From yamagata at virtual-markets.net Tue Oct 2 13:16:21 2007 From: yamagata at virtual-markets.net (G Richard Yamagata PhD) Date: Tue, 2 Oct 2007 13:16:21 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [Davis Democrats] DDC Board Meeting Minutes for September 4, 2007 Message-ID: <200710022016.l92KGLOD000977@backup.afes.com> If you have corrections please submit them to yamagata at virtual-markets.net. Davis Democratic Club Meeting Minutes Tuesday, September 4, 7 pm - 8 pm Place: Place: International House in Davis. College Park and Russell Blvd. This meeting was held at Place: International House in Davis at College Park and Russell Blvd Present (11 board members total present -- 11 votes present -- We had a quorum) were: OFFICERS -- EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE BOARD MEMBERS President: Arun Sen, Vice President: Mike Syvanen Treasurer: Betty Weir Recording Secretary: G Richard Yamagata Corresponding Secretary: Julia Sanchez Membership Committee Chair: Carl Schmid Publicity: Absent BOARD CHAIRS AND MEMBERS Past Publicity: Barbara Slemmons Acting Past President: Bob Bockwinkel, Past-Past President and Newsletter Advertising, Acting Newsletter Editor: Absent Scheduling Committee Chair: Absent By-Laws Committee Chair: Absent Board members: Adrienne Kandel, Pam Nieberg, and Barry Wilson Ex-Officio Members of the Board: Absent 11 of 17 were present and 2 board members with medical absences. A Total of 17 active board members on the rolls. Guests: 1 Guest was present, Colleen Haley from Lois Wolk's campaign office. Absent: Cecilia Escamelia Greenwald (3), Claire Black Slotton (0)(3 of 6), Rick Gonzales (5), Publicity Mary Lou Hernandez (6 medical excused by President), Past Vice President Kingsley Melton (8 medical excused by President), Bill Ritter (1), Jim Provenza (1), Lyle Smith (1) -- (number indicates how many meeting is a row have been missed. Excused medical absences are not counted towards a quorum.) There have been 16 meetings since the elections last year. By-laws state that board member cannot miss 3 meetings in a row or 3 out of 5 meetings in a five month period (meaning you cannot just come to every other meeting and still remain on the board). Absences can be excused by the President. TOTAL: 12 of 17 Board Members were present. Arun Sen called the meeting into session at 7:01 PM. The meetings started with a political joke told by Barry Wilson. AGENDA The agenda had an additional item, called Kudos. The changed agenda was moved for acceptance by Mike Syvanen and wasbapproved by concensus. MINUTES The July Minutes were presented by the Recording Secretary, G Richard Yamagata. MOTION/VOTE The July minutes were moved for approval by Bob Bockwinkel and seconded by Julia Sanchez. The minutes were passed unaminously by voice vote with no changes. PUBLIC COMMENT Our guest, Colleen presented a flyer for Lois Wolk's Luau. The Keynote speaker was Deborah Bowen for this event. Colleen asked for volunteers for the event an publication on the mailing list and in the newsletter. It was agreed that all of this would be done. MINUTES AND REPORTS FROM OTHER CLUBS This section of the meeting was not done, because of the 1 hour limitation set by the location of our meeting. BY-LAWS COMMITTEE In absence of the chair of the Committee, Carl Schmid reported that the by-laws committee met at the home of Betty Weir. There were seven people at the meeting. They were: Acting Chair, Carl Schmid, President Arun Sen, Vice President Mike Syvanen, Treasurer Betty Weir, Recording Secretary G Richard Yamagata, Board Member Claire Black Slotton and ex-officio Campus Dems President Max Mikalonis. The new by-laws were presented at the committee meeting. Some small grammatical changes were made. The largest change was initiated by Andrew Ramos, who came to our last board meeting. This change makes the by-laws in compliance with State Party Rules. MOTION/VOTE Carl Schmid asked that the by-laws as amended and changed by the By-Laws Committee be made permanent. This motion was made by Bob Bockwinkel and seconded by Mike Syvanen. The motion passed unanimously. TREASURERS REPORT Betty Weir was present and made the following report. At the beginning of June the club had $4262.65 in the bank. For the month of August, the following was the state of our treasury: August 1 Balance: $2147.10 INCOME Dues $1421.00 Ice Cream Social $600.00 Newsletter ads $120.00 TOTAL INCOME $2141.00 GRAND TOTAL $4288.10 Expenses Supplies: $30.22 PO Box $36.00 Postage $50.00 Newsletter $302.24 Other misc. $339.00 Reimburse buttons & stickers $340.00 TOTAL EXPENSES $1097.46 September 1 Balance: $3870.64 + $6000 CD = $9870.64 We have over 200 paid members at this time in 155 households. DETAILS The expenses this past month were for post office box, post office mailing costs and newsletter printing costs. Bob Bockwinkel made the observation that the club began the year with a negative balance. We now have close to $10,000 in the treasury. Betty Weir noted that people have been very generous. Bob added that it probably has something to do with who is president. BUDGET COMMITTEE The committee did not meet in August. Carl Schmid commented that $5000 does the job for basic club expenses in a non-election year. We are in very good shape. [The club's budget in an election year is usually $15,000. If we raise the same amount of money next year, by November, we will exceed what we need for running a campaign headquarters. Ry] MEMBERSHIP COMMITEE REPORT Carl Schmid reported that a lot of old members have renewed at the $100 level or more this year. Pam reported that in her phone calling, 13 our of 20 households agreed to renew. With this number reported, it was discussed, what to do with the 3 out of 20 that were unreachable via telephone. It was decided that we need to send a form letter to these people and ask them if they wish to remain on the newsletter list. Julia has a form letter, which will be sent out. President Arun Sen will sign the letter. Carl reported that 155 households have renewed. We have reached half of the mailing list. Two-thirds of the people contacted by phone have renewed. After a letter has been sent from the president and the chair of the membership committee, the list will be purged of those that do not respond. Betty stated that we place red dots on the newsletters of those that have not paid. Betty does not want people to resent being hounded by mail by the club. From this, Barry stated that we should continue to try to reach these people via the telephone. Bob asked about the 155 household number and Carl reported that represents 270 members. There are 1.7 people per household. There are 130 households still left to contact, representing 220 more people. Carl acknowledged and thanked Pam Nieberg, Julia Sanchez and Rick Gonzales for their telephoning people to renew. There was a discussion on projected members from the 130 households left to contact. Arun Sen suggested a letter to be sent to these 130 households with a stamped return envelope. The people that will work in this are Arun, Carl and Pam. Arun asked for and received a round of applause for the people that worked on the membership renewal drive. These are: Carl Schmid, Pam Nieberg, Julia Sanchez and Rick Gonzales. PUBLIC OUTREACH COMMITTEE There is no board member assigned to this committee. NEWSLETTER The newsletter editor is Cecilia Escamelia-Greenwald and is being aided by Bill Ritter. Neither were present at this meeting. Pam said that she would like to volunteer to help with the newsletter. Arun stated that he has sent 2 other names to Bill Ritter of people from the club that want to