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Meeting was called into order by President Alex Wara at 7:18 PM.
Lucas Ramirez motioned to approve the agenda, Abby Longcor seconded.

Abby L. motioned to approve the minutes from the last meeting, Matthew Dalton seconded.

I) Welcomes, Introduction

II) Guest speakers:
SCCDP Women’s Gender Equity Committee Members Anna Ko and Darcie Green.

III) Officer Reports:

• President (Alex Wara):
  • CDP planning committee
  • Fundraising committee
• Political Director (Justin Carvalho):
  • Endorsement committee
  • Campaign questions are in January
  • In Feb, endorsement at membership meeting
• Treasurer (Charles Wilson) was absent for this meeting, so Alex gave the report:
  • 3 members joined and are voting members
  • Mosaic lounge holiday party looking for sponsers
  • Looking for raffle prizes
• Membership director (Emily Ramos)
  • Checking in and badges
  • CYD Retreat Report
• Secretary (Kathy Tran)
  • Eblasts

IV) Old Business

V) New Business

Badges

VI) Announcements

• Helen Chapman: On December 4th, 2015 is the All Clubs Holiday Party. It is free to attend and they will be hosting a coat drive.
• Mike Honda is looking for interns. Contact Jordanpaulnunes@gmail.com if interested.
• Patrick Ahrens announced that Evan Low is having an open house on December 7, 2015 at 3:30 PM.

VII) Adjournment

A motion to adjourn the meeting was called for by Patrick A. and seconded by Lucas R. The meeting was adjourned at 7:46 PM.

Meeting called into order by President Alex Wara at 7:09 pm. Motion seconded by Amanda Montez.

Welcomes, Introductions

Speaker: State Senator Jim Beall

Officer Reports:

President (Alex Wara)
– CYD sign ups
Membership Director (Emily Ramos)
Political Director (Justin Carvalho)
– Early Endorsement: Josh B
Treasurer (Charles Wilson)
– Update: Still in the black
Secretary (Kathy Tran)
– E-blasts, posting job opportunities

Old Business
– Community Service project
– Tahoe Report

New Business
– Early Endorsement request: Joshua Barousse- District 8, SJ City Council
– eligible voters: 22; 21 ayes
– Motion: amanda m., second: andrae m.
– Charles called the Q

– SVYD Holiday Party
– Convention Planning Committee (Sign up)

Announcements
– National political Women’s caucus workshop Sat – Emily R. announced, courtesy of Angelica Ramos
– Andrae M: Canadian elections
– Amanda Montez: oct 21st, 6 pm – gorden birsh supporting – planning commission hearing
– Peter Allen: save the date campaign kickoff at art boutiki @ dec 16 2015
– Ash Kalra: fundraiser @ contentintal dec 3 2015
– Noveed: pydems
– Matt: corinthean ballroom, shining stars
– Raul Peralez: need interns, participatory budgeting 6-8 pm at roosevelt
– Chris Roth: chrisrothsj.com

Adjournment
Motion to adjourn by Andrae, seconded by Charles. The meeting ended at @ 8:21 PM.

Meeting called into order by President Alex Wara at 7:30 PM. The motion to approve and second Agenda is unanimous.

I. Welcomes, Introductions

II. Guest Speaker: San Jose Mayor Sam Liccardo

III. Officer reports:

A. President (Alex Wara)

B. Membership Director (Emily Ramos)

C. Political Director (Justin Carvalho)

D. Treasurer (Charles Wilson III)

E. Secretary (Kathy Tran)

IV. Old business:

Tahoe retreat update

V. New business

A. Partnering with AACSA for Thanksgiving festivities.

i) The day before Thanksgiving, we would work with the agency to serve Thanksgiving dinner to people in the community.

B. BAYMEC Dinner After Party (Oct 3, 2015)

i) Discussion of possible venue ideas

C. Day in the Park Sign Ups (Oct 3, 2015)

i) Need people to sign up for tabling from 9 am – 3 pm

VI. Announcements

A. Amanda Montez has several announcements:

i) SVYD voter registration drive on Oct 14, 2015 at 5:30 PM at the SJSU debate for AD 27

ii) Sept 24, 2015: Santa Clara County League of Conservation Voters’s Annual Environmental Awards and Fundraiser

iii) Silicon Valley Housing Trust hosts: Silicon Valley Good Eats and Treats. The event is on Tuesday, October 6, 2015 at Cafe Stritch, from 5:30 – 7:30 PM. Coupon for a $10 discoun on a ticket: BoardAM. For more information visit: http://www.housingtrustsv.org/event/silicon-valley-good-eats-treats-2/

B. From Peter Allen:

i) Cornerstone of the Arts event, at the California Theatre on October 2, 2015

ii) Marcario showing put on by Teatro Vision running from October 15-20, 2015.

