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Paid Canvasser for an Environmental Protection Campaign

Posting title: Paid Canvasser for an Environmental Protection Campaign

Location: San Jose, CA

Posting description: Temporary part-time position.

Start date: IMMEDIATELY

Weekly commitment: Flexible, preferably 3-4 Days a week

Pay: Performance based, $12 an hour + $1 per collected pledge

Hours: Flexible Daytime Hours

Description: Help us collect pledges to stop pollution and distribute free re-usable bags.

Qualifications:

  • Strong work ethic is a must.
  • Strong communication and motivational skills.
  • Strong self-direction and the ability to take initiative.
  • Spanish, Chinese, and Vietnamese language skills a plus.

Interested candidates should contact Wilson at wtruong@icgworldwide.com. Please let us know in the email if you have previous canvassing experience.

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Agenda – June 20, 2016

I. Welcomes, Introductions
II. Officer Reports
1. President (Alex Wara)
2. Membership Director (Emily Ramos)
3. Political Director (Justin Carvalho)
4. Treasurer (Charles Wilson)
5. Secretary (Kathy Tran)

III. Old Business
1. Primary election results

IV. New Business
1. Election of 2016-2017 SVYD Officers

V. Announcements

VI. Adjournment

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Minutes – May 16, 2016

I. Welcomes , introduction

 President Alex Wara introduced motion to amend to the agenda and approve the agenda at 7:15 pm.

  • Seconded by Lucas Ramirez
  • Motion to have the letter added to the agenda by Jeff C, seconded by Justin C.

II. Guest Speaker

  • Doron Aronson – current Cambrian School District board member announcing to seek early endorsement

III. Officer reports

  • President Alex Wara = She will not be running for re-election
  • Membership Director Emily = New membership form on Jotforms and don’t forget to sign in. She will be running for reelection.
  • Political director Justin =  Sign up to walk on campaigns by our endorsed candidates. Next two weeks = Peter Allen & Josh Barousse. He also announced he will not be running for reelection.
  • Treasurer Charles = Alex delivered the report. We raised $65 dollars at the door for the JJ Dinner After Party.  
  • Secretary Kathy = Updating events as usual. 

IV. Old Business

  • JJ Dinner

V. New Business

  • Early endorsement of Richard Nguyen  
  • Early endorsement of Kalen Gallagher
  • Motion to early endorse both candidates by Lucas R.
    • Discussion. Emily called the question. Unanimously approved.
  •  Letter of support for Josh Barrouse, written by Jeff C.
    • Motion by Justin C., seconded Richard N.
    • Discussion, called the questioned: Justin C.
    • Passed all but 2 votes.
  • Nominations of officers
    • President
      • Alex W. nominated Emily R., Angelica R. seconded
    • Membership director
      • Open
    • Political director
      • Justin C nominated Mason Fong, seconded by Kalen G.
      • Lucas R. nominated Matt Savage, seconded Kalen G.
    • Secretary
      • Open
    • Treasurer
      • Matt S. nominated Charles W. for reelection, Angelica R. seconded
  • Phone banking
    • Peter Allen
    • Mike Honda
    • Ash Kalra
    • Marc Berman
    • Measure AA

VI. Announcements

VII. Adjournment

Motion to approve adjournment by Abby L., seconded by Lucas R.

Meeting adjourned at 7:54 PM.

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Agenda – May 16, 2016

I. Welcomes, Introductions
II. Officer Reports
1. President (Alex Wara)
2. Membership Director (Emily Ramos)
3. Political Director (Justin Carvalho)
4. Treasurer (Charles Wilson)
5. Secretary (Kathy Tran)
III. Old Business
1. JJ Dinner After party
IV. New Business
1. Consideration of Early endorsement (Richard Nguyen for Campbell Union School District and Kalen Gallagher for Campbell Union High School District)
V. Announcements

VI. Adjournment

**Activity: Immediately following the meeting we will be phone banking for our endorsed candidates.**

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Agenda – April 18, 2016

I. Welcomes, Introductions
II. Officer Reports
1. President (Alex Wara)
2. Membership Director (Emily Ramos)
3. Political Director (Justin Carvalho)
4. Treasurer (Charles Wilson)
5. Secretary (Kathy Tran)
III. Old Business
1. Wrap up of Endorsements
IV. New Business
1. Consideration of Early endorsement (Mt. View City Council)
2. Endorsed candidates volunteer SVYD events
V. Announcements
VI. Adjournment

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Volunteers for Citizenship Day 2016

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The Santa Clara County Citizenship Collaborative is hosting Citizenship Day 2016 to provide free citizenship application assistance to eligible lawful permanent residents. Based on the current estimated application processing time from the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), applicants who apply by April 2016, should be able to vote in the November Presidential Election.

We are recruiting community members, attorneys, paralegals, translators, law students, high school students, and college students to volunteer on Citizenship Day, Saturday, April 2, 2016, and a follow up workshop on Saturday, April 16, 2016.

