From jac07 at dcn.org  Fri Sep  1 16:49:26 2006
From: jac07 at dcn.org (John Chendo)
Date: Fri, 01 Sep 2006 16:49:26 -0700
Subject: [Davis Democrats] Debra Bowen,
 our next Secy of State: Zogby poll: Americans demand transparent
 elections!
In-Reply-To: <20060831213955.29628.15159.qmail@omail6.getactive.com>
Message-ID: <C11E1516.C5C7%jac07@dcn.org>


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From: "Sandra Lloyd-Jones, Bowen for Secretary of State"
<info at debrabowen.com>
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Date: Thu, 31 Aug 2006 21:39:55 GMT
To: john  chendo <jac07 at dcn.org>
Subject: Zogby poll: Americans demand transparent elections!

  
   <http://www.debrabowen.com>
  
  Dear john , 
3 Ways to Help: 
1. Host a House Party! <http://ga3.org/ct/ydMuLhn15zu3/house_party>
2. Contribute Today!
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Last week, Zogby International released the results of a recent poll of
Americans' attitudes about election transparency and security.  The findings
clearly speak for themselves.

92% of those surveyed agreed that citizens "have the right to view and
obtain information about how election officials count votes."  What's more,
80% of respondents believe that it is unacceptable for votes to be counted
using secret, proprietary software from electronic voting machine vendors.

Clearly, Americans know what we want from our elections system.  We want
transparency, security, and fairness.  In short, we want to know that our
votes are being counted ? and counted accurately.

That's the kind of elections system Debra Bowen will deliver as California's
next Secretary of State.

Unfortunately, your current Schwarzenegger-appointed Secretary of State,
Bruce McPherson, has rubber-stamped electronic voting machines that have
failed security tests and proven to be unreliable time and time again.

As the Zogby poll found, Americans demand better than Bruce McPherson's
rubber stamps.  Californians demand better.  That's why we need your help to
spread the word and lead Debra Bowen to victory this November!  Here's what
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2. 
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Statewide campaigns in California cost millions of dollars.  To reach each
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5. 
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work to do.  You can do your part, today, by hosting a house party,
contributing, and telling 5 friends about Debra's campaign.

Thanks so much for your continued help and support!

Sincerely,

Sandra Lloyd-Jones
Campaign Manager
Debra Bowen for Secretary of State

P.S.  The House Parties for Debra being held on September 14th are going to
be terrific events!  We'll make it fun and easy to host your own.  Please
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From jac07 at dcn.org  Fri Sep  1 21:33:52 2006
From: jac07 at dcn.org (John Chendo)
Date: Fri, 01 Sep 2006 21:33:52 -0700
Subject: [Davis Democrats] Barbara Boxer: good news before Labor (Union) Day
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From: Barbara Boxer <info at pacforachange.com>
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Date: Sat, 02 Sep 2006 00:48:25 GMT
To: john chendo <jac07 at dcn.org>
Subject: More great news before Labor Day

  
   <http://www.barbaraboxer.com>
  
  Dear john, 
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Support Jack Carter -- and other great candidates -- through our ActBlue
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Yesterday, I wrote to you about 7 solid races where Democratic challengers
are strongly positioned to knock off Republican Senate incumbents, giving us
a terrific opportunity to win back the 6 seats we need to take back the
Senate this November.

Well the great news is, as the American people continue to cry out for new
leadership, more and more races are being added to that list of potential
Democratic Senate pick-ups.

One more race that we didn't discuss yesterday, but I want to bring to your
attention, is Jack Carter's campaign in Nevada.  Jack Carter, the son of
President Jimmy Carter, is running against Republican Senator John Ensign.
According to a new poll released this week from Zogby Interactive, Jack now
trails Ensign by only three points -- well within the poll's margin of
error!

Jack Carter clearly has the momentum in Nevada -- and his victory would
signal a Democratic tidal wave that would sweep the Republicans out of their
leadership lock on the U.S. Senate.

I hope you'll visit Jack Carter's campaign website
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As the November elections rapidly approach, we'll be talking about many more
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Pederson's campaign in Arizona.  Supporting candidates that are defending
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also be critically important to our 51 seat strategy.

So stay tuned, stay engaged, and gear up for these last two months before
November!  I hope you and your family have a safe and happy Labor Day
weekend.

In Friendship,



Barbara Boxer
U.S. Senator

P.S.  The Senate returns from our August recess on Tuesday.  At the top of
my agenda will be introducing an amendment urging the President to fire
Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld for his incompetent management of the Iraq
war, including his recent statements excoriating the American people for
calling for an exit strategy in Iraq.  I'll tell you more about this
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From jac07 at dcn.org  Mon Sep  4 10:06:56 2006
From: jac07 at dcn.org (John Chendo)
Date: Mon, 04 Sep 2006 10:06:56 -0700
Subject: [Davis Democrats] Join Ambassador Joe Wilson And Charlie
	Brown-September 15th!
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From jac07 at dcn.org  Mon Sep  4 10:17:34 2006
From: jac07 at dcn.org (John Chendo)
Date: Mon, 04 Sep 2006 10:17:34 -0700
Subject: [Davis Democrats] FW: Protest 9/11 show on Ch 10 (ABC-TV in
	Sacramento)
In-Reply-To: <C121A7ED.12716%joannpen@comcast.net>
Message-ID: <C121ADBE.C6A4%jac07@dcn.org>



In the interest of seeing through the PR:
?
From: greg gardner   To: sac4democracy at hotmail.com
Subject: ACTION ALERT
If you have not seen this, you should. I am acting on it. I will contact
FCC, and will add angry letter to their "public file." Others should do so,
too. And try also complaining to their advertisers!
greg
?
A Channel 10 "special" on 9/10 and 9/11, billed as a documentary, is
actually a Republican propaganda piece. Its aim is to persuade viewers that
George Bush has no responsibility for 9/11 ? and blames Clinton!? The
producer has admitted the program is not a documentary; it is fictional,
i.e., propaganda.? ?
Please e-mail Channel 10 asking them not to break the law by providing free
air time for Republican propaganda.? ?A copy of my email to Channel 10 is
below.
http://thinkprogress.org/2006/09/01/abc-blame-clinton/
http://www.news10.net/life/programming/station/week2/sunday.htm


New ABC Docudrama Blames Clinton For 9/11, Praises Bush
http://thinkprogress.org/2006/09/01/abc-blame-clinton/
?
Contact ABC CH.10 and let them know how you feel about this misuse of the
public airwaves -- yet more Republican right-wing propaganda made to scare
the public away from voting for Democrats this year.? ?
Send your email to the following addresses:
Erin Tognetti???etognetti at news10.net?
Margaret Mohr? mmohr at news10.net?
comments at news10.net
?
or call or fax:
Main Number:? (916) 441-2345
Programming Fax:? (916) 441-3145
Public Relations Fax:? (916) 441-3145

Example: 
From: Vaughn Hopkins
Date: September 1, 2006 9:33:56 AM PDT
To: etognetti at news10.net
Cc: comments at news10.net
Subject: Sept 10th 9/11 show

It has come to my attention that on Sept 10th and 11th you will be
televising a special show about events leading up to 9/11.? That show is a
political advertisement, aimed at persuading voters not to replace
Republicans in Congress with Democrats.? It was produced by a man who admits
the show is not a documentary, leaving it as fiction.? For more information
about the show, 
see:?http://thinkprogress.org/2006/09/01/abc-blame-clinton/.? Channel 10
should not be providing this free TV time to the Republican Party - first,
it is illegal for you to do so, second, it is a disservice to your viewers
to do so, and last it is a fraud to present this as a documentary, when even
its producer admits it isn't.

I will not be watching any programs on Channel 10 in the future if this two
day political ad is telecast, and I will be advising advertisers of that
show that I will not be a customer of theirs anytime in the future.



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From yamagata at virtual-markets.net  Tue Sep  5 15:03:33 2006
From: yamagata at virtual-markets.net (G Richard Yamagata PhD)
Date: Tue, 5 Sep 2006 15:03:33 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [Davis Democrats] Davis Democratic Headquarters Meeting tonight!
Message-ID: <200609052203.k85M3XBm014180@afes.com>

Greetings Everyone,

There will be a meeting tonight at 7PM at the Davis Democratic Headquarters.
The headquarters is behind Cafe Roma on E street -- across the street from
Baskin Robbins.  There is this long enclosed corridor that is between Cafe
Roma and Chipotle and it is off of that corridor.

The meeting will be to schedule staffing of the headquarters and other
issues.  We will have other meetings there, including the Davis Democrat
Club Board Meetings on September 12, October 10, and November 14.

Take care,

Richard
G Richard Yamagata  PhD
CEO/President   VME Inc.   http://www.vme.net/

G Richard Yamagata is a member of the Davis Community Network Board of 
Directors, a member of the board of the Business Link of Woodland and Davis,
Secretary of the Board of Directors for the Davis Democrat Club, President 
of the board of Virtual Market Enterprises, Inc, Secretary-Treasurer 
of the board of the Davis Progressive Business Exchange and communications 
liason of the Independent Order of Oddfellows Chapter 169.

========================== 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/ 

The thoughts expressed are my own and do not reflect the policies or opinions
of DVM, FVM, GVM, RVM, WVM, VVM, VME Inc, DCN, DDC, BLWD, DPBE, or IOOF.



From yamagata at virtual-markets.net  Tue Sep  5 15:24:09 2006
From: yamagata at virtual-markets.net (G Richard Yamagata PhD)
Date: Tue, 5 Sep 2006 15:24:09 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [Davis Democrats] Does anyone have Pat Lenzi's CURRENT e-mail
	address?
Message-ID: <200609052224.k85MO9Bm020290@afes.com>

Greetings Everyone,

I need to contact Pat Lenzi.  Does anyone have her current e-mail address?
I need to contact her to invite her to a speaking engagement.  

Just to let people know, there was a fresh personal attack by Matt Rexroad
aimed at Pat Lenzi in his blog.  I just do not get it.  This was 3 months
after the election and Pat has left the Yolo County DA's Office and Matt
Rexroad seems to still be on a terror about Pat.  He must have realized that
the comments were a mistake, because the comments can no longer be found on
his web blog.  

To quote Matt, but in reference to Matt:  
"Do you really want this man as your County Supervisor?"   

Take care,

Richard
G Richard Yamagata  PhD
CEO/President   VME Inc.   http://www.vme.net/

G Richard Yamagata is a member of the Davis Community Network Board of 
Directors, a member of the board of the Business Link of Woodland and Davis,
Secretary of the Board of Directors for the Davis Democrat Club, President 
of the board of Virtual Market Enterprises, Inc, Secretary-Treasurer 
of the board of the Davis Progressive Business Exchange and communications 
liason of the Independent Order of Oddfellows Chapter 169.

========================== 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/ 

The thoughts expressed are my own and do not reflect the policies or opinions
of DVM, FVM, GVM, RVM, WVM, VVM, VME Inc, DCN, DDC, BLWD, DPBE, or IOOF.



From yamagata at virtual-markets.net  Wed Sep  6 01:26:31 2006
From: yamagata at virtual-markets.net (G Richard Yamagata PhD)
Date: Wed, 6 Sep 2006 01:26:31 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [Davis Democrats] From The Friends of Jim Provenza
Message-ID: <200609060826.k868QV6X031261@afes.com>

Dear Friends,
  
This is to to remind you to attend the "Back to School Blues" fundraiser for
School Board Member Jim Provenza, featuring the Rick Donaldson Blues Band.
It will be an evening of music, fine food,and fun. The requested donation is
$25 per person (note: $15 if your budget is more limited.) 

The event will held this coming Sunday, September 10 from 4-7 PM at the home of 
Holly and Matt Bishop: 1237 Drummond South in Davis.
   
   Directions to the "Back to School Blues" Party:

1) Take Pole Line Over-crossing South over I-80.
2) Continue straight after the traffic light onto Lillard Drive,
3) Make a Right onto Danbury St. (at Montgomery School)).
4) Take your next left onto Drummond Road South.
5) 1237 Drummond South is at the corner of Drummond South and Danbury 
Street.
   
  Even if you can't attend, any donation would be appreciated and help us 
to work toward improving Davis schools.  To send a donation, please 
address your check to "Friends of Jim Provenza" and mail to
3043 Bollante Lane, Davis, CA 95618. 
   
  THANKS!
   
  Friends of Jim Provenza

G Richard Yamagata  PhD
CEO/President   VME Inc.   http://www.vme.net/

G Richard Yamagata is a member of the Davis Community Network Board of 
Directors, a member of the board of the Business Link of Woodland and Davis,
Secretary of the Board of Directors for the Davis Democrat Club, President 
of the board of Virtual Market Enterprises, Inc, Secretary-Treasurer 
of the board of the Davis Progressive Business Exchange and communications 
liason of the Independent Order of Oddfellows Chapter 169.

========================== 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/ 

The thoughts expressed are my own and do not reflect the policies or opinions
of DVM, FVM, GVM, RVM, WVM, VVM, VME Inc, DCN, DDC, BLWD, DPBE, or IOOF.



From meltonkl at yahoo.com  Wed Sep  6 16:52:52 2006
From: meltonkl at yahoo.com (Kingsley Melton)
Date: Wed, 6 Sep 2006 16:52:52 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [Davis Democrats] Tomorrow's Headquarters Grand Opening Reminder
Message-ID: <20060906235252.75414.qmail@web56807.mail.re3.yahoo.com>

Look forward to seeing everyone tomorrow in Woodland!  
  
  Here is the press release as printed on the Woodland Daily Democrat's website:
  
  http://www.dailydemocrat.com/news/ci_4295040
  
  See you soon!
  
