Category: Minutes

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.

Meeting Minutes

5/18/2020

Call to Order by Alexander at 7:04PM.

Welcome and introductions

Intro and ice breaker

Approval of minutes

Alexander motions to approve minutes from 5/18/2020. Christoff seconds. Unanimously approved

Officer reports

President: Angel Martinez

• Upcoming election is underway, SVYD will volunteer for Joe Biden

Vice President: Alexander Gvatua

Membership Director: Allie Hughes

• Phone banking for Joe Biden during pandemic

Finance Director: Ryan Globus

Political Director: Mustafa Arshad

• Endorsement committee seeking volunteers.

Secretary: Brenda Vargas

Old Business

New business

• Consideration of endorsement for Ketzal Gomez running for Santa Clara County Board of Education, District 4

  • Motion to endorse Ketzal Gomez for Santa Clara County Board of Education, District 4 by Angel and second by Mustafa

  • 13 in favor, 1 against, 1 abstentions

    • Motion passes

• Consideration of endorsement for SB 795 (Beal)

  • Motion to endorse Senator Beal for SB 795, by Lucas and second by Emily Ramos

  • 15 in favor, 0 against, 1 abstention

    • Motion passes

• Signing Bay Area for Clean Environmental Letter to County Board of Supervisors

  • Motion to sign Bay Area for Clean Environmental Letter to County Board of Supervisors, by Mustafah and second by Allie

  • 11 in favor, 0 against, 3 abstentions

    • Motion passes

• SVYD fundraiser update

  • SVYD fundraiser on May 28th at 7PM. Will feature Cindy Chavez as lead speaker and Susan Ellenburg.

  • Will talk about COVID-19

Announcements

• CYD leadership meeting to take place on June 27th,

  • All day Zoom meeting

  • CYD meetings and caucuses

• Resolution to call DNC to conduct a private investigation on Joe Biden’s sexual assault allegations.

  • Motion to call for Central Committee to vote yes on the Resolution to Believe Women by Angel and second by Brenda.

  • 12 in favor, 2 against, 0 abstentions

    • Motion passes

  • Motion for SVYD to endorse the Resolution to Believe Women by Angel and second by Brenda.

  • 11 in favor, 2 against, 0 abstentions

    • Motion passes

• Town hall meeting about the relationship between schools and housing policies in Cupertino on May 28 at 6:30 pm: tinyurl.com/tinotownhall

• Otto Lee won campaign for DNC — watch Otto Lee video

• Diego applying for planning commission

• Ali Sapirman campaign going well — share website

• CPUC will be meeting to decide whether they approve PG&E’s bankruptcy plan, call for action and protest.

Adjournment

Alexander Gvatua motions to adjourn at 9:00pm. Second by Emily. Unanimously approved.

Meeting Minutes

4/20/2020

Call to Order by Alexander at 7:06PM.

 

Welcome and introductions

Intro and ice breaker

Approval of minutes

Mustafa motions to approve minutes from 4/20/2020. Angel Martinez seconds. Unanimously approved

Officer reports

President: Angel Martinez

• SVYD remains active on social media during this pandemic.
• COVID-19 has revealed that we need electeds that support their constituents and base their decisions on their constituents’ well being.
• We need to get more young people elected into office.

 

Vice President: Alexander Gvatua

• Due to COVID-19, canvassing is not an option right now, but SVYD hopes to support endorsed candidates by phone banking.

Membership Director: Allie Hughes

• Membership to isolate and check local CDC for updates in their area
• OCI (Orchard City Indivisible) meeting on 4/21/20 from 6:30-9:30PM

 

Finance Director: Ryan Globus

• The fundraising committee has an upcoming fundraiser on May 28 at 7pm via Zoom.
• COVID-19 has revealed the importance of local politics; grateful for local electeds

 

Political Director: Mustafa Arshad

• Thankful for everyone that joined this meeting
• Endorsement committee is ongoing and will be interviewing candidates soon; will endorse and talk about local races soon

 

Secretary: Brenda Vargas

• N/A

 

Old Business

• Consideration of bylaw changes to allow early endorsements from SVYD to change the voting majority from 60% to more than 50% of the majority
  • Motion to endorse the split roll tax amendment by Angel and second by Ryan
  • 14 in favor, 0 against, 0 abstentions
    • Motion passes
• Fundraiser committee update
  • Fundraiser is set for May 28, 2020 at 7PM
    • Cost: $20 for general audience and $10 for students and youth
    • Featuring Cindy Chavez and Assemblymember Evan Low
      • Focused on what youth engagement looks like for the upcoming election

