SANTA CLARA
COUNTY DEMOCRATIC CENTRAL COMMITTEE
6:45 pm, County Building cafeteria, 70 W. Hedding St. San
JosŽ
MINUTES FOR
Thursday, January 8, 2004
*************** Refreshments provided by the 22nd
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1.
CALL TO ORDER : 7:15
2.
ROLL CALL
3.
IDENTIFICATION OF VISITORS
visitor
roster passed around
San Jose City College Class from Marylee
SheltonÕs class
Nancy Pyle: candidate for City Council,
Fred Fowler, Peg Pinard: candidate for Senate District 15, Tom
Fulks: campaign manager for Peg Pinard, Sukhdev Singh Bainiwal: American-Sikh
Democratic Club, Carolyn Curtis: Silicon Valley for Dean, Rick Deffenderfor:
SJCC, Elizabeth Lee: Office of Congressman Honda. Jay Jackman: Silicon Valley 4
Dean, Lee Sturtevant: DAWN, Jon Persson, Laurie Campos: WomenÕs Health
Alliance, Ana Maria Rosato, Ron and Janice Naymark: Speakers Bureau Co-Chair,
Jim Cogan: City Council Member Linda LeZotteÕs office, Michelle Samaniego:
SJCC, Priscilla Javkegui: SJCC, Nacfine Candelaria: SJCC, Edmund Zhn: SJCC, Ali
Ahmed: SJCC, Rosa Tapia: SJCC, Aaron and Sharren Cayetano: SJCC, Edmund Zhn:
SJCC, Ali Ahmed: SJCC, Rosa Tapia: SJCC, Aaron Cayetano: SJCC, Quol Nauvten:
SJCC, Benjamin Mendoza: SJCC, Danny Vu: SJCC, Lucy Nunez: SJCC, Anigh Singh:
SJCC, Nikole Maria DeJesus: SJCC, Dorinda Kpodjie: SJCC, Rosalia Vargas: SJCC,
Monica Flores: SJCC, Elva DeHaro: SJCC, Raymond Cota: SJCC, Monika Gill: SJCC,
Lounis Zenad: SJCC, Francisco Gallegos: SJCC, Sofia Ipatieva: SJCC, Sharren
Cayetano: SJCC, Daniel Bellot: SJCC, Sepi Nikbaleht: SJCC, Dina Lauderdle:
SJCC, Tracey Thordsen: SJCC, Justin N: SJCC, Evelyn Rojas: SJCC, Debbie Akers:
SJCC, Eli Delossantos: SJCC, Anish Singh: SJCC, Alena David: SJCC, Benjamin
Mendoza: SJCC, Danny Vu: SJCC, Linh Bann: SJCC, Michelle Samaniego: SJCC,
Priscilla Javregui: SJCC, Christine Smith: SJCC
4.
ADOPTION OF AGENDA
Motion to approve, second, carried
5.
APPROVAL OF MINUTES (Minutes are posted on www.scc-democrats.org)
Motion to approve, second, carried
A.
Executive Board: Hope Cahan
¤
Voted to recommend filling the vacancy for Candidate Recruitment
and Endorsement with Jon Kessler
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Website update discussion
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ÒHow ToÓ manual creation discussion
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Convention planning and update
B.
Chair: Steve Preminger
Working on Convention planning with the
State Party (including Madge Overhouse doing the pledge)
C.
Vice Chair: Drina Collins
No Report
D.
Treasurer: Gap Kim
$237.85 in our account
E.
Secretary: Hope Cahan
Please sign the visitor pink sheet
F.
Community Services & Voter Registration: Jim Brady
Need someone to volunteer to head the
Naturalization Ceremony on January 23rd. Also need 4 volunteers to
assist the coordinator.
The clubs are continuing with our mall
shifts over the weekend of January 24th and 25th
G.
Finance: Jim Thurber
Sari Wisch: Reminder of our annual
Democratic Party Dinner on Friday, April 30th ÒTake back the White
HouseÓ
H. Candidate
Recruitment and Endorsement: Jon Kessler
Interviewed San Jose City Council Candidates Nancy Pyle, Ken
Yeager, Forrest Williams, Chuck Reed
Recommend that we endorse all four candidates
Motion to endorse slate, second, carried
I.
Campaign Services: Phaedra Ellis Lamkins
No Report
J.
Issues: Emy Thurber
No Report
K. Political
Outreach: Tom Cochran
L. Regional
Directors: Steve Preminger for Madge
Overhouse
Those who would like to go to the Boston
Convention in July: Must have form A (from website) in by February 4th.