help with the newsletter. SCHEDULING COMMITTEE Claire Black-Slotton was not present at this meeting. President Arun Sen stated that the October 2 meeting is at the home of Barry Wilson (1108 Dartmouth Place) starting at 7PM. The November 7 meeting, the day after Election Day, is at the Blanchard Room of the Davis Yolo County Library, starting at 7PM. The December 4 meeting will also be at the Blanchard Room on the first Tuesday of the month, starting at 7PM. Arun stated that he had to stand in line at the library, which started forming at 10 til 10AM on August 4. GENERAL MEETINGS The Yolo County Bean Feed is the club's September event. Mike Syvanen is volunteering to be a server. Mike stated that they are looking for sponsors, so he paid for Sue Greenwald as a sponsor of the event. Report on Central Committee Meeting At the Central Committee meeting, there was a contentious issue reported by Mike Syvanen. There was a motion to severely criticize Bill Copper at this meeting. Bill Copper led a campaign to recall Helen Thompson and Mariko Yamada, this past summer. This recall campaign has since ended. It was stated at the central committee meeting that Bill Copper is an active Democrat and in 2004, he walked Reno, Nevada precincts for Kerry. It was argued that it was inappropriate to criticize Bill Copper and the motion was tabled. BACK TO BEAN FEED Bob Bockwinkel stated that they are always looking for volunteers. Colleen stated that is true also for Lois' Luau. They would like volunteers and people could attend by volunteering to work at the event. Julia Sanchez asked who is in charge of the event and it was stated that Andrew Ramos was incharge. Set-up would begin at 2PM. Serving and ticket selling will commence at 5:30pm. The public will start filtering in at 6PM. Dinner will be served at 7PM and the program will begin at 7:30PM. Ending time is estimated at 9PM. Master of Ceremonies will be Bob Bockwinkel. The club is normally a sponsor. Bob asked for a motion that the Davis Democratic Club be a sponsor of the Bean Feed. MOTION Pam made the motion that the Davis Democratic Club sponsor the Bean Feed at the $250 level. G Richard Yamagata seconded the motion. DISCUSSION It was asked what does a $250 sponsorship mean? There are 4 tickets made available for sponsors at this level. The club would get 4 tickets or it can downgrade the tickets and make them available for students. The cost is $35/person at the door. Barry asked if the club tickets were going to be made available to loyal, but cash strapped Democrats and if so, how would it be determined who would get the tickets. Bob Bockwinkel replied that anyone that wants to volunteer to work the event will be allowed in for free. VOTE The question was called and the motion was voted upon. The motion passed with no dissent. OCTOBER BARBECUE This event will be held at the home of Stephen Souza. [The date is tentatively October 21 at 3 to 6PM.] ELECTION NIGHT PARTY There is no club election night party planned. It was discussed and agreed that we should participate in election night parties. We should say that we support the library tax. Barbara stated that we should show support for P&Q and state that in the newsletter and encourage our members to attend those election night parties -- but the club should not subsidize the party. President Arun Sen agreed, that the club will not have its own party, but club members should attend the proposition parties. On a separate note, Julia Sanchez stated that if the club has a party, it must have people assigned to serve at the party. There were no assigned servers at the ice cream social. G Richard Yamagata stated that in the past three years, that job has been assigned to the Davis High School Democratic Club and that he had volunteered 3 years ago with Pam Nieberg and others and was told that he and the others were not needed as a server. Because of that re-assignment, the club has not asked for servers for the past 4 years. This year, the Davis High School students were not invited and so there were no servers. Rhonda and Tony Gruska had children in the high school as did Bob Bockwinkel and since they have graduated, contact with the high school students has been sporadic. It was stated that in the future, we need to make sure that volunteers are assigned serving jobs for club events like the Champagne Brunch, the Ice Cream Social, the Fall Barbecue, and the Holiday Party. DECEMBER HOLIDAY PARTY This event is usually on the first Friday of the month of December. This is December 7. G Richard Yamagata tried to call Doug Kaplan from the meeting with no answer on his cell phone. President Arun Sen stated that he will try to talk to Doug and find out when he wants to have this event. Julia Sanchez stated that we will have a raffle at this event. NEW AND UNFINISHED BUSINESS Betty thanked the club for the Birthday Celebration for her at the Ice Cream Social. KUDOS President Arun Sen wants to try to start a new tradition, ending the meeting with Kudos. This will end the meeting on a positive note and to thank and acknowledge people that did outstanding work on the board during the month. It is the President's hope that these "KUDOS" will make it into the newsletter. 1. President Arun Sen thanked and acknowledged Bill Ritter for sending out the newsletter announcing the ice cream social. 2. President Arun Sen thanked and acknowledged Claire Black Slotton for her hard work and hustle at the Yolo County Fair Booth. She interacted with the public and brought them into the booth. 3. President Arun Sen thanked and acknowledged Carl Schmid, Pam Nieberg, Julia Sanchez, Rich Gonzales and Bill Ritter for their hard work on updating the club newsletter lists. He also thanked Pam, Julia, Carl and Rick for going through the membership list and attempting to contact people to renew their members and congratuated them on their 67% renewal rate for membership. ITEMS FOR NEXT MEETING It was once again suggested that the board allow Measure P and Measure Q to come speak for the board to endorse Measure P. It was also suggested that the two Democratic school board candidates come address the board so it could endorse them. ANNOUNCEMEMTS Arun Sen announced that he received a very unique gift. It is a stop watch that counts off the seconds left of George Bush's presidency. Bob Bockwinkel announced the Yolo County Democratic Central Committee Bean Feed event on September 29th. Colleen announced Lois' Luau at the Dixon May Fair. The October board meeting will be at the home of Barry Wilson, 1108 Dartmouth Place at 7PM. Arun Sen adjourned the meeting at 8:47PM. These Minutes for September 4, 2007 are respectively submitted, G Richard Yamagata G Richard Yamagata PhD CEO/President VME Inc. http://www.vme.net/ http://vme.net/bcards/bio.html 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/ Reedley - 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, WBL, DPBE, or IOOF. From yamagata at virtual-markets.net Tue Oct 2 15:08:37 2007 From: yamagata at virtual-markets.net (G Richard Yamagata PhD) Date: Tue, 2 Oct 2007 15:08:37 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [Davis Democrats] Final Agenda for Davis Democrat Club Board Meeting on Tuesday October 2, 2007 Message-ID: <200710022208.l92M8bOD003579@backup.afes.com> This is a Final agenda for tonight's meeting. PLEASE NOTE -- THIS MEETING IS AT the home of Barry Wilson. The address is 1108 Dartmouth Place in Davis, CA 95616 If you do not know where this is, please use Mapquest.com The meeting starts at 7PM and will end before 9PM. Barry promises to be an exemplary host. If you received your DDC board member