From yamagata at virtual-markets.net Fri Jan 5 17:06:39 2007 From: yamagata at virtual-markets.net (G Richard Yamagata PhD) Date: Fri, 5 Jan 2007 17:06:39 -0800 (PST) Subject: [Davis Democrats] Agenda for Davis Democrat Club Board Meeting on Tuesday January 9th Message-ID: <200701060106.l0616Tsw054933@afes.com> PLEASE NOTE -- THIS MEETING IS AT the home of our President, Arun Sen at 422 Fiesta Avenue (Covell to Catalina to Fiesta) with the usual time of 7-9pm. This is a Preliminary Agenda. If you have any items you wish to be added, please send them to Arun Sen at bubsen at hotmail.com Arun will then forward them to the executive committee and they will be considered. Arun will instruct me as to what the final agenda will be and I will send it out to this list on Monday. If you received your DDC board member folder, PLEASE BRING YOUR FOLDER TO THE MEETING. I am going to try to create folders for the new board members. I have found that I have run out of folders and will try to purchase more of them. AGAIN PLEASE NOTE -- THIS MEETING IS AT the home of our President, Arun Sen at 422 Fiesta Avenue (Covell to Catalina to Fiesta) with the usual time of 7-9pm. Because this is at Arun's home, if you are a non-board member and want to attend and need to snack, eat or drink, please bring enough to share with the board. This meeting will be held from 7PM to 8PM, but will more than likey go on to 9PM. 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 November 10, Davis Democratic Club Meeting Agenda Tuesday, January 9, 7 pm - 8 pm Place: Davis Branch, Yolo County Library in Davis. 315 East 14th Street. I. Introduction and political humor (10 minutes) i. Approval of Agenda ii. Approval of Minutes for past meetings as they are submitted (Minutes from November Board Meeting.) These minutes have been sent out to the list. If you need them please e-mail yamagata at virtual-markets.net 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 December meeting of the YCDCC (Yolo County Democratic Central Committee. f. General motion to send some card, gift, flowers, something to Kingsley Melton. He is suffering from 2nd and 3rd degree burns and remains hospitalized. Kingsley was a member of this board and was a former Vice President of the club. II. Treasurer's Report (5 minute) III. January General Meeting (5 minutes) i. Chair ii. Planning IV. February General Meeting (15 minutes) i. Past history of event (Board supplies food, supplementary food purchased, raffle items, white wine only, etc) ii. Chair for event selected. iii. Location and date for event (Tuesday the 13th?). iv. Preliminary list for event of food items brought by board members. V. Content of the Next Newsletter (10 minutes) i. Words from the President about the Newsletter ii. Report by newsletter committee iii. Volunteer tasks iv. Story ideas v. Announcement and articles that must go into the newsletter VI. Proposals for future activities by the Club (15 minutes) i. Further work on a Development Committee (i.e. fundraising); ii. Year round Head Quarters iii. Establishment of a Community Outreach Committee VII. New and Unfinished Business (6 minutes) i. Unfinished business items from past meetings. [None unresolved to my knowledge] ii. Items for next meeting iii. Announcements- upcoming events iv. Next Meeting Time/Location v. Meeting adjournment Time: 66 minutes All times are approximate and only placed to help keep meeting on track, so meeting can end by 8:00 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, Secretary of the Board of Directors for the Davis Democratic Club, President of the board of Virtual Market Enterprises, Inc, Secretary-Treasurer of the board of the Davis Progressive Business Exchange and communications liason for the Independent Order of Oddfellows Chapter 169 and the Business Link of Woodland and Davis. ========================== 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 jac07 at dcn.org Sun Jan 7 15:40:22 2007 From: jac07 at dcn.org (John Chendo) Date: Sun, 07 Jan 2007 15:40:22 -0800 Subject: [Davis Democrats] Vote! Sunday, Jan.14, 2pm for up to 12 delegates from Yolo-Solano Counties for State Democratic Convention Message-ID: Vote for California State Democratic Convention --for up to 12 delegates to represent Yolo&Solano Counties (Assembly District#8). There are more than 24 candidates to choose from. You are eligible to vote if you were a registered Democrat by October 23 (eligible to vote in the November,2006 election). You must be ,before 2pm next Sunday,Jan.14, inside the West Sacramento Civic Center-City Hall, 1110 West Capitol