  Kingsley Melton
  Executive Director
  Yolo County Central Committee
  

From jac07 at dcn.org  Wed Sep  6 20:29:13 2006
From: jac07 at dcn.org (John Chendo)
Date: Wed, 06 Sep 2006 20:29:13 -0700
Subject: [Davis Democrats] FW: A Despicable,
 Irresponsible Fraud--ABC/Disney commits FRAUD on 9-11
In-Reply-To: <4tln74$rgp6pe@mailer.democrats.org>
Message-ID: <C124E019.C760%jac07@dcn.org>


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From: "Tom McMahon, Democratic Party" <democraticparty at democrats.org>
Reply-To: <dnc-003et01m8I at mailer.democrats.org>
Date: Wed, 6 Sep 2006 19:06:13 -0500
To: john chendo <jac07 at dcn.org>
Subject: A Despicable, Irresponsible Fraud

  
    
  Dear john,  <http://www.democrats.org/pathto911> Does a major national
broadcast network want to stain itself by presenting an irresponsible,
slanderous, fraudulent, "docu-drama" to the American public? Not if you and
I have the last word -- but either way, we're about to find out. The ABC
television network -- a cog in the Walt Disney empire -- unleashed a
promotional blitz in the last week for a new "docudrama" called "The Path to
9/11". ABC has thrown its corporate might behind the two-night production,
and bills it as a public service: a TV event, to quote the ABC tagline,
"based on the 9/11 Commission Report". That's false. "The Path to 9/11" is
actually a bald-faced attempt to slander Democrats and revise history right
before Americans vote in a major election. The miniseries, which was put
together by right-wing conservative writers, relies on the old GOP playbook
of using terrorism to scare Americans. "The Path to 9/11" mocks the truth
and dishonors the memory of 9/11 victims to serve a cheap, callous political
agenda. It irresponsibly misrepresents the facts and completely distorts the
truth. ABC/Disney executives need to hear from the public and understand
that their abuse of the public trust comes with a cost. Tell Walt Disney CEO
Robert Iger to keep this right-wing propaganda off the air -- we'll deliver
your message: http://www.democrats.org/pathto911
<http://www.democrats.org/pathto911> This story is breaking quickly. The
bias of the "docudrama" only became known when ABC began circulating
previews recently. Less than two weeks ago, 9/11 Commission member Richard
Ben-Veniste confronted a lead writer of "The Path to 9/11" after watching
the first half of the miniseries at a screening, but most of what we know
amounts to bits and pieces because ABC chose to screen the miniseries to
conservative bloggers and right-wing media outlets exclusively. Almost none
of the Democrats portrayed in the film have even been asked for their
thoughts. But we still know enough, thanks to news accounts and crack
research, to fact check "The Path to 9/11" as a biased, irresponsible mess.
Here's what you need to know:
* Richard Clarke -- the counterterrorism czar for the Clinton
administration, now himself a consultant to ABC News -- describes a key
scene in "The Path to 9/11" as "180 degrees from what happened." In the
scene, a CIA field agent places a phone call to get the go ahead to kill
Osama Bin Laden, then in his sights, only to have a senior Clinton
administration official refuse and hang up the phone. Sandy Berger,
President Clinton's National Security Advisor, called the same scene "a
total fabrication. It did not happen." And Roger Cressey, a top Bush and
Clinton counterterrorism official, said it was "something straight out of
Disney and fantasyland. It's factually wrong. And that's shameful."
* Another scene revives the old right-wing myth that press reporting made it
impossible to track Osama bin Laden, accusing the Washington Post of blowing
the secret that American intelligence tracked his satellite phone calls. In
reality, responsibility for that blunder -- contrary to "The Path to 9/11"
-- rests with none other than the arch-conservative Washington Times.
* The former National Security Council head of counterterrorism says that
President Clinton "approved every request made of him by the CIA and the
U.S. military involving using force against bin Laden and al-Qaeda," and the
9/11 report says the CIA had full authority from President Clinton to strike
Bin Laden. Yet chief "Path to 9/11" scriptwriter Cyrus Nowrasteh, a friend
of Rush Limbaugh, says the miniseries shows how President Clinton had
"frequent opportunities in the '90s to stop Bin Laden in his tracks -- but
lacked the will to do so."
* ABC asked only the Republican co-chair of the 9/11 Commission, Tom Kean,
Sr., to advise the makers of "The Path to 9/11". The producers optioned two
books, one written by a Bush administration political appointee, as the
basis of the screenplay -- yet bill the miniseries as "based on the 9/11
Commission Report."
This is a picture of bias -- a conservative attempt to rewrite the history
of September 11 to blame Democrats, just in time for the election. Tell Walt
Disney president Robert Iger that you hold his company responsible -- and
that this community demands that ABC tell the truth:
http://www.democrats.org/pathto911  <http://www.democrats.org/pathto911> ABC
is trying to use of the airwaves -- airwaves owned by you and me, and loaned
to broadcasters as a public trust -- to slander Democrats and sell a
slanderous, irresponsible fraud to the American people, and they're
shamefully doing it just weeks away from Election Day. The Walt Disney
Corporation could have given Americans an honest look at September 11.
Instead, the company abandoned its duty to the truth -- and embraced the
fiction known as "The Path to 9/11." But ABC isn't the only company pushing
this gross revision of history. ABC has enlisted the reputable education and
children's entertainment company Scholastic, Inc. to send 100,000 letters to
high school teachers, urging them to show students "The Path to 9/11".
Scholastic has also created a discussion guide for teachers to use to
encourage students and their families to watch this irresponsible fraud and
then discuss it in school. The discussion guide does not in any way point
out the concerns and criticisms that have been raised about the validity and
accuracy of the film. We've got to stop this now. ABC/Disney must face an
accountability moment. You can ratchet up the pressure on ABC by sending
your own letter to Walt Disney CEO Robert Iger -- tell him to keep this
propaganda off their air. http://www.democrats.org/pathto911
<http://www.democrats.org/pathto911> We'll keep you up to date as this story
evolves. Thank you,
Tom Tom McMahon 
Executive Director
 Democratic National Committee
     
     
  
  
  
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From jac07 at dcn.org  Thu Sep  7 14:31:55 2006
From: jac07 at dcn.org (John Chendo)
Date: Thu, 07 Sep 2006 14:31:55 -0700
Subject: [Davis Democrats] Davis School Board Meeting tonight--Scholastic
 Publ. Co. &ABC/Disney commit FRAUD on 9-11
In-Reply-To: <6.1.0.6.0.20060907113832.05691a20@purple.ucdavis.edu>
Message-ID: <C125DDDB.C79E%jac07@dcn.org>

ACTION: Contact the School Board members before the meeting tonight,
Thursday, Sept.7, of the Davis School Board.
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From: michael syvanen <syvanen at ucdavis.edu>
Date: Thu, 07 Sep 2006 11:40:35 -0700
To: John Chendo <jac07 at dcn.org>
Subject: Re: [Davis Democrats] FW: A Despicable, Irresponsible
Fraud--ABC/Disney commits FRAUD on 9-11

John

There is one thing that we can do here.   This program is being distributed
by Scholastic, a text book publisher.  We should put pressure on the school
board to threaten to boycott their product if they do not withdraw their
support.

Mike Syvanen

At 08:29 PM 9/6/2006, you wrote:

>------ Forwarded Message
>From: "Tom McMahon, Democratic Party" <democraticparty at democrats.org>
>Reply-To: <dnc-003et01m8I at mailer.democrats.org>
>Date: Wed, 6 Sep 2006 19:06:13 -0500
>To: john chendo <jac07 at dcn.org>
>Subject: A Despicable, Irresponsible Fraud
>
>
>
>   Dear john,  <http://www.democrats.org/pathto911> Does a major national
>broadcast network want to stain itself by presenting an irresponsible,
>slanderous, fraudulent, "docu-drama" to the American public? Not if you and
>I have the last word -- but either way, we're about to find out. The ABC
>television network -- a cog in the Walt Disney empire -- unleashed a
>promotional blitz in the last week for a new "docudrama" called "The Path to
>9/11". ABC has thrown its corporate might behind the two-night production,
>and bills it as a public service: a TV event, to quote the ABC tagline,
>"based on the 9/11 Commission Report". That's false. "The Path to 9/11" is
>actually a bald-faced attempt to slander Democrats and revise history right
>before Americans vote in a major election. The miniseries, which was put
>together by right-wing conservative writers, relies on the old GOP playbook
>of using terrorism to scare Americans. "The Path to 9/11" mocks the truth
>and dishonors the memory of 9/11 victims to serve a cheap, callous political
>agenda. It irresponsibly misrepresents the facts and completely distorts the
>truth. ABC/Disney executives need to hear from the public and understand
>that their abuse of the public trust comes with a cost. Tell Walt Disney CEO
>Robert Iger to keep this right-wing propaganda off the air -- we'll deliver
>your message: http://www.democrats.org/pathto911
><http://www.democrats.org/pathto911> This story is breaking quickly. The
>bias of the "docudrama" only became known when ABC began circulating
>previews recently. Less than two weeks ago, 9/11 Commission member Richard
>Ben-Veniste confronted a lead writer of "The Path to 9/11" after watching
>the first half of the miniseries at a screening, but most of what we know
>amounts to bits and pieces because ABC chose to screen the miniseries to
>conservative bloggers and right-wing media outlets exclusively. Almost none
>of the Democrats portrayed in the film have even been asked for their
>thoughts. But we still know enough, thanks to news accounts and crack
>research, to fact check "The Path to 9/11" as a biased, irresponsible mess.
>Here's what you need to know:
>* Richard Clarke -- the counterterrorism czar for the Clinton
>administration, now himself a consultant to ABC News -- describes a key
>scene in "The Path to 9/11" as "180 degrees from what happened." In the
>scene, a CIA field agent places a phone call to get the go ahead to kill
>Osama Bin Laden, then in his sights, only to have a senior Clinton
>administration official refuse and hang up the phone. Sandy Berger,
>President Clinton's National Security Advisor, called the same scene "a
>total fabrication. It did not happen." And Roger Cressey, a top Bush and
>Clinton counterterrorism official, said it was "something straight out of
>Disney and fantasyland. It's factually wrong. And that's shameful."
>* Another scene revives the old right-wing myth that press reporting made it
>impossible to track Osama bin Laden, accusing the Washington Post of blowing
>the secret that American intelligence tracked his satellite phone calls. In
>reality, responsibility for that blunder -- contrary to "The Path to 9/11"
>-- rests with none other than the arch-conservative Washington Times.
>* The former National Security Council head of counterterrorism says that
>President Clinton "approved every request made of him by the CIA and the
>U.S. military involving using force against bin Laden and al-Qaeda," and the
>9/11 report says the CIA had full authority from President Clinton to strike
>Bin Laden. Yet chief "Path to 9/11" scriptwriter Cyrus Nowrasteh, a friend
>of Rush Limbaugh, says the miniseries shows how President Clinton had
>"frequent opportunities in the '90s to stop Bin Laden in his tracks -- but
>lacked the will to do so."
>* ABC asked only the Republican co-chair of the 9/11 Commission, Tom Kean,
>Sr., to advise the makers of "The Path to 9/11". The producers optioned two
>books, one written by a Bush administration political appointee, as the
>basis of the screenplay -- yet bill the miniseries as "based on the 9/11
>Commission Report."
>This is a picture of bias -- a conservative attempt to rewrite the history
>of September 11 to blame Democrats, just in time for the election. Tell Walt
>Disney president Robert Iger that you hold his company responsible -- and
>that this community demands that ABC tell the truth:
>http://www.democrats.org/pathto911  <http://www.democrats.org/pathto911> ABC
>is trying to use of the airwaves -- airwaves owned by you and me, and loaned
>to broadcasters as a public trust -- to slander Democrats and sell a
>slanderous, irresponsible fraud to the American people, and they're
>shamefully doing it just weeks away from Election Day. The Walt Disney
>Corporation could have given Americans an honest look at September 11.
>Instead, the company abandoned its duty to the truth -- and embraced the
>fiction known as "The Path to 9/11." But ABC isn't the only company pushing
>this gross revision of history. ABC has enlisted the reputable education and
>children's entertainment company Scholastic, Inc. to send 100,000 letters to
>high school teachers, urging them to show students "The Path to 9/11".
>Scholastic has also created a discussion guide for teachers to use to
>encourage students and their families to watch this irresponsible fraud and
>then discuss it in school. The discussion guide does not in any way point
>out the concerns and criticisms that have been raised about the validity and
>accuracy of the film. We've got to stop this now. ABC/Disney must face an
>accountability moment. You can ratchet up the pressure on ABC by sending
>your own letter to Walt Disney CEO Robert Iger -- tell him to keep this
>propaganda off their air. http://www.democrats.org/pathto911
><http://www.democrats.org/pathto911> We'll keep you up to date as this story
>evolves. Thank you,
>Tom Tom McMahon
>Executive Director
>  Democratic National Committee
>
>
>
>
>
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>
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From ellyfairclough at yahoo.com  Thu Sep  7 14:38:22 2006
From: ellyfairclough at yahoo.com (Elly Fairclough)
Date: Thu, 7 Sep 2006 14:38:22 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [Davis Democrats] chili pepper lights
Message-ID: <20060907213822.3866.qmail@web82512.mail.mud.yahoo.com>

I would like to use chili pepper lights as part of the decor for the Sept. 30 Bean Feed.
  Please RSVP to me know if you have any of these lights to loan us for the evening.  Thanks.
   
