SANTA CLARA COUNTY DEMOCRATIC CENTRAL COMMITTEE

 

7:00 pm, County Building cafeteria, 70 W. Hedding St. San José

 

 

MINUTES FOR Thursday, August 5th , 2004

 

 ***** No Refreshments Provided *******

 

 

1.  CALL TO ORDER: 7:20 by Drina Collins

 

2.  ROLL CALL: Absent: Francine Davis, Bill Dias, Cathy Dias, Deepka Lalwani, Ron Lind, Steve Chessin, Aldyth Parle, Deniese Alajandro, Terry Gregory, Rena Modell, Claudia Shope, Hope Cahan, Jean Cohen, Joe Pandit, Phyllis Ward, Larry Carr, Dan Kenney, Greg Sellers, Tony Alexander, Sal Alvarez, Alex Kennett, Steve Preminger, Susan McKuhen, Joe Simitian, John Dutra, Sally Lieber, Rebecca Cohn, John Laird, Simon Salinas, Elaine Shaw, Anna Eshoo, Liz Figueroa, Byron Sher, John Vasconcellos, Anselmo Chavez,

 

Alternate: Anne Mack, Brandon Sulser for Anna Song, Sandra Soto for Zoe Lofgren, Drina Collins for Manny Diaz, Geoff Crockwell for Mike Honda

 

Excused:  Rena Modell, Phyllis Ward, Madge Overhouse

 

 

3.  IDENTIFICATION OF VISITORS 13 visitors identified themselves

 

Candidates: Enrique Colon, Judge; Gap Kim, Santa Clara City Council, Jamie Macloud, Santa Clara City Council; Randy Okamura, SJ Evergreen College Board; Margie Mitchell, Campbell School Board; Margaret Abe-Koga, Mtn View City Council

 

 

4.  ADOPTION OF AGENDA

 

Motion to approve, seconded, carried

 

 

5.  APPROVAL OF MINUTES     (Minutes are posted on  http://www.sccdp.org/ )

Motion to approve with 1 correction (change date of Evergreen BBQ to September 19) and one clarification (Madge in hospital for more than knee injury), second, so carried

 

 

6.  REPORTS FROM OFFICERS AND OTHERS

 

A.  Executive Board: David Cohen for Hope Cahan

 

Summarized Eboard meeting

 

 

B.  Chair: Drina Collins for Steve Preminger

 

Madge's party was a great tribute with a great turnout – TV coverage

Convention will be discussed later in meeting

 

 

C.  Vice Chair: Drina Collins

 

No report.

 

 

D.  Treasurer: Gap Kim

 

Currently have $300.02 in our account

 

 

E.  Secretary:  David Cohen for Hope Cahan

 

Club referrals are now working on the website – all clubs should make sure to respond when they get referrals

 

 

F.  Community Services & Voter Registration: Scott Rafferty

 

Scott reported on the lawsuit Preminger vs VA.  Hearing will be on Mon Aug 9, where they are expecting a preliminary injunction.  Steve was banned from the premises so that he wouldn’t engage in partisan activity.  The lawsuit should dramatize the administration’s desire to keep people from voting.

 

 

G.  Finance: Jim Thurber

 

5 people still haven't paid for JJ Dinner ($3000)

For UDC, money is coming in at rate we're spending it

 

 

H. Candidate Recruitment and Endorsement: Jon Kessler

 

Endorsement interviews will be held on Aug 23, 24, & 25 in the County Building at approx 6:00 pm. Contact Jon to be on the committee.  There are city council races in San Jose, Mountain View, Santa Clara and Milpitas, plus school board and college district races

 

 

I.  Campaign Services: Philip Bump for Phaedra Ellis Lamkins

 

UDC major rally Thurs 8/12, St James park with march for health care. Phone bank/precinct walk schedule has been created for Sat/Sun walks.

