Author: Cassie Mancini

Silicon Valley Young Democrats

Meeting Minutes: September 17, 2018

Call to Order by Kathy Tran at 7:20 PM.

APPROVAL OF MINUTES

Jose Magaña motions to approve minutes. Matt Savage seconds the motion. Motion approved by voice vote.

GUEST PRESENTIONS

• Assemblymember Ash Kalra, 27th District
• Kevin Dowling, Habitat for Humanity
• SURPRISE: Senator Kevin de León

OFFICER REPORTS

President Kathy Tran

• Nothing to report.

Membership Director Antonia Zavala

• New Member Mixer planned for October 5th. Ryan, Jeremy, and Jonathan are assisting Antonia in coordination.

Treasurer Jonathan Perez

• SVYD will get a Zelle bank account to attempt to circumvent fees.

Political Director Angel Martinez

• All of the SVYD endorsed candidates were endorsed by the Democratic Central Committee.

Secretary Cassie Mancini

• Nothing to report.

OLD BUSINESS

• New SVYD Logo

Emily motions to approve the logo without the establishment date. Ryan seconds the motion. Motion passes by voice vote.

• Endorsements Review

No more candidate endorsements considered to keep the process fair and equitable.

• Location for General Membership Meetings

Peter Allen suggests that we have a conversation with the Dem Headquarters because that space is meant for clubs (about better planning/advance notice).

NEW BUSINESS

• SVYD Midterm Challenge
  • Golden Sneakers Campaign
    • Emily offers to make Christmas ornaments with the new logo as a prize
    • Ryan suggests a virtual raffle ticket for each door
  • New Members Challenge
• New Members Mixer
  • Friday, October 5th at 55 South. Please bring a friend.
• Overview of Select Ballot Measures
  • Presentation of Measures V & T.

Jose Magaña motions to endorse measures V & T. Matt Savage seconds the motion. 5 in favor. 6 oppose/abstain. Motion fails. SVYD will take up endorsements of Measures V & T next meeting.

ADJOURNMENT

Cassie motions to adjourn. Ryan seconds the motion. Motion passes by voice vote.

Meeting adjourned at 9:17 PM.

Silicon Valley Young Democrats
Meeting Minutes: August 20, 2018

 

Call to Order by Kathy Tran at 7:17 PM.

 

APPROVAL OF MINUTES

Abby Longcor motions to approve SVYD meeting minutes from 7/16/2018, seconded by Jose Magaña. Motion passes.

 

OFFICER REPORTS

President Kathy Tran

• Logo change
  • Kathy Tran motions to table the discussion on the logo to next month, seconded by Abby Longcor.
  • 9 in favor. 3 abstentions. Motion to the table to the discussion on the logo change to next month passes.
• SVYD Facebook Group
• Partnerships & Survey
  • Please take advantage of the 21st Century Democratic Club discount for Young Democrats.

Membership Director Antonia Zavala

• Merchandise
  • We will start a conversation about ordering after we decide on a logo.
• New Membership Mixer
  • If you are interested in helping plan the New Membership Mixer please contact Antonia.
• Discussion: potential new venue?
  • If you have any discussions, recommendations, or feedback, contact Antonia.

Treasurer Jonathan Perez

• Food: please give Jonathan your suggestions if you know of any local businesses willing to donate food or give us a discount.
• E-bank suggestions: Paypal charges us a substantial fee. We would like to avoid this. Please give Jonathan your E-bank suggestions between now and next meeting.

Political Director Angel Martinez

• Moving forward: please give three weeks notice and make SVYD hosts of events on Facebook
• Bingo Card: reward system for being an active member

Secretary Cassie Mancini

• Social Media & Endorsed Candidates Policy

 

NEW BUSINESS

Endorsement Committee Debrief

Thank you to Ryan Globus for serving as our Endorsement Committee Chair!

Consent Calendar

Justin Lardinois moves to approve the consent calendar (minus the San Jose Unified School District races), Abby Longcor seconds the motions. 

Motion passes unanimously.