  --Elly
  ellyfairclough at yahoo.com
  cell 219-8376


From yamagata at virtual-markets.net  Fri Sep  8 18:09:53 2006
From: yamagata at virtual-markets.net (G Richard Yamagata PhD)
Date: Fri, 8 Sep 2006 18:09:53 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [Davis Democrats] 5 Day Notice -- Agenda for Davis Democrat Club
	Board Meeting on Tuesday September 12
Message-ID: <200609090109.k8919Q6b054006@afes.com>

This is the preliminary agenda for the Davis Democrat Club Board Meeting.
If you received your DDC board member folder, PLEASE BRING YOUR FOLDER TO
THE MEETING.  

PLEASE NOTE -- THIS MEETING IS AT THE DAVIS CAMPAIGN HEADQUARTERS behind
Cafe Roma on E Street.

This meeting will be held from 7PM to 8PM.  If you wish to submit an item to
the agenda of the Board Meeting, please contact Arun Sen, John Chendo or
Tony Gruska or bring your item to the meeting.  What will happen is that
your item will be placed on the agenda under new business and will be
discussed.  If any action is to be taken on the item, it will be voted upon
at the next meeting.  This is a preliminary agenda and it may change before
the meeting only with approval by Arun Sen, John Chendo and Tony Gruska.  I
will send a final agenda notice on or about September 11.

Please note that all Davis Democrat Club members are welcome to attend the
board meeting.  Usually, we have several guests, both members and
non-members, at these meetings.

Davis Democrat Club Board Meeting on Tuesday September 12,

             Davis Democratic Club Meeting Agenda 
                Tuesday, September 12, 7 pm - 8 pm 
     Place: Davis Democrat Headquarters in Davis.  
                     207 E Street.
Behind Cafe Roma and accessible through walk way between Chipotle and Cafe Roma.

I.  Introduction and political humor (10 minutes)
        i.    Approval of Agenda  
        ii.   Approval of Minutes for past meetings as they are submitted 
              (Minutes from August Meeting and July General Meeting.)  
               These minutes have been sent out to the list.
        iii.  Comments and issues from the Public and general members.
              a. From public for unscheduled presentations.
        iv.   Minutes and reports from other clubs and campus Democrats
              a. Specific report from the Woodland Club, Lyle S.
              b. Report from Yolo County Young Democrats, Lyle or Rich.
              c. Report from UCDavis Campus Democrats, Unknown.
              d. Report on the President's activities for the club, Arun Sen.
              e. Report on the August meeting of the YCDCC 
                 (Yolo County Democratic Central Committee.
              f. Report on the Yolo County Headquarters in Woodland

II.  Treasurer's Report (1 minutes)

III. Discussion of Ice Cream Social (10 minutes)
        i.    Net report on attendence and money brought into club by event.
        ii.   What went right
        iii.  What went wrong and needs improvement for next year.

IV.  Democratic booth for the Yolo County Fair (5 minutes)
        i.   General discussion on booth 
             (booth under pervue of the YCDCC, just informational discussion)

V.   Report by Campaign Headquarters Committee (5 minutes)

VI.  Continued Selection of new parlimentarian -- Progress Report by
committee (5 minutes)

VII. Action or report on New Board Members (5 minutes)

VIII. Annual Fall Barbeque (5 minutes)
        i.   Report on last years Fall event and 2004 Barbeque at headquarters
        ii.  Date for Event -- suggested that this be rolled into Fiestas
for Phil            
        iii. Selection of Chair, volunteers, food and beverage

IX.   Content of the Next Newsletter (10 minutes)
        i.   Circulation -- is everyone happy?
        ii.  Status of newsletter editor (has new full time job)
        iii. Report by newsletter committee
        iv.  Volunteer tasks
        v.   Story ideas

X. New and Unfinished Business (5 minutes)
        i.   Unfinished business items from past meetings.
        ii.  Items for next meeting  
        iii. Announcements- upcoming events 
        iv.  Next Meeting Time/Location 
        v.   Meeting adjournment

Time:  60 minutes

All times are approximate and only placed to help keep meeting on track, so
meeting can end by 8 PM.  


G Richard Yamagata  PhD
CEO/President   VME Inc.   http://www.vme.net/

G Richard Yamagata is a member of the Davis Community Network Board of 
Directors, a member of the board of the Business Link of Woodland and Davis,
Secretary of the Board of Directors for the Davis Democrat Club, President 
of the board of Virtual Market Enterprises, Inc, Secretary-Treasurer 
of the board of the Davis Progressive Business Exchange and communications 
liason of the Independent Order of Oddfellows Chapter 169.

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From jac07 at dcn.org  Fri Sep  8 21:03:57 2006
From: jac07 at dcn.org (John Chendo)
Date: Fri, 08 Sep 2006 21:03:57 -0700
Subject: [Davis Democrats] FW: Hit Mickey Mouse Where He Hurts: Stop Big
	Media
In-Reply-To: <20060908211340.12906.28179.qmail@omail4.getactive.com>
Message-ID: <C1278B3D.C81E%jac07@dcn.org>


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From: "Timothy Karr, FreePress.net" <list at freepress.net>
Reply-To: <notice-reply-i78nieb2zjjd6x5 at ga-mail.action.freepress.net>
Date: Fri, 08 Sep 2006 21:13:40 GMT
To: Adrienne Kandel <jac07 at dcn.org>
Subject: Hit Mickey Mouse Where He Hurts: Stop Big Media

 <http://www.freepress.net/>
 
  Dear Adrienne, 
 <http://www.stopbigmedia.com/mickey.php> Should Mickey Set the Agenda? Tell
the FCC to Stop Big Media <http://action.freepress.net/ct/Z7MaYHE19cDh/>


ABC's plan to air an inaccurate 9-11 "docudrama" has ignited public outrage
with hundreds of thousands of people sending letters to Disney headquarters
and local ABC stations protesting their willful distortion of history.

These media protests have had an impact, but the root problem will remain
unless we act now to stop media giants from becoming even more powerful.

Hit Disney Where it Hurts:
Tell the FCC to Stop Consolidation
<http://action.freepress.net/ct/Z7MaYHE19cDh/>
Rampant media consolidation over the last two decades has put control over
the media in the hands of a few large corporations. We see it in action now.

Local stations have been instructed by ABC -- and its corporate owners at
Disney -- to air "The Path to 9/11" a five-hour "docudrama" that is riddled
with falsehoods about events that lead to the September 11 terrorist
attacks. 

Disney appears set to recklessly wield control over local television for
ratings and political gain. Media ownership matters. It is time to rollback
rampant media consolidation and defend localism and public service.

Tell the FCC to Stop Big Media's Abuse of the Airwaves
<http://action.freepress.net/ct/Z7MaYHE19cDh/>
"The Path to 9/11" reportedly features a series of fictionalized scenes,
written by a right-wing activist, that are in direct conflict with the
bi-partisan 9-11 Commission's report. Now, Disney is forcing local
broadcasters to air these falsehoods in our communities.

The Federal Communications Commission is poised to give companies like
Disney even more power over our airwaves. FCC Chairman Kevin Martin has
asked the public to comment on his plans to let conglomerates like Disney
buy up even more of our local stations. Tell Disney and the Chairman Martin
that enough is enough:

Take Action to Stop Big Media
<http://action.freepress.net/ct/Z7MaYHE19cDh/>
No matter your politics, we should all embrace the public's right to have a
strong voice in how the broadcasters use our airwaves. Sadly, the local
station owners that are most responsive to our interests are being pushed
around by conglomerates like Disney.

It's time that the FCC responded to the public and limited Big Media's
damaging influence on our democracy.

Onward, 

Timothy Karr
Campaign Director
Free Press
www.freepress.net 

 P.S. -- To learn more, visit www.StopBigMedia.com
<http://action.freepress.net/ct/ZdMaYHE19cDy/> , a broad-based coalition of
consumer advocates, public interest, media reform, organized labor and other
groups that have joined together to fight runaway media consolidation. To
learn more about the controversy surrounding the ABC "docudrama," visit
"Tell The Truth About 9-11" <http://action.freepress.net/ct/K7MaYHE19cDm/> .

P.P.S. -- Disney Plays Politics:

1. While Disney is marketing "Path to 9/11" as an accurate retelling of the
9-11 Commission it also claims that "for dramatic and narrative purposes,
the movie contains fictionalized scenes, composite and representative
characters and dialogue, and time compression." It's so rife with falsehoods
that an FBI agent who was brought in to consult on the docudrama quit
because, he said, "they were making things up." (more
<http://action.freepress.net/ct/Z1MaYHE19cDU/> )

2. The docudrama's scriptwriter -- a noted conservative -- admits that the
film's most controversial scene -- where a Clinton administration official
passes up an opportunity to kill Osama Bin Ladin -- was based on nothing at
all, telling a right-wing radio station that the scene was "improvised."
(more <http://action.freepress.net/ct/ZpMaYHE19cDn/> )

3. ABC/Disney also planned to distribute the historically false "Path to
9/11" to more than 25,000 American classrooms, via lesson plans created by
Scholastic -- the world's largest publisher of children's books -- with whom
Disney has lucrative content sharing deals. The study guide suggested that
former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein had a role in the Sept. 11, 2001,
terrorist attacks. Yesterday, Scholastic cancelled distribution after
thousands wrote the company to complain. (more
<http://www.boston.com/news/nation/washington/articles/2006/09/08/abcs_911_f
ilm_incenses_democrats/> )

  

 
 

  

 
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From jac07 at dcn.org  Sat Sep  9 02:42:44 2006
From: jac07 at dcn.org (John Chendo)
Date: Sat, 09 Sep 2006 02:42:44 -0700
Subject: [Davis Democrats] Harry Reid's letter threatening Disney
In-Reply-To: <04c801c6d3ce$c2e48e00$6401a8c0@WHITE2>
Message-ID: <C127DAA4.C827%jac07@dcn.org>


Subject: [PomboRR] Harry Reid's letter threatening Disney

http://americablog.blogspot.com/2006/09/senate-democratic-leadership-threate
ns.html

Senate Democratic leadership threatens Disney with legal and legislative
sanctions
by John in DC - 9/07/2006 06:02:00 PM

This letter was sent today by the entire Democratic leadership of the US
Senate. This letter is such a major shot across the bow of Disney, it's not
even funny. It is FILLED with veiled threats, both legal and legislative,
against Disney. US Senators don't make threats like this, especially the
entire Democratic leadership en masse, unless they mean it. Disney is in
serious trouble.

Read it, then read my analysis of it below:

September 7, 2006

Mr. Robert A. Iger
President and CEO
The Walt Disney Company
500 South Buena Vista Street
Burbank CA 91521

Dear Mr. Iger,

We write with serious concerns about the planned upcoming broadcast of The
Path to 9/11 mini-series on September 10 and 11. Countless reports from
experts on 9/11 who have viewed the program indicate numerous and serious
inaccuracies that will undoubtedly serve to misinform the American people
about the tragic events surrounding the terrible attacks of that day.
Furthermore, the manner in which this program has been developed, funded,
and advertised suggests a partisan bent unbecoming of a major company like
Disney and a major and well respected news organization like ABC. We
therefore urge you to cancel this broadcast to cease Disney?s plans to use
it as a teaching tool in schools across America through Scholastic.
Presenting such deeply flawed and factually inaccurate misinformation to the
American public and to children would be a gross miscarriage of your
corporate and civic responsibility to the law, to your shareholders, and to
the nation.

The Communications Act of 1934 provides your network with a free broadcast
license predicated on the fundamental understanding of your principle
obligation to act as a trustee of the public airwaves in serving the public
interest. Nowhere is this public interest obligation more apparent than in
the duty of broadcasters to serve the civic needs of a democracy by
promoting an open and accurate discussion of political ideas and events.

Disney and ABC claim this program to be based on the 9/11 Commission Report
and are using that assertion as part of the promotional campaign for it. The
9/11 Commission is the most respected American authority on the 9/11
attacks, and association with it carries a special responsibility. Indeed,
the very events themselves on 9/11, so tragic as they were, demand extreme
care by any who attempt to use those events as part of an entertainment or
educational program. To quote Steve McPhereson, president of ABC
Entertainment, ???When you take on the responsibility of telling the story
behind such an important event, it is absolutely critical that you get it
right.???

Unfortunately, it appears Disney and ABC got it totally wrong.

Despite claims by your network?s representatives that The Path to 9/11 is
based on the report of the 9/11 Commission, 9/11 Commissioners themselves,
as well as other experts on the issues, disagree.

Richard Ben-Veniste, speaking for himself and fellow 9/11 Commissioners who
recently viewed the program, said, ???As we were watching, we were trying to
think how they could have misinterpreted the 9/11 Commission?s findings the
way that they had.??? [???9/11 Miniseries Is Criticized as Inaccurate and
Biased,??? New York Times, September 6, 2006]

Richard Clarke, the former counter-terrorism czar, and a national security
advisor to ABC has described the program as ???deeply flawed??? and said of
the program?s depiction of a Clinton official hanging up on an intelligence
agent, ???It?s 180 degrees from what happened.??? [???9/11 Miniseries Is
Criticized as Inaccurate and Biased,??? New York Times, September 6, 2006]

Reports suggest that an FBI agent who worked on 9/11 and served as a
consultant to ABC on this program quit halfway through because, ???he
thought they were making things up.??? [MSNBC, September 7, 2006]

Even Thomas Kean, who serves as a paid consultant to the miniseries, has
admitted that scenes in the film are fictionalized. [???9/11 Miniseries Is
Criticized as Inaccurate and Biased,??? New York Times, September 6, 2006]

That Disney would seek to broadcast an admittedly and proven false
recounting of the events of 9/11 raises serious questions about the
motivations of its creators and those who approved the deeply flawed
program. Finally, that Disney plans to air commercial-free a program that
reportedly cost it $40 million to produce serves to add fuel to these
concerns.

