From yamagata at virtual-markets.net Wed Jan 7 21:48:05 2004 From: yamagata at virtual-markets.net (G Richard Yamagata PhD) Date: Wed, 07 Jan 2004 21:48:05 -0800 Subject: [Davis Democrats] Davis Democrat Club Meeting Next Week Tuesday Message-ID: Greetings all, This should be the fifth e-mail that you people received from this list for those that wanted to be informed of Davis Democrat Club meetings. We will be having a Davis Democrat Club meeting on January 13, Tuesday next week. Please inform those that do not have e-mail and that want to attend that you know. The meeting will be at 7PM at Betty Weir's house. If you need directions, please telephone Stephen Souza at 400-2222. On the evening of the meeting, you can try telehoning 848-8634 and join me in trying to find Betty's house (I always get lost going to these meetings...). If there are any changes in the meeting plans, I will e-mail again to this list. Take care, Richard G Richard Yamagata PhD CEO/President VME Inc. http://www.vme.net/ ========================== The Virtual Markets ============================= Visit The Woodland Opera House at: http://www.vme.net/opera/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Davis Virtual Market - http://virtual-markets.net/vme/ Fresno - http://vme.net/fvm/ Rochester, NY - http://vme.net/rvm/ Sacramento - http://virtual-markets.com/svm/ Vacaville - http://vme.net/vvm/ Woodland - http://vme.net/wvm/ "Pet, Vets, You, and Dr.Sue - http://vme.net/dvm/DrSue/ G Richard Yamagata is a member of the Davis Community Network Board of Directors and secretary of the board of the Davis Democrat Club The thoughts expressed are my own and do not reflect the policies or opinions of DVM, FVM, GVM, RVM, WVM, VVM, VME Inc, DDC, or DCN. From yamagata at virtual-markets.net Mon Jan 12 15:14:08 2004 From: yamagata at virtual-markets.net (G Richard Yamagata PhD) Date: Mon, 12 Jan 2004 15:14:08 -0800 Subject: [Davis Democrats] Davis Democrat Club Meeting tomorrow, Tuesday Message-ID: Greetings all, This is a 24 hour reminder that we will be having a Davis Democrat Club meeting on January 13, Tuesday (tomorrow). Please inform those that do not have e-mail and that want to attend that you know. The meeting will be at 7PM at Betty Weir's house. If you need directions, please telephone Stephen Souza at 400-2222. On the evening of the meeting, you can try telehoning 848-8634 and join me in trying to find Betty's house (I always get lost going to these meetings...). If there are any other things that will be done before the meeting, I will e-mail to the list. Take care, Richard G Richard Yamagata PhD CEO/President VME Inc. http://www.vme.net/ ========================== The Virtual Markets ============================= Visit The Woodland Opera House at: http://www.vme.net/opera/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Davis Virtual Market - http://virtual-markets.net/vme/ Fresno - http://vme.net/fvm/ Rochester, NY - http://vme.net/rvm/ Sacramento - http://virtual-markets.com/svm/ Vacaville - http://vme.net/vvm/ Woodland - http://vme.net/wvm/ "Pet, Vets, You, and Dr.Sue - http://vme.net/dvm/DrSue/ G Richard Yamagata is a member of the Davis Community Network Board of Directors and secretary of the board of the Davis Democrat Club The thoughts expressed are my own and do not reflect the policies or opinions of DVM, FVM, GVM, RVM, WVM, VVM, VME Inc, DDC, or DCN. From yamagata at virtual-markets.net Thu Jan 29 00:49:39 2004 From: yamagata at virtual-markets.net (G Richard Yamagata PhD) Date: Thu, 29 Jan 2004 00:49:39 -0800 Subject: [Davis Democrats] RICHARD, PLEASE FORWARD TO THE OTHER DDC BOARD MEMBERS AND GIVE ME A PHONING LIST Message-ID: Greetings DCN Board Mailing List, The next Davis Democrat Club meeting is scheduled for February 10 at 7PM. This e-mail was requested to be forwarded to the board list by our newsletter editor. I think that it warrants our serious attention, considering all the work she has done on making the club newsletter a topflight production. To be absolutely honest, I have neither the energy nor the time work on, let alone to put out the newsletter and Anais has done an excellent job as not only its editor, but as production manager. Because I realize this, I can state that we need to consider this request by our editor. How much money are we paying this young, energetic person to do the work on the newsletter? I was just e-mailed today an estimate for a campaign lawn sign design by one of my web artists for $350. My comment on this is that if things are done, they must be done quickly. The newsletter must go out the end of the first week of February -- before the next board meeting. The next question is that if we allow all of the city council candidates to send in statements and pictures, do we allow them to also advertise in the newsletter. With more statements, this means more text and pictures, therefore more cost. Either we go with a regular printed number of newsletters or the club subsidizes the newsletter. The finances really stink from my perspective as a businessman. I think that these people's campaigns must pony up some money for the newsletter if their statements and photos are included. The pre-requisite for the current people with statements was that they needed to be dues paying members. Well, if these people are not or cannot join the club, they need to each send at least $15 into the club. On the same note, I received an e-mail from Lamar Heystek, who stated that he has paid his dues to the Davis Democrat Club and this has been varified by Betty Weir. He was upset that he was not asked for a statement and picture and that his web site was not included on the Democrat Club web site. He is so upset, he still has not replied to my e-mail nor has he sent me the URL of his web site to be included on the homepage of the club web site. His statement and picture needs to be included in this newsletter. He also needs to be offered the chance to advertise in the newsletter. I talked to another boardmember and his comment was that "if the other candidates are allowed to send in their statements, this issue of the newsletter should prominantly display who the Yolo County Democrats are endorsing and who the Democrat Club Board is endorsing in the newsletter. Actually, the newsletter should be doing this either way the editorial policy decision is made." He also stated "we need to prominently state party affilliation in the newsletter [candidate] statements. Even though this is a non-partisan office, this is a partisan newsletter." This has happened before to this organization. We already gave in once when we allowed Stan Forbes to speak at the club forum, 4 years ago. He was the only non-Democrat allowed at the forum. ==================== MESSAGE FROM ANAIS: My mother told me I was getting statements from all the candidates. I thought it meant ALL the candidates. But instead it meant I was getting statements from all the Democratic candidates. I don't think that in this case, there are clear party lines on what the City Council candidates stand for. Donna Lott only registered as a Democrat this fall, and Mike Harrington supports Democrats for federal and state offices. And I don't feel good about not representing their point of view. Also, Donna Lott sent me a candidate statement that specifically criticized policies of Greenwald, Forbes, and Harrington. So I don't like having that in there and not having Forbes' and Harrington's point of view. My preference would be for all City Council candidates to have a statement, and I thought my mother was going to represent that at the meeting (that's what I told her when we discussed this a couple months ago). I consider City Council a nonpartisan office. I would like the Board to consider agreeing to allowing all statements. Anais. MESSAGE FROM ADRIENNE: I sympathize with Anais's point of view - even though I said the opposite at the meeting. With the new Democratic Club members (Donna Lott and the grad student whose name slips my mind), this has ballooned into something other than the DDC-stalwart flyer it was looking like at the beginning). I cannot hugely distinguish the views of the two non-DDC members from the rest of the crowd. Here's the problem: while Anais was busy with finals, I was handling the emails. Instead of a favor, this has turned out to be a disaster. Anais didn't know I was saying "registered Democrat and DDC member in good standing." Anais feels bad volunteering for something she views as unfair. This would not be the case in a partisan election, such as Congress, Legislature, gov, or pres. It's easy to motivate Anais to go all out to get the Democrats in partisan offices, as the alternative is conservative Republicans. She will, I believe, have no enthusiasm promoting MOST candidates at the detriment of only 2, when the differences are not between liberal and conservative, but rather differences on various city issues. The question becomes: do DDC bylaws require Democratic registration? If so, would the Board accept a paid statement, comparable to DDC dues? I would also like that people's policies not be criticized by name without their having a chance to respond. For example, if Donna says "Sue thinks X and she's wrong" then Sue needs a chance to say "Yes, I think X and here's why" or "No, I don't think X. I think Y." Therefore I additionally propose the following policy options: A. The candidate only describes his/her own vision (done by everyone but Donna) or B. There is right of response following any statement purporting to represent and analyze the views of an opponent (that would be Donna's statement, only, I think). SUMMARY: Before Anais finishes the newsletter, she requests the Board reach an agreement on the first issue here, and I request agreement on the 2nd: 1) Can she please invite the other CC candidates to donate and give a statement? 2) Can people please say they approve option "A" or "B" or "neither" or "either" (and which they prefer). -------------- MY VOTE: Yes on (1). (2A) preferred over (2B) - both better than allowing discussion of others without their response. G Richard Yamagata PhD CEO/President VME Inc. http://www.vme.net/ ========================== The Virtual Markets ============================= Visit The Woodland Opera House at: http://www.vme.net/opera/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Davis Virtual Market - http://virtual-markets.net/vme/ Fresno - http://vme.net/fvm/ Rochester, NY - http://vme.net/rvm/ Sacramento - http://virtual-markets.com/svm/ Vacaville - http://vme.net/vvm/ Woodland - http://vme.net/wvm/ "Pet, Vets, You, and Dr.Sue - http://vme.net/dvm/DrSue/ G Richard Yamagata is a member of the Davis Community Network Board of Directors and secretary of the board of the Davis Democrat Club The thoughts expressed are my own and do not reflect the policies or opinions of DVM, FVM, GVM, RVM, WVM, VVM, VME Inc, DDC, or DCN. From yamagata at virtual-markets.net Thu Jan 29 01:12:28 2004 From: yamagata at virtual-markets.net (G Richard Yamagata PhD) Date: Thu, 29 Jan 2004 01:12:28 -0800 Subject: [Davis Democrats] My thoughts after reading our editor's statement... Message-ID: Greetings DCN Board Mailing List, I just finished reading the statement from Anais. I stand behind all of the words I wrote earlier. BUT, if the candidates cannot follow the instructions given to them in crafting the statement, we are not responsible for this nor should we edit their statements, except to limit them to 250 words. The question or instructions should be printed and presented to the reader in the newsletter and the statement should be printed that was submitted. I think that the ablility to follow instructions or not follow instructions is important. Let the readers decide at the ballot box what is important to them. If people think that my comment about the lawn sign design did not make sense, VME charges $50/hour for its work. You can mentally calculate how much virtual money is being donated to the Democrat Club by its newsletter editor for the professional quality work that she is doing. Ry G Richard Yamagata PhD CEO/President VME Inc. http://www.vme.net/ ========================== The Virtual Markets ============================= Visit The Woodland Opera House at: http://www.vme.net/opera/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Davis Virtual Market - http://virtual-markets.net/vme/ Fresno - http://vme.net/fvm/ Rochester, NY - http://vme.net/rvm/ Sacramento - http://virtual-markets.com/svm/ Vacaville - http://vme.net/vvm/ Woodland - http://vme.net/wvm/ "Pet, Vets, You, and Dr.Sue - http://vme.net/dvm/DrSue/ G Richard Yamagata is a member of the Davis Community Network Board of Directors and secretary of the board of the Davis Democrat Club The thoughts expressed are my own and do not reflect the policies or opinions of DVM, FVM, GVM, RVM, WVM, VVM, VME Inc, DDC, or DCN.