Blvd, West Sacramento. For directions, phone during the week the West Sacramento Civic Center,916-617-4500, or John Chendo, 758-3331. From yamagata at virtual-markets.net Mon Jan 8 17:59:07 2007 From: yamagata at virtual-markets.net (G Richard Yamagata PhD) Date: Mon, 8 Jan 2007 17:59:07 -0800 (PST) Subject: [Davis Democrats] Final Agenda for Davis Democrat Club Board Meeting on Wednesday January 10th Message-ID: <200701090159.l091wssw001403@afes.com> PLEASE NOTE -- THIS MEETING IS AT Lamppost Pizza at 1260 Lake Blvd -- by the old Ray's Market Place with the usual time of 7-9pm. If you received your DDC board member folder, PLEASE BRING YOUR FOLDER TO THE MEETING. I am going to try to create folders for the new board members. I have found that I have run out of folders and will try to purchase more of them. AGAIN PLEASE NOTE -- THIS MEETING IS AT Lamppost Pizza at 1260 Lake Blvd -- by the old Ray's Market Place with the usual time of 7-9pm. This meeting will be held from 7PM to 8:06PM, but will more than likey go on to 9PM. 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. There are two announcements that were sent into me. I will send those out in a separate e-mail. Davis Democrat Club Board Meeting on Wednesday January 10th, Davis Democratic Club Meeting Agenda Wednesday 10th, 7 pm - 8 pm Place: Davis Branch, Yolo County Library in Davis. 315 East 14th Street. I. Introduction and political humor (10 minutes) i. Approval of Agenda ii. Approval of Minutes for past meetings as they are submitted (Minutes from November Board Meeting.) These minutes have been sent out to the list. If you need them please e-mail yamagata at virtual-markets.net 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 December meeting of the YCDCC (Yolo County Democratic Central Committee. f. General motion to send some card, gift, flowers, something to Kingsley Melton. He is suffering from 2nd and 3rd degree burns and remains hospitalized. Kingsley was a member of this board and was a former Vice President of the club. II. Treasurer's Report (5 minute) III. January General Meeting (5 minutes) i. Chair ii. Planning IV. February General Meeting (15 minutes) i. Past history of event (Board supplies food, supplementary food purchased, raffle items, white wine only, etc) ii. Chair for event selected. iii. Location and date for event (Tuesday the 13th?). iv. Preliminary list for event of food items brought by board members. V. Content of the Next Newsletter (10 minutes) i. Words from the President about the Newsletter ii. Report by newsletter committee iii. Volunteer tasks iv. Story ideas v. Announcement and articles that must go into the newsletter VI. Proposals for future activities by the Club (15 minutes) i. Further work on a Development Committee (i.e. fundraising); ii. Year round Head Quarters iii. Establishment of a Community Outreach Committee VII. New and Unfinished Business (6 minutes) i. Unfinished business items from past meetings. [None unresolved to my knowledge] ii. Items for next meeting iii. Announcements- upcoming events iv. Next Meeting Time/Location v. Meeting adjournment Time: 66 minutes All times are approximate and only placed to help keep meeting on track, so meeting can end by 8:00 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, Secretary of the Board of Directors for the Davis Democratic Club, President of the board of Virtual Market Enterprises, Inc, Secretary-Treasurer of the board of the Davis Progressive Business Exchange and communications liason for the Independent Order of Oddfellows Chapter 169 and the Business Link of Woodland and Davis. ========================== 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 Jan 9 16:23:10 2007 From: yamagata at virtual-markets.net (G Richard Yamagata PhD) Date: Tue, 9 Jan 2007 16:23:10 -0800 (PST) Subject: [Davis Democrats] TOMORROW -- Davis Democrat Club Board Meeting at Lamppost Pizza Message-ID: <200701100023.l0A0NAeH035944@afes.com> PLEASE NOTE -- THE BOARD MEETING IS AT Lamppost Pizza at 1260 Lake Blvd -- by the old Ray's Market Place with the usual time of 7-9pm. I am expecting over 20 people at this meeting. On the agenda will be the future of the newsletter mailings by US Postal Mail. The 8th Assembly District Democratic Party Caucus will be on Saturday. The following is an annoucnement from Cecilia Escameila-Greenwald: The 8th AD Delegate Elections is on Saturday the 13th of January in West Sacramento at the City Hall Building. People will only be allowed to vote from 2-3 PM. Thank you. Cecilia Please attend and exercise your right to vote as a Democrat. 