From yolounited at gmail.com Wed Oct 1 14:12:20 2008 From: yolounited at gmail.com (Yolo United) Date: Wed, 01 Oct 2008 14:12:20 -0700 Subject: [Davis Democrats] Everything You Need to Know from Yolo United (10/1 issue): Message-ID: <48E3E7B4.3070605@gmail.com> Everything you need to know from Yolo United (10/1 issue): The events covered in this newsletter are: ? Now?s the Time ? Come into Your HQ! ? Davis VP Debate Party ? Grad, 10/2 ? Woodland VP Debate Party ? YU Woodland HQ, 10/2 ? Absentee Voter Deadlines ? Davis Precinct Walking ? Woodland Campaign Activities ? No on 8 Phone Banking ? Tues. and Sun. ? Davis Precinct Captains Key Meeting ? 10/5 ? Nevada Weekends ? Swing State Push ? Phone banking to Battleground States on Mon., Wed., Sat. ? Computers and Supplies Needed at Davis HQ ? Mariko?s Soul Jam ? 10/4 ? Lois Wolk?s Luau -10/10 ? Afternoon in the Country ? 10/11 URGENT! VOLUNTEERS, DON'T WAIT FOR A PHONE CALL. WE NEED YOU NOW The election is a mere 34 days away and ballots will be mailed on October 6th. We have two urgent needs: 1) for people to walk, knock on doors, identify whether voters are planning to vote for Obama (and others), and return the data to us, and 2) to register voters (between now and October 20th). We will train you for either of these opportunities at your earliest convenience. Come get trained right away and let's get out there. We need you. Come into either the Davis or Woodland headquarters for more information. NEW EVENTS: DAVIS VP DEBATE PARTY AT THE GRAD The Yolo United Davis office will hold a debate-watching party for the Biden/Palin VP debate at The Graduate (805 Russell Blvd., University Mall, Davis) this Thursday night, October 2nd. There will be a $5 minimum charged by The Graduate. Pay $5 at the door and in exchange, receive a $5 voucher for food. The debate starts at 6 pm, so come a little earlier and order your grub. WOODLAND VP DEBATE PARTY AT YU WOODLAND HQ Please join fellow Obama/Biden supporters at the Woodland Yolo United Headquarters (444 Main St.) this Thursday evening, October 1st, to watch the Vice Presidential debate. The debate will begin at 6:00 p.m., so plan to arrive any time after 5:30 p.m. Bring your own chair and your own food. Beverages (soda, beer and wine) will be available for a donation of $1 per drink. CAMPAIGN NEWS & ACTIVITIES: ABSENTEE VOTER DEADLINES Requests for vote by mail applications are now open. The absentee or vote-by-mail ballot requests must be RECEIVED by the Yolo County Clerk by Tuesday, October 28th. The first date that absentee or vote-by-mail ballots can be mailed is Monday, October 6th. Although there is no stated deadline for mailing in the absentee or vote-by-mail ballot, we recommend that you mail no later than Saturday, November 1st, as ballots must be received by the County Clerk no later than 8 p.m. on Election Day in order to be counted. If you have not mailed your absentee or vote-by-mail ballot in by Saturday, November 1st, remember, you can take it, IN PERSON, to ANY polling place in Yolo County and turn it in before the polls close on Election Day, November 4th. DAVIS PRECINCT WALKING Yolo United is calling for volunteers for a new selection of precinct walks. A walk previously scheduled for Tuesday, September 30th, in Northeast Davis has been rescheduled to: Wednesday, October 1st, 5 p.m. to 7 p.m.; contact people: Randy Milliken at 530-756-8815 or milliken at dcn.org. or Dave Bakay at 530-758-3097. Meet at Dave Bakay's house, 1109 Chestnut St, in Davis about 4:30 p.m. A walk for Near South Davis is also scheduled for Wednesday, October 1st. The contact person is Greg Gibbs at 530-758-6797; email pamandgreg at sbcglobal.net. Meet at Anne Jackson's house at 2653 Emerald Bay Dr., Davis, about 4:00 p.m. Anne's phone number is 530-756-6659. On Saturday, October 4th, there will be a Northwest Davis walk from 10:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. The contact person is: Joe Schwartz at 530-759-9792 or at jlschwar at pacbell.net. Meet at Yolo United Davis Headquarters (1801 Hanover Drive, behind Save Mart) about 9:30 a.m. WOODLAND CAMPAIGN WORK & ACTIVITIES Precinct walking in Woodland is happening at these times: ? Sunday afternoons, 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. ? Saturday mornings, 9 a.m. - Noon ? Monday and Thursday evenings, 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Meet at the Yolo United Woodland HQ at 444 Main Street. Phone banking to local voters will take place on Wednesday and Thursday evenings, 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. (phone banking will not take place on October 2nd and October 15th during debate-watch gatherings in the HQ). NO ON 8 PHONE BANKING No on Prop 8 phone banking is underway at the Yolo United Davis Headquarters at 1801 Hanover, Suite C (behind Save Mart off Anderson and Covell). Phone banking will be every Tuesday evening from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. and Sunday afternoons from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. Bring your laptop if you have one. To volunteer, please email Dawn Student at: dmmstudent at onramp113.org Lawn signs, bumper stickers and window signs are available at the Davis Farmers? Market on Saturdays and also on the front porch at 647 Sunset Ct. (Davis) and at both Yolo United headquarters. DAVIS PRECINCT CAPTAINS KEY MEETING ? 10/5 Davis precinct captains and neighborhood coordinators are asked to meet on Sunday, October 5th, at 4:00 p.m. at the Yolo United Davis HQ (behind Save Mart) to assess progress and make adjustments to the program. This is the key meeting for election season. NEVADA WEEKENDS ? THE BIG PUSH IN THIS SWING STATE The Obama campaign is coordinating volunteers to Nevada for weekend voter registration and identification. The "Big Push" weekends are: October 3rd ? 5th, October 17th ? 19th, and November 1st ? 4th. However, the Reno area HQ can accommodate some volunteers any weekend with prior notice. (Some free housing is available.) If you are interested in helping in this important battleground state, please contact Julie Kuo at julie.kuo at comcast.net. PHONE BANKING TO BATTLEGROUND STATES AT YU DAVIS HQ Phone banking to battleground states continues at the Yolo United Davis Headquarters behind Save Mart (1801 Hanover St, Ste. C). Phone banking nights will be held every Monday and Wednesday from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. and every Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. If you can, bring your cell phone and/or your laptop. We will be using Skype technology to make most of the calls. Scripts and training will be provided. For more information, contact Tom Cronin at 530-756-6405 or Martha Beetley at 530-756-4222. USED COMPUTERS & OTHER SUPPLIES NEEDED The Yolo United Davis HQ needs a few more computers. If you can donate a used computer, please contact Brian Micek at the YU Davis Headquarters at 530-231-5746 or at bmicek at micekpublicaffairs.com or at 916-801-4257 (cell). The HQ could also use a button maker and a three-hole punch. SPECIAL EVENTS: MARIKO YAMADA?S SOUL JAM! 8th Assembly District Nominee Mariko Yamada is throwing a Birthday Soul Jam on Saturday, October 4th, at the Three Oaks Community Center (1100 Alamo Drive) in Vacaville from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Sponsorship levels and ticket prices are: ? Ain?t No Stoppin? Us Now $3,600 (sponsor) ? R-E-S-P-E-C-T $2,500 (sponsor) ? I Feel Good $1,000 (sponsor) ? $100 STAND! (two tickets) ? $25 Everyday People (individual ticket) Please RSVP to at cjansenconsulting at gmail.com or at 916-706-1404. Make checks payable to Friends of Yamada 2008 (ID # 1295700), P.O. Box 70, Davis, CA, 95617. Contributions will be used to elect Mariko Yamada to the State Assembly in 2008. Download the event flyer at: http://www.yolounited.com/events LOIS? LUAU OCTOBER 10TH IN DIXON Bring your friends and family and join Assemblymember Lois Wolk at the 6th Annual Lois' Luau featuring a special guest speaker. The event will be held Friday, October 10th. Lois? Luau will be at the Dixon May Fairgrounds. The reception starts at 5:30 p.m. with dinner at 6:00 p.m., and the evening?s program begins at 7:00 p.m. Sponsorship and tickets are available now. Sponsorship levels are: ? Big Kahuna - $3,600 ? Canoe Makers - $1,000 ? Ulana Weaves - $500 ? Hula Dancers - $250 Individual tickets are $35. Please RSVP to 916-456-4098. Make checks payable to: Wolk for Senate 2008, I.D. # 1293204. Checks can be mailed to her office at: 1127 11th Street, Suite 505, Sacramento, CA, 95814. For information, contact Colleen Haley, campaign coordinator, Wolk for Senate 2008, at colleen at loiswolk.com. AN AFTERNOON IN THE COUNTRY ? OCTOBER 11TH Yolo United invites you to a fabulous fund raiser - ?An Afternoon in the Country? co-sponsored by John and Marsha Anderson and Richard and Evelyne Rominger. The event on Saturday, October 11th, from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. will feature slow food savories and music by Jive Mountain. Come out to Hedgerow Farms at 21740 County Road 88 in Winters. Suggested donation is $100, 100% of which goes to getting out the vote in Yolo County. Please RSVP to Stefan Harvey at 530-792-1130 or at stefh2002 at yahoo.com. Checks must be made payable to ?YCDCC Federal Account? and can be mailed to Yolo United at P.O. Box 72685, Davis, CA 95617. Download the event flyer at: http://www.yolounited.com/events NEWSLETTER SUBSCRIPTION/SUBMISSION INFORMATION: You may opt out of the list by sending us a note at yolounited at gmail.com. Send submissions for future issues or comments to Barbara Archer, communications chair, Yolo United, at bdedavis at gmail.com. From jac07 at dcn.org Fri Oct 3 01:55:11 2008 From: jac07 at dcn.org (John Chendo) Date: Fri, 03 Oct 2008 01:55:11 -0700 Subject: [Davis Democrats] Joe Biden, after VP debate: What they won't say In-Reply-To: <2e443990bf3befc87bd0fd61fcca67ae@localhost.localdomain> Message-ID: ------ Forwarded Message From: Joe Biden Reply-To: Date: Fri, 3 Oct 2008 01:14:22 -0400 To: John Chendo Subject: What they won't say John -- If you saw tonight's debate, you saw Governor Sarah Palin give a spirited defense of the same disastrous policies that have failed us for the past eight years. She couldn't identify a single area where she or John McCain would change George W. Bush's economic or foreign policy positions. If you want something different, Barack and I need your help. Make a donation of $5 or more right now to bring about the change we need. The change we need is fixing this broken economy from the bottom up -- not tax breaks for the wealthy and huge corporations that ship U.S. jobs overseas. We need to focus on defeating al Qaeda and the Taliban and restoring America's standing in the world -- not an unending commitment in Iraq. Let's be clear: Governor Palin and Senator McCain are offering nothing but more of the same failed Bush policies at home and abroad, trying to disguise them in the rhetoric of change. Americans need real solutions and real change. We're in this together and there's a lot to do before Election Day. Please make a donation of $5 or more right now to support this campaign for change: https://donate.barackobama.com/changeweneed This is the most important presidential election you'll be part of in your life. Thank you for all that you're doing. Now let's get to work and change this country, Joe 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. ------ End of Forwarded Message From yolounited at gmail.com Fri Oct 3 14:04:51 2008 From: yolounited at gmail.com (Yolo United) Date: Fri, 03 Oct 2008 14:04:51 -0700 Subject: [Davis Democrats] Yolo United Debate Parties Message-ID: <48E688F3.4070306@gmail.com> Check out this debate party info for the second Presidential debate on Tuesday, October 7th: DAVIS DEBATE PARTY AT THE GRAD The Yolo United Davis office will hold a debate-watching party for the second Presidential debate at The Graduate (805 Russell Blvd., University Mall, Davis) this Tuesday night, October 7th. There will be a $5 minimum charged by The Graduate. Pay $5 at the door and in exchange, receive a $5 voucher for food. The debate starts at 6 pm, so come a little earlier and order your grub. WOODLAND DEBATE PARTY AT YU WOODLAND HQ Please join fellow Obama/Biden supporters at the Woodland Yolo United Headquarters (444 Main St.) this Tuesday evening, October 7th, to watch the second Presidential debate. The debate will begin at 6:00 p.m., so plan to arrive any time after 5:30 p.m. Bring your own chair and your own food. Beverages (soda, beer and wine) will be available for a donation of $1 per drink. From jac07 at dcn.org Sat Oct 4 12:07:27 2008 From: jac07 at dcn.org (John Chendo) Date: Sat, 04 Oct 2008 12:07:27 -0700 Subject: [Davis Democrats] Updates from Senate races nation-wide favoring Dems In-Reply-To: <351075533.-293141642@democracy.dsccdb.www.democratsenators.org> Message-ID: ------ Forwarded Message From: "J.B. Poersch" Reply-To: Date: Sat, 4 Oct 2008 11:30:19 -0400 (EDT) To: Subject: Yowza We're on the verge of breaking things open.? Our chances have never looked better to elect that filibuster-proof Senate majority to help Barack Obama put this country back on the right course. All the polls are breaking our way. As I write this, Democratic candidates are leading in no fewer than six races for current Republican seats.? And we're seeing a marked trend of our trailing candidates closing the gap in key battleground states. Things are looking so strong that the DC-insider newspaper Roll Call recently published the headline "New Senate Polls Show GOP Slipping."? The nonpartisan Rothenberg Political Report just upgraded its ranking of four of our races.? For the first time, they now favor our candidates in Oregon and Colorado. Our proven campaign strategy is working.? In the last 10 days, the DSCC has spent more than $9 million of your money in eight states to air TV ads that expose third-party lies and hold Republicans accountable for eight years of failure and incompetence. We have already made more than 2.4 million direct voter contacts in the contested states.? That's not even half of what we'll do before Election Day. We owe our success to dedicated grassroots supporters like you.? We're going to spend more and fight harder in these last 30 days than ever before.? We know what it takes to win, but we need your support to execute.? Click here to rush $50, $75, or more to the DSCC immediately.? There are only 30 days to Election Day, and we're running out of time to rebuke right-wing lies and smears. These last 30 days are not the time to grow complacent.? This is the time to press our advantage, campaign harder, and go for the big, sweeping victories.? As long as we can count on your support, that's exactly what we're going to do. Keep reading for