proxy-form wording correction, and roll-call membership totals). Minor corrections were accepted; the balance of the minutes was approved.

 

Committee reports included Parades & Events (successful multi-parade effort with remaining budget; complaints about a volunteer led to a letter of non-participation and a call for executive session) and a brief Legislative Committee update.

 

Standing-committee chairs were appointed:

Recruitment - David Stoltz

Rating & Vetting - Glenn Avery

Campaign - Tamara Bateson

Fair - Terri Seymour

 

The Communications Committee was re-established with Jamie Hass as chair by majority vote.

 

A proxy-form update simplifying language to match bylaws and Idaho GOP requirements was approved.

 

The committee adopted Jamie Hass' resolution opposing the Reproductive Freedom and Privacy Act (Proposition 1), affirming the sanctity of life from fertilization and encouraging precinct committeemen to defeat the measure while promoting positive alternatives such as adoption and crisis-pregnancy support.

 

Procedural guidance on agenda submission, special meetings, and electronic-meeting limits was presented.

 

Notices of proposed bylaw changes were given for future meetings.

 

Fair-booth volunteer shifts (Aug. 21–30) were discussed and a motion encouraging each precinct committeeman to offer at least two hours was adopted. 

 

Dan Sheckler proposed a significant change to the bylaws, to 7.1 with the addition of 2 new paragraphs, 7.1.1 and 7.1.2. The Sheckler Bylaw Proposal.

 

The nearly 3-hour open meeting then went into executive session which lasted for the 4th hour.

 

There was debate over volunteerism during the public portion of the meeting.

 

Non-PCs / Community Volunteers on Standing Subcommittees

 

Mary Souza opened the discussion by requesting clarification whether standing-committee chairs may appoint community members or only precinct committeemen.

 

Members emphasizing meaningful input, value, and inclusion:

 

Megan Rounds: “having these volunteers be on these committees helps them to understand how things work, and in the future, they might be a PC. So having them be on a subcommittee and say, ‘You don’t get much power,’ I don’t think that really helps us do much. But having them be on the committee and say, ‘We value your opinion as a Republican in our community,’ I think that makes a lot more sense. And so I vote for, ‘Yes, we have non-PCs on there, and yes, we give them the right to have the power to vote too.’”

 

Luke Sommer: “There’s no forbidding of volunteers who are not members of a committee… Non-members are both welcome and expected and allowed… the requirement of having a non-member on there is that before they can act… they have to have been approved by the body…”

 

David Stoltz: Noted historical practice of blending community members and PCs “so that we can get a feel for the intent and the character of the approach that the committee’s gonna be taking to the public, and so by inviting those members of the public in, then we can get that feel.”

 

Members taking a more restrictive or process-focused view:

 

Todd Tondee: Committee members themselves “should all be from the organization, the KCRCC, and then if you wanted help from outside… they’re not making decisions… Just helping on that kind of stuff.”

 

John Goedde: “legislative committees vote on actions… I don’t think that’s the purview of a volunteer. They can offer input, but they can’t vote.”

 

Daniel Fry: “every person that is serving on a committee outside of an election is somebody who has been put there, apart from the will of the people… If we take somebody that is just placed there by fiat or by volunteer… you have put a barrier between the voter and the person who’s exercising power on that committee, and I don’t think that’s the right course of action.”

 

Nina Beesley: Cited Roberts Rules of Order (RONR) that non-members require body authorization and that the assembly retains full authority to include or exclude them by majority vote at any time.

 

No formal binding rule beyond existing bylaws and RONR was adopted; the body retained its authority to approve non-member appointments.