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, Secretary of the Board of Directors for the Davis Democratic Club, President of the board of Virtual Market Enterprises, Inc, Secretary-Treasurer of the board of the Davis Progressive Business Exchange and communications liason for the Independent Order of Oddfellows Chapter 169 and the Business Link of Woodland and Davis. ========================== 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 mmyamada at pacbell.net Tue Jan 9 21:02:47 2007 From: mmyamada at pacbell.net (mmyamada) Date: Tue, 9 Jan 2007 21:02:47 -0800 Subject: [Davis Democrats] TOMORROW -- Davis Democrat Club Board Meeting atLamppost Pizza In-Reply-To: <200701100023.l0A0NAeH035944@afes.com> Message-ID: <005701c73474$9346a640$0300a8c0@hpa1200y> Hello to All: Thanks for including the information about the upcoming 8th A.D. Caucus elections. The election is on SUNDAY, January 14 (not Saturday as stated below), at 2 p.m. at the West Sacramento Civic Center (City Hall), 1110 West Capitol Avenue, West Sacramento. Thanks, Mariko Yamada -----Original Message----- From: davisdemocrats-bounces+mmyamada=pacbell.net at velocipede.dcn.davis.ca.us [mailto:davisdemocrats-bounces+mmyamada=pacbell.net at velocipede.dcn.davis.ca. us] On Behalf Of G Richard Yamagata PhD Sent: Tuesday, January 09, 2007 4:23 PM To: davisdemocrats at velocipede.dcn.davis.ca.us Subject: [Davis Democrats] TOMORROW -- Davis Democrat Club Board Meeting atLamppost Pizza Importance: High PLEASE NOTE -- THE BOARD MEETING IS AT Lamppost Pizza at 1260 Lake Blvd -- by the old Ray's Market Place with the usual time of 7-9pm. I am expecting over 20 people at this meeting. On the agenda will be the future of the newsletter mailings by US Postal Mail. The 8th Assembly District Democratic Party Caucus will be on Saturday. The following is an annoucnement from Cecilia Escameila-Greenwald: The 8th AD Delegate Elections is on Saturday the 13th of January in West Sacramento at the City Hall Building. People will only be allowed to vote from 2-3 PM. Thank you. Cecilia Please attend and exercise your right to vote as a Democrat. 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, Secretary of the Board of Directors for the Davis Democratic Club, President of the board of Virtual Market Enterprises, Inc, Secretary-Treasurer of the board of the Davis Progressive Business Exchange and communications liason for the Independent Order of Oddfellows Chapter 169 and the Business Link of Woodland and Davis. ========================== 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. _______________________________________________ DavisDemocrats mailing list DavisDemocrats at velocipede.dcn.davis.ca.us http://www2.dcn.org/mailman/listinfo/davisdemocrats -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.432 / Virus Database: 268.16.8/621 - Release Date: 1/9/2007 1:37 PM -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.432 / Virus Database: 268.16.8/621 - Release Date: 1/9/2007 1:37 PM From yamagata at virtual-markets.net Wed Jan 17 21:46:16 2007 From: yamagata at virtual-markets.net (G Richard Yamagata PhD) Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2007 21:46:16 -0800 (PST) Subject: [Davis Democrats] Davis Democratic Club General Meeting and Potluck Message-ID: <200701180546.l0I5kEYm042763@backup.afes.com> Democrat Club Presents Richard Zeiger, Chief of Staff for State Senator Tom Torlakson A Roll Model for Young People Wanting to Enter Public Service. Date: Thursday January 25th, 2007 Time: 6PM to 7PM -- Potluck Time: 7PM -- Program: Richard Zeiger Place: Blanchard Room of the Davis Branch, Yolo County Library< Location: 315 East 14th Street Davis, CA 95616 Come share food and break bread with the Democrats of Davis. We have invited and will hear from Richard Zeiger on how he started out as a public servant and ended up as chief of staff for a California State Senator -- an inspirational story. There will be a potluck on Tuesday, January 25th sponsored by the Davis Democrat Club starting at 6PM. People are encouraged to pass out political and Democratic party information or articles to the membership. Please bring your favorite food you like to cook or prepare or purchase, either a main dish, salad or dessert to share with 4 to 6 to 8 people. The Club will provide coffee, cups, forks and spoons and chocolate candies. The suggested donation at the door will be $5. Potluck suggested breakdown of alphabet for food to bring to event. If your last name starts with: A-I Bring a salad dish (green, macaroni, or potato or other) J-R Bring a dessert S-Z Bring a main dish There are no scheduled items or resolutions for the General Membership of the Davis Democratic Club to vote upon. 