the latest updates from Senate races nationwide.? You'll see all the ways we're pressing our advantage. Sincerely, J.B. Poersch Kentucky: McConnell Race Tied First up is the game-changing result from the latest polling data from Kentucky.? The Louisville Courier-Journal Bluegrass Poll shows Democrat Bruce Lunsford locked in an absolute dead heat with Republican minority leader and filibusterer-in-chief Mitch McConnell.? From the Courier-Journal: > "The poll found that each candidate would get the support of 41 percent of > likely voters if the election were held today." Winning in Kentucky could be the final component of building a filibuster-proof majority, and any time a powerful incumbent like McConnell is polling under 50% - way under in this case - we have a terrific opportunity to win.? This is one of the states where the DSCC's big advantage in campaign resources can make a real difference.? You helped us build our advantage, and in over these final five weeks, it will pay off.? This poll is just the start of a great October. North Carolina: Looking Bleak for Elizabeth Dole Things are looking bleak for Republican incumbent Elizabeth Dole.? After all, voters typically want to elect somebody who actually lives in their state. News broke this week that North Carolina was typically nothing more than an overnight stopover for Dole before she started running for reelection.? In 2004, she spent just 34 days in the state.? In 2005, the number was down to 20.? And in 2006, Dole spent only 13 days - less than two full weeks - in North Carolina. But you don't have to take our word for it.? We went to Salisbury, NC to talk to Dole's neighbors in her so-called hometown. Click here to watch the video we made in North Carolina.? Salisbury residents sure don't think Dole is part of their community. Of course Dole has increased her travel to North Carolina during campaign season.? But that hasn't stopped challenger Kay Hagan from riding her momentum to a small, but sustained, lead in the latest round of polling.? And the venerable handicappers at the Cook Political Report have even upgraded this race from "Leans Republican" to true "Toss-up" status for the first time this cycle. The DSCC has been airing memorable ads in this race for weeks that highlight her ranking as the 93rd most effective senator and one who votes with George Bush 92% of the time.? You can be certain that we're going to give Kay Hagan all the support she needs to win on Election Day. Oregon:? Social Security Meltdown The financial crisis is hitting just about everyone hard.? But think about how bad it would be if your Social Security savings were melting down along with the rest of Wall Street. Shockingly, that's exactly the kind of privatization Oregon incumbent Sen. Gordon Smith and George Bush endorse.? That's obviously a huge indictment of the failed Republican economic policy that got us into this mess. And because of two new DSCC ads that our grassroots helped pay for, we're making sure Oregon voters know all about Smith's plan to privatize Social Security. Click here to watch the DSCC's new ad in Oregon.? We're holding Republican incumbent Gordon Smith accountable for supporting Social Security privatization. The whole point of Social Security is to provide security to America's seniors.? Gordon Smith seems to have forgotten that, and that's exactly why the DSCC is doing everything in our power to help Democrat Jeff Merkley defeat him in November. Alaska: Ted Stevens' Terrible Week Ted Stevens must realize he's going to have a hard time getting re-elected.? Jurors were recently selected for his criminal trial on corruption charges, but that's not all he has to worry about. The DSCC is now hammering him in a new TV ad for funneling $500 million in government contract money to an aerospace firm that employed Stevens' brother-in-law.? Click here to watch the DSCC's new ad in Alaska.? Stevens' efforts to secure pork for a family connection prove that his service isn't about Alaska anymore. And remember, this latest scandal isn't even the one he's on trial for.? Democrat Mark Begich is leading Stevens in all the latest polls, and you can be certain that the DSCC is ready to keep him there right through Election Day. Mississippi: Real Simple The race in Mississippi is real simple.? Do voters there want a leader like Democratic Governor Ronnie Musgrove who fought to increase teacher pay?? Or do they want Republican incumbent Roger Wicker, a typical politician who voted against increasing veteran's benefits but votes nine times in favor of increasing his own salary? We think the choice is clear.? That's why the DSCC began airing two new television ads exposing Roger Wicker's history of looking out for himself in Washington instead of standing up for the people of Mississippi. Click here to watch the DSCC's new ads in Mississippi.? We want voters to know Roger Wicker voted to increase his pay nine times, instead of fighting for them. ? Anyone who votes nine times for a pay raise while ignoring the needs of veterans and teachers deserves a pink slip.? With your help, the DSCC and Ronnie Musgrove are going to give just that to Roger Wicker. Third Party Spending We always say that the DSCC's job is to fight back against the smears and distortions leveled against Democratic Senate candidates by right-wing attack organizations. Last week, Roll Call gave us all a stark reminder of what we're up against.? "All told," the insider's newspaper reported, "conservative groups have poured almost $23 million into Senate contests so far this cycle." Shadowy organizations with Orwellian names like the "American Future Fund" and the "Employee Freedom Action Committee" are attacking Democrats in every single one of our contested battleground states.? They're stretching the truth and lying about our candidates' records.? It's despicable, but unless we respond, it can work.? That's why the DSCC needs your help so our candidates can fight back. Click here to rush $50, $75, or more to the DSCC immediately.? There are only 30 days to Election Day, and we're running out of time to rebuke the lies and the smears. ? We're running out of time to rebuke the lies and smears.? Please support the DSCC today. ? If you received this message from a friend, click this button to join the DSCC. ? Paid for by the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, http://dscc.org, and not authorized by any candidate or candidate's committee. This message was sent to jac07 at dcn.org. To unsubscribe from the DSCC's email list, please click here. You can also send a reply to this message with "unsubscribe" in the subject line. ------ End of Forwarded Message From jac07 at dcn.org Sun Oct 5 11:20:29 2008 From: jac07 at dcn.org (John Chendo) Date: Sun, 05 Oct 2008 11:20:29 -0700 Subject: [Davis Democrats] Before the Debate: Reach People Who Don't Know the Real McCain In-Reply-To: <753645988.