 

J.  Issues: Emy Thurber

 

At the Sept Central Committee meeting, Suzy Wilson, former SCC Supervisor, will talk about the campaign ethics foundation

 

 K. Political Outreach: Tom Cochran

 

ØPolitical outreach clubs and ADs

o       20th AD committee:

 

o       21st AD Committee: Thelma Spaziani
- successful annual mtg
- precinct walking for Ira Ruskin

 

o       22nd AD Committee:

 

o       23rd AD Committee:

 

o       24th AD Committee:

 

o       27 th AD Committee: Mark Moore
- Headquarters in Santa Cruz, Monterey, Watsonville

 

o       28th AD Committee:

 

o       African-American Democratic Coalition:

 

o       American Sikh Democratic Club :

 

o       Asian-Pacific American Democratic Club: Paul Fong
- strong Asian presence in SC Dem Party
- picnic Aug 14 Mtn View Sylvan Park
- Fri Oct 1 appreciation dinner Dynasty in Cupertino
- John Vasconcellos legacy project fundraiser Sept 12 Lou's Village

 

o       Clinton*Gore Action Network:

 

o       Dean Democratic Club of Silicon Valley: Carolyn Curtis
- 28 people at last meeting
- club endorsed Ira Ruskin and Jerry Mcnerney

 

o       Democratic Action for Women Now (DAWN):

 

o       Evergreen Democratic Club at the Villages: Bev Wharton
- Republican float won best float in parade, but Dem float appeared in paper
- kerry rally article in Evergreen Times
- Zoe Lofgren spoke at aug 3 mtg, largest attendance ever
- Sept 19 bbq

 

o       Mission City Democratic Club:

 

o       Peninsula Democratic Coalition/ Peninsula Young Democrats: Jon Kessler
- Campaign 101 in July, over 60 people
- PDC picnic Shoup park Palo Alto $5 Aug 21
- fundraiser for Ira ruskin Aug 28

 

o       Santa Clara County Democratic Club: Alicia Lanier
- will help in Nevada
- Aug 16 mtg, Alyson Abramowitz
- Aug 29 summer bbq Sunnyvale

 

o       Silicon Valley LGBT Democratic Club: Clark Williams
- Ira Ruskin spoke at last mtg
- sending members to Nevada to work; having bus to Nevada Oct 22-24

 

o       Silicon Valley Latino Democratic Forum:

 

o       South County Democratic Club: - Mark Moore
- held peg pinard fundraiser 60 people, $3000 raised
- Morgan Hill UDC, jerry mcnerney, peg pinard
- aug 15 jerry mcnerney fundraiser

 

o       San Jose State Democratic Club:

 

o       West Valley Democratic Club: Dennis Austin
- great reaction at West Valley Mall
- discussed Nader at last mtg (should we say bad things about him?)

 

L. Regional Directors: Drina Collins for Madge Overhouse

 

State EBoard Sept 10-11, Hilton Oakland Airport

 

M. Democratic National Committee: Chris Stampolis

 

Let’s get fired up!  We should be motivated to work for 21st AD and 15th SD candidates to prevent Arnold from gaining influence in our backyard 
Viva Democracy software is now available to start walking precincts and phoning voters.  Go to cdc.vivademocracy.com to sign up for an account – put “califdems” in the ‘referred by’ line.

 

N.  Pro-Choice Coalition:  Dave Wilkes for Claudia Shope

 

Will have booth at Tapestry in Talent

The more protesters show up at Planned Parenthood, the more people stop to give money

 

O.  DTV Report:  Jim Thurber for Steve Chessin

 

Rebecca Cohn taped in July

next guest Nancy Pyle

Sept guest Ira Ruskin

Oct guest Steve Chessin – he has now been doing this for more than 10 years – he deserves recognition for this

The full schedule is at sccdp.org/dtv.php

 

P.  CDC Report:  David Wilkes

 

No report

 

Q. Welfare Reform:  Sal Alvarez      

 

No report

 

7.  OLD BUSINESS

 

A.       Call To Action Reports

 

Website Report – New calendar application is coming soon, I promise.

Elisa Camahort talked about what a blog is, how it works, and the kinds of things she is posting on our blog – sccdp.org/blog.php

 

 

8. NEW BUSINESS

 

none

 

9. ANNOUNCEMENTS

 

North County UDC is open 10-9 M-Th and 10-5 F, starting August 9

 

SVLDF luncheon Sept 17 at the Mexican Heritage Plaza

 

Madge has taken a turn for the worse – she would enjoy receiving cards, send them to her house.

 

County Fair Aug 6-8 – we are at booth 46

 

PDC will provide refreshments for the September meeting.

 

 

10.  EXECUTIVE BOARD MEETING

 

not yet scheduled

 

11. ADJOURNMENT