• Alum Rock School District
  • Raymond Muller
  • Brenda Zendejas
• East Side Union School District
  • Lorena Angelica Chavez
• Palo Alto Unified School District
  • Shounak Dharap
• Los Gatos Unified School District
  • Courtney Monk
• Oak Grove School District
  • Jorge Pacheco, Jr.
• Campbell Union High School District
  • Basil Saleh
• Mountain View City Council
  • Pat Showalter
• Saratoga City Council
  • Anjali Kausar

 

San Jose Unified School District

Pulled from the consent calendar anonymously. 

 

Jose Magaña (Area 2): recommended candidate

Default motion to sole endorse Jose Magaña. 9 voted in favor. Motion fails.

Ryan Globus motions to sole endorse Peter Allen. Matt Savage seconds. 5 in favor. Motion fails.

Kathy Tran motions to dual endorse Peter Allen and Jose Magaña. Andrew Crockett seconds. 16 in favor. Motion passes. 

 

Michael Melillo (Area 4): recommended candidate

Matt Savage motions to sole endorse Brian Wheatley. Peter Ortiz seconds. 11 in favor. Motion passes.

 

Items not on the agenda.

Rich Tran for Milpitas City Council (reelection)

Cassie Mancini motions to endorse Mayor Rich Tran for reelection. Kathy Tran seconds. 7 in favor. Motion fails.

 

Kristiina Arrasmith for Campbell Union High School District (reelection)

Matt Savage motions to endorse Kristiina Arrasmith for CUHSD. Kathy Tran seconds. 14 in favor. Motion passes.

 

ANNOUNCEMENTS

 

ADJOURNMENT

Angel Martinez motions to adjourn at 9:07. Cassie Mancini seconds. Motion passes.

Silicon Valley Young Democrats

Meeting Minutes: July 16, 2018

Call to Order by Kathy Tran at 7:12 PM.

 

APPROVAL OF MINUTES

Patrick Ahrens motions to approval SVYD meeting minutes from June 25, 2018.

Angelica Ramos seconds the motion.

Motion passes.

 

GUEST PRESENTIONS

Karen Hurst, Professor at San Jose City College

Working with Central Valley Indivisible to lead numerous trips to the Central Valley in August to flip CD-21 (TJ Cox) and CD-22 (Andrew Janz). Contact karen.hurst@sjcc.edu for more information.

 

OFFICER REPORTS

President Kathy Tran

• Kathy attended the CYD Statewide Leadership Conference in Oakland in June. There was no endorsement in the Lt. Governor’s race.
• Conscious San Jose Festival: September 22nd; planning SVYD table to register voters and recruit new members
• ACYD BBQ: South Alameda County Young Democrats will have their 3rd Annual BBQ Fundraiser on Saturday, August 4th from 3-5 PM in Hayward. Contact Kathy if you are interested in attending.

Membership Director Antonia Zavala

• Please pay your membership dues online.
• Contact Antonia if you wish to join the outreach/membership committee. The purpose of this committee is to acknowledge some of the amazing things that our membership is doing

Treasurer Jonathan Perez

• Working to create a bank account separate from any Tax ID

Political Director Angel Martinez

• Lots of endorsements are on the horizon
• You must be a member or an associate member to receive an early endorsement
• The endorsement committee has begun to interview candidates. Need a minimum of 5 members on the endorsement committee.

Secretary Cassie Mancini

• Youth Takeover of the Santa Clara County Democratic Party Central Committee: youth in our community passed a number of very progressive resolutions
• There will be a new Youth Delegate to the SCCDP Central Committee. Be sure to talk to Bill James or Judy Pipkin if you know anyone who would be good.

 

NEW BUSINESS

Joint Campaign Walk Launch for Lucas Ramirez

August 4th with special guest Senator Jerry Hill

 

Kevin de Leon Requests an Early Endorsement

General Discussion: Should we as a club break with precedent and endorse at the federal level?

Justin motions to allow consideration of endorsement in this race. Ryan seconds the motion.

Vote | Yes: 6, No: 9; motion to allow consideration of endorsement in U.S. Senate race fails.