On February 8th Caucus meetings will take place based on your
Congressional District and your candidate. At the meeting, you are voted to be
a delegate. Roughly 5 delegates will be selected per campaign, based on raw
number of Democrats registered to vote in your District.
Howard DeanÕs caucus will be at 3pm:
14th CD (Eshoo) will be at
Spangenberg Auditorium, Gunn High School campus, 780 Arastradero Rd, Palo Alto
9430
15th CD (Honda) will be at
Milpitas High School, 1285 Escuela Parkway, Milpitas 95035
16th CD (Lofgren) will be at
San Jose High Academy Gymnasium, 275 N. 24th St. San Jose 95116
March 2nd, 2004 Central
Committee race vacancies will be filled by the County Committees first
organizational meeting on January of 2005
M.
Democratic National Committee: Chris Stampolis
Clarification on how number of delegates are chosen.
Reminder that Electoral College is the only number that will count
to get rid of Bush. If we keep all of the States that we got last year plus 1
then we will win. Please walk you precinct now so that you have free time in
October to help with phone banking and even traveling to the swing states.
N.
Pro-Choice Coalition: Claudia Shope
The anniversary ad will be on the web on
1.22.04. There will also be an event that night (at 7:00) at the Heritage
Center. Still have forms ad forms for completion.
January 15th meeting to
discuss the desperate, unhealthy conception methods of the past such as lemons
and cow dung.
The meeting will be at 1746 The Alameda.
O. DTV
Report: Steve Chessin
Democratic Television Producer Steve Chessin reported that our December taping was with the Hon. Cindy Chavez, San Jose City Council member from District 3. Our guest in January will be the Hon. Dennis Kennedy, Mayor of Morgan Hill. We will be on San Jose AT&T Channel 15A January 15th with Emerge, January 29th and February 26th with the Hon. Cindy Chavez, and February 12th and March 11th with the Hon. Dennis Kennedy. We are now broadcast on Morgan Hill Cable 19. The show we taped with the Hon. Cindy Chavez will be aired January 13th at 8:30pm. We could still use more good Democrats on the crew. No prior video experience is necessary. San Jose Channel 15A, 8:00pm every other Thursday (serves part of Cupertino) (408-918-3200):2004:Jan 15 DTV 106 EmergeJan 29 DTV 107 Hon. Cindy ChavezFeb 12 DTV 108 Hon. Dennis KennedyFeb 26 DTV 107 Hon. Cindy ChavezMar 11 DTV 108 Hon. Dennis Kennedy
See
http://www.scc-democrats.org/dtv.htm
for the full schedule.
P. CDC
Report: David Wilkes
Q. Welfare
Reform: Sal Alvarez
Political
outreach clubs and ADs
20th AD
committee:
21st AD
Committee:
22nd AD
Committee:
23rd AD
Committee:
24th AD
Committee:
27th AD Committee:
28th AD
Committee:
African-American
Democratic Coalition:
American
Sikh Democratic Club: Sukhdev Singh Bainiwal
The club added 30 new members this
month!
Asian-Pacific
American Democratic Club:
Clinton*Gore
Action Network:
Democratic
Action for Women Now (DAWN):
Evergreen
Democratic Club at the Villages: Beverly Wharton
Our club was the largest contingent at CDCÕs pre-endorsement
meeting in Santa Clara on Sunday, December 7th with 13 voting
delegates. Eight members attended Region 5Õs gathering on Sunday, December 14th
and one made it all the way down to Monterey to Region 9Õs meeting to vote for
the AD 28 and State SD15 candidates. Two members are delegates to the State
Convention and several members have signed up as volunteers. Members have also
signed up for voter registration tabling at Eastridge and Oakridge Malls on Saturday
and Sunday, January 24th and 25th.
The club collected over $600 to provide a very happy holiday for a
single mother and her four children.
On January 13th, members will hear campaign
representatives for 3 presidential candidates: Governor Howard Dean, General
Wesley Clark, and Congressman Dennis Kucinich.
Mission City
Democratic Club:
Peninsula
Democratic Coalition:
Peninsula
Young Democrats:
Santa Clara
County Democratic Club:
Silicon
Valley Latino Democratic Forum:
South County
Democratic Club: Mark Moore
The
Club is having two meetings in January. In Morgan Hill on Saturday,
January 10, Assemblyman John Laird and Senate Candidate Peg Pinard will be
speaking. In Gilroy on Saturday, January 31, Assemblyman Simon
Salinas and Senate Candidates Manny Diaz and Elaine Alquist will be making
presentations. At both meetings Club members will have the
additional opportunity to meet with the campaigns for the various Presidential
Candidates.