These concerns are made all the more pressing by the political leaning of
and the public statements made by the writer/producer of this miniseries,
Mr. Cyrus Nowrasteh, in promoting this miniseries across conservative blogs
and talk shows.

Frankly, that ABC and Disney would consider airing a program that could be
construed as right-wing political propaganda on such a grave and important
event involving the security of our nation is a discredit both to the Disney
brand and to the legacy of honesty built at ABC by honorable individuals
from David Brinkley to Peter Jennings. Furthermore, that Disney would seek
to use Scholastic to promote this misguided programming to American children
as a substitute for factual information is a disgrace.

As 9/11 Commission member Jamie Gorelick said, ???It is critically important
to the safety of our nation that our citizens, and particularly our school
children, understand what actually happened and why ??? so that we can
proceed from a common understanding of what went wrong and act with unity to
make our country safer.???

Should Disney allow this programming to proceed as planned, the factual
record, millions of viewers, countless schoolchildren, and the reputation of
Disney as a corporation worthy of the trust of the American people and the
United States Congress will be deeply damaged. We urge you, after full
consideration of the facts, to uphold your responsibilities as a respected
member of American society and as a beneficiary of the free use of the
public airwaves to cancel this factually inaccurate and deeply misguided
program. We look forward to hearing back from you soon.

Sincerely,

Senate Democratic Leader Harry Reid
Assistant Democratic Leader Dick Durbin
Senator Debbie Stabenow
Senator Charles Schumer
Senator Byron Dorgan

The Senate Democratic leadership just threatened Disney's broadcast license.
Note the use of the word "trustee" at the beginning of the letter and
"trust" at the end. This is nothing less than an implicit threat that if
Disney tries to meddle in the US elections on behalf of the Republicans,
they will pay a very serious price when the Democrats get back in power, or
even before.

This raises the stakes incredibly for Disney.




From yamagata at virtual-markets.net  Sat Sep  9 17:55:40 2006
From: yamagata at virtual-markets.net (G Richard Yamagata PhD)
Date: Sat,  9 Sep 2006 17:55:40 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [Davis Democrats] From The Friends of Jim Provenza
Message-ID: <20060910005540.04F33200A56C@mx.dcn.davis.ca.us>

Dear Friends,

A last minute reminder for tomorrow night!
  
This is to to remind you to attend the "Back to School Blues" fundraiser for
School Board Member Jim Provenza, featuring the Rick Donaldson Blues Band.
It will be an evening of music, fine food,and fun. The requested donation is
$25 per person (note: $15 if your budget is more limited.) 

The event will held this coming Sunday, September 10 from 4-7 PM at the home of 
Holly and Matt Bishop: 1237 Drummond South in Davis.
   
   Directions to the "Back to School Blues" Party:

1) Take Pole Line Over-crossing South over I-80.
2) Continue straight after the traffic light onto Lillard Drive,
3) Make a Right onto Danbury St. (at Montgomery School)).
4) Take your next left onto Drummond Road South.
5) 1237 Drummond South is at the corner of Drummond South and Danbury 
Street.
   
  Even if you can't attend, any donation would be appreciated and help us 
to work toward improving Davis schools.  To send a donation, please 
address your check to "Friends of Jim Provenza" and mail to
3043 Bollante Lane, Davis, CA 95618. 
   
  THANKS!
   
  Friends of Jim Provenza

G Richard Yamagata  PhD
CEO/President   VME Inc.   http://www.vme.net/

G Richard Yamagata is a member of the Davis Community Network Board of 
Directors, a member of the board of the Business Link of Woodland and Davis,
Secretary of the Board of Directors for the Davis Democrat Club, President 
of the board of Virtual Market Enterprises, Inc, Secretary-Treasurer 
of the board of the Davis Progressive Business Exchange and communications 
liason of the Independent Order of Oddfellows Chapter 169.

========================== 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/ 

The thoughts expressed are my own and do not reflect the policies or opinions
of DVM, FVM, GVM, RVM, WVM, VVM, VME Inc, DCN, DDC, BLWD, DPBE, or IOOF.




From yamagata at virtual-markets.net  Mon Sep 11 19:48:53 2006
From: yamagata at virtual-markets.net (G Richard Yamagata PhD)
Date: Mon, 11 Sep 2006 19:48:53 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [Davis Democrats] 1 Day Notice -- Agenda for Davis Democrat Club
	Board Meeting on Tuesday September 12
Message-ID: <200609120248.k8C2mmQt057640@afes.com>

This is the agenda for the Davis Democrat Club Board Meeting.  If you
received your DDC board member folder, PLEASE BRING YOUR FOLDER TO THE
MEETING.  

PLEASE NOTE -- THIS MEETING IS AT THE DAVIS CAMPAIGN HEADQUARTERS behind
Cafe Roma at 231 E Street.

This meeting will be held from 7PM to 8PM.  If you wish to submit an item to
the agenda of the Board Meeting, please contact Arun Sen, John Chendo or
Tony Gruska or bring your item to the meeting.  What will happen is that
your item will be placed on the agenda under new business and will be
discussed.  If any action is to be taken on the item, it will be voted upon
at the next meeting.  This is a preliminary agenda and it may change before
the meeting only with approval by Arun Sen, John Chendo and Tony Gruska.  

Please note that all Davis Democrat Club members are welcome to attend the
board meeting.  Usually, we have several guests, both members and
non-members, at these meetings.

Davis Democrat Club Board Meeting on Tuesday September 12,

             Davis Democratic Club Meeting Agenda 
                Tuesday, September 12, 7 pm - 8 pm 
     Place: Davis Democrat Headquarters in Davis.  
                     207 E Street.
Behind Cafe Roma and accessible through walk way between Chipotle and Cafe Roma.

I.  Introduction and political humor (10 minutes)
        i.    Approval of Agenda  
        ii.   Approval of Minutes for past meetings as they are submitted 
              (Minutes from August Meeting and July General Meeting.)  
               These minutes have been sent out to the list.
        iii.  Comments and issues from the Public and general members.
              a. From public for unscheduled presentations.
        iv.   Minutes and reports from other clubs and campus Democrats
              a. Specific report from the Woodland Club, Lyle S.
              b. Report from Yolo County Young Democrats, Lyle or Rich.
              c. Report from UCDavis Campus Democrats, Unknown.
              d. Report on the President's activities for the club, Arun Sen.
              e. Report on the August meeting of the YCDCC 
                 (Yolo County Democratic Central Committee.
              f. Report on the Yolo County Headquarters in Woodland

II.  Treasurer's Report (1 minutes)

III. Discussion of Ice Cream Social (10 minutes)
        i.    Net report on attendence and money brought into club by event.
        ii.   What went right
        iii.  What went wrong and needs improvement for next year.

IV.  Democratic booth for the Yolo County Fair (5 minutes)
        i.   General discussion on booth 
             (booth under pervue of the YCDCC, just informational discussion)

V.   Report by Campaign Headquarters Committee (5 minutes)

VI.  Continued Selection of new parlimentarian -- Progress Report by
committee (5 minutes)

VII. Action or report on New Board Members (5 minutes)

VIII. Annual Fall Barbeque (5 minutes)
        i.   Report on last years Fall event and 2004 Barbeque at headquarters
        ii.  Date for Event -- suggested that this be rolled into Fiestas
for Phil            
        iii. Selection of Chair, volunteers, food and beverage

IX.   Content of the Next Newsletter (10 minutes)
        i.   Circulation -- is everyone happy?
        ii.  Status of newsletter editor (has new full time job)
        iii. Report by newsletter committee
        iv.  Volunteer tasks
        v.   Story ideas

X. New and Unfinished Business (5 minutes)
        i.   Unfinished business items from past meetings.
        ii.  Items for next meeting  
        iii. Announcements- upcoming events 
        iv.  Next Meeting Time/Location 
        v.   Meeting adjournment

Time:  60 minutes

All times are approximate and only placed to help keep meeting on track, so
meeting can end by 8 PM.  


G Richard Yamagata  PhD
CEO/President   VME Inc.   http://www.vme.net/

G Richard Yamagata is a member of the Davis Community Network Board of 
Directors, a member of the board of the Business Link of Woodland and Davis,
Secretary of the Board of Directors for the Davis Democrat Club, President 
of the board of Virtual Market Enterprises, Inc, Secretary-Treasurer 
of the board of the Davis Progressive Business Exchange and communications 
liason of the Independent Order of Oddfellows Chapter 169.

========================== 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/ 

The thoughts expressed are my own and do not reflect the policies or opinions
of DVM, FVM, GVM, RVM, WVM, VVM, VME Inc, DCN, DDC, BLWD, DPBE, or IOOF.




From yamagata at virtual-markets.net  Tue Sep 12 22:52:21 2006
From: yamagata at virtual-markets.net (G Richard Yamagata PhD)
Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2006 22:52:21 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [Davis Democrats] Davis Dems Chairs at Jerry Kaneko's home
Message-ID: <200609130552.k8D5q6Qt046124@afes.com>

Greetings All,

The DDC chairs that were taken over to Jerry Kaneko's home for the ice cream
social are still at his house.  He would like someone to pick them up.  Can
anyone help with the pick-up and storage of some of the club chairs.  I
think that 15 of the chairs go over to Stephen Souza's house for storage,
but I do not know where the other 11 are to go.

Please respond to this e-mail if you can help or have a suggestion.  There
seem to be enough chairs at the headquarters, though maybe they may need
some more down there for the potluck on the 24th of September.  

Take care,

Richard
G Richard Yamagata  PhD
CEO/President   VME Inc.   http://www.vme.net/

G Richard Yamagata is a member of the Davis Community Network Board of 
Directors, a member of the board of the Business Link of Woodland and Davis,
Secretary of the Board of Directors for the Davis Democrat Club, President 
of the board of Virtual Market Enterprises, Inc, Secretary-Treasurer 
of the board of the Davis Progressive Business Exchange and communications 
liason of the Independent Order of Oddfellows Chapter 169.

========================== 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/ 

The thoughts expressed are my own and do not reflect the policies or opinions
of DVM, FVM, GVM, RVM, WVM, VVM, VME Inc, DCN, DDC, BLWD, DPBE, or IOOF.




From rosouza at sbcglobal.net  Wed Sep 13 08:36:23 2006
From: rosouza at sbcglobal.net (Robin Souza)
Date: Wed, 13 Sep 2006 08:36:23 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [Davis Democrats] Davis Dems Chairs at Jerry Kaneko's home
In-Reply-To: <200609130552.k8D5q6Qt046124@afes.com>
Message-ID: <20060913153623.63469.qmail@web80729.mail.yahoo.com>

Steve brought all those chairs over and he will pick them up. Some belong to us, some belong to DDC.  We store them in our side yard.  We have been out of town and unable to do this follow up task, but should be able to get to it by this weekend. Thank you.  Robin

G Richard Yamagata PhD <yamagata at virtual-markets.net> wrote: Greetings All,

The DDC chairs that were taken over to Jerry Kaneko's home for the ice cream
social are still at his house.  He would like someone to pick them up.  Can
anyone help with the pick-up and storage of some of the club chairs.  I
think that 15 of the chairs go over to Stephen Souza's house for storage,
but I do not know where the other 11 are to go.

Please respond to this e-mail if you can help or have a suggestion.  There
seem to be enough chairs at the headquarters, though maybe they may need
some more down there for the potluck on the 24th of September.  

Take care,

Richard
G Richard Yamagata  PhD
CEO/President   VME Inc.   http://www.vme.net/

G Richard Yamagata is a member of the Davis Community Network Board of 
Directors, a member of the board of the Business Link of Woodland and Davis,
Secretary of the Board of Directors for the Davis Democrat Club, President 
of the board of Virtual Market Enterprises, Inc, Secretary-Treasurer 
of the board of the Davis Progressive Business Exchange and communications 
liason of the Independent Order of Oddfellows Chapter 169.

========================== 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/ 

The thoughts expressed are my own and do not reflect the policies or opinions
of DVM, FVM, GVM, RVM, WVM, VVM, VME Inc, DCN, DDC, BLWD, DPBE, or IOOF.


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From jac07 at dcn.org  Wed Sep 13 18:12:16 2006
From: jac07 at dcn.org (John Chendo)
Date: Wed, 13 Sep 2006 18:12:16 -0700
Subject: [Davis Democrats] FW: ACT NOW!: Poll Shows Brown and Doolittle in
	Dead Heat!
In-Reply-To: <1101401125623.1101121493044.18.4.2720007C@scheduler>
Message-ID: <C12DFA80.C9C0%jac07@dcn.org>


------ Forwarded Message
From: Charlie Brown For Congress <info at brown4congress.org>
Reply-To: <info at brown4congress.org>
Date: Wed, 13 Sep 2006 20:00:29 -0400 (EDT)
To: <jac07 at dcn.org>
Subject: ACT NOW!:  Poll Shows Brown and Doolittle in Dead Heat!

 
     
   ?   
 ?  Brown Moves Into Tie with Doolittle!!!
  September 2006   

  ?  
 ?    Dear John,   
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     ?     
 ?  
     
