CTRAMM Board Meeting | January 6, 2022

CTRAMM Board Meeting January 6th, 2022 
Called to order at 9:00 PM
Members Present: Kate Prokop, Katie Vane, Amy Mrowka, Kristen Turkosz, James Turkosz, Wesley Jenks, Mathew Prokop
1. Board Roles and Committees:

• -  Executive - Kate, Katie, Kristen
• -  Finance (Fundraising and Events) - Kate, Katie, James, Kristen
• -  Legislative - Kate, James, Katie
• -  Marketing - Wes (Chair), Amy ([email protected], religious
  exemption requests), Kristen (Monthly Email/MailChimp)
  Platforms:

• -  Facebook - Amy, Katie, Kristen
• -  Mighty Network - James, Kristen
• -  Telegram - Kristen
  2. Fundraising Outside of Organization

• -  Share EVENTS for other groups
• -  No donations to lawsuits or other organizations
• -  Requests for donations for candidates who support medical freedom
  3. County Liaisons

• -  20 people total responded
• -  Send Google Form with questions (Kristen)
• -  Need 2 liaisons per county (14 total)
• -  Meetings on 2nd and 4th Thursdays in February/March/April
• -  Roles: educate residents within county on who their representation is
  and how to reach out, lead door knocking campaign, distribute print
  information
• -  Possibly add as moderators during session or start county groups
  4. Organizing for Session

• -  Health Choice
• -  Jess, Jeannie, Alise, Matt, Amanda
  5. Moderator Protocols

- Decline requests that do not meet the following:
- Use extra discretion with profiles from different countries
- Post Approval

• -  Cannot contain false information
• -  Cannot contain flag words (vaccine, mask, COVID-19, etc.)
• -  Many posts can be declined with feedback if it is a question that has
  been answered repeatedly or very specific to that person.
• -  If declined, let the poster know why with a personal message to
  make them feel like they are not being censored.
  6. [email protected] email

- Amy and Katie
7. Website Training

• -  Monday, January 17th at 8:00PM with James and Katie
• -  Review Store, Private Referral Network, Basic Website Content, How to
  Add New Pages
  8. 2021 Annual Report

- Kate will draft report and share with Kristen for review
9. By-Laws

• -  Please review and ask questions
• -  Committee portion needs to be completed
• -  Will be posted on website after we all sign
  10. Future Fundraising

• -  $100,000 50/50 Raffle: will cost $25,000 in taxes, split the rest with winner
• -  Health and Wellness Week: last week in January
  11. Facebook Name

- Change to CTRAMM.COM
Meeting adjourned at 10:24 PM

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CTRAMM Board Meeting | January 28, 2022

CTRAMM Board Meeting January 28th, 2022 
Called to order at 8:15 PM
Members Present: Kate Prokop, Katie Vane, Amy Mrowka, Kristen Turkosz, James Turkosz

ADVISORY BOARD
Aaron McCool - Legislative
Kristen Yousef - Private Referral Network
Gabrielle Sellari - Education
Mindy Pafundi - Social Support/Code of Conduct/Event Support
Working in collaboration with HCCT and ICCT

• Legislative spreadsheet for 2023 session
• Many legislators leaving on both sides

Petition: 23,528 signatures

• Focus on print material to hand out (business cards?)

County Groups

• Need to assign moderators and admins to each county
• Kristen will work on assigning leaders to groups 

Canvassing Project

• Focus on mental health of students

Facebook

• Post approval turned off through session
• Posts being flagged even if not approved
• Too many comments in feed that get flagged or inappropriate
• Use Admin Assist: removes a post or turns off commenting, can put in keywords for posts to remove immediately, helps admins to moderate activity

Email List

• Recruit people to sign up for email
• Add pop-up to website to encourage people to sign up

Home Show at Mohegan Sun: February 18th - February 20th

• Booth for CTRAMM to spread awareness?
• Information about legislation
• Focus on mental health of children

Annual Report

• Kate will finish this weekend 
• Kristen will review/edit when finished

Harlem Wizards

• Susan from Parents Choice is working on separate event to include all children regardless of medical status
• Kristen will work on action alert to email Harlem Wizards and Griffin Health, also post on social media to call them out on discrimination
• Work with Jeannie on talking points

Soleil Community Acupuncture Event

• Postponed until February 5th due to impending weather

Upcoming Event: Yousef Tae Kwan Do Parent’s Night Out

• Saturday, March 5th at 4:30 - 7:30 PM
• Recommended a ges: 5-12
• Bring your own dinner
• Cost: $40/1 child, $30/2nd child, $20/3rd child
• 3 Hours of Tae Kwon Do, Dodgeball, Game, etc.