folder, PLEASE BRING YOUR FOLDER TO THE MEETING. This meeting will be held from 7PM to 8:38 PM. We do not have to vacate the room by 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 October 2, Davis Democratic Club Meeting Agenda Tuesday, October 2, 7 pm - 8:38 pm Place: 1108 Dartmouth Place in Davis. I. Introduction (5 minutes) i. Approval of Agenda ii. Approval of Minutes for past meetings as they are submitted (Minutes from September Board Meeting will be distributed -- NO VOTE.) These minutes will be sent out to the list -- No Vote. II. Report on Progress of NorCal Democratic Club project -- Judy Reynolds (15 minutes) III. Presentation by Measure committees on Ballot (10 Minutes) i. Presentation on Measure P (looking for board endorsement) ii. Presentation on Measure Q (looking for board endorsement) IV. Treasurer's Report -- Betty Weir (5 minutes) i. General finances and budget of the club V. Report from Budget Committee -- Bill Ritter Chair and Carl Schmid member (2 minutes) VI. Report from Membership Committee Carl Schmid Chair, Rick Gonzales member (7 minutes) i. Report on membership renewal drive ii. Update the DDC Mailing List. VII. Content of the Next Newsletter (10 minutes) i. Report by newsletter committee by Bill Ritter ii. Volunteer tasks iii. Story ideas iv. Announcements and articles that must go into the newsletter VIII. Davis Democratic Club Barbecue (12 minutes) i. Suggested date: Sunday October 21, 2007 ii. Suggested time: 3-6PM iii. Suggested food: barbecued exotic sausages iv. Assignment of kitchen crew volunteers v. Suggested General Membership vote for by-laws approval vi. P&Q DDC club endorsement vote (if passes the board) IX. Future Events (7 minutes) i. November Election Day party ii. November Holiday Party at Doug Kaplan's home on Friday, November 30, 2007 X. Report from Community Outreach and Fundraising Committees (2 minutes) Chair for these committees are needed. XI. Kudos (5 minutes) XII. New and Unfinished Business (0 minutes) i. Unfinished business items from past meetings. [None unresolved to my knowledge] XIII. Communications (10 minutes) i. Comments and issues from the Public and general members. a. From public for unscheduled presentations. ii. Minutes and reports from other clubs and campus Democrats a. Specific report from the Woodland Club, from invited representative. b. Report from Yolo County Young Democrats c. Report from Yolo County Blue (Lyle Smith) d. Report from UCDavis Campus Democrats by President or VP e. Report from Davis High Democrats f. Report on the President's activities for the club, Arun Sen. g. Report on the September meeting of the YCDCC (Yolo County Democratic Central Committee) XIV. Closing (8 minutes) i. Items for next meeting ii. Announcements- upcoming events not covered in Communications and Reports. iii. Next Meeting Time/Location (November 7 Blanchard Room, December 4 Blanchard Room) iv. Meeting adjournment Time: 98 minutes All times are approximate and only placed to help keep meeting on track, so meeting can end by 8:38 PM. G Richard Yamagata PhD CEO/President VME Inc. http://www.vme.net/ http://vme.net/bcards/bio.html 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/ Reedley - 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, WBL, DPBE, or IOOF. From jac07 at dcn.org Wed Oct 3 12:53:56 2007 From: jac07 at dcn.org (John Chendo) Date: Wed, 03 Oct 2007 12:53:56 -0700 Subject: [Davis Democrats] Urgent ACTION :Unbelievable VETO of Children's Health-from Howard Dean, MD In-Reply-To: <5bn3c9$13b35o8@mailer.democrats.org> Message-ID: ------ Forwarded Message From: "Dr. Howard Dean" Reply-To: Date: Wed, 3 Oct 2007 13:00:17 -0500 To: John Chendo Subject: Unbelievable Dear John, This morning, President Bush rejected health care for children. Now it's time for Democrats to reject President Bush. If we can get 2/3 of Congress to stand up to President Bush, we can overturn his veto on the State Children's Health Insurance Program -- a program that provides health insurance for millions of kids. We need your help to get those votes. We've set up a simple tool that will allow you to write a letter and send it to your members of Congress instantly. Send your Senators and Representative a message telling them to stand up to George Bush: http://www.democrats.org/FightForKids George Bush made a cold political calculation this morning. He could have signed this bi-partisan bill into law, or he could have pandered to conservatives who didn't want to see the Children's Health Insurance Program get the funding it needs. He decided to pander -- and millions of kids will suffer for it. What makes this veto worse is that George Bush will spend billions of dollars in Iraq, some of it on contractors like Blackwater and Halliburton, while denying millions of children needed doctors' visits or medicine here at home. On top of that, all of the Republican candidates for president support his veto. Democrats are in the majority for a reason. Send a message to your Senators and Representative and let them know why that is: http://www.democrats.org/FightForKids This past week, Graeme Frost, a 12 year old from Baltimore, Maryland, delivered this week's Democratic Radio Address. Graeme is a brave young man. Three years ago, his family was in a serious car accident. Graeme was in a coma for a week, suffered severe brain trauma, and had to re-learn how to eat and walk. Graeme is alive today because of the State Children's Health Insurance Program. As he said last weekend: > "My parents work really hard and always make sure my sister and I have > everything we need, but the hospital bills were huge. We got the help we > needed because we had health insurance for us through the CHIP program. "I > don't know why President Bush wants to stop kids who really need help from > getting CHIP. All I know is I have some really good doctors. They took great > care of me when I was sick, and I'm glad I could see them because of the > Children's Health Program." Families like the Frosts need your help. You can hear Graeme talk about his experience and send a message to your Senators and Representative right here: http://www.democrats.org/FightForKids As a doctor, I've seen our country's health care crisis first-hand. I've seen parents that have to wait for their kids to get dangerously sick before they could take them to a doctor. I've seen parents struggle over important medical care decisions because they didn't know how to pay for it. And I've seen parents left in poverty because they had no other choice. But you don't have to be a doctor to understand the importance of health insurance for our nation's kids. Just ask any mother or father whose child has been sick, and they'll all tell you the same thing: that there's nothing more important to them than making sure their kids are healthy. As governor of Vermont, 96% of the children in my state had health insurance. That's the sort of commitment our country needs -- and the sort of commitment President Bush doesn't have. The American people elected a Democratic majority last fall to stand up to President Bush's misguided priorities. Remind your Senators and Representative just what the American people stand for. http://www.democrats.org/FightForKids Sincerely, Gov. Howard Dean, M.D. Paid for and authorized by the Democratic National Committee, www.democrats.org . This communication is not authorized by any candidate or candidate's committee. Democratic National Committee, 430 S. Capitol St. SE, Washington, DC 20003 Contributions or gifts to the Democratic National Committee are not deductible as charitable contributions for federal income tax purposes. Click