Clarification: voting for early endorsement is 3/4rd or more threshold (inclusive)

Website update needed. Therefore, early endorsed folks need a total of 18 votes.

 

Cory Wolbach: Re-election to Palo Alto City Council

Matt Savage motions to endorse Cory Wolbach for Palo Alto City Council. Emily Ramos seconds.

Vote | Yes: 18, No: 0; motion to endorse Cory Wolbach for Palo Alto City Council passes.

 

Rich Tran: Re-election to Milpitas City Council

Patrick Ahrens motions to endorse. Sameer Kausar seconds.

Vote | Yes: 16, Abstentions: 4, No: 4; motion to endorse Rich Tran for Milpitas City Council fails. Endorsement Committee will take on that race.

 

Karina Dominguez: Milpitas City Council

Angelica Ramos motions to endorse. Patrick Ahrens seconds.

Vote | Yes: 19, Abstentions: 3, No: 0; motion to endorse Karina Dominguez for Milpitas City Council passes.

 

Chris Miller: Campbell Union School District

Jules motions to endorse. Matt Savage seconds the motion.

Vote | Yes: 21, Abstentions: 3, No: 0; motion to endorse Chris Miller for Campbell Union School District passes. 

 

Ellen Kamei: Mountain View City Council

Patrick Ahrens motions to endorse Ellen Kamei. Paul seconds the motion.

Vote | Yes: 18, Abstentions: 4, No: 0; motion to endorse Ellen Kamei for Mountain View City Council passes.

 

San Jose Unified School Board

Jules motions to endorse Peter Allen for San Jose Unified School Board Area 2. Emily Ramos seconds the motion.

Vote | Yes: 11, Abstentions: 6, No: 2; motion to endorse Peter Allen for San Jose Unified School Board Area 2 fails.

Patrick Ahrens motions for a dual-endorsement of Jose Magana and Peter Allen. Emily Ramos seconds the motion.

Vote | Yes: 10, Abstentions: 5, No: 5; motion to dual-endorse Jose Magana and Peter Allen for San Jose Unified School Board Area 2 fails. 

Kathy Tran motions to endorse Jose Magana. Justin seconds the motion.

Vote | Yes: 8, Abstentions: 12, No: 2; motion to endorse Jose Magana for San Jose Unified School Board Area 2 fails.

 

DISCUSSION

Ideas & Feedback for the 2018-2019 Year

• Women’s Leadership Committee
• Mixers and Social

Cassie motions for Ryan to be the SVYD Social Chair. Seconded

Vote | unanimous; motion to make Ryan SVYD Social Chair passes.

Peter Allen pledges to assist with Associate Member recruitment. Peter Allen elected Associate Member Recruitment Chair. 

Discussion: White Supremacist Posters in West Vally Cities

• Call the police if you see any racist posters so they can fingerprint it.
• Reach out to CAIR and the ADL.
• A hate crime is a felony.
• How can WE counter white nationalists? Promote what we stand for. Lawn signs? Laptop stickers?

 

ANNOUNCEMENTS

August 4th: Walks for Lucas Ramirez, Ellen Kamei, and Karina Dominguez

Cory Wolbach offers to host a joint walk day out of his home.

See Emily Ramos to add your name to endorse Congresswoman Anna Eshoo.

 

ADJOURNMENT

Kathy Tran motions to adjourn the meeting at 9:38 PM. Angel seconds the motion.

Motion passes by voice vote.

Silicon Valley Young Democrats

Meeting Minutes: June 25, 2018

 

Call back to order after the election of new officers: 19:56

ANNOUNCEMENTS

Rainbow Water Tower for Pride Month with Assemblymember Evan Low

Thursday, June 28th at 7:00 PM

Campbell Water Tower

The City of San Jose voted to eliminate late fees for children using the library system

See Jose Magana for more details.

SVAPADC hosts Dinner with a Dem on July 9th at 7:00 PM in the SCCDP Headquarters

See Kathy Tran for more details.

 

Patrick Ahrens motions to adjourn. Emily Ramos seconds the motion.

Meeting Adjourned at 8:02 PM