September 26, 2022 Minutes

9/26/2022

  1. Call to order: Erik called to order at 7:07PM
  2. Approval of August Meeting Minutes: https://svyd.org/august-29-2022-minutes/
    • Allie moves, Christophe Seconds
  3. Officer Reports
    • President: Allie Hughes 
      • Congressional PAID Canvassing opportunity in Congressional district 41 and 45 from Oct 28-30. Will be fully paid (hotels/transportation)
    • Vice President: Erik Poicon
    • Membership Director: Christophe LaBelle
      • Working on Bylaws amendment for dues process
    • Finance Director: Ryan Globus
      • No major updates
    • Political Director: Neil McClintick
      • Mentioned upcoming dates for canvassing events over October
    • Communications Director: Jaria Jaug
      • Updating all social media, gauged where everyone is at to get notified 
  4. New Business
    • Fremont Unified High School District
      • Trustee Naomi Nakano-Matsumoto (Incumbent)
      • Trustee Rosa Kim
      • Stanley Kou
        • Motion to endorse all three candidates from Allie, Seconded by Neil: 11 yes – 0 noes
    • Mountain View Whisman School District 
      • Trustee Devon Conley
        • Motion to endorse by Ryan, Seconded from Allie: 11 yes – 0 noes
    • Mountain View Los Altos School District
      • Thida Cornes
        • Motion to endorse by Allie, Seconded from Ryan: 11 yes – 0 noes
    • Gilroy City Council
      • Ronald Robinson, Jr.
        • Motion to endorse by Allie, Seconded from Jaria: 11 yes – 0 noes
    • Campbell Union High School District
      • James Kim
        • Motion to endorse by Allie, Seconded from Jaria: 11 yes – 0 noes
    • CA State Assembly District 28
      • Gail Pellerin 
        • Motion to endorse by Ryan, Seconded from Allie: 11 yes – 0 noes
  5. Old Business
  6. Announcements
    • CYD – Membership Director – Christophe LeBelle
    • Canvassing Dates
      • October 1st – Richard Mellinger w/ Stonewall
      • October 2nd – Supervisor Chavez, Councilmember Wahab, Jaria Jaug
      • October 9th – Supervisor Chavez, Councilmember Arenas, Councilmember Esparza 
  7. Adjournment

August 29, 2022 Minutes

August 29, 2022

  1. Call to order
  2. Approval of July Minutes
  3. Officer Reports
  • President Allie Hughes
  • Vice President Erik Poicon
  • Membership Director Christophe LaBelle
  • Finance Director Ryan Globus
  • Political Director Neil McClintick
  • Communications Director Jaria Jaug
  1. New Business
  • Rank Choice Voting: Gave presentation
  • Endorsements
    • Oak Grove School District
      • Trustee, Dr.Taunya Jaco – Endorsed
    • Santa Clara City Mayor
      • Councilmember Anthony Becker – Endorsed
    • Milpitas City Mayor
      • Councilmember Karina Dominguez – Endorsed
      • Councilmember Anthony Phan
    • San José Unified Area 2 Trustee
      • José Magaña – Endorsed
    • Berryessa Union School District
      • Jaria Jaug – Endorsed
    • Santa Clara County Board of Education Trustee Area 6
      • Maimona Afzal Berta – Endorsed

5. Old Business

6. Adjournment

September 26, 2022 Agenda

    1. Call to order
    2. Approval of August Meeting Minutes: https://svyd.org/august-29-2022-minutes/
    3. Officer Reports
      • President: Allie Hughes
      • Vice President: Erik Poicon
      • Membership Director: Christophe LaBelle
      • Finance Director: Ryan Globus
      • Political Director: Neil McClintick
      • Communications Director: Jaria Jaug
    4. New Business
      • Fremont Unified High School District
        • Trustee Naomi Nakano-Matsumoto (Incumbent)
        • Trustee Rosa Kim
        • Stanley Kou
      • Mountain View Whisman School District 
        • Trustee Devon Conley
      • Mountain View Los Altos School District
        • Thida Cornes
      • Gilroy City Council
        • Ronald Robinson, Jr.
      • Campbell Union High School District
        • James Kim
      • Endorsements 
    5. Old Business
    6. Announcements
      • CYD – Membership Director – Christophe LeBelle
      • Canvassing Dates
        • October 1st – Richard Mellinger w/ Stonewall
        • October 2nd – Supervisor Chavez, Councilmember Wahab, Jaria Jaug
        • October 9th – Supervisor Chavez, Councilmember Arenas, Councilmember Esparza 
    7. Adjournment

