Category: Minutes

MINUTES – August GENERAL MEMBERSHIP MEETING 8/18/2014

Alex called to order at 7:18 p.m.

Agenda approved

1. Welcome and Introductions

II. Guest Speakers:

III. Officer Reports

A. President (Alex)

League of conservation voters is hosting a a fundraiser  Alex would like to know if there is anyone who interested in attending the price is 25 dollars.

B. Vice President of Membership (Emily Ramos)

– Membership is improving especially with the new sign in sheets. There is still young dems that need to pay thier    dues. Please pay them today or online. Thank you.

I. Women’s Leadership Committee Report (Alex Wara)

Sarah Elizabeth Godar is seeking volunteers

C. Secretary (Juan Quinones)

We are doing a voter registration at San Jose State Univeristy.  If you would like to rigetser students at San Jose State please sign up and your running for office and can not attend please send a volunteer to help.

D. Treasurer (Joshua Barrouse )

We are doing well but will do better after today when you all pay your dues.

E. Political Director (Jeff Cardenas)

If the Club has not endorse a candidate  then  please do not use your SVYD title.

Endorsement committee meets regularly if anyone is available they are welcome to give us input.  You can also email your suggestions to me (Jeff).

SVYD didi a great job volunteering for the Sunnyvale recall election if anyone wants to help please contact Lucas

IV. Old Business

New business

Cory Wolbach wants an endorsement for City Council

Omar is seeking endorsement for Franklin Mckinley Board of Trustee

Richard Troung is running for city Council in Milpitas who would like SVYD endorsements.

Open floor for endorsements: Amanda indicates that Cory would be great council member and should endorse

Emily moves motion to endorse  by Cory and Sarah second it

Joshua moves for Omar to be endorse Jordan seconds it  3 abstain

Jeff moves motion to endorse Richard and Joshua seconds motion to endorse Richard.  Motion does not pass.

Discussion and is call to question motion to endorse Richard fails 12 voted to not approve the motion.

Anna Ko  presented  a resolution on behalf  of DAWN and is asking organizations  to support more women to be elected into office

Jeff moves motion and  Cory second it.

Announcement

 

Amanda Robinson is inviting SVYD to attend the Asm. Mark Stone  campaign kick off  on Thursday September 18th 5:30 to 7:30pm at the Trout Farm in Felton 

Jeff moves motion to adjourn meeting  Alex seconds it at 8:45pm

Alex Wara called to order at 7:18 p.m.

Agenda approved
Motion by Jeff Cardenas
JuanQuinones  second it

I. Welcome and Introductions
– Lots of new people – Yay!

II. Guest Speakers
Denise Peralez,: recruiting volunteers for Raul Perlaez campaign for City Council (denisekperalez@yahoo.com)
City Council Candidate for Mountain View Pat Showalter would like to get endorsement from SVYD

III. Officer Reports
A. President (Alex)
– Jeff will present slide regarding resume because our presenter was not able to make it tonight
– She went to the SVYD Mixer held at Oaklan. Alex went green went green she took public transportation.

B. Vice President of Membership (Emily Ramos)
– Membership
Hope to clean up attendance list and we will have upon your second meeting a name tag you can use to be identified. Also members need to pay dues online or in person.

I. Women’s Leadership Committee Report (Alex Wara)
– New chair elected – Sarah Godar

C. Secretary (Juan Quinones)
– Reports that he has drafted a voter registration plan for the exe board to implenment at San Jose State University during the first week of classes. Is seeking support from young deemocrats for volunteers.

D. Treasurer (Joshua Barrouse )
Is working on a Letter to ask for money to associate membership. Is looking forward to our annual holiday party in December so we can raise more funds.

E. Political Director (Jeff Cardenas)
– Participate in a state conference regarding AB 266 transgender equality
Presentation by Councilmember Chris Moylan indicates the recall campaign has five months to get all signature currently.

IV. Old Business
We do not have any more business

Announcement
Mario Lopez looking to hire a field organizer for the Mike Honda for Congress Campaign
Amanda states that there is an open space authority community outreach positon available

Meeting adjourn at 8:54pm

Jeremy montioned it Charles second it 8:54pm

Joshua called to order at 7:17 p.m.

I. Welcome and Introductions

– Lots of new people – Yay!