-104352866@org.orgDB.mail.democracyinaction.org> Message-ID: ------ Forwarded Message Date: Sun, 5 Oct 2008 13:36:06 -0400 (EDT) To: Subject: Before the Next Debate: Reach People Who Don't Know the Real McCain Dear John, I was in a deep conversation with some Brave New Films supporters recently. They were enthusiastic about the value of our videos in spreading the truth and motivating support, but they kept asking, "How do you reach people who don't agree with you?" Seems like a good time to explain why we ask you to forward the videos, Digg them, and encourage people to get their own free Brave New Films video subscription . Before the next debate, it is critical to get this information to as many people as possible. Every day, our 20 videos on John McCain are seen by several hundred thousand people searching and browsing the Internet for information on McCain. They are literally typing in "john mccain" into Google, where our video is the #4 result. The same search on YouTube yields several more videos from The Real McCain series, which will only increase in the coming weeks. So far, these videos have received over 11 million views. Think about it, if you didn't know much about John McCain, what would you do? Probably two things. Type "john mccain" into Google, and ask your friends what they think. That's where YOU come in. When you get an e-mail from us with our latest video, what happens in the next 24 hours determines how far the video will reach outside the audience who would typically watch it. The more views on the video, the higher it goes on YouTube's most viewed pages, seen by 60 million people a month. The more people who Digg it--a critical tool to reach those outside the choir--the better chance we have of getting on the Digg homepage, which is seen by 20 million people a month. Every time we get on these top pages, we get tens of thousands of additional views from people who might otherwise have watched a cat playing the piano, a magic ping pong ball, or a pretty woman falling in the shower. We estimate that getting on the Digg homepage generates an additional 30,000-50,000 viewers. The YouTube most viewed page alone can add another 100,000 views! Anything you do that increases the number of views helps. Posting on your blog, on Facebook, on MySpace, sending emails, leaving comments on other sites, and Digging it. The important thing to understand is it's not just the people who view it that we reach, it's the ripple effect those views have, pushing our videos higher up Google, YouTube, Digg, and all over the Internet. And that ripple effect extends months and even years down the road. That #4 result on Google is a video we put out in February of 2007! 70,000 people watched it last week. Yes, it would be easier to spend millions of dollars on TV ads, but that is not what we do. Think about the difference in watching a video that has been sent to you by someone you know, versus skipping through a TV ad. What a difference in impact! And when you get your friends to subscribe to the free Brave New Films video subscription , they become true force multipliers by sending to people who agree, who watch, who motivate, who send to others, and help us reach many people who don't agree with us. So, help us get the word out about McCain now before the next debate. Below are four videos that explain McCain's stances on four crucial issues: the environment, the economy, tax cuts, and abortion. Let's get that ripple effect going now by spreading these to everyone you know and getting them on blogs and sites like Digg. 1. McCain's Green Economy: Drill, Baby, Drill: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n3ecA2L-VuQ 2. John McCain: Economic Disaster: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C4egXbhSOhk 3. Why the Rich Love McCain's Tax Plan: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hwtayJCK5LY 4. The REAL McCain is anti-choice: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HAAYxCCT-Bg Help increase the number who know the facts, and reach those who don't. Now is the time! Yours, Robert Greenwald and the Brave New team ------ . We are located at 10510 Culver Blvd., Culver City, CA 90232 and info at bravenewfilms.org. From yamagata at virtual-markets.net Mon Oct 6 18:00:54 2008 From: yamagata at virtual-markets.net (G Richard Yamagata PhD) Date: Mon, 6 Oct 2008 18:00:54 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [Davis Democrats] DDC General Meeting/Potluck in 10 Days Message-ID: <200810070100.m9710sYk026425@mail.afes.com> Greetings Davis Democratic Club Members, Our potluck dinner and General Members speaker program meeting will be held on October 16, 2008 from 6:00pm to 8:30 pm in the Blanchard Room at the Davis Public Library on 14th street. See bottom for Potluck Details. Dinner will be at 6:00 and the talk will begin at 7:00 with: Professor Mark Siegler Chair Department of Economics Cal State Sacramento who will speak on: Financial Crises: Why is it happening and what can or should we do? We are facing the worst financial crisis in generations. Our nation's economic future is threatened, as are our savings and pensions. We are now paying the price of decades of 'deregulation'. It appears that today Wall Street and her representatives in the Bush Administration are trying to stampede Congress into bailing out the Wall Street banksters (to revive a term FDR used 75 years ago). By our October 16th meeting, it is likely that the situation will have changed drastically, but the one thing that will not have changed is that very few of us understand why and what is happening. We must educate ourselves. Mark Siegler is an award winning teacher who has a demonstrated ability to explain complex issues to the lay public who are interested in learning. Maybe he does not have the answers, but he will definitely help us understand the possibilities and pitfalls of government intervention in the financial markets. More importantly he can help us, as Democrats, to advocate sensibly on behalf of America's workers and middle classes. Last January our subject was also the economy, which stubbornly remains in the headlines. Then our speaker was Professor Wang from the Cal State Sacramento Economics Department, who gave an in depth picture of what was causing the collapsing real estate market and the likely political ramifications of the collapse. After a 40 minute presentation, a full hour was taken with questions and general discussion. All who participated were grateful for the stimulating evening. The upcoming talk should be as stimulating as well. At a glance: Date: Thursday October 16, 2008 Event: Davis Democratic Club General Meeting and Potluck. Place: Blanchard Room Davis Branch, Yolo County Library in Davis. 315 East 14th Street Time: 6 to 9PM Donation: $5 suggested donation. This meeting will have a Halloween Theme! Please bring a food item to share with 4 to 6 people. The following is the suggest alphabetical breakdown for bringing a food item. If your last name begins with the letter: A-G Main Course H-O Salad P-Z Dessert Contact Bob Bockwinkel for Details at 219-1896 or e-mail him at bbockwinkel at golyon.com or contact Mike Syvanen at syvanen at ucdavis.edu G Richard Yamagata PhD CEO/President VME Inc. http://www.vme.net/ http://vme.net/bcards/bio.html Phone: 530-VIV-VMEI or 530-848-8634 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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From yamagata at virtual-markets.net Mon Oct 6 18:00:55 2008 From: yamagata at virtual-markets.net (G Richard Yamagata PhD) Date: Mon, 6 Oct 2008 18:00:55 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [Davis Democrats] Agenda for Davis Democrat Club Board Meeting on Tuesday October 7, 2008 Message-ID: <200810070100.m9710sYm026425@mail.afes.com> PLEASE NOTE THE SPECIAL TIME DUE TO THE PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE!!! We will start at 8PM to allow board members time to travel from various debate parties to the meeting site at Davis Campaign Headquarters Campus Democrat Officers, PLEASE ATTEND IF POSSIBLE. You can vote ex-officio; just cannot make motions. PLEASE NOTE -- THIS MEETING IS AT THE DAVIS CAMPAIGN HEADQUARTERS -- 1801 Hannover Drive, Suite C. There is the Big Banner of The Davis Democratic Club hanging in front of it. It is off of the street directly behind SaveMart and Baskin Robbins. The meeting starts at 8PM and will end before 10PM. We do not have to vacate, but need to leave the room clean and in order. We would like to be finished before 10PM. This board usually fills up the entire 2 hours, even though we have less than 2 hours of items on the agenda. If you received your DDC board member folder, PLEASE BRING YOUR FOLDER TO THE MEETING. 