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From jac07 at dcn.org  Wed Sep 13 23:13:36 2006
From: jac07 at dcn.org (John Chendo)
Date: Wed, 13 Sep 2006 23:13:36 -0700
Subject: [Davis Democrats] Phil Angelides is my choice for Governor--from
	Gen. Clark
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Date: Wed, 13 Sep 2006 21:38:50 GMT
To: john  chendo <jac07 at dcn.org>
Subject: Phil Angelides is my choice for Governor

   


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From jac07 at dcn.org  Thu Sep 14 07:57:00 2006
From: jac07 at dcn.org (John Chendo)
Date: Thu, 14 Sep 2006 07:57:00 -0700
Subject: [Davis Democrats] Appeal from President Clinton
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From: President Bill Clinton <info at dscc.org>
Reply-To: <info at dscc.org>
Date: Thu, 14 Sep 2006 10:23:54 -0400 (EDT)
To: <jac07 at dcn.org>
Subject: The Consequences of Inaction

 

Dear John ,  
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ton_LAD.jsp> My friends, the next eight weeks are critical for America and
for the world. On November 7, Americans will make a critical choice together
- will we give this administration and the Republican Congress two more
years of unfettered control over our economy, our security, and our role in
the world? Or will we say together that it is time for a new direction?
Almost fourteen years ago, that's what happened - the American people came
together and voted for change after twelve years of Republican rule. I am
forever grateful for the trust you placed in me and proud of the peace and
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together and call out for change. A new direction for America begins in the
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From ellyfairclough at yahoo.com  Thu Sep 14 17:09:56 2006
From: ellyfairclough at yahoo.com (Elly Fairclough)
Date: Thu, 14 Sep 2006 17:09:56 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [Davis Democrats] Davis Dems Chairs at Jerry Kaneko's home
In-Reply-To: <20060913153623.63469.qmail@web80729.mail.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <20060915000956.2347.qmail@web82515.mail.mud.yahoo.com>

Thank you to the Souzas for storing and transporting all the chairs.
  Know that the local Dems don't take these services for granted!
  Thanks.
  

Robin Souza <rosouza at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
  Steve brought all those chairs over and he will pick them up. Some belong to us, some belong to DDC. We store them in our side yard. We have been out of town and unable to do this follow up task, but should be able to get to it by this weekend. Thank you. Robin

G Richard Yamagata PhD wrote: Greetings All,

The DDC chairs that were taken over to Jerry Kaneko's home for the ice cream
social are still at his house. He would like someone to pick them up. Can
anyone help with the pick-up and storage of some of the club chairs. I
think that 15 of the chairs go over to Stephen Souza's house for storage,
but I do not know where the other 11 are to go.

Please respond to this e-mail if you can help or have a suggestion. There
seem to be enough chairs at the headquarters, though maybe they may need
some more down there for the potluck on the 24th of September. 

Take care,

Richard
G Richard Yamagata PhD
CEO/President VME Inc. http://www.vme.net/

G Richard Yamagata is a member of the Davis Community Network Board of 
Directors, a member of the board of the Business Link of Woodland and Davis,
Secretary of the Board of Directors for the Davis Democrat Club, President 
of the board of Virtual Market Enterprises, Inc, Secretary-Treasurer 
of the board of the Davis Progressive Business Exchange and communications 
liason of the Independent Order of Oddfellows Chapter 169.

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From yamagata at virtual-markets.net  Sat Sep 16 03:59:45 2006
From: yamagata at virtual-markets.net (G Richard Yamagata PhD)
Date: Sat, 16 Sep 2006 03:59:45 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [Davis Democrats] Septemer 12th Board Meeting Minutes
Message-ID: <200609161059.k8GAxV1h063739@afes.com>

Greetings Davis Democrat Club Boardmembers,

These are the minutes that are respectfully submitted to the board:

                Davis Democratic Club (DDC) Board Meeting 
                Tuesday, September 12, 7 pm - 9 pm
     Place: Davis Democrat Headquarters 2006.  
                    231 E Street.
                    Davis, CA  

This meeting was held at the Davis Democrat Headquarters at 231 E Street in
downtown Davis. 
Present (11 board members total) were:
President: Arun Sen,
Vice President: 
Treasurer: Betty Weir	
Recording Secretary: G Richard Yamagata
Corresponding Secretary: Julia Sanchez
Acting Past President: Bob Bockwinkel, Past-Past President and Newsletter
Advertising,
Newsletter Editor: Absent
Publicity: Mary Lou Hernandez
Publicity: Absent (Acting)
Parlimentarian: None (Ex-Officio)
Board members:  Lyle Smith, Pam Neiberg, Adrienne Kandel, Mike Syvanen, and
Joyce Wilson.

Absent from Meeting:   Vice President John Chendo, Past President Tony
Gruska; Past Vice President Kingsley Melton, Barbara Slemmons, and Rhonda
Gruska.

Guests:  Carl Schmid, Rick Gonzles, Luba Schmid, Jim Provenza, Julia
Hunter-Blair, Joseph Weisenberg.

There was a total of 17 people present at this meeting.  There was a quorum
of board members present.  We currently have 16 active board members.  This
puts a quorum at 9 board members.  There were 11 board members present at
this meeting. 

President Arun Sen called the meeting to order at 7:05 PM. 

AGENDA:  Arun Sen presented the agenda to the board.  The agenda was
approved MSB.

MINUTES OF PAST MEETINGS: 
The minutes from the August 8th DDC board meeting were presented.  

MOTION/VOTE
Bob Bockwinkel moved that the minutes be accepted as approved with no
changes.  Julia Sanchez seconded this motion.  The minutes were approved
with no objection.

COMMENTS AND PUBLIC COMMENT
Joyce Wilson came to bring her e-mail to the board, which stated her
objection to having the Yolo County Central Committee accepting $1000 from
Target as a sponsor of the Bean Feed.  

Bob Bockwinkel, treasurer of the Yolo County Democrat Central Committee
(YCDCC), stated that he first learned about this when the mailer for this
event arrived in his mailbox.  

Bob also offered to give Joyce Wilson contact information, so she could
contact the members of the YCDCC.  Also, Betty Weir was present at this
meeting and was told Joyce's objection to this sponsorship.  

Lyle Smith recommended that the YCDCC be contacted and told that the Davis
Democrat Club would like the "No on Target" people be granted the
opportunity to set-up an information booth at the Bean Feed.  Lyle further
stated that Target gave a substantial campaign contribution to the
Schwarzenegger campaign.

Adrienne supported Lyle's recommendation.  

ACTION ITEM
President Arun Sen will have the club Corresponding Secretary write a letter
stating the clubs position on having Target as a sponsor of the Bean Feed.
The letter will state that the YCDCC can ask Target to rescind their
sponsorship of the Bean Feed in view of the special interest conflict
concerning their donation to the YCDCC.  If Target does not want to rescind
their donation, the "No on Target" grassroots campaign should be given the
chance to have an information booth at The Bean Feed.  The letter will also
state that Target gave a substantial donation to the Arnold Schwarzenegger
campaign.

OTHER MINUTES AND REPORTS FROM DEMOCRAT ORGANIZATIONS

WOODLAND DEMOCRAT CLUB
Lyle Smith reported that the Woodland Club is working hard to make sure that
Frank Seiferman Jr is elected to Yolo County Board of Supervisors.  He
stated that this is very important, for if Rexroad wins this election, he
will be poised to challege any Democrat running for Lois Wolks seat, when
she term limits out.  Lyle went on to report that the Yolo County Campaign
Headquarters was a great event, that was well attended.  There were 3 Davis
Democrat Club Board Members present at the grand openning.

YOUNG DEMOCRATS
Lyle Smith reported that Rich and Kandice are working 30 to 40 hours per
week to register new young voters.  They are looking for more 30 year olds
to join their efforts in Yolo County.  As an aside, Lyle reported that John
Chendo is tabling in Woodland to sign-up new voters and he suggested that
the Davis Democrat Club do the same at the Davis Farmer's Market.  

DDC PRESIDENT REPORT
Arun Sen reported that he is working on a number of things for the club:
mainly working on procedure on how we conduct our meetings and select and
elect our board members.  He is working towards tightening the by-laws from
our informal and loose interpretation of our old by-laws.  Once he has
formalized all of this, he will present his work to the board.  

YDCC REPORT
There were 5 people present in the room that were present at the YDCC
meeting.  Bob Bockwinkel gave the report on the meeting.  He stated that the
main topic at the meeting was how the County Headquarters in Woodland was
doing well with twelve to sixteen volunteers constantly at the headquarters
actively working on precinct walking and phone banking.  

CENTRAL COMMITTEE REPORT BY KINGSLEY MELTON
  Davis Democratic Club-  I picked up 10 cell phones today from  Metro PCS.
They are paid for and active until November  10th.  They are all charged and
ready.  They will be kept at  the Davis Headquarters unless there is a
specific night of phonebanking  scheduled elsewhere in Yolo County.
  
  There are sign-up sheets available to be a precinct captain or for
upcoming phone banks.  Precinct sign-ups are located next to the  precinct
map on the wall.  Phone-banking sign-ups are availabe on  Tuesdays and
Thursdays on the September calendar, also on the  wall.  Volunteers should
write there names and phone numbers.
  
  Yolo Central Committee-- Had a successful Grand Opening in Woodland
attended by John Chendo, Lyle Smith, Lois Wolk,  Mariko Yamada and Katie
Villegas were just a few that attended.
  
  Frank had his first precinct walk in Woodland last Saturday.  Precinct
walkers also left Democratic Doorhangers provided by the state  Democratic
Party.
  
  Bean Feed-- Remind folks about the Yolo County Democratic Bean Feed on
September 30th at the Veteran's Memorial Center.  For more  information,
contact Katie Villegas, 916-375-1132
  
  Misc.-- I will interview a potential UCD student-intern to help at the
office on Thursday.  It is my goal to have 3 interns this fall to help with
the election effort.
  
  UCD Dems-- are currently planning their fall registation efforts to enroll
more members.  I will be helping them in there efforts.
  
  To the Davis Dems:
  
  Sorry I could not attend tonight.  My best friend is getting  married and
he drove from San Jose tonight to ask me to be his best  man.  I will be in
the Davis office daily,  and will continue to  coordinate our efforts.
Please excuse my absence, I will not make  it a habit.
                                        Sincerely,
                                        Kingsley Melton
                                        YCDCC campaign headquarters coordinator

TREASURER'S REPORT
Betty Weir reported that we have $17,259.76 in the bank.  We currently have
248 paid members.  

ICE CREAM SOCIAL
We had 60 to 70 people in attendence at the Ice Cream Social.  Betty
deposited $706 from this event with $100 in dues.  

It was agreed that we should continue to charge $10/person.  Betty sat at
the door, collecting money.  Julia stated that we had a Baskin Robbins
employee, that decorates also the cakes at the shop, volunteer to serve the
ice cream.  Julia and Bob both stated that she did an excellent job that
added to the atmosphere of the ice cream social.  It was stated that she was
not charged admission fee because of her contribution to the event.  

It was agreed that the only improvement on the event should be more effort
in getting people to attend the event.  It was also stated that we had
enough ice cream for the 70 people (according to records, we should have had
8 gallons of ice cream at the event to feed 70 people).  

TREASURER'REPORT revisited
Betty Weir went back on the agenda to present to the board a copy of the
FPCC Report.  She showed the club the report that she files twice a year,
the last time being in July.  She show how it is filled out and how the
filled out form is mailed to the County Clerk, Freddie Oakley, who sends it
on to the Secretary of State.  It was asked what level of government
mandates that this is done.  It was said at the meeting that it is the
State, but it is actually a Federal law that mandates that this information
be collected, recorded and stored by the States.

COUNTY FAIR
Carl Schmid went over the pictures that his wife, Luba, took at the fair.
One major point was that he was working at the booth and his wife could not
find the booth and had passed it a couple of times.  This was because it
blended into the background and had no significant signage that was clearly
visible.  Luba went on to comment on how the campaign pins were not
displayed prominently at the booth and with her wearing them, she was able
to sell a significant number of them during the two hours she was present at
the booth.  Carl stated that the booth needs things to hook the public, like
the free helium balloons that were offered by the gentleman from the
Woodland Club that was present at the booth.  Carl also stated that the
volunteers at the booth need to be engaging.  

The eight points presented were:
1.  Booth:  More prominent/accessible location (Rick Gonzales can help with
this)
2.  Banner:  Larger and more visible Yolo County Democratic Banner
3.  Flags:  CA and US at the booth
4.  Pins and Bumper Stickers:  large felt board with prices clearly marked
-- perhaps free or at         cost?
5.  Balloons:  Free balloons with messages -- e.g., "Vote and Register Democrat"
6.  Political Literature:  provide a rack for literature
7.  Booth Volunteers:  Wear something specific to identify them -- e.g.,
shirts and/or hats with         "Yolo County Democrat" or "Vote Democrat" or
wear pins for sale.
8.  Voter Registration:  provide at least one chair and space on the table
so that people can         register to vote.

Rick Gonzales stated that the Democrat booth had more traffic than the
Republican booth.  He also wants people at the booth that interact with the
public.  He also wants the YCDCC to spend the money for 2 booth spots at the
fair and he said that he can help with booth placement for the YCDCC.  

Betty stated that the club needs to present our suggestions to the central
committee.  

Mary Lou Hernendez stated that she wants a formal invitation by the YCDCC
with a set time to be at the booth to help set-up the booth at the fair.
This is what is needed for her and the others to become active in setting up
the booth to her expectations.  

Mike Syvanen stated that he wanted visual displays for the active campaigns
that are running for the campaign cycle, not personalities that have been
elected and are not actively running.  

Bob Bockwinkel made a motion that the Davis Democrat Club purchase a large 8
to 10 foot banner to donate to the Yolo County Central Committee to be used
at the fair.  After the motion was seconded, discussion ensued.

Mary Lou Hernandez stated that the club should not be paying for a banner
and that it was the responsibility of the YCDCC to purchase the banner.  She
also stated that there should be a banner.  Mike Syvanen stated that 8 years
ago, he saw an 8 foot banner and helped hang it at the booth.  G Richard
Yamagata concured that he saw such a banner as recent as 4 years ago.  