New business

• Consideration of endorsement for David Cohen for San Jose City Council, District 4
  • Motion to endorse David Cohen for San Jose City Council, District 4 by Mustafa and second by Emily Ramos
  • 15 in favor, 0 against, 0 abstentions
    • Motion passes

• Consideration of endorsement for Josh Becker for California State Senate, District 13
  • Motion to endorse Josh Becker for California State Senate, District 13 by Justin Lardinois and second by Emily Ramos
  • 14 in favor, 0 against, 1 abstention
    • Motion passes
• Consideration of endorsement for Ali Saperman for San Jose Evergreen Community College Board of Trustees
  • Motion to endorse Ali Saperman for San Jose Evergreen Community College Board of Trustees by Angel and second by Mustafa
  • 13 in favor, 0 against, 1 abstention
    • Motion passes
• Guest Speaker: Ketzal Gomez running for Santa Clara County Board of Education, District 4
• Guest Speaker: Michael Vargas
  • Support Michael Vargas in proposing to change Santa Clara Central Committee bylaws to allow democrats to endorse nondemocrats in races without democrats, that exemplify democratic ideals.
  • Alex motion, second by Alex
  • 14 yes, 1 no, 0 absentions
    • Motion passes

Announcements

• Michael Vargas- Re-establishment of Silicon Valley Stonewall Democrats
  • Contact Michael or Ray Muller, Allie or Justin, if interested
• Matthew Lewis- CYD State Leadership on May 16 (all day event)
• CYD Bay Area region Town Hall tentatively Saturday, April 25, 2020.
  • If you know any high schools or colleges that want to be charted, make sure that they do it by the beginning weeks of May.
• Christophe- Earth Day virtual events
• Ro Khanna- Facebook townhall on Saturday at noon
• Allie- SVYD Fundraiser on May 28, 2020
  • If you want to get involved with planning, reach out to Allie or Christophe.

Adjournment

Alexander Gvatua motions to adjourn at 8:50pm. Second by Ryan. Unanimously approved.

 

Meeting Minutes

3/16/2020

Call to Order by Alexander Gvatua at 7:10PM, seconded by Andrew Crockett, unanimously approved

Welcome and introductions

• • Allie to do intro and ice breaker

Approval of Minutes

Angel Martinez motions to approve minutes from 03/16/2020. Ryan seconds. Unanimously approved.

Officer Reports

President: Angel Martinez

• Election updates
  • Matt Mahan won D10 primary
  • Sylvia Arenas won her seat re-election
  • Glad that 4 out of the 6 SVYD endorsed young Dems won the primaries

Vice President: Alexander Gvatua

• Excited about primary results
• Future meetings will be held via Zoom until further notice

Membership Director: Allie Hughes

• Glad everyone is keeping safe and doing their part to stop the spread of COVID-19; remains positive during this uncertain time

Treasurer: Ryan Globus

• Would appreciate feedback for first SVYD general meeting held via Zoom
• Fundraiser, initially scheduled for this month, is cancelled
• Fundraiser will be held via Zoom and the date is TBD

Political Director: Mustafa Arshad

• Content about primary results
• Consideration of endorsement for Crystal that is running for DNC

Secretary: Brenda Vargas

• Official Democrats at SJSU club is established
• Looking forward to socials with Dems @ SJSU and SVYD

 

Old Business

New business

• Primary election results
  • City Council
    • D-2: Sergio Jimenez won re-election
    • D-4: David Cohen came in first place at 36.52% and Huy Tran came third place at 23.3%
    • D-6: Jake Tonkel (Green Party) won 27.9% and Dev Davis won at 46.8%
    • D-8: Silvia Arenas won first place at 60.5%
    • D-10: Matt Mahan won primary election
  • Magdalena Carasco D-3 Supervisor race is going to be tight
  • State Assembly District 25- Alex Lee had great showing for AD 27
  • State Senate District 15- Dave Cortese won primary
  • Measure G passed at 58.6% and Measure H failed by 62.3%
• Huy Tran campaign update
  • Although results were not desirable, campaign had the most volunteers and was impactful
  • Thankful for SVYD support
• Consideration of endorsement for Crystal Araujo for DNC
  • Motion to endorse Crystal Araujo for DNC by Mustafa, second by Emily Ramos
  • 11 in favor, 0 opposed, 0 abstaining
    • Motion passes

Announcements

• Mustafa
  • Thankful for everyone that joined the meeting;
  • Expects to continue support for SVYD endorsed candidates in November
  • Invites people to join endorsement committee
• Angel
  • Expects to host future fundraiser at Ludwigs, local German restaurant and bar
  • Will use money to recruit and train young democrats to run for office
• Erik
  • Complete the 2020 Census

Adjournment

Ryan Globus motions to adjourn at 8:40. Andrew Crockett seconds. Unanimously approved.