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 7, 2008, Davis Democratic Club Meeting Agenda Tuesday, October 7, 8 pm - 9:28 pm Place: Davis Democratic Headquarters at 1801 Hannover Drive, Suite C 0. Meetings are now electronically recorded. I. Introduction (5 minutes) i. Approval of Agenda II. Treasurer's Report -- Betty Weir (10 minutes) i. REPORT General finances and budget of the club ii. Request by Treasurer to approve "Election Day big newspaper ad" III. Campaign Headquarters Committee -- Carl Schmid (20 minutes) i. Headquarters budget ii. Yolo United iii. Obama For President IV. Future General Meetings (20 minutes) i. October General Meeting (Halloween theme, need program) (IMMEDIATE - 8 days away) a. Speaker: Professor Mark Siegler will speak on: Financial Crises: Why is it happening and what can or should we do? b. Potluck A-G Main Course H-O Salad P-Z Dessert ii. Event at Headquarters for volunteers (Not important) iii. November Election night party at Headquarters (Very Important -- no scheduled meeting before event) v. Holiday Party (Moderate importance - 2 meetings away) V. Recruitment of Replacement Board Members (5 minutes) i. Names are being considered (Bob Bockwinkel Chair). VI. Newsletter (10 minutes) i. Announcements and articles that must go into the newsletter VII. New and Unfinished Business (5 minutes) i. Unfinished business items from past meetings (none to my knowledge). ii. Continued complaints about e-mailing list and policies iii. New Business (none to my knowledge) VIII. Kudos (5 minutes) IX. 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. Report from Yolo County Young Democrats b. Report from Yolo County Blue c. Report from UCDavis Campus Democrats by President or other d. Report from Davis High Democrats e. Report on the President's activities for the club, Arun Sen. f. Report on the September meeting of the YCDCC (Yolo County Democratic Central Committee) X. Closing (8 minutes) i. Items for next meeting ii. Announcements- upcoming events not covered in Communications and Reports. iii. Next Meeting Time/Location (November 11? and December 2 at Library?) iv. Meeting adjournment Time: 88 minutes Meeting over in alloted time with 32 minutes to spare. All times are approximate and only placed to help keep meeting on track. G Richard Yamagata PhD CEO/President VME Inc. http://www.vme.net/ http://vme.net/bcards/bio.html Phone: 530-VIV-VMEI or 530-848-8634 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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From yolounited at gmail.com Tue Oct 7 17:59:17 2008 From: yolounited at gmail.com (Yolo United) Date: Tue, 07 Oct 2008 17:59:17 -0700 Subject: [Davis Democrats] Early Voting and Volunteering Message-ID: <48EC05E5.1000301@gmail.com> Early voting is taking place this week at the elections office in Woodland. Anyone registered to vote in Yolo County may vote any day this week (through Friday from 8 - 5 at the elections office, 625 Court Street, Suite B-05 (in the basement). For more information, call 530-666-8133. As of today, we've got 13 days to go before voter registration ends and 28 days until Election Day, so don't wait - contact Yolo United Headquarters in Woodland or Davis to volunteer your time. Here is our contact information: Davis HQ: 1801 Hanover Drive, Suite C Davis, CA 95616 Phone: (530) 231-5746 Woodland HQ 444 Main Street Woodland, CA 95695 Phone: (530) 661-0118 From colleen at loiswolk.com Wed Oct 8 12:18:35 2008 From: colleen at loiswolk.com (Colleen Haley) Date: Wed, 8 Oct 2008 11:18:35 -0800 Subject: [Davis Democrats] Lois Luau this Friday! Message-ID: <047e01c9297a$aa2266e0$f300a8c0@CAMPAIGN> Please Join Assemblywoman Lois Wolk At the 6th Annual Lois' Luau (5th Senate District - General, 2008) With Special Guest Senate President pro Tem-elect Darrell Steinberg And Featured Guest Speaker U.S. Representative Mike Thompson Friday, October 10, 2008 Reception 5:30 p.m. * Dinner 6:00 p.m. * Program 7:00 p.m. Dixon May Fair Grounds, Dixon Big Kahuna $3,600 * Little Kahuna $2,500 * Canoe Maker $1,000 * Ulana Weaver $500 * Hula Dancer $250 Individual tickets $35 RSVP Connie Sanders Emerson 916.456.4098 office, 916.456.4099 fax conniesandersemerson at earthlink.net Make checks payable to: Wolk for Senate '08 FPPC I.D. No. 1293204 1127 11th Street, Suite 505, Sacramento, California 95814 The California Political Reform Act (Proposition 34) places limits on contributions to candidates for state office and imposes certain prohibitions. This request does not seek a contribution in excess of applicable limits or from prohibited sources. An individual, union, PAC, and other entities may contribute a maximum of $3,600 to the committee per election, primary and general. A registered Small Contributor Committee may contribute a maximum of $7,200 per election. Contributions are not deductible for tax purposes. Produced in-house by laser printer. Paid for and authorized by Wolk for Senate '08, I.D. No. 129320 Colleen Haley, Campaign Coordinator Wolk for Senate 2008 530.747.0512 (office) 530.747-0514 (fax) colleen at loiswolk.com Check out our website at www.loiswolk.com ! From yolounited at gmail.com Wed Oct 8 13:07:21 2008 From: yolounited at gmail.com (Yolo United) Date: Wed, 08 Oct 2008 13:07:21 -0700 Subject: [Davis Democrats] =?windows-1252?q?Everything_you_need_to_know_fr?= =?windows-1252?q?om_Yolo_United_=2810/8_issue=29=2C_27_Days_to_Go_=96_=93?= =?windows-1252?q?Be_the_Change_You_Wish_to_See_in_the_World=94_=96_Volunt?= =?windows-1252?q?eer!!?= Message-ID: <48ED12F9.1040709@gmail.com> Everything you need to know from Yolo United (10/8 issue) 27 Days to Go ? ?Be the Change You Wish to See in the World? ? Volunteer!! The events covered in this newsletter are: ? Urgent Need for Precinct Walkers ? Lois Wolk?s Luau -10/10 ? Afternoon in the Country ? 10/11 ? No on 8 Woodland Demonstration ? 10/11 ? Help Register Voters at UCD ? Early Voting Locations in Yolo County ? New Obama Signs Shipment in at Davis HQ ? Bake for Change in Davis ? Absentee Voter Deadlines ? Woodland Campaign Activities ? No on 8 Phone Banking ? Tues. and Sun. ? Nevada Weekends ? Swing State Push ? Phone banking to Battleground States on Mon., Wed., Sat. ? NEW TIME ? Keating 5 Website ? Debate Parties in Davis and Woodland ? 10/15 ? Davis Musicians for Peace Concert ? 10/19 ? No on Prop 8 Sacramento Fund Raiser ? 