MOTION/VOTE
Bob Bockwinkel made a motion that the DDC purchase an 8 to 10 foot banner
next year for the YDCC.  The motion was seconded by Pa Nieberg.  Adrienne
Kandel made a motion to amend the motion that the club not spend more than
$25 for the banner, not the $225 that they usually cost.  This motion died
for want of a second.  The question was called on the original motion to a
vote by President Arun Sen and the motion failed 3 yeas to 8 nays.

After the vote, Bob Bockwinkel stated that he did not understand the message
that the club was trying to send to the YCDCC.  He stated that "We [the
board] send complaints and yet we will not send money or materials to help
with the campaign booth."  

There was no other suggestions as to how to proceed on this issue with the
YCDCC, other than Betty's that DDC Board Members that feel strongly about it
should go to the YCDCC meeting and state their opinions at those monthly
meetings.

CAMPAIGN HEADQUARTERS
Bob Bockwinkel found the campaign headquarters for the committee.  It was
painted by his friend, Guy Turner, who volunteered paint and time to paint
the office.  The old color was a bright reddish color and the new color is a
grey-white eggshell color.  The club is putting out a folding inverted "v"
placard sign out on E Street announcing that the headquarters if behind Cafe
Roma.  The club is open from 9:30AM to 1PM on Monday through Friday.  On
Tuesday and Thursday it is open during the afternoon with John Chedo and
Betty Weir manning the headquarters separately on those days.  John Chendo
have put pins and numbers on the precinct map with a master list for people
to sign to state which precincts they will walk.  Bob encouraged for those
present to sign up on the precinct chart to walk and distribute materials.

There are plans to start phone banking on Thursday, September 14.  The
campaigns that we are concentrating on are Phil Angelides, Deborah Bowen,
and John Garamendi.  Thursday is also the date for the Phil Angelides rally
in central park in Davis.  There is a dinner at 5:30PM and rally at 6:30PM.
Phil is expected to stop by at 6:30PM in Davis.  [note: Phil was unable to
make it, but one of his daughters and his wife made the campaign stop for
this event in Davis.]  The Davis headquarters will be distributing materials
for these elections and phone banking for them.

It was asked if there was any way to get Phil Angelides down to the
headquarters for a ribbon cutting ceremony to open the headquarters and get
press from the Davis Enterprise.  Bob Bockwinkel stated that this was
logistically not possible.  [Bob proved to be more than correct with Phil
being too tired to stop off in Davis as he was non-stop campaigning in
Northern California since 7AM on Thursday morning and on his way from the
Bay Area to Sacramento at 6PM.]

It was discussed by Bob Bockwinkel that he had gotten special pricing for
Phil Angelides campaign t-shirts from the Ink Monkey (total cost was close
to $5/shirt).  Bob wanted to sell the t-shirts for $5/t-shirt to people that
would wear to the rally to show unity of the club and people that work and
visit the headquarters, but various members of the board felt that it was
more important to collect the money at $10/shirt.  The decision was that the
headquarters would sell the shirts that Bob Bockwinkel had made at $10/shirt.  

PARLIMENTARIAN
President Arun Sen has talked to Mel Trujillo and he has consented to being
parlimentarian.  G Richard Yamagata was asked about this position and he
stated that the position is ex-officio and the parlimentarian is not a board
member that can vote at the DDC Board Meetings.  Arun stated that Judy
Reynolds has also been contacted about the position should Mel not be able
to make the meetings.  [John Chendo telephone G Richard Yamagata and
informed him that Judy Reynolds has withdrawn her name for consideration
because she has too much on her plate in terms of commitments to other
organizations.

NEW BOARD MEMBERS
The following people showed up for their second consecutive board meetings:
Carl Schimd
Rick Gonzales
Jim Provenza

The following person showed up for her first meeting:
Julia Hunter-Blair

All of these people have paid their dues to the club and have mailed in
their application form.  Arun Sen stated that these people will be voted in
at the next meeting, if they should attend the next meeting.  Arun stated
that he is going to establish a maximum and minimum number of DDC Board
Members.  He also stated that the application form will be revised to
include which committee the board members plan to volunteer to support with
the Davis Democrat Club.   

After a question was brought up by Adrienne Kandel, Arun Sen stated that he
wanted a mechanism to eject members from the board.  There is already a rule
that a person missing 3 board meetings in a row is no longer an active board
member.  

Mike Syvanen mentioned his tenure on the by-laws committee with John Chendo,
Rich of the Young Democrats, Arun Sen, Betty Weir and G. Richard Yamagata.
We met 6 times over a 5 month period and nothing was agreed upon within the
committee meetings nor at the board meeting when the revised by-laws were
presented to the board.  

Arun stated that he will work to revise the by-laws in regards to board
member selection.  

Joyce Wilson asked if the club had to mail the revised by-laws to the
Secretary of State.  Betty stated that we send the by-laws to the County
Central Committee.  [It is my understanding and experience that the
Secretary of State needs to have a copy of the by-laws of any non-profit
group that is chartered and recognized as tax exempt by the IRS and the
State of California.]

Bob Bockwinkel stated that this is not the time to start meetings for the
by-laws committee with election season upon us and the election 45 days
away.  There was general agreement on this statement and it was said that
the by-laws committee would start meeting again after January 2007.

FALL BARBECUE
It was discussed that we have had at least two Fall Barbecues at Stephen
Souza's home.  Last year there was a barbecue at Stephen's home that was a
fundraiser, but it was not an official club event.  G Richard Yamagata
stated that the club has had a barbecue at the campaign headquarters the
last two times the headquarters was openned on L Street.  It was stated that
Stephen Souza is busy working on the SMUD campaign for annexation of Yolo
County.  It was discussed that we could have the barbecue in Davis Central
Park.  It was finally decided that we would have a Potluck/Headquarters
Grand Openning Event.  We will ask people to bring food and to come down to
the headquarters to sign-up to walk a precinct of do some phone banking.
The date for the Potluck will be September 24 from 1Pm to 4Pm.  This will be
discussed more, later in the meeting when we discuss General Meetings for
the Club.

NEWSLETTER
It was agreed that the board was very satisfied with the newsletter.  That
was the good news.  The bad news is that Tanya Chalupa will be talking on a
new job and will not be able to work on the newsletter after January 1.  She
will make a disk with all of the design elements and templates for the
newsletters to make the job easier for the next newsletter editor.  

Mike Syvanen stated that we need an article in the newsletter about ABC News
distribution of material to the public schools through Scholastic Books of a
revised history blaming 9/11 World Trade Center and Pentagon terrorist
attacks on Bill Clinton.  Arun stated that he will give Tanya a call to see
if such an article can be inserted into the newsletter this month.  

NEW BUSINESS
The Flatlander newsprint magazine contacted the DDC about advertising.  The
Flatlander has a circulation of 11,000 households.  Jim Leonard, a Green
Party Member, was the person that contacted the club.  There was an
objection to placing ads in the paper, because as a Green Party vehicle, the
paper will probably not support Democrat candidates, but Green Party
candidates.  Lyle Smith spoke in favor of advertising in the Flatlander.  He
stated that the Green Party and the Democratic Party both favor the same
propositions and both support the same public policy positions.  A half page
ad only costs $350, a deal when compared to advertising in the Davis
Enterprise.  Adriene Kandel was also insupport of a Flatlander ad.  Bob
Bockwinkel supported the idea that not only could the club purchase an ad,
that it could write a letter to the editor and try to get an op-ed piece or
article published in the Flatlander covering the Democrat Club position on
the propositions and issues on this upcoming November ballot.  Lyle Smith
volunteered to write a letter to The Flatlander featuring support for Phil
Angelides, Deborah Bowen, and John Garamendi, Proposition 85, and SMUD
Annexation of Yolo County.  Lyle would publish 3 bullet points on each
candidate or Proposition 85.  

MOTION/VOTE
Lyle Smith asked the DDC Board to officially support the position, No on
Proposition 85.  This motion was seconded by Mike Syvanen and the motion
carried unanimously.  The corresponding secretary is to write letters to
various media outlets announcing the DDC position on Proposition 85.  

MOTION/VOTE
Bob Bockwinkel made a motion that the DDC Board officially endoarse measures
H and I, supporting the annexation of Yolo County by SMUD.  Mike Syvanen
seconded the motion.  The motion carried with 9 votes for support and 1
abstaining vote.

MOTION/VOTE
Lyle Smith made the motion that the club purchase a half page ad in The
Flatlander to public the Yolo County Democrat Slate Card.  This motion was
seconded by Adrienne Kandel.  There were 9 votes in support and 1 abstaining
vote and the motion carried.

NEXT GENERAL MEMBER EVENT
The next General Member event will be the Potluck for the Davis Democrat
Headquarters opening on September 24, Sunday, at 1PM to 4PM.  Members will
be invited to come down to the headquarters and share food and break bread
with each other in proparation for precinct walking and phone banking.  This
will be an informal gathering of the club membership in support of the Davis
Democrat Campaign Headquarters.

MOTION/VOTE
Bob Bockwinkel made the motion that the club spend the money for a full page
ad in the Davis Enterprise.  G Richard Yamagata seconded the moton and it
passed 11 yea votes.  

Betty Weir and the phone bank crew will be telephoning members to ask if
they will allow their name to appear in the ad.  Betty will also be asking
for some funding of the ad as she calls club members.  

NEXT MONTH'S MEETING
Next month's board meeting will be at 7 PM on October 10.  This is the
second Tuesday of the month.  The meeting will be held at the Davis Democrat
Campaign Headquarters.  

ANNOUNCEMENTS
Dan Berman spoke about the Yolo For SMUD campaign.  To contact him about the
campaign, Dan's phone number is 757-6609.  There was no motion presented for
the club to support this position.

Jim Provenza announced his "Back to School Blues" fundraising event on
September 10th.  

ADJOURNMENT
Arun Sen adjourned the meeting.  The meeting ended at 8:39PM.

Respectfully submitted,
Recording Secretary




From jac07 at dcn.org  Wed Sep 20 10:25:42 2006
From: jac07 at dcn.org (John Chendo)
Date: Wed, 20 Sep 2006 10:25:42 -0700
Subject: [Davis Democrats] FW: Bush raises money for... McNerney? (New TV &
	Radio ads!)
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From: "A.J. Carrillo, McNerney for Congress" <info at jerrymcnerney.org>
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Date: Wed, 20 Sep 2006 10:36:58 -0400 (EDT)
To: <jac07 at dcn.org>
Subject: Bush raises money for... McNerney? (New TV & Radio ads!)

 
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        Hello,   


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From jac07 at dcn.org  Wed Sep 20 10:41:24 2006
From: jac07 at dcn.org (John Chendo)
Date: Wed, 20 Sep 2006 10:41:24 -0700
Subject: [Davis Democrats] Debra Bowen: Urge Governor to sign my election
 reform bills into law!
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From yamagata at virtual-markets.net  Wed Sep 20 15:41:47 2006
From: yamagata at virtual-markets.net (G Richard Yamagata PhD)
Date: Wed, 20 Sep 2006 15:41:47 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [Davis Democrats] September 12th Board Meeting Minutes
Message-ID: <200609202241.k8KMfZXJ054988@afes.com>

Greetings Davis Democrat Club Boardmembers,

These are the minutes that are respectfully submitted to the board with
revisions:
1)  There is a detailed report by Kingsley Melton on his activities for the
YCDCC and the         campaign headquarters in Davis and Woodland.
2)  There is a note about the Yolo County Democrat 8 foot banner and the
need for someone that is       active in volunteering at the Yolo County
booth to takeover the storage and               transportation of the banner.
3)  There is a clarification that was submitted by Adrienne Kandel to a
motion about purchasing         the Flatlander ad.
4)  The Grand Opening of the Headquarters was completely changed in date,
time, and format.  This is not a DDC General Meeting event.  This is not a
potluck event.  I was informed by Rich Pederson that the Grand Opening is
going to be on Saturday, September 23 from 1 to 3PM.  
[Personal Note from the Recording Secretary:  If you want to see what was
discussed for over 15 minutes in the minutes, please read that section of
the minutes near the bottom concerning the Campaign Headquarters Grand
Opening.  I would like to discuss with someone why the Democratic process
for the Grand Opening of the Headquarters was subverted and why everything
was changed after we had taken into account a major religious holiday in our
formulating the date of the opening to Sunday, September 24.  The reason
that I am upset is that the board went 49 minutes over time at this board
meeting on the 12th of September, spending a third of that time in
discussion and decision on the grand opening date and time -- then the plans
were unilaterally changed.  To my knowledge, there has been no emergency
meeting of the DDC to change the decision reached on Tuesday, September 12
at the DDC Board Meeting.  I would like to know who on the board did this
and by what process this was done.  I am an officer of the Davis Democratic
Club and I was not informed of any of these changes until after the press
release was sent out this last Monday, September 18.  There was a meeting of
the headquarters volunteers on Tuesday at 7PM, but even that body was not
part of the decision process, as the press release was published on Tuesday
afternoon in the Davis Enterprise.  This was all done before the Tuesday
evening meeting.  Someone acted as dictator or junta here and I want to know
who and why they did this.  The minutes were published after Midnight at 1AM
on the 16th of September.  Someone should have contacted me after the 12th,
so I could amend the minutes and announce the event and definitely should
have informed me after the 16th, when these minutes went out to the list.  I
should not be the only person on the board that should be upset about this.
What I suggest is that in the future, the DDC Board not have anything on its
agenda in regards to the campaign headquarters, so that we do not waste the
DDC Board's valuable time on things like this.  That is a decision, though,
that needs to be made by the executive officers of the club.]