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, Secretary of the Board of Directors for the Davis Democratic Club, President of the board of Virtual Market Enterprises, Inc, Secretary-Treasurer of the board of the Davis Progressive Business Exchange and communications liason for the Independent Order of Oddfellows Chapter 169 and the Business Link of Woodland and Davis. ========================== 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 Fri Jan 19 00:29:37 2007 From: yamagata at virtual-markets.net (G Richard Yamagata PhD) Date: Fri, 19 Jan 2007 00:29:37 -0800 (PST) Subject: [Davis Democrats] Davis Democratic Club General Meeting and Potluck Message-ID: <200701190829.l0J8TaKU018791@backup.afes.com> Democrat Club Presents Richard Zeiger, Chief of Staff for State Senator Tom Torlakson A Roll Model for Young People Wanting to Enter Public Service. Date: Thursday January 25th, 2007 Time: 6PM to 7PM -- Potluck Time: 7PM -- Program: Richard Zeiger Place: Blanchard Room of the Davis Branch, Yolo County Library< Location: 315 East 14th Street Davis, CA 95616 Come share food and break bread with the Democrats of Davis. We have invited and will hear from Richard Zeiger on how he started out as a public servant and ended up as chief of staff for a California State Senator -- an inspirational story. There will be a potluck on Thursday, January 25th sponsored by the Davis Democrat Club starting at 6PM. People are encouraged to pass out political and Democratic party information or articles to the membership. Please bring your favorite food you like to cook or prepare or purchase, either a main dish, salad or dessert to share with 4 to 6 to 8 people. The Club will provide coffee, cups, forks and spoons and chocolate candies. The suggested donation at the door will be $5. Potluck suggested breakdown of alphabet for food to bring to event. If your last name starts with: A-I Bring a salad dish (green, macaroni, or potato or other) J-R Bring a dessert S-Z Bring a main dish There are no scheduled items or resolutions for the General Membership of the Davis Democratic Club to vote upon. 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, Secretary of the Board of Directors for the Davis Democratic Club, President of the board of Virtual Market Enterprises, Inc, Secretary-Treasurer of the board of the Davis Progressive Business Exchange and communications liason for the Independent Order of Oddfellows Chapter 169 and the Business Link of Woodland and Davis. ========================== 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 Jan 23 15:50:31 2007 From: yamagata at virtual-markets.net (G Richard Yamagata PhD) Date: Tue, 23 Jan 2007 15:50:31 -0800 (PST) Subject: [Davis Democrats] CHANGE in time for Davis Democratic Club General Meeting and Potluck Message-ID: <200701232350.l0NNoNN3088865@backup.afes.com> Please note that the start time for this general meeting has changed. The Potluck portion has been moved to 7PM. The speaker will arrive at 7:30PM. He cannot make the meeting until 7:30PM because of commuting from work. Democrat Club Presents Richard Zeiger, Chief of Staff for State Senator Tom Torlakson A Roll Model for Young People Wanting to Enter Public Service. Date: Thursday January 25th, 2007 Time: 7PM to 7:30 -- Potluck Time: 7:30 PM -- Program: Richard Zeiger Place: Blanchard Room of the Davis Branch, Yolo County Library< Location: 315 East 14th Street Davis, CA 95616 Come share food and break bread with the Democrats of Davis. We have invited and will hear from Richard Zeiger on how he started out as a public servant and ended up as chief of staff for a California State Senator -- an inspirational story. There will be a potluck on Tuesday, January 25th sponsored by the Davis Democrat Club starting at 7PM. People are encouraged to pass out political and Democratic party information or articles to the membership. Please bring your favorite food you like to cook or prepare or purchase, either a main dish, salad or dessert to share with 4 to 6 to 8 people. The Club will provide coffee, cups, forks and spoons and chocolate candies. The suggested donation at the door will be $5. Potluck suggested breakdown of alphabet for food to bring to event. If your last name starts with: A-I Bring a salad dish (green, macaroni, or potato or other) J-R Bring a dessert S-Z Bring a main dish There are no scheduled items or resolutions for the General Membership of the Davis Democratic Club to vote upon. There will be two scheduled general announcements to the club in regards to club board business or finances. One will be made by President Arun Sen and another by Rich Petersen. 