C. Noelani Sallings:

i) Calling for more members to join Emerge California, a training program for young, democratic women. It is a South Bay delegation. Contact her for more details.

D. Alex Shoor:

i) Board Match SV matches volunteers to non-profit boards. This event will be on September 30, 2015 at Google Headquarters from 4:00 – 7:00 PM.

E. Jeremy Barrouse

i) announced September 23, 2015 is National Voter Registration Day and Siren will be having a voter registration drive at SJSU that day.

F. Kieran Kelly

i) September 30, 2015 – Train with Ben and Ken event, registering people for Turkey Trot after a run with Supervisor Ken Yeager and personal trainer Ben Zorn. For county employees

G. Omar Torres:

i) October 3, 2015 – Region 7 Meeting for CDP Delegates, though open to all. Senate President Pro Tempore Kevin de Leon will be present as a special guest. The event is located at the Local 270, downtown San Jose.

H. Andrae Macapinlac

i) Silicon Valley Asian Pacific American Democratic Club’s Annual Dinner is on October 16, Friday. 2015 Awardees include: Congresswoman Anna Eshoo, Assemblyman Rich Gordon, Margaret Okuzumi, and Asian Pacific Environmental Network.

I. Kalen

i) Livestream SJ to expand transparency

J. Emily Ramos

i) Creative Collisions Event at the Tech Museum. Geektober Fest Thurs, Oct 1: Beer tasting. Ask for promo code.

VII. Adjournment

Motion to adjourn the meeting by Kiernan, seconded by all. Meeting adjourned around 9 p.m.

Attendance list:

Meeting called into order by President Alex Wara at 7:15 PM.

A motion to approve the agenda was unanimous.

I. Welcomes and Introductions

II. Guest Speaker Councilmember Magdalena Carrasco

III. Officer Reports:

• President (Alex Wara)
  • Tabling opportunities
• Membership Director (Emily Ramos)
• Political Director (Justin Carvalho)
  • Endorsement Committee
• Treasurer (Charles Wilson III)
• Secretary (Kathy Tran)

Old Business

• Tahoe

New Business

• Motion to endorse Andrae Macapinlac for the support of Senator Bob Wiek by Lucas Rameriez, Jeremy seconds.
• The Endorsement Committee moves the motion to endorse and seconding Peter Allan as a D6 candidate according to our bylaws. 24 voting members were present with 19 votes voted in favor, passing the motion.

VII. Announcements

Job opportunities for unpaid internships at various offices were announced – more details can be found here.

VII. Adjournment

Motion to adjourn the meeting passed unanimously. Meeting is adjourned at 9:01 p.m.

Those who were in attendance at the meeting are listed below here:

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Meeting called into order by the President on 7/20/15. The agenda was unanimously approved.

Welcome and Introductions

Speaker: Milan R. Balinton – Executive Director of the African American Community Service Agency

Officer Reports:

President Alex Wara:

• Everything is chartered. Sign up for committees in the back! We won’t be hosting rooms for convention since it’ll be in San Jose.

Membership Director Emily Ramos:

• Updated status on membership. Announced there will be a purge for members that don’t pay their dues.

Treasurer Charles Wilson:

• We’re in the black!

Secretary Kathy Tran:

• Nothing new to report. Sign up for the Communications Committee!

Old business

New Business

• Retreat Announcement by Alex Wara
• Our speakers for the next upcoming months will be San Jose Councilmember Magdalena Carrasco, and San Jose major Sam Liccardo, respectively
• Recommendation for endorsement for the Cotoni-Coast Dairies National Monument by Amanda Robinson
  • Motion on the floor to discuss the national monument campaign. Amanda Montez  seconds the motion.  Motion passes.
  • Amanda Robinson requests SVYD to write a letter to Obama to request to make this a national monument.

VII. Announcements

• Amanda Montez announced some job opportunities available at the Silicon Valley Leadership Group. Announced that on September 24 is the Santa Clara County League of Conservation Voters’s Annual Awards Fundraiser. For SVYD members and elected officials, the fee is $25 to attend! Amanda talked about sponsorship opportunities available.
• Peter Allen formally declared to run for San jose Councilmember District 6. This is an early endorsement request, and next month will be question session. This is the first announcement he has made about running for District 6.
•  Shaian Mohammadi announced as Omar Torres’s proxy about the Region 7 CDP Meeting on July 25 at Seaside, CA.
• Amanda Robinson invited SVYD members to a debate watch party on Aug 6.
• Emily Ramos announced about the tech museum’s 3D printing and body show.

VII. Adjournment

Motion to adjourn meeting was passed. Meeting ended by 8:30.