II. Guest Speakers

A. Commendations from Government offices congratulating the outgoing executive board for their work this past year.

– City commendation, presented by Ash Kalra, signed by Ash Karla, Xavier Campos, Don Rocha, and Kansen Chu

– State Assembly commendation, signed by

– State senate commendation, signed by

– Congressional commendation, signed by

III. Officer Reports

A. President (Joshua Barousse)

– This Saturday, the memorial service for John Vasconcellos needs volunteers, contact Joshua if you can help.

B. Vice President of Membership (Brandon Li)

– Membership has doubled over the past year.

I. Women’s Leadership Committee Report (Alex Wara)

– Event July 10 – Hope to see you there!

C. Secretary (Emily Ramos)

– Currently live streaming. A shout out to Jordan Eldridge, our single viewer for the live stream.

D. Treasurer (Amanda Montez)

– We have over $1000 in our account. Hopefully it can be used for more great membership activities.

E. Political Director (Eric Hernandez)

– Our endorse candidates Dave Cortese (Mayor), Maya Esparza (D7), Kansen Chu (AD25), Bob Wiekowski (SD10), Mike Honda (CA-17), and especially SVYD member Raul Peralez (D3) made it past the run off. Let get ready for November!

IV. Old Business

V. New Business

A. Early Endorsements- General Election 2014 (chaired by Eric Hernandez)

Lucas Ramirez moves to early endorse Ellen Kamei for Mountain View City Council and Richard Nguyen for Campbell Union High School School Board. Angelica Ramos seconds. Motion passes by the discretion of the chair.

B. 2014-2015 Executive Board Nominations (chaired by Joshua Barrouse)

Sean Manalo moves to nominate Alex Wara for the position of SVYD president. Angelica Ramos seconds.

Amanda Montez moves to nominate Emily Ann Ramos for the position of SVYD Membership Director. Brandon Li seconds.

Sean Manalo moves to nominate Juan Quiones for the position of SVYD secretary. Matt Lin seconds.

Shain Mohammadi moves to nominate Joshua Barrouse for the position of SVYD Treasurer.

Jeffery Cardenas was nominated for the position of SVYD Political Director.

Joshua moves for the nomination period to be close.

C. 2014-2015 Executive Board Elections (Chaired by Joshua Barrouse)

Jeffery Cardenas moves for the

The new executive board for Silicon Valley Young Democrats

President: Alex Wara

Treasurer: Joshua Barrouse

Membership Director: Emily Ann Ramos

Secretary: Juan Quiones

Political Director: Jeffery Cardenas

VI. Announcements

Angelica Ramos wanted to thank SVYD for their helping in getting measure AA to pass. Truly ever vote counted.

Raul Peralez wanted to thank SVYD for it’s early support in his candidacy for San Jose City Council District 3. He will host a party next Thursday to thank his supporters.

VII. Adjournment – Meeting was adjourned at 8:18 p.m.

1) Introductions
2) Where we left off
A. Goals for WLC
i. Gaining gender parity within SVYD. Discussed how we can recruit more women
to join the club.
ii. Helping plan social/service projects for the club.
iii. Getting more women involved in the political process
B. Expanding our contact list
i. Want to add more members/organizations to the WLC email list to build
attendance at the meetings
C. Building partnerships
i. Continuing to be on the lookout for people/orgs to partner with
3) July Event
A. Discussed “Women in Tech” speakers series we will be hosting on July 10th
B. Emily will check in with The Tech to try and finalize the venue. We will use UFCW as a backup venue.
C. Alex will reach out to Darcie to fill in DAWN about progress we have made on the event and what help we will need.
4) Planning next Social Event for SVYD
A. Committee agreed to have a Bowling Night for the club. This will also serve as way to recruit members. Will have it before June membership meeting but after the election.
5) Phonebanking for Mike Honda
A. Alex updated the club that the WLC was invited to join DAWN and other organizations to phonebank for Mike Honda.
B. “Women for Mike Honda” phonebank: Friday, May 16th 5:00pm-8:00pm @ the SCC Democratic Headquarters- 2901 Moorpark Avenue, Suite 110, San Jose, CA 95128
6) Next Meeting:
A. June 11th 7pm @Lillie Mae’s House of Soul Food (1290 Coleman Avenue, Santa Clara, CA)

February 17, 2014

Location: UFCW Local 5, 240 S. Market Street, San Jose, CA 95113

 

Called to order from 7:15

Recap call to action – Ann Grabowski

SCC Dem party Issues committee – Amanda Montez and Lucas Ramirez

CYD endorsement Recap – Joshua Barousse

 