Meeting Minutes

2/17/2020

Call to Order by Alexander Gvatua at 7:31PM, seconded by Angel Martinez, unanimously approved

Welcome and introductions

Intro and ice breaker

Approval of minutes

Christophe motions to approve minutes from 2/17/2020.  Kathy Tran seconds. Unanimously approved

Officer reports

President: Angel Martinez

• Make sure to inform and invite people to SVYD meetings
• Expand membership
• Make sure to vote for SVYD endorsed delegates

Vice President: Alexander Gvatua

• Endorsement committee to reconvene after March primary to interview candidates for smaller city and school board races

Membership Director: Allie Hughes

• SVYD E-Board to create forums for young people interested in running for office
• OCI (Orchard City Individual) at United Church of Christ in Campbell to host event
• Young Dems at Womens Adobe Center

Finance Director: Ryan Globus

• Bylaw changes to allow early endorsements for SVYD members first and to change the voting majority from 60% to more than 50% of the majority
• Fundraising for SVYD happening after primaries
• Joint happy hour with Stanford Young Democrats and Peninsula Young Democrats on Friday (2/21/20) at Patio at 7pm

Political Director: Mustafa Arshad

• Dates to keep in mind:
• Phone banking for Sylvia Arenas to be held in Santa Clara County Democrat Headquarters on 2/1820
• Walk for Otto Lee on 2/22/20
• Walk for Sergio Jimenez on 2/29/20

Secretary: Brenda Vargas

• N/A

Old Business

• Campaign walks for endorsed candidates
  • Need more SVYD members  to show up to joint walks  in order to show support to endorsed candidates

New business

• Primary elections
  • Make sure to vote during primary elections and remind others
  • State now permits voters to change party affiliation on election day

• Consideration to endorse the split roll tax amendment
  • Motion to endorse the split roll tax amendment by Andrew Crockett and second by Mustafa Arshad
  • 10 in favor, 0 against, 1 abstention
    • Motion passes

• Consideration to endorse City of San Jose Suicide Prevention
  • Motion to endorse the City of San Jose Suicide Prevention by Jules and second by Emily
  • 12 in favor and 0 against 0 abstention
    • Motion Passes

Announcements

• Cristal Araujo running to become a representative in DNC and wants to be considered for endorsement
• Phone banking for Sylvia Arenas happening 2/18/20
• Contact Kathy Tran to phone bank for Bernie Sanders
• Gov Newsom will give State of the State on Wednesday 2/19/20

Adjournment

Alexander Gvatua motions to adjourn at 8:20pm. Second by Jules. Unanimously approved.

 

Meeting Minutes

1/27/2020

Call to Order by at 7:20PM by Alexander Gvatua, seconded by Allie Hughes, unanimously approved.

Approval of Minutes

Alexander Gvatua motions to approve minutes from 01/27/2020. Mustafa seconds. Unanimously approved

 

Welcome and introductions

• Allie to do intro and ice breaker

 

Officer reports

President: Angel Martinez

• SVYD endorsed candidates need to continue being supported before elections
  • Canvassing opportunities for these candidates on Facebook page.

Vice President: Alexander Gvatua

• Look out for canvassing opportunities.
• Our holiday fundraiser was a great success
  • Raised four times as much money as we did in the entirety of 2018

Membership Director: Allie Hughes

• Origin city is having a meeting in Campbell
• SVYD endorsed Jimenez and will have an event on February 1, 2020, from 1-2pm

Treasurer: Ryan Globus

• Joint happy hour with Stanford and Peninsula Young Democrats on February 21, 2020
  • Look out for Facebook events.