10/27 ? Used Computers and Phones Needed at Davis HQ URGENT NEED FOR PRECINCT WALKERS Yolo United is in great need of precinct walkers for West Sacramento, Woodland, and even Davis. For this and other great volunteer opportunities, please call the Davis headquarters and ask for Louise Hendrickson at 530-231-5746. THIS WEEKEND?S EVENTS LOIS? LUAU OCTOBER 10TH IN DIXON ? THIS FRIDAY Bring your friends and family and join Assemblymember Lois Wolk at the 6th Annual Lois' Luau featuring a special guest speaker Congressman Mike Thompson and event emcee State Senate President Pro-tem Elect Darrell Steinberg. The event will be held this Friday, October 10th. Lois? Luau will be at the Dixon May Fairgrounds. The reception starts at 5:30 p.m. with dinner at 6:00 p.m., and the evening?s program begins at 7:00 p.m. Sponsorship and tickets are available now. Sponsorship levels are: ? Big Kahuna - $3,600 ? Canoe Makers - $1,000 ? Ulana Weaves - $500 ? Hula Dancers - $250 Individual tickets are $35. Please RSVP to 916-456-4098. Make checks payable to: Wolk for Senate 2008, I.D. # 1293204. For information, contact Colleen Haley, campaign coordinator, Wolk for Senate 2008, at colleen at loiswolk.com. AN AFTERNOON IN THE COUNTRY ? OCTOBER 11TH ? THIS SATURDAY Yolo United invites you to a fabulous fund raiser - ?An Afternoon in the Country? co-sponsored by John and Marsha Anderson and Richard and Evelyne Rominger. The event, this Saturday, October 11th, from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m., will feature slow-food savories and music by Jive Mountain. Come out to Hedgerow Farms at 21740 County Road 88 in Winters. Suggested donation is $100 or whatever you can afford, 100% of which goes to getting out the vote in Yolo County. Please RSVP to Stefan Harvey at 530-792-1130 or at stefh2002 at yahoo.com. Checks must be made payable to ?YCDCC Federal Account.? Download the event flyer at: http://www.yolounited.com/events NO ON 8 PUBLIC ACTION/ DEMONSTRATION WOODLAND ? 10/11 ? THIS SATURDAY No on 8 will hold a demonstration in Woodland this Saturday, October 11th, at 10:30 a.m. to noon to show support for marriage equality. The group will gather at Sycamore Pointe at the intersection of East Main and Pioneer Streets (near Big 5 shopping plaza). Make your own signs if you like - positive, non-partisan signs only; please don't say "hate" or "discrimination." Use words/phrases such as "Equality for All? or "Fairness" or "We all Deserve the Right to Marry.? Questions? Contact Amy Wilson at awilson at cal.net or Merida Wilson at mert at wavecable.net. The plaza has a large parking lot. In order to be respectful of shoppers, please park throughout the parking lot and walk to the corner. Do not park immediately next to the corner (near Wendy?s), as we do not want to impact customer parking in any one area of the lot. Download the event flyer at: http://www.yolounited.com/events CAMPAIGN NEWS & ACTIVITIES: HELP REGISTER VOTERS AT UCD ? VOTER REG DEADLINE IS 10/20 If you?d like to help register voters at UCD, where the goal is 1,000 new registrants per week, tabling is done Monday through Friday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. To sign up, contact Brian Micek at the Yolo United Davis office at 530-231-5746 or at bmicek at micekpublicaffairs.com. You can also volunteer to donate baked goods for this effort. EARLY VOTING LOCATIONS Early voting is taking place this week at the elections office in Woodland. Anyone registered to vote in Yolo County may vote any day this week (through Friday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the elections office, 625 Court Street, Suite B-05 (in the basement). For more information, call 530-666-8133. Early voting will also take place at the UCD MU from October 27th through October 31st from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Anyone registered to vote in Yolo County may vote there during that time. To check to make sure you are registered in Yolo County go to yoloelections.org or outside of Yolo County go to canivote.org. NEW SHIPMENT OF OBAMA LAWNS SIGNS IN AT DAVIS HQ The Yolo United Davis HQ just received a new shipment of Obama lawn signs. The Davis HQ is located at 1801 Hanover Dr., Suite C (behind Save Mart). A suggested donation of $10 ($5 gratefully accepted) is requested for a lawn sign. A new shipment of Obama bumper stickers and buttons are scheduled to arrive soon. Donate with cash or make checks payable to the ?Davis Democratic Club.? The Yolo United Woodland headquarters (444 Main St.) is also stocked with Obama lawn signs. Donate with cash or make checks payable to the ?Woodland Democratic Club.? BAKE FOR CHANGE IN DAVIS What can we do here in CA to help the cause? We can lend moral support to hard-working volunteers in hard-fought swing states, for one thing! Join friends and neighbors in the kitchen this Sunday, October 12th, from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. to make cookies to send to those working tirelessly to bring Missouri in for Obama, and the nation in for all of us. We'll bake, have some friendly campaign chit chat, and learn how best to affect the change we're all looking for in the short time we have left. Kids welcome- we'll also be making yard signs!" RSVP to Sarah Warnock 415-250-1390 Location: 39913 Sharon Road (Binning Tract), Davis For more information, email missouriblue08 at gmail.com, or visit: http://my.barackobama.com/page/event/detail/meeting/gsh4tp ABSENTEE VOTER DEADLINES Requests for vote-by-mail applications are now open. The absentee or vote-by-mail ballot requests must be RECEIVED by the Yolo County Clerk by Tuesday, October 28th. The first date that absentee or vote-by-mail ballots can be mailed is Monday, October 6th. Although there is no stated deadline for mailing in the absentee or vote-by-mail ballot, we recommend that you mail no later than Saturday, November 1st, as ballots must be received by the County Clerk no later than 8 p.m. on Election Day in order to be counted. If you have not mailed your absentee or vote-by-mail ballot in by Saturday, November 1st, remember, you can take it IN PERSON to ANY polling place in Yolo County and turn it in before the polls close on Election Day, November 4th. WOODLAND CAMPAIGN WORK & ACTIVITIES Precinct walking in Woodland is happening at these times: ? Sunday afternoons, 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. ? Saturday mornings, 9 a.m. - Noon ? Monday and Thursday evenings, 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Meet at the Yolo United Woodland HQ at 444 Main Street. Phone banking to local voters will take place on Wednesday and Thursday evenings, 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. (phone banking will not take place on October 15th during the debate-watch gathering in the HQ). NO ON 8 PHONE BANKING No on Prop 8 phone banking continues at the Yolo United Davis Headquarters at 1801 Hanover, Suite C (behind Save Mart off Anderson and Covell). Phone banking will be every Tuesday evening from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. and Sunday afternoons from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. Please bring your cell phones. To volunteer, please email Dawn Student at: dmmstudent at onramp113.org. Lawn signs, bumper stickers and window signs are available at the Davis Farmers? Market on Saturdays and also on the front porch at 647 Sunset Ct. (Davis) and at both Yolo United headquarters. NEVADA WEEKENDS ? THE BIG PUSH IN THIS SWING STATE All out-of-state travel now needs to go through the Obama website at: ca.barackobama.com/DrivetoNevada Travel volunteers must sign up by 3:00 p.m. on the Sunday before their