Author: Kathy Tran

Meeting called into order by President Emily Ramos at 7:34 PM.

Welcomes and Introductions

Motion to approve the minutes from last month by Lucas Ramirez, seconded by Matt Savage.

Endorsements

Young Democrats that requested early endorsements from the club:

• Mason Fong
• Lucas Ramirez

In order to get the endorsement, you need a 3/4 vote instead of the usual majority. The threshold was 12 votes.

Motion to endorse Mason Fong by Jose Magana, seconded by Matt Savage. The motion passes with 12 votes.

Motion to endorse Lucas Ramirez by Emily Ramos, seconded by Kathy Tran. The motion passes with 14 votes.

Issues:

• Recall Persky Campaign
• Measure A campaign (Rank Choice Voting in Santa Clara)
• No on Measure B campaign (Evergreen Senior Homes)

Motion by Alex Petrosky to have the Recall Persky campaign reach out to Republican groups. Motion fails.

Motion by Cassie Mancini to support and endorse the Recall Persky campaign, seconded by Jesus Salazar. Discussion about previous motion that Alex Petrosky put forth. Matt Savage calls the question. The motion to support the Recall Persky campaign passes.

Motion by Tara Sreekrishnan to table to vote on Measure A until the next meeting, seconded by Cassie Mancini.

The motion is substituted by Emily Ramos to support Measure A, seconded by Ryan Globus. The substitute motion fails.

The motion by Tara to table to vote on Measure A passes.

Angel Martinez the political director discloses that he is personally against the Measure B campaign.

Motion by Jose Magana to vote in support of the No on Measure B campaign, seconded by Matt Savage. The motion passes.

Reimbursements:

Motion to reimburse the e-board funds that paid for housing for convention by Matt Savage, seconded by Cassie Mancini. Motion passes.

Officer Reports:

President Emily Ramos: Thanks for coming.

Treasurer Alex Petrosky: Discussion of new bylaws amendment. Plans to form a financial committee and start fundraising.

Political Director Angel Martinez: Thank you for coming to the meeting and participating! Join the endorsements committee.

Secretary Kathy Tran: Save the Date, April 6 for a Young Dems mixer.

Membership Director: Let us know about tabling opportunities.

Announcements:

1. Jose Magana: Support for library reducing fines.
2. Jennie Richardson: Talk to me if you want to get involved in the Recall Persky Campaign.
3. Michael Melillo: Anyone who is interested in forming a Blue Dog Democratic club, come talk to me.
4. Ryan Globus: The March For Our Lives San Jose is this Saturday, March 24th. I’ll be attending with some friends, and if anyone is going, we can all meet up.

Adjounment

Motion to adjourn the meeting at 9:10 PM by Angel Martinez, seconded by Patrick Ahrens.

Minutes – 2/19/18

President Emily Ramos calls the meeting to order at 7:21 pm.

Welcomes and Introductions

Political Director Elections:

Angel Martinez

Antonia Zavala

 

Motion to elect Angel Martinez by Kathy Tran, seconded by Ryan Globus.

Discussion

Call to question: Andrae Wara-Macapinlac

Motion passes with 11 votes  

Congratulations to Angel Martinez! You are our new political director!

 

Officer Reports:

• President Emily Ramos
  • Sign up for endorsement committee
• Membership Director Jesus Salazar
• Treasurer Alex Petrosky
• Secretary Kathy Tran
  • SCCDP Central Committee Update
• Political Director
  • Welcome!

Old business

• Convention
  • CYD passes – buy them if you haven’t already!
  • Sign up for hotel room: https://goo.gl/forms/2YtnuP0iRlVWi2pC3
  • Transportation

New business

• Candidate and Issues Meet and Greet
  • Fair Vote Project
  • Susan Ellenberg for District 4 Supervisor
  • Recall Persky Campaign
  • Evergreen Senior Homes Initiative
  • Representative from the Dominic Caserta for District 4 Supervisor Campaign
  • Representative from the Don Rocha for District 4 Supervisor Campaign
  • John Cordus from Sunnyvale advocating for SB100, the Protect Coyote Valley campaign, and also announced he is running for Sunnyvale City Council  
  • Anti-recall Persky Campaign
  • Against the Evergreen Senior Homes Initiative Campaign (Committee for Green Hills)

Announcements

• Emy Thurber: 2 slots for proxies for AD27
• Antonia Zavala: Listening to Trump’s America Event – Saturday, February 24, 2018 12-1 pm at Convention
• Andrae Wara-Macapinlac: update on SB16 and SB298
• Emily Ramos: proxies to convention, next meeting  
• Kathy Tran: Assemblymember Evan Low – Hospitality suite with Kaskade on February 24, 2018  
• Angelica Ramos: National Women’s Political Caucus – come up with app We Said Enough.Com  
• Jesus Salazar: SEIU National Day of Action – Right to Work Day February 26, 2018. For more information, please contact

Adjournment

Motion by Emily Ramos to adjourn at 8:11 pm. Seconded by Andrae Wara-Macapinlac.

 

Meeting called into order 7:33 pm.

Our guest speaker for this month was  County Supevisor Joe Simitian who spoke to us about his insights and his experience traveling to 3 countries that historically turned out for Obama but voted for Trump in 2016.

No old business

New Business

• Convention Sign ups

Announcements

• Alan Wong: Redwood City Accountable and Affordable health care initiative
• Antonia Zavala: State of the County, 2/8
• Ellen Kamei: At the next SCCDP Central Committee meeting, the SVAPADC Club wanted to change the name of the dinner of the Four Freedoms club. SVYD and PYD is in support.
• Patrick Ahrens: On 3/18, Asm. Evan Low is hosting a Lunar New Year fundraiser. Anyone that wants to attend and sit at the young dems table, let him know.

Motion to end the meeting by Kathy Tran, seconded by Angel Martinez. Adjourned at 8:57 PM.