Political Director: Mustafa Arshad

• Volunteer opportunities
  • Cindy Chavez State of the County Address- January 29, 5-7PM
  • Matt Mahan- 10AM on February 1, 2020

Secretary: Brenda Vargas

• N/A

Old Business

• Motion to endorse Brenda Vargas as secretary by  Alexander Gvatua, second by Allie Hughes
  • 14 in favor, 0 opposed, 0 abstaining
    • Motion passes

New business

• Motion to endorse Michael Vargas for AD-25 delegate by second by Allie Huges
  • 14 in favor, 0 Opposed, 0 abstentions
    • Motion passes
• Motion to endorse Jessica Mathews for AD-28 delegate by Mustafa Arshad, second by Ryan Globus
  • 11 in favor, 0 opposed, 3 abstentions
    • Motion passes
• Motion to endorse Emily Ramos for AD-24 delegate by Christophe Labelle, second by Andrew
  • 15 in favor, 0 opposed, 0 abstaining
    • Motion passes
• Motion to endorse Measure G&H  by Angel Martinez second by Andrew Crockett
  • 12 in favor, 0 opposed, 3 abstentions
    • Motion passes
• Motion to endorse Diego Martinez AD-27 by Mustafa Arshad, second by Jessica Matthews
  • 14 in favor, 0 opposed, 0 abstaining
    • Motion passes
• Guest speaker: Monica Mallon
• Motion to endorse a resolution supporting VTA re-allocation of 2016 Measure B funds to transit by Angel Martinez, second by Mustafa Arshad
  • 13 in favor, 0 opposed, 1 abstention
    • Motion passes
• Motion to endorse Protect Juristic Mutsun sacred grounds by saying NO to sand and gravel mining at Juristac by Mustafa Arshad, second by Allie Hughes
  • 14 in favor, 0 opposed, 1 abstention
    • Motion passes

Announcements

• Karina Dominguez welcomes us to Milpitas
• Mustafa to go over campaign walk dates
• SB 50, call state senator to get it passed by assembly
• Call to action- Sylvia Arenas – Feb 8th Joint walk at 10am
• Ruben Navaro: Candidate for SJ City Council District 6

Adjournment

Alexander Gvatua motions to adjourn at 9:01, Angel Martinez seconds. Unanimously approved.

Meeting Minutes

11/18/2019

Call to Order by Angel Martinez at 7:38, seconded by Alexander Gvatua, unanimously approved

Approval of Minutes

Alexander Gvatua motions to approve minutes from 10/22/2019. Alex Lee seconds. Unanimously approved.

Officer Reports

President Angel Martinez

• There will be a lot of walking for our endorsed candidates in months to come
  • Look out on Facebook and email for notice of campaign walks
• Bolstering fundraising is a priority

Membership Director Allie Hughes

• Absent today

Interim Treasurer Ryan Globus

• Absent today

Interim Political Director Mustafa Arshad

• Endorsement committee interviewed candidates for AD-25
  • Committee recommends endorsing Alex Lee
• Seeking more members for endorsement committee
• Please turn out to walk for our endorsed candidates!

Secretary Alexander Gvatua

• Councilmember Sylvia Arenas’s reelection campaign will be hosting an event on November 23rd, 2-4pm
  • 3040 Beckley Drive, San Jose, CA 95135

Old Business

AD-25 Endorsement

• Motion to endorse Alex Lee by Justin Lardinois, second by Andrew Crockett
  • 9 in favor, 0 opposed, 1 abstaining
    • Motion passes

Reimbursement for subsidized convention costs

• Motion to approve the funds by Alex Lee, second by Mustafa Arshad
  • Motion unanimously passes

New Business

• Motion to endorse Allie Hughes for AD-27 delegate by Alex Caraballo, second by Andrew Crockett
  • 12 in favor, 0 opposed, 0 abstentions
    • Motion passes
• Motion to endorse Justin for AD-28 delegate by Christophe Labelle, second by Alexander Gvatua
  • 11 in favor, 0 opposed, 1 abstaining
    • Motion passes
• Motion to adopt new bylaws by Christophe Labelle, second by Alex Lee
  • 11 in favor, 0 opposed, 1 abstention
    • Motion passes
• Motion to elect Alexander Gvatua as Vice President by Angel Martinez, second by Mustafa Arshad
  • 12 in favor, 0 opposed, 0 abstaining
    • Motion passes
• Motion to elect Ryan Globus as finance director by Angel Martinez, second by Mustafa Arshad
  • 12 in favor, 0 opposed, 1 abstention
    • Motion passes
• Motion to elect Mustafa as political director by Angel Martinez, second by Andrew Crockett
  • 12 in favor, 0 opposed, 0 abstaining
    • Motion passes
• Fundraising committee convened

Adjournment

Alexander Gvatua motions to adjourn at 8:40. Christophe Labelle seconds. Unanimously approved.