here to unsubscribe from this mailing list. DNC, 430 S. Capitol St. SE, Washington DC 20003 ------ End of Forwarded Message From yamagata at virtual-markets.net Fri Oct 5 01:38:50 2007 From: yamagata at virtual-markets.net (G Richard Yamagata PhD) Date: Fri, 5 Oct 2007 01:38:50 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [Davis Democrats] DDC Club Fall Barbecue Sunday October 21, 2007 Message-ID: <200710050838.l958coOD092391@backup.afes.com> Greetings All Club Members, This is to announce the Annual Davis Democratic Club Fall Barbecue. The date will be Sunday October 21, 2007!!! This year it will be at the home of Stephen and Robin Souza 2424 Rodin Place in Davis, CA 95618. Please use http://Mapquest.com or http://googlemaps.com to find instructions to reach their home. In keeping with an Oktober theme -- we will have Exotic Sausages, Potato Salad (and green salads), Drinks and Fun! The cost will be $20/person; $5 for students and those financially disadvantaged. Please RSVP to Stephen Souza at sasouza at sbcglobal.net or phone 758-2964. We need to make sure that there are enough sausages for everyone. This should be an extremely fun event as all barbecues have been that we have had at the Souzas' Home. They have a huge koi pond surrounded by vegetation representing plant fauna from around the State of California. This should be an very fun event to attend and sample exotic sausages grilled and served by the DDC Board. If you have questions, just look take a look at the attached flyer or you can call or e-mail Stephen Souza. Thank you for your attention, Richard -------------- next part -------------- G Richard Yamagata PhD CEO/President VME Inc. http://www.vme.net/ http://vme.net/bcards/bio.html 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 Odd Fellows 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/ Reedley - 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, WBL, DPBE, or IOOF. From jac07 at dcn.org Tue Oct 9 18:32:41 2007 From: jac07 at dcn.org (John Chendo) Date: Tue, 09 Oct 2007 18:32:41 -0700 Subject: [Davis Democrats] Just one week left until Tsongas's special election for Congress from Massachusetts! In-Reply-To: <20071009164304.7001.921.qmail@omail4.getactive.com> Message-ID: ------ Forwarded Message From: "Ellen R. Malcolm" Reply-To: Date: Tue, 09 Oct 2007 16:43:04 GMT To: John Chendo Subject: Just one week left until Tsongas's special election! Click here to add EMILY's List to your approved senders list. Dear John, With just seven days left, I wanted to give you a quick update on the race for Massachusetts's fifth district ... Niki Tsongas's opponent is still hoping to steal this Democratic seat by running away from his Republican roots and convincing voters he's something he's not. And in the past few days, he's also been fiercely attacking Tsongas, misleading voters about her impressive record and caller her a "Washington insider ... [who] talks about raising taxes ... [and tries to] scare people into voting for her." Will you help Niki Tsongas fend off her opponent's last-minute attacks between now and Oct. 16, when voters go to the polls? Support Niki Tsongas today! I wouldn't ask for your support for Tsongas's campaign yet again at this late stage if she didn't need your immediate help to win this race. With your contribution today, Niki Tsongas can make sure voters know what's at stake in this special election and highlight the truth about her opponent. He says he's a moderate but he opposed the bipartisan bill expanding State Children's Health Insurance Program; he has recently received money from the National Republican Congressional Committee; his position on Iraq is in lock step with Bush; and he fully supports Bush's tax policy. We can't let him win by distorting Tsongas's record and hiding his own! Since there's so much at stake in this race ? a critical House seat and a chance to elect the first Democratic woman to serve Massachusetts in Congress in more than 35 years ? will you please make a contribution to support Niki Tsongas's final campaign efforts today? Support Niki Tsongas today! Warmest regards, Ellen R. Malcolm President P.S. Recent polls showed Niki Tsongas's opponent is closing the gap ? and without your immediate help, he could win this race by distorting Tsongas's record and tricking voters. Please contribute to Niki Tsongas today so she can stay on TV and run an aggressive get-out-the-vote operation between now and Oct. 16! Invite your friends to join EMILY's List today by clicking below. Tell-a-friend! If you received this message from a friend, you can sign up for EMILY's List . This message was sent to jac07 at dcn.org. Visit your subscription management page to modify your email communication preferences or update your personal profile. Paid for by The Niki Tsongas Committee. Contributions or gifts to EMILY's List are not tax deductible. | Copyright ? 2006. All rights reserved. Privacy Statement | EMILY's List, Early Money Is Like Yeast and the EMILY's List logo are all trademarks of EMILY's List. ------ End of Forwarded Message From jac07 at dcn.org Tue Oct 9 18:42:06 2007 From: jac07 at dcn.org (John Chendo) Date: Tue, 09 Oct 2007 18:42:06 -0700 Subject: [Davis Democrats] AB1294:Encourage ranked voting for local elections In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Conversation: Encourage ranked voting for local elections Subject: Encourage ranked voting for local elections Impressive list of endorsers, near the bottom. Please see email below about important legislation endorsed by Democracy for America to improve California's democracy Final Few Days: Last Chance to Urge Governor Schwarzenegger To Sign AB 1294 AB 1294 (Mullin) ? Local Option for Ranked Voting NOW IS CRITICAL TIME TO INFLUENCE GOVERNOR TO SIGN AB 1294 AB 1294 is CfER's bill to allow cities and counties to use ranked voting systems, including instant runoff voting and choice voting. Ranked voting is more fair, preferred by voters, saves local governments money, and can lead to dramatic improvements in effective voter participation. Charter jurisdictions already have the ability to use these systems, and AB 1294 extends this "local option" to all cities and counties. The bill passed the California Legislature on September 12th and is now on the Governor's desk. We have a short window of time to influence the Governor before he decides how he will act on the bill. The Governor must decide between now and Sunday whether to sign or veto the bill! There are only a few days left in which to influence the Governor - your calls, faxes, and emails WILL MAKE A BIG DIFFERENCE! Please contact Governor Schwarzenegger today - urge him to sign AB 1294. You can fax, email, or call. The most important thing is, do it immediately. > > > Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger > State Capitol Building > Sacramento, CA 95814 > Fax: 916-445-4633 > Phone: 916-445-2841 > Email: visit http://gov.ca.gov/interact > > > In general, faxes or emails, both in letter form, are probably preferable to > phone calls. You can only email the Governor using the website above, where > it is preferable to write your email note in the form of a formal letter. > Given the extremely short window of time left to influence the Governor, we > recommend against sending postal letters at this time. The most important > thing is to take action immediately. For more information, see Talking Points <#talkingpoints> or Supporters <#supporters> below. A sample letter <#sampleletter> appears below. Get more information about Instant Runoff Voting or more background about the issue or the history of the bill on the CfER