trips. Travelers will receive phone calls by 9:00 p.m. on Tuesday prior to the trip. Travel volunteers will receive a confirmation email of their trip details on Thursday with location information. PHONE BANKING TO BATTLEGROUND STATES AT YU DAVIS HQ ? NEW TIME Phone banking to battleground states continues at the Yolo United Davis Headquarters behind Save Mart (1801 Hanover St, Ste. C). Phone banking on Mondays and Wednesdays will now start at 4 p.m. because our new target, Colorado, is on Mountain time. Phone banking nights will be held every Monday and Wednesday from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. and every Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. If you can, bring your cell phone and/or your laptop. We will be using Skype technology to make most of the calls. Scripts and training will be provided. For more information, contact Tom Cronin at 530-756-6405 or Martha Beetley at 530-756-4222. WEBSITE EXPLAINS MCCAIN?S INVOLVEMENT IN KEATING 5 This is an informative website that outlines McCain?s involvement in the infamous ?Keating 5? savings and loan scandal of the 1990s. http://www.keatingeconomics.com/ SPECIAL EVENTS: DAVIS DEBATE PARTY AT THE GRAD ? 10/15 The Yolo United Davis office will hold a debate-watching party for the last presidential debate at The Graduate (805 Russell Blvd., University Mall, Davis) Wednesday night, October 15th. There will be a $5 minimum charged by The Graduate. Pay $5 at the door and in exchange, receive a $5 voucher for food. The debate starts at 6 pm, so come a little earlier and order your grub. WOODLAND VP DEBATE PARTY AT YU WOODLAND HQ ? 10/15 Please join fellow Obama/Biden supporters at the Woodland Yolo United Headquarters (444 Main St.) on Wednesday, October 15th, to watch the last presidential debate. The debate will begin at 6:00 p.m., so plan to arrive any time after 5:30 p.m. Bring your own chair and your own food. Beverages (soda, beer and wine) will be available for a donation of $1 per drink. DAVIS MUSICIANS FOR PEACE TO HOLD FREE CONCERT IN DAVIS? CENTRAL PARK ? 10/19 Davis Musicians for Peace will hold a free concert ?Peace and Music in the Park? on Sunday, October 19th, 12 p.m. to 6 p.m. in Davis?s Central Park. There will be Democratic rally during the concert. Featured bands include: No Illusions, Kurt Roggli, Davis Drummers for Peace. For more information contact Dennis Doner of Davis Musicians for Peace at 530-753-5964 or at ddoner4peace at yahoo.com. NO ON PROP 8 SACRAMENTO FUND RAISER ? 10/27 Woodland resident Jeremy Matney is planning a No on 8 benefit dinner on Monday, October 27th, at ROK, 1930 K Street in Sacramento. The cost is $100/per person. The ticket price includes dinner, dancing and entertainment and a no-host bar. The event begins at 6:30 p.m. For questions about the event or where you can purchase tickets, please contact Jeremy Matney at 530-867-1182 or email at StopProp08 at aim.com. USED COMPUTERS & PHONES NEEDED The Yolo United Davis HQ needs a few more computers and phones. If you can donate a used computer or a phone, please contact Brian Micek at the YU Davis Headquarters at 530-231-5746 or at bmicek at micekpublicaffairs.com or at 916-801-4257 (cell). NEWSLETTER SUBSCRIPTION/SUBMISSION INFORMATION: You may opt out of the list by sending us a note at yolounited at gmail.com. Send submissions for future issues or comments to Barbara Archer, communications chair, Yolo United, at bdedavis at gmail.com. From yamagata at virtual-markets.net Wed Oct 8 18:53:57 2008 From: yamagata at virtual-markets.net (G Richard Yamagata PhD) Date: Wed, 8 Oct 2008 18:53:57 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [Davis Democrats] DDC Board Meeting Minutes for Message-ID: <200810090154.m991rv3b014460@mail.afes.com> If you have corrections please submit them to yamagata at virtual-markets.net. Davis Democratic Club Meeting Minutes Tuesday, August 6, 7 pm - 9 pm Place: Blanchard Room Davis Branch, Yolo County Library in Davis. 315 East 14th Street. This meeting was held at Place: Blanchard Room, Davis Branch, Yolo County Library in Davis, 315 East 14th Street. Present (12 board members total present -- 13 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: Vacant Membership Committee Chair: Carl Schmid Publicity: Absent Barbara Slemmons (Excused Medical: not counted against Quorum Requirement) BOARD CHAIRS AND MEMBERS Acting Past President: Bob Bockwinkel, Past-Past President and Newsletter Advertising, Newsletter Editor: Absent Sydney Vergis (Excused Medical: not counted against Quorum Requirement) Scheduling Committee Chair: Vacant By-Laws Committee Chair: Jim Provenza Board members: Barry Wilson, Bill Ritter, Rick Gonzales, Pam Nieberg, and Adrienne Kandel with Absent Lyle Smith (2nd absence) and Absent Bill Julian (2nd absence). Ex-Officio Members of the Board: Don Gibson Present 11 of 14 were present and A Total of 16 active board members on the rolls. After this meeting there are now 16 active board members with 9 board members required for a Quorum. With Barbara Slemmons and Sydney Vergis on medical emergency leave, the quorum requirement is 8 board members at future meetings. Guests: 4 Guests were present at the meeting. They were Luba Schmid, Betty Woo, Don Gibson, and Michelle Woods. Absent: Barbara Slemmons (3), Sydney Vergis (1), Lyle Smith (2), Bill Julian (2). -- (number indicates how many meeting is a row have been missed. Excused medical absences are not counted towards a quorum. Barbara Slemmons was excused due to a long term medical emergency and death in her family. Sydney Vergis was excused for shoulder surgery.) There have been 6 meetings since the elections this 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, but non-medical emergencies are counted against the quorum requirements. TOTAL: 12 of 16 Board Members were present. Arun Sen called the meeting into session at 7:05 PM. AGENDA The agenda was presented and examined by the board. They had been previously e-mailed to the list. MOTION/DECISION The Agenda was moved for approval by Carl Schmid. This was seconded by Barry Wilson. The agenda passed without objection. MINUTES The minutes presented by the Recording Secretary, G Richard Yamagata for May and June 2008 and had previously been e-mailed to the board. MOTION/DECISION The minutes for May 2008 were moved for approval by Barry Wilson. This was seconded by Mike Syvanen. The minutes passed without objection. MOTION/DECISION The minutes for June 2008 were moved for approval by Barry Wilson. The minutes were passed MSB with no objection. TREASURERS REPORT Betty Weir was present and made the following report. At the beginning of August the club had $7374 in the bank. For the month of August, the following was the state of our treasury: INCOME $618 ($170 in membership dues came in) Expenses TOTAL EXPENSES $1565.91 August 1 Balance: $6426.79 Checking + $12,458.32 CD = $18,885.11 Grand Total DETAILS The expenses were postage and copy shop charges for Newsletter. There were also stationary charges charges from the Champagne Brunch. The Champagne Brunch grossed $2169. BUDGET COMMITTEE The first item was the approval of the Headquarters site. The two sites under discussion were Bogey's Books on E Street and 1801 Hanover behind SaveMart Shopping Center (use to be Lucky's, then Albertson, now SaveMart). The Budget/Site selection committee and several board members visted both sites. The majority of