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.