website at: http://www.cfer.org/takeaction.htm Once you contact the Governor, please get ten (10) other friends, relatives, neighbors, or colleagues to do the same. Please spread the word and help get as many people as possible to contact the Governor and urge him to sign the bill. TALKING POINTS FOR AB 1294: 1) AB 1294 IS ABOUT LOCAL CONTROL: LETTING LOCAL GOVERNMENTS DO WHAT?S BEST FOR THEIR CITIZENS > > AB 1294 offers an option, not a mandate. It makes it possible for general law > cities and counties to consider election reforms to increase voter > participation and save our municipalities money. General law cities and > counties deserve the opportunity to use electoral systems that best address > their unique needs. Currently, only charter cities have this opportunity, and > it should be extended to all local governments. > > The bill requires that cities wishing to adopt ranked voting must first > obtain local voter approval, ensuring that a change to ranked voting only > occurs in jurisdictions with broad public support for doing so. 2) COST SAVINGS FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENTS > AB 1294 imposes no fiscal cost on the state, and gives local governments an > opportunity to save money, in some cases a considerable amount. Most > jurisdictions have majority requirements to mandate costly runoff elections. > This bill gives local governments, often operating on very limited budgets, an > option to save scarce tax dollars for other purposes by finishing the > election in a single IRV election. > > San Francisco alone saves around $1.6 million per election, a substantial sum > for local government budgets. Los Angeles recently held a runoff election > for local government offices that cost $5 million dollars and only had 6% > voter turnout. 3) IRV HAS AN EXTREMELY SUCCESSFUL TRACK RECORD WHEREVER IT HAS BEEN USED > > All available research and surveys of the usage of IRV in various places show > that ranked ballot methods are popular and easily understood by voters. In San > Francisco?s IRV elections, every single demographic in the city ? defined by > where they live and race, age, gender, party and political philosophy ? > greatly prefers IRV to the old separate runoff system by a three-to-one > margin. Over 87% of voters said they understood IRV perfectly well or fairly > well, and two-to-one, they perceived instant runoff voting as fairer than the > prior two-round runoff system. From the standpoint of voter acceptance, > ranked voting has proven exceptional in San Francisco and all other > municipalities where it has been used. 4) UNIFORM ELECTION CODE SUPPORT > > Uniform election code support for these electoral methods will help both > charter and general law jurisdictions that want to use them. City and county > officials and/or local Registrars are not put in the difficult positions of > having to make up such procedures themselves 5) AB 1294 IS BROADLY SUPPORTED > > > See the partial list below of organizations and individuals supporting AB > 1294. SUPPORTERS OF AB 1294 INCLUDE: * Californians for Electoral Reform (sponsor) * Secretary of State Debra Bowen * Asian Americans for Civil Rights and Equality * Asian Pacific American Legal Center * California Common Cause * California League of Women Voters * California Public Interest Research Group * California Peace and Freedon Party * City Clerks Association of California * City of Davis, CA * City of Fort Bragg * City of Menlo Park * Community Development Institute of East Palo Alto * Davis Choice Voting * Democracy for America * FairVote ? the Center for Voting and Democracy * Greenlining Institute * Kevin McKeown, Councilmember, City of Santa Monica * Latino Voters League * Latinos for America * League of California Cities * Los Angeles Voters for Instant Runoff Elections * Mexican American Legal Defense and Education Fund (MALDEF) * National Latino Congreso, 2007 convening * New America Foundation * San Mateo County Democracy for America * Southwest Voter Registration Education Project (SVREP) * Warren Slocum, Chief Elections Officer & Assessor-Clerk-Recorder, San Mateo County * William C. Velasquez Institute (WCVI). * Yolo County Registrar of Voters Freddie Oakley SAMPLE LETTER TO GOVERNOR SCHWARZENEGGER > > [ Note: Letters to public officials are always more effective when they are > in your own words. The example below is best used as exactly that -- an > example. Please see the talking points above for useful ideas for your letter > ] > > > [Date] > > > Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger > State Capitol Building > Sacramento, CA 95814 > > > Dear Governor Schwarzenegger, > > > I urge you to sign AB 1294, giving all cities and counties the option to use > Instant Runoff Voting and Choice Voting. These ranked voting systems have > proven themselves to be both good for local governments and good for voters. > > > Local governments can save a lot of money by being able to elect their > representatives in a single election, without the need for a costly runoff > election. San Francisco alone saves over $1.6 million per election. Los > Angeles just recently held a set of runoff elections that cost around $5 > million and only had a 6% voter turnout. That money could be better spent > elsewhere, and democracy would be better served by involving more citizens in > the process. > > > Instant Runoff Voting works well, and voters understand it, use it > effectively, and like it. Voters in San Francisco preferred IRV by a three > to one margin over their previous system, and two to one thought it more > fair. > > > This bill would give general law cities and counties the same opportunity to > use ranked voting methods that charter cities and counties have now. These > forms of voting can be advantageous in many situations and cities and > counties should have the right to make the decision as to whether to > implement them based on their particular circumstances and the will of their > electorates, rather than being constrained as under current law. > > > Sincerely, > [YourNameHere] -------------------------------------------- Thanks again for your help. If you have questions, please contact: > >> >> >> Rob Dickinson >> Executive Vice President >> Californians for Electoral Reform >> Email: rdickinson at cfer.org >> Web: www.cfer.org >> Phone: 650-365-6025 >> Mobile: 650-544-5925 > > > > p.s. - We hope that we have not sent you too much email in the last few > months as we have aggressively worked our legislation. If we have, please > accept our apologies. We are in the home stretch now, and should be back to > our normal email volume shortly, which is typically only one or two messages > per month. Thanks for your patience. __._,_.