September General Meeting Minutes

  1. Call to Order
  2. Approval of August Minutes
  3. Officer Reports are available here
    1. President Jaria Jaug 
    2. Vice President Krista De La Torre
    3. Finance Director Ryan Globus
    4. Political Director Kadence Walker
    5. Communications Director Elise Lester
    6. Membership Director Ashley Guerrero
  4. New Business
    1. Candidate Introductions
      1. Suds Jain for Santa Clara City Council, District 6
      2. Rebeca Armendariz for Gilroy City Council
      3. Tomara Hall for Santa Clara County Board of Education
      4. Forest Peterson for Foothill-De Anza Community College District, Area 5
      5. Carol A. Somersille for El Camino Health District
      6. Johnene Stebbins for Santa Clara County Judge
      7. IdaRose Sylvester for Mountain View City Council
      8. Lackshmi Sharma for Cupertino Union School Board
      9. Nicholas Hargis for Mountain View City Council
      10. Anthony Becker for Santa Clara City Council, District 2
      11. Doug Kunz for Cupertino Union School Board
      12. Chris Clark for Mountain View City Council
      13. Terry Godfrey for Foothill-De Anza Community College District, Area 5
      14. HG Nguyen for Franklin-Mckinley School Board
      15. Proposition 5 Presentation
      16. Endorsement Deliberation
        1. The Silicon Valley Young Democrats endorsed the following candidates:
          • Rebeca Armendariz for Gilroy City Council
          • Suds Jain for Santa Clara City Council, District 6
          • Jorge Pacheco Jr. for Santa Clara County School Board
          • Milan Balinton for Franklin McKinley School Board
          • Paul Fong for West Valley-Mission Community College District, Area 2
          • Forest Peterson for Foothill-De Anza Community College District, Area 5
          • Doug Kunz for Cupertino Union School District
          • Sylvia Leong for Cupertino Union School District
          • Shiloh Ballard for Santa Clara Valley Water, District 2
        2. The Silicon Valley Young Democrats endorsed Yes on Proposition 5
  5. Old Business
  6. Announcements
    1. Membership can sign-up for canvassing efforts hosted by the Silicon Valley Young Democrats every weekend until the November General Election
    2. Other announcements can be found in the SVYD Discord
    3. A Special Endorsement Session will take place on Zoom on Monday, October 7th, at 6PM on Zoom for the following candidates
      • Evan Low for Congress
      • Julia Miller for El Camino Health District
  7. Adjournment