Opening Day: February 9th

• No plans for rally on opening day
• We need to save days for when there are public hearings that require our presence in large numbers

Upcoming Meetings

• Sunday, January 30th at 8:00 PM - Legislative Committee
• Friday, February 4th at 8:30 PM - County Liasons
• Thursday, February 10th at 8:00 PM - Board Meeting
• TBA - Bob Stefanowski

Meeting adjourned at 8:59 PM

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CTRAMM Board Meeting | March 24, 2022

CTRAMM Board Meeting March 24th, 2022 
Meeting called to order at 8:35 PM
Board Members present: Kate Prokop, Katie Vane, Kristen Turkosz, Amy Mrowka

*NEW* Senate Campaigns to Support
District 3: Matt Harper-R (running against Anwar-D)
District 4: Jacqueline Crespan-R (running against Cassano-D)
District 11: Steve Orosco-R (running against Looney-D)
District 17: Kathy Hoyt-R (running against Cabrera-D)
District 29: Susanne Witkowski-R (running against Flexer-D)
District 36: Ryan Fazzio-R

Questions Asked:
Do you support parental rights on mask choice for school?
Do you support a Covid-19 vaccine mandate for education or employment?
Would you support the repeal of the removal of the religious exemption?

Events:
Bob Stefanowski: low-key event to create support, sit down dinner on both sides of state

• Milford Yacht Club -  or other venue along water 
• Canterbury - Farm to Table Dinner at Farm
• Torrington Area - Little Red Barn Breweries, Winstead OR Tap & Barrel, Wolcott
• One each month during summer - June, July, August

Heather Somers: want to support her fundraiser
Calendar Raffle Event: Laura and Kristen working on for May, sell tickets in April
TaeKwonDo: April 9th, promote in email next week

Merchandise:

• Facts Over Fear: tank top, blue or rose with white lettering
• Freedom Over Fear OR I Will Not Comply (with American Flag): baseball cap, light gray with black or white writing, trucker style with vented back
• Medical Freedom Mom’s Club: sea moss or paprika unisex t-shirt with white lettering
• Tested Positive for Critical Thinking: unisex t-shirt, blue with white lettering

Lawn Signs:

• Ordering lawn sign “Voted against Parental Rights” with arrow, black and white
• Kate will get price quotes

Kate: Send Kristen members list
Kristen: Give few county liaisons access to Election Doc to make phone calls

Meeting adjourned at 10:14 PM

CTRAMM Board Meeting | April 15, 2022

Called to Order 8:43 PM
Members Present: Kate Prokop, Katie Vane, Kristen Turkosz, James Turkosz

Events:
Crystal Ridge Vineyard, Glastonbury
July 29, 2022
5:00/6:00-9:00 PM
Speakers: Bob Stefanowski, Steve Weir, Jacquelyn Crespan, ?
Catering Options:
Hors d'oeuvres with 2 servers - 75 people standing 
Wine glasses with CTRAMM logo

Anthony’s Oceanview, New Haven
August 13th?
100-200 people expected
Time - 1-5PM
Bring lawn games for kids entertainment
Does venue have speaker system?
Speakers: Bob Stefanowski, Kathy Hoyt, Steve Orosco, Kim-Marie Mullins, Dan Cowan
Silent Auction 

Additional Venues:

• Fairfield County with Greenwich Patriots
• Arrowhead Acres Winery, North Franklin
• Radical Roots Farm, Canterbury
  

Other Items:

• Annual Report Filed
• Lobbying Fees Filed
• Michael Goldstein (U.S. Congress District 4) and Robert Hyde (U.S. Senate) are collecting signatures to be placed on primary ballot

Private Referral Network:

• Need to send a reminder to people who did not pay dues
• Members who are not active should be removed
• Warning to pay dues within 30 days or membership will be revoked

Meeting adorned at 10:05 PM