Finance Report – $55060.20  in budget – Amanda Montz

Endorsement committee begins – Eric Hernandez

– Short questionnaire

– Meet and Greet

– Reiterate who can vote on endorsements according to bylaws

 

Ballot measure (June)

Mid-penisula Open Space district

Motion to endorse Funding Measure for Midpeninsula Open Space District

Membership voted verbally

No dissent or abstains

Motion Carries

Adjourned at 7:43 pm

 

Continues to Candidate Meet and Greet

Candidates (or representatives of candidates) in attendance

CD 17

Mike Honda (represented by Vedant Patel)

Ro Khanna

SD 10

Bob Wieckowski

Roman Reed

AD 25

Armando Gomez

Teresa Cox (represented by Cassandra Langer)

San Jose Mayor

Sam Liccardo

Dave Cortese

Madison Nguyen (represented by Eddie Truong)

SJ Council- District 1

Paul Fong

Susan Marsland

Bob Levy

SJ Council- District 3

Raul Peralez

Kathy Sutherland

Don Gagliardi

Mauricio Mejia

John Hausman

SJ Council- District 5

Xavier Campos

Aaron Resendez

SJ Council- District 7

Maya Esparza

Bui Thai

Claudia Avila-Martin

Jose Lujano

 

Next meeting: March 17, 2014

Location: UFCW Local 5, 240 S. Market Street, San Jose, CA 95113

 

Location: UFCW Local 5, 240 S. Market Street, San Jose, CA 95113

Watch Party began at 6:00 p.m.

Joshua Barousse called the meeting to order on 7:37 p.m.

A motion was put forth to the membership for an early endorsement of  SVYD member, Raul Peralez

There were 30 members with voting privileges in attendance

20 votes needed for early endorsement

27 votes in favor

Motion Carries

The Silicon Valley Young Democrats will give Raul Peralez and early endorsement

 

A motion was put forth to the membership for an early endorsement of  SVYD member, Claudia Avila-Martin.

20 votes needed for early endorsement

10 votes in favor

Motion fails

Meeting adjourned at 8:37 p.m.

 

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Location: UFCW Local 5, 240 S. Market Street, San Jose, CA 95113

I. Welcome and Introductions

Raul Peralez just put in his papers (congrats)

II. Guest speaker: David London, eBay view video

Questions: How can we get the party or our local organization to reach out in the tech community. Answer: reach out to trade organizations like technet. Find your political minded friends and see if they work in the tech industry.

III. SVYD Officer Reports

   A. President- Joshua Barousse

        i. Santa Clara County Democratic Party updates

              a. Call to Action II: Building a Democratic Pipeline- Sat 11/9 (Alex Shor)

Focused on identifying candidates to run for City Council. Was divided up into groups like San Jose, South county, north country, etc..

Next meeting will be in December about City Council (continuation) followed by one for School Board opportunities in January.

        ii. Bylaws committee report

We took everyone input into consideration and will discuss in Old Business.

    B. Vice President of Membership- Brandon Li

i. Mentorship Program update

ii. Women’s Leadership Committee update (Emily Ann Ramos)

Next meeting will be on Thursday, at The Tech Museum of Innovation, during their After Hours program. Please get on our guestlist to get in free.

Next major event, panel – Women in Political technology in Spring. Date TBD.

     C. Secretary- Emily Ann Ramos

i. Website/social media update

      D. Treasurer- Amanda Montez

         i. Finance update

           ii. Finance Committee update

               a. SVYD 5th Annual Holiday Party- Mon 12/16

At Splash

We can have the sponsor slides at event

Jim Griffith is our first sponsor ($500 donation)

Do you know anyone who would like to sponsor?

Raffle prizes for toys?

      E. Political Director- Eric Hernandez (3 min)

       i. Sunnyvale City Council election results- 11/5

Want to thank everyone who walked for endorsed candidate. Keep momentum going. We got the results we wanted. Peter also thanked people on behalf of Jim Griffith’s campaign. Was a big difference in Gustav Larsson’s campaign.

III. Old Business

    A. Adoption of SVYD revised bylaws

Erica will lead discussion

Addendum – Change from simple majority to 60% – Unanimous

Passed bylaws: 16 yes, 1 abstain

IV. New Business

V. Announcements

VI. Adjournment 9:03 p.m.

 

SVYD 5th Annual Holiday Party-: Mon, December 16, 2013 @ 6 pm- Splash Video Dance Bar- 65 Post Street, San Jose.