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Meeting Minutes

10/19/2020

Call to order at 7:16 PM by Alexander Gvatua.

Approval of Minutes

Alexander Gvatua motions to approve minutes from 9/21/2020. Andrew Crockett seconds. Unanimously approved

Officer Reports

President Angel Martinez

• Get involved in the San Jose D4 and D6 races– both are close

Vice President Alexander Gvatua

• Volunteer burn out is a very real thing at this point, but stay engaged– our efforts can make all the difference in getting our candidates across the finish line

Membership Director Allie Hughes

• No report

Finance Director Ryan Globus

• Our main expense over the last year has been Zoom, as well as letter-writing GOTV campaigns for voters in swing states

Political Director Mustafa Arshad

• Check the schedule of SVYD-sponsored events at https://drive.google.com/file/d/13WOW3Du1U3vn2jYXFvFXq1NNL-HGs_iu/view?usp=sharing

Announcements

Matt Quevedo: Help get SVYD-endorsed Measure RR passed! Contact mquevedo@svlg.org or 408-772-2171

Kathy: Phonebank for SVYD’s endorsed candidate for Cupertino City Council, JR Fruen!

Adjournment

Alexander Gvatua motions to adjourn at 8:41.

Meeting Minutes

9/21/2020

 

Call to Order by Alexander Gvatua at 7:12 pm.

Approval of Minutes

Alexander Gvatua motions to approve minutes from 8/17/2020. Ryan Globus seconds. Unanimously approved.

Officer Reports

President Angel Martinez

• Campaign committee will assess which races to prioritize

Vice President Alexander Gvatua

• Secretary Brenda Vargas has stepped down
  • Board will motion to delay special election until after the November elections

Membership Director Allie Hughes

• No report

Finance Director Ryan Globus

• This is a great time to donate to our endorsed candidates
• Keep an eye out for a virtual holiday party!

Political Director Mustafa Arshad

• Check the schedule of SVYD-sponsored events at https://drive.google.com/file/d/13WOW3Du1U3vn2jYXFvFXq1NNL-HGs_iu/view?usp=sharing

 

Old Business

Approval of minutes from July

 

• Motion to approve by Alexander Gvatua, second by Ryan Globus

 

• • Unanimously approved

New Business

• Motion to early endorse Raven Malone for Palo Alto City Council
  • Motion to endorse by Mustafa Arshad, second by Erik Anciaux
    • 9 ayes, 1 nay, motion passes
• Motion to suspend bylaws and delay secretary special election until November meeting
  • Motion by Alexander Gvatua, second by Mustafa Arshad
    • Passed unanimously

Adjournment

Alexander Gvatua motions to adjourn at 7:51. Erik Poicon seconds. Unanimously approved.

Call to Order by Alexander at 7:00 PM.

Approval of minutes

Alexander Gvatua motions to approve minutes from 6/15/2020. Motion approved.

Officer reports

• President: Angel Martinez
• Vice President: Alexander Gvatua
• Membership Director: Allie Hughes
• Treasurer: Ryan Globus
• Political Director: Mustafa Arshad
• Secretary: Brenda Vargas

New business

• Motion to early endorse Brenda Zendejas for Alum Rock School Board
  • Motion passes unanimously
• Motion to early endorse Allie Hughes for Oak Grove School Board
  • 14 in favor, 1 opposed
    • Motion passes
• Consideration of endorsements for Mountain View City Council
  • Endorsement deferred to August meeting
• Consideration of endorsement for Rebeca Armendariz for Gilroy City Council
  • Motion to endorse passes unanimously
• Consideration of endorsement for Alysa Cisneros for Sunnyvale City Council
  • Motion to endorse passes unanimously
• Consideration of endorsement for Sunnyvale Mayor
  • Motion to sole endorse Larry Klein
    • 5 in favor, 6 opposed, 2 abstentions
      • Motion fails
  • Motion to dual endorse Larry Klein and Nancy Smith
    • 7 in favor, 6 opposed
      • Motion passes
• Consideration of endorsement for Carla Collins for SJUSD
  • Motion passes unanimously
• Motion to suspend bylaws and endorse JR Fruen for Cupertino City Council
  • Motion passes unanimously

Adjournment

Alexander Gvatua motions to adjourn at 11:30 pm. Unanimously approved.

Meeting Agenda

8/17/2020

Call to Order by Alexander at 7:07 PM.

Welcome and introductions

Allie to do intro and ice breaker

Approval of minutes

Alexander Gvatua motions to approve minutes from 6/15/2020. Angel seconds. Christophe disapproves, minutes to be approved at September’s monthly meeting. 

Officer reports

President: Angel Martinez

• Advocating to save USPS 
• SVYD has many upcoming volunteering opportunities

Vice President: Alexander Gvatua

• Sergio Lopez has upcoming phone banking opportunities, will be posted to Facebook

Membership Director: Allie Hughes

• Hoping that members become involved in upcoming elections
• Excited to see the outcome of the election

Treasurer: Ryan Globus

• Phone banking opportunities will be posted on Facebook
• SVYD is planning a fundraiser and an election night watch party

Political Director: Mustafa Arshad

• SVYD has interviewed many great candidates
• If interested, members should join the endorsement committee

Secretary: Brenda Vargas

• N/A

CYD Bay Area Region Director, Matthew 

• Allowing people to join CYD committees 
• Young Dems can be  chapter president by Friday, August 21, 2020
• Santa Clara High School is an official chapter of CYD

Guest Speaker: Zahra Hajee, Yes on Prop 15 (Schools and Communities First)

• For Volunteering opportunities https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1WReWl506HAgfQNkIRRAzn4aR0Q7aqVDelwV-TZU3EKY/edit#slide=id.g8e7c0067be_0_25 