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, Secretary of the Board of Directors for the Davis Democratic Club, President of the board of Virtual Market Enterprises, Inc, Secretary-Treasurer of the board of the Davis Progressive Business Exchange and communications liason for the Independent Order of Oddfellows Chapter 169 and the Business Link of Woodland and Davis. ========================== 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 Jan 24 16:24:23 2007 From: yamagata at virtual-markets.net (G Richard Yamagata PhD) Date: Wed, 24 Jan 2007 16:24:23 -0800 (PST) Subject: [Davis Democrats] REMINDER for change in time for tomorrow's General Meeting and Potluck Message-ID: <200701250024.l0P0O9N3025772@backup.afes.com> Please note that the start time for this general meeting has changed. The Potluck portion has been moved to 7PM. The speaker will arrive at 7:30PM. He cannot make the meeting until 7:30PM because of commuting from work. Democrat Club Presents Richard Zeiger, Chief of Staff for State Senator Tom Torlakson A Roll Model for Young People Wanting to Enter Public Service. Date: Thursday January 25th, 2007 Time: 7PM to 7:30 -- Potluck Time: 7:30 PM -- Program: Richard Zeiger Place: Blanchard Room of the Davis Branch, Yolo County Library< Location: 315 East 14th Street Davis, CA 95616 Come share food and break bread with the Democrats of Davis. We have invited and will hear from Richard Zeiger on how he started out as a public servant and ended up as chief of staff for a California State Senator -- an inspirational story. There will be a potluck on Tuesday, January 25th sponsored by the Davis Democrat Club starting at 7PM. People are encouraged to pass out political and Democratic party information or articles to the membership. Please bring your favorite food you like to cook or prepare or purchase, either a main dish, salad or dessert to share with 4 to 6 to 8 people. The Club will provide coffee, cups, forks and spoons and chocolate candies. The suggested donation at the door will be $5. Potluck suggested breakdown of alphabet for food to bring to event. If your last name starts with: A-I Bring a salad dish (green, macaroni, or potato or other) J-R Bring a dessert S-Z Bring a main dish There are no scheduled items or resolutions for the General Membership of the Davis Democratic Club to vote upon. There will be two scheduled general announcements to the club in regards to club board business or finances. One will be made by President Arun Sen in regards to the location of future General Meetings and another by Rich Petersen regarding a permanent Democratic campaign headquarters in Davis. 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, Secretary of the Board of Directors for the Davis Democratic Club, President of the board of Virtual Market Enterprises, Inc, Secretary-Treasurer of the board of the Davis Progressive Business Exchange and communications liason for the Independent Order of Oddfellows Chapter 169 and the Business Link of Woodland and Davis. ========================== 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 Sat Jan 27 04:19:42 2007 From: yamagata at virtual-markets.net (G Richard Yamagata PhD) Date: Sat, 27 Jan 2007 04:19:42 -0800 (PST) Subject: [Davis Democrats] Club Newsletter request for articles Message-ID: <200701271219.l0RCJSAk085195@backup.afes.com> Greetings All, I received the following e-mail from Eileen Lindsay, the new Davis Democratic Club newsletter editor. It may be too late for the February newsletter, but you can start thinking about the March newsletter. Please send replies to eileenlindsay at comcast.net =================== Articles for the Feb. newsletter are now due and can be sent via e-mail to eileenlindsay at comcast.net. We want original articles, not published elsewhere, about upcoming special events of the Club, the ideals and principles of the Democratic Party and the ways in which the election of Democrats provides the highest degree of social justice and welfare. You may want to submit your own book and movie reviews. Articles could also be about developing leadership, increasing party responsibility and responsiveness, why you as an individual club member may be supporting a particular local, state or national democratic candidate, and promoting harmony within party ranks while going through the primary election season. All members are invited to submit their own