                Davis Democratic Club (DDC) Board Meeting 
                Tuesday, September 12, 7 pm - 9 pm
                Place: Davis Democrat Headquarters 2006.  
                    231 E Street.
                    Davis, CA  

This meeting was held at the Davis Democrat Headquarters at 231 E Street in
downtown Davis. 
Present (11 board members total) were:
President: Arun Sen,
Vice President: 
Treasurer: Betty Weir	
Recording Secretary: G Richard Yamagata
Corresponding Secretary: Julia Sanchez
Acting Past President: Bob Bockwinkel, Past-Past President and Newsletter
Advertising,
Newsletter Editor: Absent
Publicity: Mary Lou Hernandez
Publicity: Absent (Acting)
Parlimentarian: None (Ex-Officio)
Board members:  Lyle Smith, Pam Neiberg, Adrienne Kandel, Mike Syvanen, and
Joyce Wilson.

Absent from Meeting:   Vice President John Chendo, Past President Tony
Gruska; Past Vice President Kingsley Melton, Barbara Slemmons, and Rhonda
Gruska.

Guests:  Carl Schmid, Rick Gonzles, Luba Schmid, Jim Provenza, Julia
Hunter-Blair, Joseph Weisenberg.

There was a total of 17 people present at this meeting.  There was a quorum
of board members present.  We currently have 16 active board members.  This
puts a quorum at 9 board members.  There were 11 board members present at
this meeting. 

President Arun Sen called the meeting to order at 7:05 PM. 

AGENDA:  Arun Sen presented the agenda to the board.  The agenda was
approved MSB.

MINUTES OF PAST MEETINGS: 
The minutes from the August 8th DDC board meeting were presented.  

MOTION/VOTE
Bob Bockwinkel moved that the minutes be accepted as approved with no
changes.  Julia Sanchez seconded this motion.  The minutes were approved
with no objection.

COMMENTS AND PUBLIC COMMENT
Joyce Wilson came to bring her e-mail to the board, which stated her
objection to having the Yolo County Central Committee accepting $1000 from
Target as a sponsor of the Bean Feed.  

Bob Bockwinkel, treasurer of the Yolo County Democrat Central Committee
(YCDCC), stated that he first learned about this when the mailer for this
event arrived in his mailbox.  

Bob also offered to give Joyce Wilson contact information, so she could
contact the members of the YCDCC.  Also, Betty Weir was present at this
meeting and was told Joyce's objection to this sponsorship.  

Lyle Smith recommended that the YCDCC be contacted and told that the Davis
Democrat Club would like the "No on Target" people be granted the
opportunity to set-up an information booth at the Bean Feed.  Lyle further
stated that Target gave a substantial campaign contribution to the
Schwarzenegger campaign.

Adrienne supported Lyle's recommendation.  

ACTION ITEM
President Arun Sen will have the club Corresponding Secretary write a letter
stating the clubs position on having Target as a sponsor of the Bean Feed.
The letter will state that the YCDCC can ask Target to rescind their
sponsorship of the Bean Feed in view of the special interest conflict
concerning their donation to the YCDCC.  If Target does not want to rescind
their donation, the "No on Target" grassroots campaign should be given the
chance to have an information booth at The Bean Feed.  The letter will also
state that Target gave a substantial donation to the Arnold Schwarzenegger
campaign.

OTHER MINUTES AND REPORTS FROM DEMOCRAT ORGANIZATIONS

WOODLAND DEMOCRAT CLUB
Lyle Smith reported that the Woodland Club is working hard to make sure that
Frank Seiferman Jr is elected to Yolo County Board of Supervisors.  He
stated that this is very important, for if Rexroad wins this election, he
will be poised to challege any Democrat running for Lois Wolks seat, when
she term limits out.  Lyle went on to report that the Yolo County Campaign
Headquarters was a great event, that was well attended.  There were 3 Davis
Democrat Club Board Members present at the grand openning.

YOUNG DEMOCRATS
Lyle Smith reported that Rich and Kandice are working 30 to 40 hours per
week to register new young voters.  They are looking for more 30 year olds
to join their efforts in Yolo County.  As an aside, Lyle reported that John
Chendo is tabling in Woodland to sign-up new voters and he suggested that
the Davis Democrat Club do the same at the Davis Farmer's Market.  

DDC PRESIDENT REPORT
Arun Sen reported that he is working on a number of things for the club:
mainly working on procedure on how we conduct our meetings and select and
elect our board members.  He is working towards tightening the by-laws from
our informal and loose interpretation of our old by-laws.  Once he has
formalized all of this, he will present his work to the board.  

YDCC REPORT
There were 5 people present in the room that were present at the YDCC
meeting.  Bob Bockwinkel gave the report on the meeting.  He stated that the
main topic at the meeting was how the County Headquarters in Woodland was
doing well with twelve to sixteen volunteers constantly at the headquarters
actively working on precinct walking and phone banking.  

CENTRAL COMMITTEE REPORT BY KINGSLEY MELTON
  Davis Democratic Club-  I picked up 10 cell phones today from  Metro PCS.
They are paid for and active until November  10th.  They are all charged and
ready.  They will be kept at  the Davis Headquarters unless there is a
specific night of phonebanking  scheduled elsewhere in Yolo County.
  
  There are sign-up sheets available to be a precinct captain or for
upcoming phone banks.  Precinct sign-ups are located next to the  precinct
map on the wall.  Phone-banking sign-ups are availabe on  Tuesdays and
Thursdays on the September calendar, also on the  wall.  Volunteers should
write there names and phone numbers.
  
  Yolo Central Committee-- Had a successful Grand Opening in Woodland
attended by John Chendo, Lyle Smith, Lois Wolk,  Mariko Yamada and Katie
Villegas were just a few that attended.
  
  Frank had his first precinct walk in Woodland last Saturday.  Precinct
walkers also left Democratic Doorhangers provided by the state  Democratic
Party.
  
  Bean Feed-- Remind folks about the Yolo County Democratic Bean Feed on
September 30th at the Veteran's Memorial Center.  For more  information,
contact Katie Villegas, 916-375-1132
  
  Misc.-- I will interview a potential UCD student-intern to help at the
office on Thursday.  It is my goal to have 3 interns this fall to help with
the election effort.
  
  UCD Dems-- are currently planning their fall registation efforts to enroll
more members.  I will be helping them in there efforts.
  
  To the Davis Dems:
  
  Sorry I could not attend tonight.  My best friend is getting  married and
he drove from San Jose tonight to ask me to be his best  man.  I will be in
the Davis office daily,  and will continue to  coordinate our efforts.
Please excuse my absence, I will not make  it a habit.
                                        Sincerely,
                                        Kingsley Melton
                                        YCDCC campaign headquarters coordinator

TREASURER'S REPORT
Betty Weir reported that we have $17,259.76 in the bank.  We currently have
248 paid members.  

ICE CREAM SOCIAL
We had 60 to 70 people in attendence at the Ice Cream Social.  Betty
deposited $706 from this event with $100 in dues.  

It was agreed that we should continue to charge $10/person.  Betty sat at
the door, collecting money.  Julia stated that we had a Baskin Robbins
employee, that decorates also the cakes at the shop, volunteer to serve the
ice cream.  Julia and Bob both stated that she did an excellent job that
added to the atmosphere of the ice cream social.  It was stated that she was
not charged admission fee because of her contribution to the event.  

It was agreed that the only improvement on the event should be more effort
in getting people to attend the event.  It was also stated that we had
enough ice cream for the 70 people (according to records, we should have had
8 gallons of ice cream at the event to feed 70 people).  

TREASURER'REPORT revisited
Betty Weir went back on the agenda to present to the board a copy of the
FPCC Report.  She showed the club the report that she files twice a year,
the last time being in July.  She show how it is filled out and how the
filled out form is mailed to the County Clerk, Freddie Oakley, who sends it
on to the Secretary of State.  It was asked what level of government
mandates that this is done.  It was said at the meeting that it is the
State, but it is actually a Federal law that mandates that this information
be collected, recorded and stored by the States.

COUNTY FAIR
Carl Schmid went over the pictures that his wife, Luba, took at the fair.
One major point was that he was working at the booth and his wife could not
find the booth and had passed it a couple of times.  This was because it
blended into the background and had no significant signage that was clearly
visible.  Luba went on to comment on how the campaign pins were not
displayed prominently at the booth and with her wearing them, she was able
to sell a significant number of them during the two hours she was present at
the booth.  Carl stated that the booth needs things to hook the public, like
the free helium balloons that were offered by the gentleman from the
Woodland Club that was present at the booth.  Carl also stated that the
volunteers at the booth need to be engaging.  

The eight points presented were:
1.  Booth:  More prominent/accessible location (Rick Gonzales can help with
this)
2.  Banner:  Larger and more visible Yolo County Democratic Banner
3.  Flags:  CA and US at the booth
4.  Pins and Bumper Stickers:  large felt board with prices clearly marked
-- perhaps free or at         cost?
5.  Balloons:  Free balloons with messages -- e.g., "Vote and Register Democrat"
6.  Political Literature:  provide a rack for literature
7.  Booth Volunteers:  Wear something specific to identify them -- e.g.,
shirts and/or hats with         "Yolo County Democrat" or "Vote Democrat" or
wear pins for sale.
8.  Voter Registration:  provide at least one chair and space on the table
so that people can         register to vote.

Rick Gonzales stated that the Democrat booth had more traffic than the
Republican booth.  He also wants people at the booth that interact with the
public.  He also wants the YCDCC to spend the money for 2 booth spots at the
fair and he said that he can help with booth placement for the YCDCC.  

Betty stated that the club needs to present our suggestions to the central
committee.  

Mary Lou Hernendez stated that she wants a formal invitation by the YCDCC
with a set time to be at the booth to help set-up the booth at the fair.
This is what is needed for her and the others to become active in setting up
the booth to her expectations.  

Mike Syvanen stated that he wanted visual displays for the active campaigns
that are running for the campaign cycle, not personalities that have been
elected and are not actively running.  

Bob Bockwinkel made a motion that the Davis Democrat Club purchase a large 8
to 10 foot banner to donate to the Yolo County Central Committee to be used
at the fair.  After the motion was seconded, discussion ensued.

Mary Lou Hernandez stated that the club should not be paying for a banner
and that it was the responsibility of the YCDCC to purchase the banner.  She
also stated that there should be a banner.  Mike Syvanen stated that 8 years
ago, he saw an 8 foot banner and helped hang it at the booth.  G Richard
Yamagata concured that he saw such a banner as recent as 4 years ago.
[Secretary Note: Robin Souza e-mailed G Richard Yamagata and informed him
that the 8 foot banner was in storage at their house in the garage.  The
banner was defaced 4 years ago and has since been repaired.  Robin offered
to give the banner to someone else that is active in working at the booth at
the fair to store the banner and transport it to and from the fairgrounds.]

MOTION/VOTE
Bob Bockwinkel made a motion that the DDC purchase an 8 to 10 foot banner
next year for the YDCC.  The motion was seconded by Pa Nieberg.  Adrienne
Kandel made a motion to amend the motion that the club not spend more than
$25 for the banner, not the $225 that they usually cost.  This motion died
for want of a second.  The question was called on the original motion to a
vote by President Arun Sen and the motion failed 3 yeas to 8 nays.

After the vote, Bob Bockwinkel stated that he did not understand the message
that the club was trying to send to the YCDCC.  He stated that "We [the
board] send complaints and yet we will not send money or materials to help
with the campaign booth."  

There was no other suggestions as to how to proceed on this issue with the
YCDCC, other than Betty's that DDC Board Members that feel strongly about it
should go to the YCDCC meeting and state their opinions at those monthly
meetings.

CAMPAIGN HEADQUARTERS
Bob Bockwinkel found the campaign headquarters for the committee.  It was
painted by his friend, Guy Turner, who volunteered paint and time to paint
the office.  The old color was a bright reddish color and the new color is a
grey-white eggshell color.  The club is putting out a folding inverted "v"
placard sign out on E Street announcing that the headquarters if behind Cafe
Roma.  The club is open from 9:30AM to 1PM on Monday through Friday.  On
Tuesday and Thursday it is open during the afternoon with John Chedo and
Betty Weir manning the headquarters separately on those days.  John Chendo
have put pins and numbers on the precinct map with a master list for people
to sign to state which precincts they will walk.  Bob encouraged for those
present to sign up on the precinct chart to walk and distribute materials.

There are plans to start phone banking on Thursday, September 14.  The
campaigns that we are concentrating on are Phil Angelides, Deborah Bowen,
and John Garamendi.  Thursday is also the date for the Phil Angelides rally
in central park in Davis.  There is a dinner at 5:30PM and rally at 6:30PM.
Phil is expected to stop by at 6:30PM in Davis.  [note: Phil was unable to
make it, but one of his daughters and his wife made the campaign stop for
this event in Davis.]  The Davis headquarters will be distributing materials
for these elections and phone banking for them.

It was asked if there was any way to get Phil Angelides down to the
headquarters for a ribbon cutting ceremony to open the headquarters and get
press from the Davis Enterprise.  Bob Bockwinkel stated that this was
logistically not possible.  [Bob proved to be more than correct with Phil
being too tired to stop off in Davis as he was non-stop campaigning in
Northern California since 7AM on Thursday morning and on his way from the
Bay Area to Sacramento at 6PM.]

It was discussed by Bob Bockwinkel that he had gotten special pricing for
Phil Angelides campaign t-shirts from the Ink Monkey (total cost was close
to $5/shirt).  Bob wanted to sell the t-shirts for $5/t-shirt to people that
would wear to the rally to show unity of the club and people that work and
visit the headquarters, but various members of the board felt that it was
more important to collect the money at $10/shirt.  The decision was that the
headquarters would sell the shirts that Bob Bockwinkel had made at $10/shirt.  