___ <*> Visit our website at http://sacramentofordemocracy.org/ ------ End of Forwarded Message From jac07 at dcn.org Wed Oct 10 12:41:39 2007 From: jac07 at dcn.org (John Chendo) Date: Wed, 10 Oct 2007 12:41:39 -0700 Subject: [Davis Democrats] Direct link to contacting Members on SCHIP(Children's Health) In-Reply-To: <20071010124328.ZENRB.416740.root@fepweb14> Message-ID: ------ Forwarded Message From: Date: Wed, 10 Oct 2007 9:43:28 -0700 To: Subject: [Yolodems] PLS FORWARD--Direct link to contacting Members on SCHIP > _____ > > Coalition on Human Needs > > Click and Send > XGfe3ezrA%2FsLKzud> : Tell your Representative and Senators to Override > the Children's Health Veto and to Vote FOR Human Needs! > > The President wants to force Congress to abandon its plan to provide > health care to millions more uninsured children. He wants to cut > funding, after years of cuts, for teachers, food, heat, and housing. > > The President's upside-down priorities: less investment in building our > future. Trillions for war, contracts and tax breaks for a select few. > > It's time to reject these misguided choices. Please email > j8V5IgAuzrA%2FsLKzud> your Representatives and Senators today! Add > your voice to the growing chorus of people who think it would simply be > an outrage to lose these opportunities to provide health care and other > needed services. > > The President has vetoed the State Children's Health Insurance Program > (SCHIP) bill. The House will vote to override the veto on October 18. > If Congress can override the veto, nearly 4 million uninsured children > will get health coverage. If the override fails, there will be delay, > political spin, and children left behind. There are similar battles > ahead on education, child care and Head Start, housing, nutrition and > home energy aid, and other basic services. > > To send an email > ijM%2FkGgezrA%2FsLKzud> to your Representative and Senators: > http://www.democracyinaction.org/dia/organizationsORG/chn/campaign.jsp?c > ampaign_KEY=15241 > To learn > e40hY17TijvEVgs9En> more about these issues: > http://www.chn.org/SCHIPApropsinfo.html > > For more information, please contact Maricela Donahue, mdonahue at chn.org > > > Thanks! > > _______________________________________________ Yolodems mailing list Yolodems at yolodems.com http://yolodems.com/mailman/listinfo/yolodems_yolodems.com ------ End of Forwarded Message From jac07 at dcn.org Wed Oct 10 12:45:22 2007 From: jac07 at dcn.org (John Chendo) Date: Wed, 10 Oct 2007 12:45:22 -0700 Subject: [Davis Democrats] Children's health program--Governors suing Bush In-Reply-To: <5742214d5d632f0db804236fa32154f4@localhost.localdomain> Message-ID: ------ Forwarded Message From: "Gov. Bill Richardson" Reply-To: Date: Wed, 10 Oct 2007 12:43:18 -0400 To: John Chendo Subject: Help me take George Bush to court! Dear John, Last Tuesday, I joined 28 other Governors, from both parties, in signing a letter to President George W. Bush, urging him to sign the bill extending the popular children's health care program known as SCHIP. SCHIP funds basic health care for over 6 million of America's children in all 50 states -- mostly children from poor families with little or no access to other health services. Checkups for poor children sounds like a no-brainer, doesn't it? It's a proven fact that children with early access to immunizations and regular checkups do better throughout their lives. And in fact, 72% of Americans in a recent poll said they supported SCHIP. But last week, President Bush got our letter ... and he threw it in the trash. He vetoed the SCHIP reauthorization bill the very next day, and he tried to use his veto to make a political point. Congressional supporters are now trying to line up the votes for an override next Thursday. This wasn't a surprise. The President has been openly hostile to children's health care. New SCHIP regulations that his Administration issued in August violate the intent of Congress, interfering with the states' existing SCHIP programs and limiting their expansion. And now we're joining forces with New York, Illinois, Maryland, New Jersey, Washington, Arizona, and New Hampshire -- and we're taking President Bush to court. Help us win our case. Join the majority by signing our petition today, and tell President Bush and Congress that America's children MUST NOT be pawns in a political game! Here's what our President -- tone-deaf on health care, as on so many other issues -- had to say about health care back in July: > I mean, people have access to health care in America. After all, you just > go to an emergency room. Is he kidding? When was the last time that George W. Bush -- son of a President, grandson of a Senator -- tried to get basic health care in an emergency room? Has he ever set foot in the kind of overtaxed, underfunded hospital that serves low-income neighborhoods in America's cities? Has he ever waited all day to see the traveling doctor who visits a rural community one afternoon a week? Sat in a crowded hospital triage room for four hours? Waited six weeks for an appointment at a public clinic? Has George W. Bush ever been turned away for medical services -- for anything -- because he couldn't afford to pay? Sign our petition, and tell George W. Bush and Congress that you support basic health care for all of America's children. It's easy for President Bush to play politics. But the lives of real children are at stake. Here in New Mexico, where I am Governor, the SCHIP-funded New Mexikids program brings immunizations, regular checkups, and other health services to 19,000 low-income children. We're poised to expand the program to cover 11,000 more. Basic health services, like immunizations and regular checkups, are one of the most cost-effective ways of giving children a leg up in life. But our short-sighted President would rather turn his back on America's children. We must not let this happen. Please join me today, help us win our lawsuit, and protect this critically important program from political interference. Sincerely, Governor Bill Richardson P.S. You can email your Congressmember about SCHIP by clicking here . Help make sure that he or she knows how you feel! Paid for by Richardson for President, Inc. Contributions are not tax deductible for Federal income tax purposes. All content ? 2007 Richardson for President, Inc. To unsubscribe, go to: http://action.richardsonforpresident.com/unsubscribe ------ End of Forwarded Message From yamagata at virtual-markets.net Tue Oct 16 17:19:56 2007 From: yamagata at virtual-markets.net (G Richard Yamagata PhD) Date: Tue, 16 Oct 2007 17:19:56 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [Davis Democrats] DDC Club Fall Barbecue Sunday October 21, 2007 Message-ID: <200710170019.l9H0JuOD051632@backup.afes.com> Greetings All Club Members, This is another reminder for the Barbecue this Sunday. If it is rainy -- do now worry, Stephen Souza has lots of outdoor canopies and there is room inside. At this point in time, if you are attending and want to eat sausage, please RSVP. There are over 40 people that have RSVPed and we need to know if we need to purchase more sausages! This is to announce the Annual Davis Democratic Club Fall Barbecue. The date will be Sunday October 21, 2007!!! The event will be from 3Pm to 6Pm. This year it will be at the home of Stephen and Robin Souza 2424 Rodin Place in Davis, CA 95618. Please use http://Mapquest.com or http://googlemaps.com to find instructions to reach their home. In keeping with an Oktober theme -- we will have Exotic Sausages, Potato Salad (and green salads), Drinks and Fun! The cost will be $20/person; $5 for students and those financially disadvantaged. Please RSVP to Stephen Souza at sasouza at sbcglobal.net or phone 758-2964. We need to make sure that there are enough sausages for everyone. This should be an extremely fun event as all barbecues have been that we have had at the Souzas' Home. They have a huge koi pond surrounded by vegetation representing plant fauna from around the State of California. This should be an very fun event to attend and sample exotic sausages grilled and served by the DDC Board. If you have questions, please visit the web site at http://yvm.net/vme/democrats/ or you can call or e-mail Stephen Souza. Thank you for your attention, Richard G Richard Yamagata PhD CEO/President VME Inc. http://www.vme.net/ http://vme.net/bcards/bio.html 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 Odd Fellows Chapter 169 and the Business Link of Woodland and Davis. For public service to the Democratic