August 29, 2022 Agenda

August 29, 2022

  1. Call to order
  2. Approval of July Minutes (Attach link
  3. Officer Reports
  • President Allie Hughes
  • Vice President Erik Poicon
  • Membership Director Christophe LaBelle
  • Finance Director Ryan Globus
  • Political Director Neil McClintick
  • Communications Director Jaraia Jaug
  1. New Business
  • Rank Choice Voting
  • Endorsements
  • Oak Grove School District
  • Trustee, Dr.Taunya Jaco
  • Santa Clara City Mayor
  • Councilmember Anthony Becker
  • Milpitas City Mayor
  • Councilmember Karina Dominguez
  • Councilmember Anthony Pham
  1. Old Business
  2. Adjournment

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Last updated June 27, 2022.

June 27, 2022 Agenda

June 27, 2022 SVYD General Membership Meeting Agenda

 

Meeting will be at 7pm Pacific on Zoom.

 

  1. Call to order
  2. Approval of May Minutes
  3. Officer Reports
    1. President Allie Hughes
    2. Vice President Erik Poicon
    3. Membership Director
      1. Meeting Time/Place Survey
    4. Finance Director Ryan Globus
      1. July Social
    5. Political Director Mustafa Arshad
      1. June 2022 Election Update
    6. Communications Director Ali Sapirman
  4. New Business
    1. Endorsement: Santa Clara County Supervisor District 1
    2. Endorsement: San José City Council District 7
    3. Endorsement: San José Mayor
      1. Item to be heard at 8pm
    4. Endorsement: Mountain View City Council
    5. Endorsement: Sunnyvale City Council District 3
    6. Board Elections for SVYD 2022-23 Year
  5. Announcements
  6. Adjournment

May 23, 2022 Minutes

Eric Poicon calls the meeting to order at 7:20pm.

 

Officer Reports:

 

Quorum reached at 7:24pm.

 

Mustafa moves to approve April minutes. Passes unanimously.

 

New Business:

  1. Presentation of walking for endorsed candidates by Mustafa
  2. Resolution to Protect Access to Abortion Care
  3. Discussion about PPMM and ways to advocate for abortion 
    1. Planned Parenthood Volunteer Communications: https://www.weareplannedparenthood.org/onlineactions/JIZSD2sEJEKtzX7TBArNqw2?_gl=1*uz81et*_gcl_aw*R0NMLjE2NDg0MTk0ODUuQ2p3S0NBandsb0NTQmhBZUVpd0EzaFZvX1VfWDJPVWpCYlljVTlZLXo0R3JJZV9aVnFrRU1PZmYtNFpjT285MF80RzI2M3NRdW1ZT1B4b0M4NWtRQXZEX0J3RQ..&_ga=2.57038189.677837538.1653346715-144679967.1643397681
    2. Planned Parenthood Volunteer Opportunities: https://www.weareplannedparenthood.org/onlineactions/JIZSD2sEJEKtzX7TBArNqw2?_gl=1*uz81et*_gcl_aw*R0NMLjE2NDg0MTk0ODUuQ2p3S0NBandsb0NTQmhBZUVpd0EzaFZvX1VfWDJPVWpCYlljVTlZLXo0R3JJZV9aVnFrRU1PZmYtNFpjT285MF80RzI2M3NRdW1ZT1B4b0M4NWtRQXZEX0J3RQ..&_ga=2.57038189.677837538.1653346715-144679967.1643397681
    3. Brigid Alliance: https://brigidalliance.org 
  4. Discussion of surveys
    1. Fill out survey! https://tinyurl.com/SVYoungDemsSurvey 
  5. Suspension of bylaws for the consideration of endorsement for Rosemary Kamei for San Jose District 1
    1. Motion to suspend bylaws to consider endorsing Rosemary Kamei by Lucas Ramirez, seconded by Kevin Ma. Motion passes 9-0-1 yes-no-abstain.
    2. Angel moves to endorse Rosemary Kamei for D1, seconded by Christophe. Motion passes 10-1.

 

Announcements

 

Meeting adjourned at 8:16pm.

April 25, 2022 Minutes

Eric Poicon calls the meeting to order at 7:05pm.

 

Allie Hughes moves to approve March 28 minutes, seconded by Angel Martinez. Approved unanimously.