New business

• Consideration of early endorsement for Steven Lee for Palo Alto City Council
  • Motion to table this discussion until the end of this meeting by Justin and second by Alexander
  • 12 in favor, 3 against, 0 abstentions
    • Motion passes
  • Motion to early endorse Steven Lee for Palo Alto City Council by Mustafah and second by Ryan
  • 16 in favor, 1 against 0 abstentions
    • Motion passes
• Consideration of early endorsement for Andrew Knaack for SCUSD
  • Motion to early endorse Andrew Knaack for SCUSD by Lucas and second by Emily
  • 16 in favor, 0 against, 0 abstentions
    • Motion passes
• Consideration of early endorsement for Basil Saleh for Campbell Union High School District
  • Motion to early endorse Basil Saleh for Campbell Union High School District by Jessica and second by Andrew
  • 16 in favor, 0 against, 0 abstentions
    • Motion passes
• Consideration of early endorsement for Jesus Salazar for Luther-Burbank School District
  • Motion to early endorse Jesus Salazar for Luther-Burbank School District by Erik and second by Angel
  • 18 in favor, 0 against, 0 abstentions
    • Motion passes
• Mountain View City Council endorsements
  • Motion for an up/down vote on tentative endorsement for each candidate in alphabetical order
  • 6 in favor, 12 against, 0 abstentions
    • Motion defeated
  • Motion to endorse Alex Nunez for Mountain View City Council by Andrew and second by Rohin
  • 12 in favor, 4 against, 1 abstentions
    • Motion passes
• Endorsements for Santa Clara City Council District 6
  • Motion to endorse Anthony Becker for Santa Clara City Council District 6 by Alex and second by Daniel
  • 9 in favor, 4 against, 2 abstentions
    • Motion passes
• Endorsements for Sunnyvale City Council District 4
  • Motion to endorse Russ Melton for Sunnyvale City Council District 4 by Christophe and second by Mustafah
  • 15 in favor, 5 against, 2 abstentions
    • Motion passes
• Endorsements for Santa Clara Unified School District
  • Motion to endorse Albert Gonzalez and Bonnie Lieberman for Santa Clara Unified School District by Delilah and second by Alex
  • 10 in favor, 0 against, 1 abstentions
    • Motion passes
• Consideration of endorsements for Measures S and T
  • Motion to endorse Measures S and T by Andrew Knack and second by Allie Hughes
  • 16 in favor, 0 against, 0 abstentions
    • Motion passes
• Consideration of endorsement for Measure RR
  • Motion to endorse Measure RR by Lucas and second by Matthew
  • Unanimously passed
    • Motion passes

Announcements

Adjournment

Alexander Gvatua motions to adjourn at 10:29 pm. Second by Erik. Unanimously approved.

 

Meeting Minutes

6/15/2020

Call to Order by Alexander at 7:10 PM.

Welcome and introductions

Intro and ice breaker

Approval of minutes

Alexander Gvatua motions to approve minutes from 6/15/2020. Allie Hughes seconds. Unanimously approved.

Officer reports

President: Angel Martinez

• Hoping to have more letter writing events with Vote Forward
• Excited to see a lot of young dems running for office

Vice President: Alexander Gvatua

• Encourages to join the endorsement committee

Membership Director: Allie Hughes

• Addressing BLM movement and its importance

Finance Director: Ryan Globus

• Addressing BLM movement
• May fundraiser went well
• Letter writing events with Vote Forward coming up soon

Political Director: Mustafa Arshad

• Endorsement committee going well; local races are good to get involved in.
• Encourages joining endorsement committee
• Letter writing campaign for Sergio Lopez

Secretary: Brenda Vargas

• Address BLM movement importance and significance.

Old Business

• Consideration to change bylaws amendment to allow SVYD to support progressive non-Democratic candidates
  • Motion to add American Independent Party to section 5 of SVYD bylaws by Christoph second by Angel
  • 5 in favor, 9 against, 0 abstentions
    • Motion does not pass
  • Motion to support bylaw changes as they are
  • 12 in favor, 1 against, 0 abstentions
    • Motion passes
  • Motion to support Jake Tonkel for City of San Jose, District 6 by Ali Saperman and second by Alexander Gvatua
  • 15 in favor, 0 against, 0 abstentions
    • Motion passes

New business

• Fundraiser update
  • Went well. Cindy Chavez was the speaker. SYVD members paid their dues.
• Black Lives Matter resolution
• Consideration of endorsement for Carla Collins for D3 San José Unified School District
  • Motion to table endorsement for July meeting by Brenda and Andrew Crockett
  • Unanimously approved
    • Motion passes
• SVYD eBoard elections for the 2020-21 year
  • Motion to re-elect Angel Martinez for SVYD President by Alexander Gvutua second by Ryan Globus
  • Motion to re-elect Alexander for SVYD Vice President by Angel Martinez second by Mustafa Arshad
  • Motion to re-elect Allie for SVYD Membership Director by Mustafa Arshad second by Angel Martinez
  • Motion to re-elect Ryan for SVYD Finance Director by Angel Martinez second by Allie Hughes
  • Motion to re-elect Mustafa for SVYD Political Director by Angel Martinez second by Ryan Globus
  • Motion to re-elect Brenda for SVYD Secretary by Angel Martinez second by Ryan Globus
  • Emily to reelect all nominees by acclimation second by Andrew crocket
  • Unanimous approval
    • Motion passes, SVYD eboard is re-elected

Announcements

• Forum about defunding the police from Alum Rock School District through Zoom on June 17 at 7pm
• Happy hour with Supervisor Dave Cortese on June 25 at 6PM

Adjournment

Alexander Gvatua motions to adjourn at 8:18pm. Second by Ryan Globus. Unanimously approved.