San Jose
State Democratic Club:
West Valley
Democratic Club:
7. OLD
BUSINESS
Democratic Convention in January: Due to the Iowa Caucus, we are
currently uncertain which candidates will be there.
At the convention, the delegates will adopt the 2004 platform that
will be passed onto the National Convention. Our County Committee will have a
Call to Action workshop in the afternoon on Saturday. At the same time as our
workshop, there will be a workshop on the new campaign finance reform and there
will be a big protest. The banquet on Saturday night is in honor of Barbara
Boxer.
The resolutions committee will meet to discuss the resolutions on
the ballots. April 30th will be the meeting to discuss new
resolutions.
Madge will start the convention off with the pledge on Saturday
morning
The Bob Mack award will be done at the ChairÕs Reception on Friday
night (5:30-6:30). Please come to show support for our County award and the
awardee.
8. NEW
BUSINESS
Website: David Cohen- we got our first online donation of $30. We
will be doing some exciting changes to the website which will be ready by the
Convention. We will also have a new, easier to remember web address
Motion to fill the void for the Candidate Recruitment and
Endorsement with Jon Kessler, second, carried
Resolution to investigate the allegations against Arnold
Schwarzenegger- Tabled
Resolution expressing concern over treatment by Democratic
candidates and Party members towards other Democratic candidates: Emy Thurber
presented the following resolution:
Whereas, Democrats around the country are determined to oust the Bush
Administration in the fall of 2004 and are assessing the talented group of
candidates seeking to represent the Democratic Party and are preparing to
campaign hard for the one selected to lead us, and
Wheareas, spirited primary campaigns help candidates hone their style,
sharpen their message, create organizations and show the voters of all parties
that they are competent and ready to be the standard bearer for our Democratic
Party in this election which will be so critical for the future of our country,
and
Whereas, in order to win the 2004 election it is vital that all Democrats
finally rally behind our candidate and provide unified support against what
will surely be a fierce and well financed Republican onslaught,
Now, therefore be it resolved that the Santa Clara County
Democratic Central Committee calls upon all Democratic candidates to stop the
kind if attacks on each other that will provide ammunition to the Bush
campaign, to cease using vituperative and inflammatory language that could
irreversibly divide us once the primary season is over, and to never insinuate
or state that any Democratic candidate is less qualified than George Bush to
lead our country, and
Be it further resolved that a copy of this resolution be sent to
all Democratic candidates for President.
Submitted by Emy Thurber on behalf of the Executive Board
Discussion on, motion to approve, second, carried
9. ANNOUNCEMENTS
Dan Hoffman: Martin Luther King Jr. Good Neighbor Awards Breakfast on Monday, January 19, 2004 at the Wyndham Hotel at 7am $25 donation. This will be followed by the Freedom Train to San Francisco $5 for round-trip tickets.
Additionally, there will be a Gospel Concert at 7pm on Friday the 16th.
Steve Chessin: vacancies on the March ballot for Central Committee: 20th AD 4 vacancies, 27th 3 vacancies, 28th 3 vacancies
Jay Jackman: running as a Dean delegate for Congressional District 14. Please come before 3:00 (doors locked at 3) to vote for him. Additionally, each of us will have to take a precinct in order to get Democratic voters to the polls.
Sari Wisch: Please contact Sari if you would like to get more information about or to volunteer for John Burton.
Carolyn Curtis: also running to be a Dean delegate. The Dean campaign has been very successful, please come to one of our meet-ups- there is amazing energy and grassroots work happening.
Jim Brady: still need a volunteer to head the Naturalization Ceremony on Jan. 23rd
David Cohen: BADems list is easy to join and a growing list. Also, please keep the Santa Clara County Library bond measure in mind.
Thelma (on behalf of Barbara Nesbit): Please volunteer to work on BarbaraÕs campaign
Jacquie Heffner: Thank you Carolyn for all of the work that you do; the grassroots campaign is amazing, there is even a phone bank this weekend where everyone is making calls from their cell phones
Bill Ferguson: There are some paid positions for Ro Khanna for Congress campaign.
Drina Collins: Manny Diaz campaign kick off on Saturday morning from 9-12noon.
The Latino Democratic Forum is having their luncheon on Jan 23rd at noon at the Mexican Heritage Plaza.
10. EXECUTIVE BOARD MEETING
The next Executive Board Meeting is on January
21st
11.
ADJOURNMENT
9:22