Party of Yolo County, Recipient of the 2007 Williamson-Weir Award ========================== 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/ Reedley - 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, WBL, DPBE, or IOOF. From yamagata at virtual-markets.net Fri Oct 19 16:27:09 2007 From: yamagata at virtual-markets.net (G Richard Yamagata PhD) Date: Fri, 19 Oct 2007 16:27:09 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [Davis Democrats] Final Announcement Fun and Exotic DDC Club Fall Barbecue Sunday October 21, 2007 Message-ID: <200710192327.l9JNR9OD051687@backup.afes.com> Greetings All Club Members, This is the FINAL REMINDER for the Barbecue this Sunday. If it is rainy -- do now worry, Stephen Souza has lots of outdoor canopy space and there is room inside. Stephen owns and will use one of those outdoor kerosene heaters that are popular at restaurants, like LITTLE PRAGUE and SOPHIAS. This will be a very fun event. Mike Syvanen is going to make your Sausage Sandwinches at this event -- Memorable -- with different condiments, sour dough buns and the choice of two different exotic mustards. Stephen Souza promises exotic sausages. So all around this is going to be an exotic treat for your tummy. You will not be able to just eat one! And, you can interact with great, fellow Democrats with commeraderie and friendship all around. At this point in time, if you are attending and want to eat exotic sausages on exotic sour dough bread with exotic mustards and condiments, please RSVP. There are over 40 people that have RSVPed and we need to know if we need to purchase more sausages! ======================== This is to announce the Annual Davis Democratic Club Fall Barbecue. The date will be Sunday October 21, 2007!!! The event will be from 3Pm to 6Pm. This year it will be at the home of Stephen and Robin Souza 2424 Rodin Place in Davis, CA 95618. Please use http://Mapquest.com or http://googlemaps.com to find instructions to reach their home. In keeping with an Oktober theme -- we will have Exotic Sausages, Potato Salad (and green salads), Drinks and Fun! The cost will be $20/person; $5 for students and those financially disadvantaged. Please RSVP to Stephen Souza at sasouza at sbcglobal.net or phone 758-2964. We need to make sure that there are enough sausages for everyone. This should be an extremely fun event as all barbecues have been that we have had at the Souzas' Home. They have a huge koi pond surrounded by vegetation representing plant fauna from around the State of California. They also have canopies and outdoor heaters. This should be an very fun event to attend and sample exotic sausages grilled and served by the DDC Board. If you have questions, please visit the web site at http://yvm.net/vme/democrats/ or you can call or e-mail Stephen Souza -- see above for phone number and e-mail contact information. Thank you for your attention, Richard G Richard Yamagata PhD CEO/President VME Inc. http://www.vme.net/ http://vme.net/bcards/bio.html 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 Odd Fellows Chapter 169 and the Business Link of Woodland and Davis. For public service to the Democratic Party of Yolo County, Recipient of the 2007 Williamson-Weir Award ========================== 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/ Reedley - 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, WBL, DPBE, or IOOF. From jac07 at dcn.org Wed Oct 24 14:18:58 2007 From: jac07 at dcn.org (John Chendo) Date: Wed, 24 Oct 2007 14:18:58 -0700 Subject: [Davis Democrats] FW: Whack-a-Murdoch In-Reply-To: <20071016183111.23318.26593.qmail@omail5.getactive.com> Message-ID: ------ Forwarded Message From: "Timothy Karr, FreePress.net" Reply-To: Date: Tue, 16 Oct 2007 18:31:11 GMT To: John Chendo Subject: Whack-a-Murdoch Dear John, Play Whack-a-Mudoch at www.whackamurdoch.com Have you ever been so fed up with the evening news that you wanted to throw your TV out the window? Instead of tossing your TV, try whacking Rupert Murdoch. Today, Free Press launched "Whack-a-Murdoch" -- a challenging Web game that's your chance to drop the hammer on Big Media moguls and consolidation. Play Whack-a-Murdoch While Whack-a-Murdoch is just a game, media consolidation is a problem that requires urgent action. Right now, the Federal Communications Commission is rushing ahead with sweeping changes to media ownership rules that would allow Big Media to get even bigger. If these rules pass, moguls like Murdoch could own the major daily newspaper, and as many as eight radio stations and three TV stations in your city. Often these local monopolists also control national newspapers, popular Web sites, magazines, cable networks, publishing houses and movie studios. We can stop the FCC and media consolidation by building the movement for a more diverse and democratic media. Free Press is working with our allies to broaden our base of support to include people from all walks of life. We need your help: Spread the Word: Tell your friends to whack Murdoch and join the movement When we let a few giant conglomerates control so many outlets, quality journalism turns into junk media, and our democracy suffers. Murdoch's expanding media empire is case and point. His news programs are a spectacle of beauty queens, right-wing shock pundits and movie stars. The bottom line? Our democracy can't survive much longer on Murdoch's junk media diet. It's now time for all of us to come together and Stop Big Media. Thank you, Timothy Karr Campaign Director Free Press www.freepress.net 1. To learn more about the FCC rulemaking visit www.stopbigmedia.com/=fcc 2. Murdoch paid $5 billion for the Wall Street Journal. But you can invest in a more diverse and independent media for a lot less. Support this campaign with your contribution to the Free Press Action Fund: https://secure.freepress.net/05/whack Take action on this campaign at: www.whackamurdoch.com Tell your friends about this campaign at: www.action.freepress.net/campaign/whack/forward If you received this message from a friend, you can click here to become a Free Press activist. This message was sent to jac07 at dcn.org. Visit your subscription management page to modify your email communication preferences or to update your personal profile. To stop receiving email from Free Press, click here to unsubscribe (or reply via email with "remove or unsubscribe" in the subject line). Free Press is a national, nonpartisan organization working to reform the media. Through education, organizing and advocacy, we promote diverse and independent media ownership, strong public media, and universal access to communications. Learn more at www.freepress.net ------ End of Forwarded Message From julia.sanchez0927 at sbcglobal.net Thu Oct 25 20:58:17 2007 From: julia.sanchez0927 at sbcglobal.net (Julia Sanchez) Date: Thu, 25 Oct 2007 20:58:17 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [Davis Democrats] Fwd: I M P O R T A N T W A R N I NG FROM CHOC's IT guy Message-ID: <795516.32229.qm@web83206.mail.mud.yahoo.com> Heed this warning! Julia Note: forwarded message attached. From jac07 at dcn.org Fri Oct 26 14:37:56 2007 From: jac07 at dcn.org (John Chendo) Date: Fri, 26 Oct 2007 14:37:56 -0700 Subject: [Davis Democrats] FW: Speak up to Fight Media Consolidation In-Reply-To: <20071026185417.5286.1424.qmail@omail5.getactive.com> Message-ID: ------ Forwarded Message From: Leadership Conference on Civil Rights To: john chendo Subject: Speak up to Fight Media Consolidation Dear john, Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Kevin Martin is trying to ease the regulations on Big Media once again. Fewer restrictions on