Both events will be at San Jose City College, General Education Building, 2100 Moorpark Avenue, San Jose, CA 95128. We will be assisting participants from 8:30 AM to 5 PM. 

We need volunteers to assist with registration, logistics, form filling, translation (mainly Spanish and Vietnamese), and attorney review.

Shift 1, we request that volunteers who will be assisting with registration and logistics arrive by 8:30 AM; and for volunteers who will be assisting with form filling and attorney review arrive by 9:30 AM.

Shift 2, we request all volunteers arrive by 12:30 PM.

If you are interested in volunteering, please do the following:

Sign up by registering here; and
Attend one of three volunteer trainings at 6 PM on either March 16, 23, or 30 at the ALA office, 991 W. Hedding Street, Suite 202, San Jose, CA 95126. However, if you previously attended citizenship training or you are an immigration attorney, you do not need to attend a volunteer training session.
Thank you and we hope to see you on April 2 and/or April 16!

For any questions, please contact Judy Hinh Wong at ALAVolunteerCoordinator@gmail.com.

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Agenda – March 21, 2016

I. Welcomes, Introductions
II. Officer Reports

  1. President (Alex Wara)
  2. Membership Director (Emily Ramos)
  3. Political Director (Justin Carvalho)
  4. Treasurer (Charles Wilson)
  5. Secretary (Kathy Tran)

III. Old Business

  1. CDP Convention

IV. New Business

  1. Membership List
  2. Endorsements

V. Announcements

VI. Adjournment

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Minutes – February 22, 2016

I. Call to motion

President Alex Wara called for a motion at 7:58 PM for the meeting to start. Colleen motioned, Lucas seconded.

II. Candidate Meet & Greet

Candidates were allocated a total of 30 seconds to speak for the meet and greet event. Listed below is the order in which candidates went.

  1. Mike Honda (Proxy)
  2. Ro Khanna
  3. Ash Kalra
  4. Vicky Vinker
  5. Marc Berman (Proxy)
  6. Sergio Jimenez
  7. Elias Portales
  8. Peter Allen (Proxy)
  9. Chris Roth
  10. Eric Fong
  11. Helen Chapman
  12. Ruben Navarro
  13. Josh Barousse

Colleen then made an important announcement that was pertinent to the candidates running for San Jose City Council that a forum on homelessness will be held on April 18th, 2016 from 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM at Boccardo Reception Center, 2011 Little Orchard Street, San Jose. For more information or to rsvp, please contact Destination:Home at info@destinationhomescc.org.

III. Officer Reports

  1. President Alex Wara: A new rule regarding outreach for endorsed candidates will now go into effect. Please send the eboard materials/notices 3 days ahead of events such as walks or fundraisers.
  2. Political director Justin Carvalho: He was absent but Alex reported for him the endorsement timeline.
  3. Membership director Emily Ramos: She explained the membership process.
  4. Treasurer Charles Wilson: We are still in the black.
  5. Secretary Kathy Tran: Sign up for committees. I’m regularly updating the website and posting on facebook. A lot of information should be present on the website.

IV. Old Business

Regarding CYD, we have a special rate for SVYD members who want to attend convention. The general cost is $65 but for SVYD members, we are offering $30 off. Email Emily for more information at emily@svyd.org.

As for hospitality suites, the Young Dems reception is at the Pagoda Lounge at the Fairmont. Assemblymember Evan Low has an event at the Tech Museum.

V. New Business

Scott Meyers Lipton has a Gross Receipts Business Tax proposal that he wants our club to endorse.

Lucas Rameriz moves to endorse a motion for discussion. Noveed seconded the motion. There was a call to question.

Vote:

12 Aye, 0 Nay. The proposed measure is officially endorsed by SVYD.

VI. Announcements:

  1. Mario Lopez: State of County Address by Dave Cortez
  2. Andre M. and Ellen K.: API dems are hosting Karaoke Night upcoming Saturday for convention. A cosponsor is Fiona Ma. This event is happening Saturday 10 pm – 1 am at the Hyatt.
  3. Noveed: Upcoming PYD Dems meeting. FB page is here: https://www.facebook.com/PeninsulaYoungDemocrats
  4. Josh B: CYD Pagoda Event hosted by the Latino Caucus
  5. Elias P: 2017 Democratic State Party vote for Kimberly Ellis

VII. Adjournment:

Motion called to adjourn the meeting by Alex, seconded by Elias. Meeting adjourned at 8:44 PM.

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Agenda – February 22, 2016

I) Welcomes, Introductions

II) Candidate Meet and Greet

III) Officer Reports:

  • President: Alex Wara
  • Political Director: Justin Carvalho
  • Membership Director: Emily Ramos
  • Treasurer: Charles Wilson
  • Secretary: Kathy Tran

IV) Old Business

  • CYD Convention: We have a special rate for SVYD members

V) New Business

  • Consideration of endorsement for San Joseans for a World Class City’s Modernization of the Business Tax
  • 2016 SVYD Endorsement Timeline

VI) Announcements

VII) Adjournment