writing. Articles published in the newsletter may also be made available on our web site. Submissions may be edited for length, grammar and tone, consistent with the bylaws of the Davis Democratic Club. Eileen H. Lindsay 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, Secretary of the Board of Directors for the Davis Democratic Club, President of the board of Virtual Market Enterprises, Inc, Secretary-Treasurer of the board of the Davis Progressive Business Exchange and communications liason for the Independent Order of Oddfellows Chapter 169 and the Business Link of Woodland and Davis. ========================== 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 jac07 at dcn.org Tue Jan 30 10:32:20 2007 From: jac07 at dcn.org (John Chendo) Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2007 10:32:20 -0800 Subject: [Davis Democrats] FW: Poverty-Tell Your U.S. Senator to Increase the Minimum Wage In-Reply-To: Message-ID: ------ Forwarded Message From: , , Twenty-First Century Democrats Reply-To: Info Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2007 11:34:55 -0500 To: Subject: It's About Dignity and Respect - Tell Your Senator to Increase the Minimum Wage Contact | About | Donate Dear 21st Century Democrats: The time to act is now! Today, the U.S. Senate is poised to vote on finally giving the hard working people in this country a raise. The only thing stopping it? the Republicans are filibustering a final vote by opposing closing debate of the bill and moving to final passage of a increased minimum wage. As of this morning, 121 amendments to the increase in the minimum wage have been filed - largely to benefit special interests or put anti-labor language into the bill. Even though the legislation is enormously popular across the country, the Republicans in the Senate are using this as a way to stall the one thing they don?t want to deal with; the Iraq War. Click here and call your Senator today to tell them you are no longer interested in a policy that doesn?t pay a living wage to our working poor and that you want a CLEAN minimum wage bill NOW! If you have a Republican Senator in your state, tell them to stop the petty politics and vote YES for closing debate ? cloture - on the bill and YES for final passage of a minimum wage. If you are represented solely by Democrats, give them a call and show them the support they need to push forward in this high pressure situation. The fact that this bill sped through the House of Representatives and is only being held up in the Senate by the Republicans as a purely political move is simply horrendous. We cannot stand idly by as they play politics on the backs of hard working people in America. Defeating poverty is the key to solving most of the social issues in our country. A minimum wage worker at $5.15/hour working 40 hours a week for 52 weeks a year makes barely $11,000 BEFORE taxes. This doesn?t make room for so many of the essentials in life like health care, school supplies, and transportation. A raise to $7.25/hour is a good start towards giving hard working Americans the opportunity to live healthy and happy. This simply comes down to dignity and respect. Individuals who work a full-time job, regardless of what that job is, should be afforded the dignity of having enough income to provide for them and their family. Passage of a minimum wage increase will say to these people, ?we have respect for you and your family.? This is good for our businesses and communities in America. CEO?s from around the country are supporting this wage increase because it makes smart business sense and adds a much needed boost to our local communities. Business for a Fair Minimum Wage has been leading a group of bold business leaders, including Costco Wholesale CEO Jim Sinegal , in this all important fight. Costco has continued to be a profitable business while still providing a solid living wage and health care for its employees. Click here to find out how you can contact your Senator and tell them to step up and vote an overwhelming ?YES? on a minimum wage increase. Please take a moment today to speak out for working people everywhere. Tell your Senator that you have had enough. Tell them you are ready for bold leadership in the face of political games. Thank for your courage and willingness to take a stand. Sincerely, Kelly Young President Paid for by 21st Century Democrats, www.21stcenturydems.org , and not authorized by any candidate or candidate's committee. Contributions or gifts to 21st Century Democrats are not tax deductible. 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