Meeting Minutes

10/22/2019

 

Call to Order by Ryan Globus at 7:36, seconded by Alexander, unanimously approved

Approval of Minutes

Ryan motions to approve minutes from 9/16/2019. Alexander seconds. Unanimously approved.

Officer Reports

Interim President Ryan Globus

• Junior States of America is hosting a convention in San Jose on November 16th
  • Let us know if you’re interested in tabling!
• Marc Berman is holding a fundraiser in Menlo Park on October 26th
• Congresswoman Eshoo is hosting a fundraiser in Atherton on October 26th as well
• Congresswoman Eshoo’s Palo Alto office is hiring for two staffers
  • Contact ryan@svyd.org for more information if you are interested in applying!

Membership Director Allie Hughes

• Nothing to report

Treasurer Jonathan Perez

• Absent (report by Secretary)
  • Jonathan is stepping down as treasurer
  • The pull up banner has been completed

Political Director Angel Martinez

• Nothing to report

Secretary Alexander Gvatua

• Sergio Lopez’s campaign is hosting a fundraiser on November 9th at LvL Up in Campbell
• SVYD will be doing a joint walk with Huy Tran, our endorsed candidate for San Jose City Council District 4
  • November 2nd at 10am– see the Facebook event for more info!

Old Business

Board of Supervisors District 3

• Motion to endorse Magdalena by Matt Savage, second by Angel
  • 4 in favor, 7 opposed, 3 abstentions
• Motion to endorse Otto Lee by Justin, second by Mustafa
  • 12 in favor, 4 abstentions
    • Motion passes– Otto Lee is endorsed by SVYD!

New Business

 

• Motion to approve a $300 expenditure for Sergio’s fundraiser by Angel, second by Mustafa
  • 14 in favor, 2 abstentions
  • Motion passes

 

 

Consideration of endorsement in Assembly District 25

 

• Jessica motions to endorse Alex Lee, Mustafa seconds
  
  • 9 in favor, 2 oppose, 3 abstain
    • Motion fails

• Matt motions to delay endorsement until all other candidates are interviewed, Ryan seconds

• • 14 in favor, 1 abstention
    • Motion passes

 

Nominations for President

 

• Kathy nominates Angel Martinez, second by Alexander

• Ryan nominates Justin Lardinois, second by Angel

• Matt motions to elect Angel Martinez for president, Alexander seconds
  • 10 in favor, 3 against, 1 abstention
    • Motion passes: Angel is elected president!

 

Nominations for Membership Director

 

• Angel motions to elect Interim Membership Director Allie Hughes, Ryan seconds
  • 14 in favor, none against, no abstentions
    • Motion passes

 

 

Announcements

• Alexander: The Environmental Committee has been convened with Jessica Matthew as chair– contact Alexander or Jessica if interested in joining!
  • Remember, we will be discussing bylaw amendments– and possibly electing a vice president– in our November meeting
• Angel: Ryan and Mustafa are appointed as interim treasurer and interim political director, respectively
• Kathy: Assemblymember Low will be hosting a town hall on firearm safety with Shannon Watts, the founder of Moms Demand Action
  • November 11th at Orchard City Banquet Hall in Campbell at 10am
  • Contact Kathy for more info!
• Christophe: CADEM convention will be held in Long Beach November 15-17
  • Contact Christophe for more information if interested
• Sergio Lopez: Our campaign will be hosting a meet-and-greet on Saturday at 4pm at Emmy Thurber’s house in Los Altos
  • See Facebook event for more information
• Matt: Supervisor Joe Simitian is holding his annual fundraiser
  • Congressman Eric Swalwell will be a special guest
    • Contact Matt Savage for more information!
• Jessica: South Bay Indigenous Solidarity will be hosting an event to talk about the Juristac site
  • October 29th from 7-9 at First Unitarian Church
• Allie: Jenny Higgins will be hosting a birthday fundraiser at Legends Pizza on Friday from 5:30-8

Adjournment

Ryan motions to adjourn at 9:26. Alexander seconds. Unanimously approved.

Meeting Minutes

9/16/2019

 

Call to Order by Kathy Tran at 7:26.