 

Officer Reports

  • Membership Director Chrisophe LaBelle: SVYD year restarts July 1. Make sure contact info is update: https://svyd.org/join-us/membership/
  • Finance Director Ryan Globus: Ballots drop soon – support our endorsed candidates
  • Political Director (Christophe for Mustafa)
  • President Allie Hughes: Supe Susan Ellenberg sent new business item #3 about sexual harrasment at state capitol

 

New Business

  1. Assemblymember Alex Lee bills
    1. Presentation by Maria Montchal from Assemblymember Lee’s office about AB 2053 Social Housing Act
    2. Lucas Ramirez moves to endorse AB 2053, seconded by Angel Marinez. 11-0 motion passes.
  2. Rolando Bonilla resolution to resign from San Jose city council campaign
    1. Daniel Huynh moves to endorse the resolution, seconded by Allie Hughes. 9-0 motion passes.
  3. Letter Urging CA legislature to Address Sexual Harassment & Discrimination in State Capitol: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdws6aSBm2-fuUDVsLwN3TcWX5375_MawCS7ZXToA1KAespMQ/viewform?fbclid=IwAR3V5XAtfAGjB5e_-eXHUFIfusv7ZpEVpV7oHAauE88LOITSJQpIcksPchU
    1. Allie Hughes moves to endorse the letter, seconded by Christophe LaBelle. 12-0 motion passes.
  4. Future general membership meeting date
    1. Eric Anciaux moves to continue at the next meeting after Board can poll membership, seconded by Ryan Globus. 10-0 motion passes.

 

Announcements

  • Christophe: SVLG event Wednesday morning https://www.svlg.org/events/buildingforward/ 
  • Lucas Ramirez: Eric did great job running meeting
  • Eric Poicon: Peter Ortiz walk at 10am on Saturday
  • Angel Martinez: Raul Peralez phone bank Friday April 29 5-6pm. Campaign office open house Saturday April 30. 
  • Alexander Gvatua: Second Lucas’s announcement. Rob Moore campaign kickoff Saturday afternoon for Los Gatos Town Council.
  • Daniel Cao: Rosemary Kamei is seeking volunteers for D1 election.

 

Eric Poicon adjourned meeting at 7:47pm.

March 28, 2022 Agenda

March 28, 2022 SVYD General Membership Meeting Agenda

 

  1. Call to Order
  2. Approval of minutes
    1. February 28, 2022 Minutes
  3. Officer reports
    1. Acting President: Allie Hughes
    2. Membership Director: Christophe Labelle
    3. Finance Director: Ryan Globus
    4. Political Director: Mustafa Arshad
    5. Communications Director: Ali Sapirman
  4. New Business
    1. Consideration of endorsement for Measure B, moving the San Jose Mayoral race to Presidential Election years
      1. Presentation by Neil Park-McClintick
    2. Election of a new Vice President
  5. Announcements
  6. Adjournment

 

February 28, 2022 Minutes

February 28, 2022 General Membership Meeting Minutes

 

Allie Hughes calls the meeting to order at 7:05pm.

 

January minutes passed unanimously.

 

Officer Reports

  • President Alexander Gvatua
    • Stand in solidarity with Ukraine
    • Will be resigning next month
  • Vice President Allie Hughes
    • Will be Acting President
  • Political Director Mustafa Arshad
    • Saturday event campaign rally & canvas for Sajid Khan
    • Housing roundtable March 1 with many elected officials
  • Finance Director Ryan Globus
    • Looking for assistant treasurer to open PAC with FPPC
  • Membership Director Christophe Labelle
  • Communications Director Ali Sapirman

 

New Business

  • Santa Clara County Board of Supes D1 Endorsement
    • Ali Sapirman moves to sole endorse Claudia Rossi, seconded by Justin Lardinois. 11 yes, 1 no, 3 abstain. Motion passes.
  • Early endorsement of Alex Lee for Assembly AD-24
    • Ali Sapirman moves to early endorse Alex Lee, seconded by Jason Park. 15 yes, 0 no, 0 abstain. Motion passes.

 

Announcements

  • Christophe: CA Young Dems Convention this weekend
  • Andrew Crockett: new campaign manager
  • Jason Park: National Young Dems convention in Boise, ID. 
  • Justin Lardinois: Walk events every weekend: https://bit.ly/walkwithjustin
  • Brandon Weaver: Senator Cortese’s office is hiring

 

Allie adjourns the meeting at 8:42pm.