PARLIMENTARIAN
President Arun Sen has talked to Mel Trujillo and he has consented to being
parlimentarian.  G Richard Yamagata was asked about this position and he
stated that the position is ex-officio and the parlimentarian is not a board
member that can vote at the DDC Board Meetings.  Arun stated that Judy
Reynolds has also been contacted about the position should Mel not be able
to make the meetings.  [John Chendo telephone G Richard Yamagata and
informed him that Judy Reynolds has withdrawn her name for consideration
because she has too much on her plate in terms of commitments to other
organizations.

NEW BOARD MEMBERS
The following people showed up for their second consecutive board meetings:
Carl Schimd
Rick Gonzales
Jim Provenza

The following person showed up for her first meeting:
Julia Hunter-Blair

All of these people have paid their dues to the club and have mailed in
their application form.  Arun Sen stated that these people will be voted in
at the next meeting, if they should attend the next meeting.  Arun stated
that he is going to establish a maximum and minimum number of DDC Board
Members.  He also stated that the application form will be revised to
include which committee the board members plan to volunteer to support with
the Davis Democrat Club.   

After a question was brought up by Adrienne Kandel, Arun Sen stated that he
wanted a mechanism to eject members from the board.  There is already a rule
that a person missing 3 board meetings in a row is no longer an active board
member.  

Mike Syvanen mentioned his tenure on the by-laws committee with John Chendo,
Rich of the Young Democrats, Arun Sen, Betty Weir and G. Richard Yamagata.
We met 6 times over a 5 month period and nothing was agreed upon within the
committee meetings nor at the board meeting when the revised by-laws were
presented to the board.  

Arun stated that he will work to revise the by-laws in regards to board
member selection.  

Joyce Wilson asked if the club had to mail the revised by-laws to the
Secretary of State.  Betty stated that we send the by-laws to the County
Central Committee.  [It is my understanding and experience that the
Secretary of State needs to have a copy of the by-laws of any non-profit
group that is chartered and recognized as tax exempt by the IRS and the
State of California.]

Bob Bockwinkel stated that this is not the time to start meetings for the
by-laws committee with election season upon us and the election 45 days
away.  There was general agreement on this statement and it was said that
the by-laws committee would start meeting again after January 2007.

FALL BARBECUE
It was discussed that we have had at least two Fall Barbecues at Stephen
Souza's home.  Last year there was a barbecue at Stephen's home that was a
fundraiser, but it was not an official club event.  G Richard Yamagata
stated that the club has had a barbecue at the campaign headquarters the
last two times the headquarters was openned on L Street.  It was stated that
Stephen Souza is busy working on the SMUD campaign for annexation of Yolo
County.  It was discussed that we could have the barbecue in Davis Central
Park.  It was finally decided that we would have a Potluck/Headquarters
Grand Openning Event.  We will ask people to bring food and to come down to
the headquarters to sign-up to walk a precinct of do some phone banking.
The date for the Potluck will be September 24 from 1Pm to 4Pm.  This will be
discussed more, later in the meeting when we discuss General Meetings for
the Club.

NEWSLETTER
It was agreed that the board was very satisfied with the newsletter.  That
was the good news.  The bad news is that Tanya Chalupa will be talking on a
new job and will not be able to work on the newsletter after January 1.  She
will make a disk with all of the design elements and templates for the
newsletters to make the job easier for the next newsletter editor.  

Mike Syvanen stated that we need an article in the newsletter about ABC News
distribution of material to the public schools through Scholastic Books of a
revised history blaming 9/11 World Trade Center and Pentagon terrorist
attacks on Bill Clinton.  Arun stated that he will give Tanya a call to see
if such an article can be inserted into the newsletter this month.  

NEW BUSINESS
The Flatlander newsprint magazine contacted the DDC about advertising.  The
Flatlander has a circulation of 11,000 households.  Jim Leonard, a Green
Party Member, was the person that contacted the club.  There was an
objection to placing ads in the paper, because as a Green Party vehicle, the
paper will probably not support Democrat candidates, but Green Party
candidates.  Lyle Smith spoke in favor of advertising in the Flatlander.  He
stated that the Green Party and the Democratic Party both favor the same
propositions and both support the same public policy positions.  A half page
ad only costs $350, a deal when compared to advertising in the Davis
Enterprise.  Adriene Kandel was also insupport of a Flatlander ad
CONDITIONAL ON ITS TRYING TO PERSUADE READERS WITH BULLET POINTS ABOUT THE
CANDIDATES AND THEIR STANDS, RATHER THAN JUST BEING A SLATE OF NAMES.  Bob
Bockwinkel supported the idea that not only could the club purchase an ad,
that it could write a letter to the editor and try to get an op-ed piece or
article published in the Flatlander covering the Democrat Club position on
the propositions and issues on this upcoming November ballot.  Lyle Smith
volunteered to write a letter to The Flatlander featuring support for Phil
Angelides, Deborah Bowen, and John Garamendi, Proposition 85, and SMUD
Annexation of Yolo County.  Lyle would publish 3 bullet points on each
candidate or Proposition 85.  

MOTION/VOTE
Lyle Smith asked the DDC Board to officially support the position, No on
Proposition 85.  This motion was seconded by Mike Syvanen and the motion
carried unanimously.  The corresponding secretary is to write letters to
various media outlets announcing the DDC position on Proposition 85.  

MOTION/VOTE
Bob Bockwinkel made a motion that the DDC Board officially endoarse measures
H and I, supporting the annexation of Yolo County by SMUD.  Mike Syvanen
seconded the motion.  The motion carried with 9 votes for support and 1
abstaining vote.

MOTION/VOTE
Lyle Smith made the motion that the club purchase a half page ad in The
Flatlander to public the Yolo County Democrat Slate Card.  This motion was
seconded by Adrienne Kandel.  There were 9 votes in support and 1 abstaining
vote and the motion carried.

NEXT GENERAL MEMBER EVENT
The next General Member event will be the Potluck for the Davis Democrat
Headquarters opening on September 24, Sunday, at 1PM to 4PM.  Members will
be invited to come down to the headquarters and share food and break bread
with each other in proparation for precinct walking and phone banking.  This
will be an informal gathering of the club membership in support of the Davis
Democrat Campaign Headquarters.

MOTION/VOTE
Bob Bockwinkel made the motion that the club spend the money for a full page
ad in the Davis Enterprise.  G Richard Yamagata seconded the moton and it
passed 11 yea votes.  

Betty Weir and the phone bank crew will be telephoning members to ask if
they will allow their name to appear in the ad.  Betty will also be asking
for some funding of the ad as she calls club members.  

NEXT MONTH'S MEETING
Next month's board meeting will be at 7 PM on October 10.  This is the
second Tuesday of the month.  The meeting will be held at the Davis Democrat
Campaign Headquarters.  

ANNOUNCEMENTS
Dan Berman spoke about the Yolo For SMUD campaign.  To contact him about the
campaign, Dan's phone number is 757-6609.  There was no motion presented for
the club to support this position.

Jim Provenza announced his "Back to School Blues" fundraising event on
September 10th.  

ADJOURNMENT
Arun Sen adjourned the meeting.  The meeting ended at 8:39PM.

Respectfully submitted,
Recording Secretary




From jac07 at dcn.org  Mon Sep 25 02:49:13 2006
From: jac07 at dcn.org (jac07 at dcn.org)
Date: Mon, 25 Sep 2006 02:49:13 -0700
Subject: [Davis Democrats] Why I support Jerry McNerney
Message-ID: <001201c6e087$dbccd9c0$1364a8c0@caribbean.advantrics.com>

In 2004, when no Democratic candidate was willing to run against Richard Pombo, Jerry McNerney stood up for Democrats and working families in our community.  Jerry got into the race for the Congressional seat in California's District 11 because his son, Michael, an officer in the US Air Force, received his absentee ballot and realized that Richard Pombo was running for Congress unopposed.  Michael urged his father to do his duty for his country, much as Mike had done after 9/11, and run against Pombo so that thousands of voters in the district would have a choice when they cast their ballot.
				
Running as a last-minute write-in candidate, Jerry McNerney went on to win 104,000 votes, more than any other Democratic candidate in the history of the district.
				
Now Jerry McNerney is back, and this time he has the community-based support and the organization to finish the job.
				
Richard Pombo has been a Republican member of Congress since 1992.   As the years have gone by, he has become more and more disconnected from the real everyday problems of his district and increasingly focused on pursuing an extremist right-wing property rights agenda.  In recent months, he has passed legislation out of the House eviscerating the Endangered Species Act, opening the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil drilling, and selling off national park and forest lands to developers who hold mineral rights.
				
Jerry McNerney is an engineer and an expert in renewable energy. He is determined to use his knowledge and experience to help direct this nation's energy policy toward sustainability while also creating the jobs and prosperity so desperately needed in his district.
				
Please join me in our fight to elect Jerry McNerney to Congress. You can find out more about Jerry and his campaign by visiting www.jerrymcnerney.org.
				
Thank you


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From: jac07 at dcn.org (John Chendo)
Date: Mon, 25 Sep 2006 08:01:09 -0700
Subject: [Davis Democrats] Tollfree :1-800-amnesty
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From: jac07 at dcn.org (John Chendo)
Date: Mon, 25 Sep 2006 20:25:34 -0700
Subject: [Davis Democrats] Al Gore: Matching Funds for Dem senatorial
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From yamagata at virtual-markets.net  Thu Sep 28 00:22:57 2006
From: yamagata at virtual-markets.net (G Richard Yamagata PhD)
Date: Thu, 28 Sep 2006 00:22:57 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [Davis Democrats] October 10 Davis Democrat Club Board Meeting
Message-ID: <200609280722.k8S7Mjka087940@afes.com>

Greetings Davis Democrat Club Boardmembers,

This is a reminder that we are going to have a board meeting in a couple of
weeks.  The next board meeting is on October 10, the second Tuesday of the
month.  Please submit any agenda items.  The agenda is light and I currently
have only 35 minutes worth of items to fill it.  

Also, please attend the weekly Tuesday campaign headquarters meeting for
campaign headquarters activities, events and planning and executing the
Davis push to get voters to the polls.  

Take care,

Richard




From jac07 at dcn.org  Thu Sep 28 15:37:29 2006
From: jac07 at dcn.org (John Chendo)
Date: Thu, 28 Sep 2006 15:37:29 -0700
Subject: [Davis Democrats] FW: General Wesley Clark and Charlie Brown -
 Monday October 2, 2006!!!!
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From: Laine Mervis <uclamerv at gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 28 Sep 2006 11:43:01 -0700
To: <uclamerv at gmail.com>
Subject: General Wesley Clark and Charlie Brown - Monday October 2, 2006!!!!

Dear Friends:

Please join General Wesley Clark
4-Star General and Former NATO Supreme Allied Commander

and

Charlie Brown
Lt. Col, USAF Ret. and the Next Congressman from California's 4th
Congressional District

Monday October 2, 2006

7:00 - 9:00 pm

Ballroom
Sheraton Grand
1230 J Street
Sacramento, CA 95814

Invitation attached.

Please RSVP to reserve a space.

Warmest regards


-- 
Laine Mervis
Finance Director
Charlie Brown for Congress
916-782-7696
uclamerv at gmail.com
www.charliebrownforcongress.org

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From jac07 at dcn.org  Fri Sep 29 16:52:44 2006
From: jac07 at dcn.org (John Chendo)
Date: Fri, 29 Sep 2006 16:52:44 -0700
Subject: [Davis Democrats] NEXT SATURDAY, Oct.7,
 10-12noon: Senator Max Clelland in Davis to help Charlie Brown beat
 Rep. Doolittle
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Subject: Meet Senator Max Clelland in Davis and help Charlie Brown beat evil
Rep. Doolittle

Friends: 
Come to Davis this Saturday morning to meet Senator Max Clelland and help
candidate Charlie Brown beat the nefarious Doolitte in neighboring Roseville
. See below:

To win back the House, we must each give till it hurts, and volunteer to
help in neighboring congressional districts.


 Help candidate Charlie Brown beat Congressman John Doolittle of neighboring
Roseville. An arch-conservative Mormon who takes money from Abramoff and the
casinos (no irony there, eh?) Doolittle has been horrific on almost any
issue you'd care to mention. Charlie Brown, Viet Nam Veteran, spent his
career with the US Air Force and Air Force intelligence. His prime concerns
include the environment, health care, education, veterans issues. He is
running neck and neck with the incumbent and needs our help to take him over
the top. Let's DO IT!

You may recall Max Clelland: the popular Democratic Senator from Georgia, a
triple amputee from the VietNam war, was defeated in a brutal Bush-Rove
smear campaign that questioned his "patriotism." Diebold voting machines
were also suspected in his defeat.



Please come help Charlie Brown, and show that you care, that you'll
participate for the greater good.

Here are the particulars:

The event will be held at the University Park Inn & Suites.
University Park Inn & Suites
Reception/Conference Room
1111 Richards Blvd.
Davis

Saturday, Oct. 7 from 10 AM to 12 noon.

Directions: coming east bound on Interstate 80, exit at Richards Blvd
exit.? Loop around to Richards Blvd., turn right onto Richards and cross
back over the freeway.? The hotel is to the immediate left next to Cafe
Italia restaurant.? The reception/conference room is located to the back of
the hotel.
The suggested donation is $250. Far less painful than 2 more years of this
destructive Congress.

THANK YOU!  The 11th hour is fast approaching. Will the House be reclaimed
by the Democrats? Or will Carl Rove have more volunteers than our side? Are
you committed to helping this nation get back a system of checks and
balances abandoned by the Republican controlled House and Senate? Will you
work to save the environment from the forces of greed who have bought the
political process?
Enough is Enough.