Approval of Minutes

Alexander motions to approve minutes from 8/19/2019. Justin seconds. Unanimously approved.

Officer Reports

President Kathy Tran

• CYD is hosting its Tahoe retreat on the weekend of October 18
  • $50 to register early, but we can subsidize the cost if needed
• Kathy will be stepping down as president at our next meeting

Membership Director Ryan Globus

• Planning a new member mixer for October
  • If you’re interested in helping to plan the mixer, contact Ryan or Alexander
• Golden friend award
  • Whoever refers the most new members to SVYD will win a prize at the end of the year!

Treasurer Jonathan Perez

• Nothing new to report (other than that Kathy is awesome and shall be missed)

Political Director Angel Martinez

• Endorsement committee has completed the interview process for local candidates

Secretary Alexander Gvatua

• Debate watch party for the October 14/15 debates
  • If interested in attending or hosting, contact Alexander or Ryan
• If you want to host any kind of informal social event, like a hike or a game night, contact Alexander

New Business

• Endorsement committee debrief and recommendations
  • Consent calendar
    • Endorse Kansen Chu for Board of Supervisors District 3
    • Endorse Shelly Masur for Senate District 13
    • Endorse Dave Cortese for Senate District 15
    • Endorse Councilmember Sergio Jimenez for San Jose District 2
    • Endorse Huy Tran for San Jose District 4
    • No endorsement for San Jose District 6
    • No recommendation for San Jose District 10
• All races except San Jose District 2 pulled
  • Kathy motions to endorse Sergio Jimenez for District 2, Elijah seconds
    • Motion passes unanimously
• Jonathan motions to endorse Sylvia Arenas for San Jose District 8, Matt seconds
  • Motion passes unanimously

Board of Supervisors District 3

• Justin motions to sole endorse Otto Lee, Ryan seconds
  • 6 ayes, 9 nays, 5 abstentions
    • Motion fails
• Brenda motions to table the vote until October meeting, Elijah seconds
  • 8 ayes, 7 nays, 4 abstentions
    • Motion fails
• Matt motions to sole endorse Kansen Chu, Alexander seconds
  • 3 ayes, 13 nays, 4 abstentions
    • Motion fails
• Matt motions to table until the vote until October meeting, Ryan seconds
  • 16 ayes, 1 nay, 3 abstentions
    • Motion passes

Senate District 13

• Lucas motions to delay our endorsement until after the primary, Jessica seconds
  • 5 ayes, 9 nays, 3 abstentions
    • Motion fails
• Matt motions to sole endorse Shelly Masur, Alexander seconds
  • 9 ayes, 4 nays, 4 abstentions
    • Motion fails
• Christophe moves to sole endorse Sally Lieber, Jordan seconds
  • 6 ayes, 7 nays, 4 abstentions
    • Motion fails
• Kathy motions to dual endorse Josh Becker and Shelly Masur, Alexander seconds
  • 5 ayes, 7 nays, 3 abstentions
    • Motion fails
• Justin moves for no endorsement, Matt seconds
  • 10 ayes, 3 nays, 2 abstentions
    • Motion passes

Senate District 15

• Kathy motions to sole endorse Dave Cortese, Elijah seconds
  • 5 ayes, 4 nays, 5 abstentions
    • Motion fails
• Alexander motions to sole endorse Ann Ravel, Ryan seconds
  • 7 ayes, 6 nays, 1 abstention
    • Motion fails
• Mustafa motions to sole endorse Dave Cortese, Elijah seconds
  • 10 ayes, 5 nays
    • Motion passes

San Jose City Council District 4

• Matt motions to sole endorse Huy Tran, Kathy seconds
  • 13 ayes, 2 abstentions
  • Motion passes

San Jose City Council District 6

• Matt motions to make no endorsement in the race, Ryan seconds
  • 13 ayes, 1 no, 1 abstention
    • Motion passes

San Jose City Council District 10

• Allie motions to dual endorse Matt Mahan and Jenny Higgins, Elijah seconds
  • 5 ayes, 10 nos
    • Motion fails

Announcements

• San Jose Union School District Board of Education will be holding a special session regarding the district’s employee housing initiative
  • Monday September 23 at 6PM
  • San Jose High, Multipurpose Room, 275 North 24th Street

Adjournment

Kathy motions to adjourn at 12:15. Angel seconds. Unanimously approved.