media concentration means fewer choices and fewer voices heard. Let your voice be heard on October 31st at the Public Hearing on Media Localism. Minorities, women, seniors and people with disabilities are already underrepresented at news agencies and their issues are being overlooked by the media giants. Media ownership is an important civil rights issue. A diverse media is one that is inclusive of minorities and women in content (what we see and hear), employment (who writes, reports and produces what we see and hear), and, most importantly, ownership (who owns the companies that dictate what we see and hear) so that the stories of all Americans can be told, and the voices of all Americans can be heard. (For more information on the dangers of media consolidation, click here!) TAKE ACTION! Tell policymakers to stop giving in to Big Media?s demands by allowing more consolidation in local markets. Attend the media localism hearing in Washington, DC on Wednesday, October 31. FCC chairman Kevin Martin is trying to ease restrictions on consolidation by the end of the year?and he?s trying to do it under the radar. Don?t let him get away with it. Our media is becoming less and less diverse everyday, with the majority of media outlets nationwide owned and controlled by white males. Their content is reflectively homogenous and important messages of diversity and democracy are being overlooked or even silenced. Stop the slippery slope that has already limited the stories and perspectives that we get from our local news. Come to the hearing, testify and demand that your voice be heard. Participate in the rally outside the FCC and put the dangers of media conglomeration in the spotlight. FCC Public Hearing on Media Localism When: Wednesday, October 31 from 9:00am ? 2:00pm Where: FCC Headquarters, 445 12th Street, SW, Washington, DC (nearest metro is the Smithsonian) The hearing is free and open to the public and will include public testimony from an open microphone. Be sure to arrive early if you plan on signing up to testify. If you can?t be there in person, you can still tell the FCC how you feel by sending a message here! Hope to see you there! For more information on Media Diversity visit out website and check out our Media Diversity tool kit! Visit the web address below to tell your friends about this. Tell-a-friend! If you received this message from a friend, you can sign up for Civilrights.org Network . This message was sent to jac07 at dcn.org. Visit your subscription management page to modify your email communication preferences or update your personal profile. To stop ALL email from Civilrights.org Network, click to remove yourself from our lists (or reply via email with "remove or unsubscribe" in the subject line). ------ End of Forwarded Message From julia.sanchez0927 at sbcglobal.net Fri Oct 26 23:11:26 2007 From: julia.sanchez0927 at sbcglobal.net (Julia Sanchez) Date: Fri, 26 Oct 2007 23:11:26 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [Davis Democrats] Virus .Important WARNING Message-ID: <532499.83546.qm@web83201.mail.mud.yahoo.com> Friends and all who use internet Anyone using internet mail such as Yahoo Hotmail,AOL and so on. This information arrived this morning, DIRECT from both Microsoft and Norton! Please send it to to everybody you know who has access to the Internet. You may receive an apparently harmless e-mail with POWER POINT.presentation "Life is Beautiful" iF you receive it DO NOT OPEN THE FILE UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES. and DELETE IMMEDIATELY If you open this file, a message will appear on your screen saying: It is too late now, Your life is no longer beautifrul". Subbsquently you will LOSE EVERYTHING IN YOUR PC,and the person whosent it to you will gain access to your name, e-mail and PASSWORD This is a new virus which started to circulate on Saturday afternoon. AOL has already confirmed the severity, and the anti-virus software are not capable of destroying it. The virus has been created by a hacker who calls himself "life owner" PLEASE SEND A COPY OF THIS E-MAIL TO ALL YOUR FRIENDS,And ask them to ,PASS IT ON IMMEDIATELYi tTHIS HAS BEEN CONFIRMED BY SNOPES!!! All of you, I am on the Board of Directors of CHOC, Our computer CZAR gave us this warning Juliad From julia.sanchez0927 at sbcglobal.net Sun Oct 28 10:00:00 2007 From: julia.sanchez0927 at sbcglobal.net (Julia Sanchez) Date: Sun, 28 Oct 2007 10:00:00 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [Davis Democrats] This is what you or your computer sent DDC. In-Reply-To: <4723F105.8070302@dcn.org> Message-ID: <152624.34514.qm@web83212.mail.mud.yahoo.com> So Sorry Steve and Adrienne, I stand corrected. This came to me from a high source. She is also feeling very stupid as I am for causing such furor and anxiety. Steve, I am fairly new at this hi tech technology , will make many mistakes This a big one. If this should happen again, How would I contact Snopes? Thank you both for all your help. Adrienne Kandel wrote: I haven't opened the attachment and won't and you shouldn't unless you wrote it and know what it is. It's always risky to open attachments. Perhaps the attachment is the message you sent again later, which I'll forward you next. That one is a hoax - harmless except it creates a lot of fake email by getting itself replicated and sent off by people believing the hoax. Adrienne -------- Original Message -------- Subject: [Davis Democrats] Fwd: I M P O R T A N T W A R N I NG FROM CHOC's IT guy Date: Thu, 25 Oct 2007 20:58:17 -0700 (PDT) From: Julia Sanchez To: davisdemocrats at velocipede.dcn.davis.ca.us Heed this warning! Julia Note: forwarded message attached. _______________________________________________ DavisDemocrats mailing list DavisDemocrats at velocipede.dcn.davis.ca.us http://www2.dcn.org/mailman/listinfo/davisdemocrats From yamagata at virtual-markets.net Tue Oct 30 17:25:23 2007 From: yamagata at virtual-markets.net (G Richard Yamagata PhD) Date: Tue, 30 Oct 2007 16:25:23 -0800 (PST) Subject: [Davis Democrats] DDC Club Election Evening Party on Tuesday, November 6, 2007 Message-ID: <200710310025.l9V0PNrH030281@backup.afes.com> Greetings All Club Members, This is to inform you that the Davis Democratic Club is having an election evening party. So as to not conflict with get out the vote calling campaigns, the party will begin at 8PM, when the polls close. Event: Davis Democratic Club Election Night Party Location: At the home of Jim and Donna Provenza 3043 Bollate Lane Davis, CA 95618 Go to Mapquest for directions Davis, CA 95618 Date: Election Night, November 6, 2007 Time: 8PM to Late Night There is no cost to attend this event. All are welcome. Club members are asked to bring their favorite food or snack. The Davis Democratic Club will be providing food at this event. I think that it is fried chinese finger food, that the club is providing. Come socialized with fellow club members and just add this to your circle of election night parties to visit (Measure P, Measure Q and School Board Candidate Parties). This should be another fun event. If you have questions or want to coordinate food ideas, please e-mail Donna Provenza at donnaprovenza at yahoo.com For directions to the party on election night, call Richard at 848-8634. For all other question, call Bob Bockwinkel (any time) at 219-1986 or Mike Syvanen at (day time) 752-4991. G Richard Yamagata PhD CEO/President VME Inc. http://www.vme.net/ http://vme.net/bcards/bio.html 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 Odd Fellows Chapter 169 and the Business Link of Woodland and Davis. 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