the board expressed their opinion and liked the Hanover site. Yolo United proceeded and acquired the Hanover location, which is 1801 Hanover Drive, Suite C. Rick Gonzales commented that the site is excellent with good visibility and great parking. Claire negotiated the site agreement. Betty Weir stated that she thought that the downtown location of Bogey' provided great visibility and access by street traffic. It was stated that the owners of the Bogey's Books location wanted $1800/month. The Hanover location was only $1600/month. Rick Gonzales stated that Mariko is paying $2500/month for her Vacaville location, so this is a great price for Hanover. Carl Schmid stated that Bogey's was not Internet ready. All of the phone hook-ups were already in place at Hanover. Betty Woo got everything in place and the ball rolling and everything is hooked up and running at the headquarters. It is also, already painted. [The Hanover location was painted black.] At this time, Carl Schmid presented a revised budget for the headquarters. Carl had met with Bill Julian, who explained the Federal Campaign Laws. The budget projects that worse case scenario, the club should have $4000 left in the treasury after the election. Carl stated that under Federal law, the Yolo County Democratic Central Committee/Yolo United must pay at least $40% of all headquarter expenses. The YCDCC has paid the following to date: Rent -- First month plus deposit ($1600 refundable) $3200.00 Copier Contract $ 110.00 Communications/Internet $ 155.00 TOTAL to Date $3465.00 The budget also states that the YCDCC will re-reimburse the DDC up to $5000 for "political materials." Greg wants the DDC to invest $5000 upfront in buttons, lawn signs, and other campaign printed materials. Yolo United will buy or purchase the materials from DDC up to $5000. Mike Syvanen proposted that the club limit this spending to only $2500. Once again, the Yolo County Democratic Central Committee has paid for the 3 items listed above totaling $3465. It was stated that the club needs to pick up ist share with the bulk purchase of these campaign printed items. Mike Syvanen stated that the club is going to pay the rest of the rent for the campaign cycle, over 2 months, so the club is paying its share of expenses. It was stated that buying the Obama stuff and 2 months paid rent is a proportional share of the expenses. Mike Svanen stated that $8600 is a lot of money for the club to pay out. He did not think that the headquarters needed $5000 in campaign materials and it is questionable whether or not that the club will get its investment back. Mike stated the last time that the club invested in materials, the club went deeply into the red. Bob Bockwinkel stated that Yolo United is everyone, all Democrats. It is all of the Yolo County clubs rolled into one. These include the College Campus Dems, Mariko Yamada, YCDCC, Obama for President, Davis Democratic Club, Woodland Democratic Club (disbanded until after the election). The DDC can and will have an independent work area in the headquarters. The DDC will be the only entity that will be able to do commercial-cash transactions for the campaigns. Betty Woo stated that Yolo United already has receptionists signed up to volunteer at the headquarters. Mike Thompson's campaign has already a campaign headquarters and has a year contract on its location. Arun Sen stated that the club is paying 60% of the funds for the headquarters. He wants the Davis Democratic Club in the forefront. There was discussion that the DDC owns a banner and that can be put up in front of the headquarters. Carl Schmid stated that they want to attract volunteers to work at the headquarters in efforts in "red" states. Big bucks will go into these other states to fund these workers that will work from Davis. Mike Syvanen stated that the National Obama campaign can send its own people and send its own campaign paraphernalia and its own support to get out the vote in those other states. Bob Bockwinkel said the point is that the local Obama people do not have the resources and need the materials. He further stated that the $5000 is a wash. Jim Provenza stated that the local campaign needs every dime and that the headquarters will sell all of the campaign materials. He has no doubt that the club will make back its $5000 investment. G Richard Yamagata stated that someone already is distributing and selling Obama campaign literature. The Davis Food Coop called him and wanted to know if this person was affiliated with the club and the Food Coop objected to his selling campaign buttons, bumper stickers and signs at the Food Coop. The Food Coop said that it did not object if he was giving the materials away. The point is that this person is already competing with the DDC investment and the sale of this material is money that the club will not recoup. Betty Woo stated that the individual was working on his own, but he turned over $200 worth of bounties on registering Democrats to Yolo United. The California Democratic Committee pays for every Democrat registered by a club or political entity. Luba further stated that this individual went on the internet and printed and created his buttons, bumper stickers and campaign signs that he was selling. G Richard Yamagata stated, then why do we have to send $5000 to the National Obama campaign to purchase materials, when we could create and sell them ourselves? Carl Schmid stated that we have the question of approving the budget. We are hung up on a single item: campaign materials. Carl wanted us to move forward on approving the budget. The club will be re-imbursed $5000 for the budget item under question by the YCDCC. Bill Ritter stated that it was a great budget and showed a lot of thought and work went into it. He also stated that it was a very good job. In 1996, Clinton-Gore had money for grassroots campaign efforts. The Democratic Central Committee gave the Davis Democratic Club $10,000 and invested $5000 in West Sac and Woodland and opened a headquarters in Woodland. Obama is not doing this. He is not an incumbent and has less money. Democratic candidates in Yolo County have always donated in-kind contributions to fund headquarters for rooms, phones and other facility expenses. Mariko and Yolo United will donate money to fund the headquarters. Bill stated that he supports the budget and it made sense to him. Forty percent of the money will go to the Federal campaign and the remaining sixty percent will be spent on the local campaigns. In his mind this is 20% Mariko, 20% to Lois, and 20% to the propositions. Obama will have to do more with that 40%. Mike Syvanen stated that he did not approve of the $5000 expenditure. We should not be giving $5000 to the National Obama Campaign. We should minimize the $5000 donation and reduce it to $2500. President Arun Sen at this point in time stated, we are not spending $5000 on campaign materials. Bob Bockwinkel stated that in 2004, the Davis Democratic Club spent $28000 on the headquarters in that presidential election year. MOTION The motion was made to pass the budget by Carl Schmid. The motion was seconded by Bob Bockwinkel There is one amendment and one change. The amendment was made by Barry Wilson and seconded by Bob Bockwinkel is that any future announcement must have the Davis Democratic Club mentioned in regards to the headquarters. The Davis Democratic Club providing 60% funding must be published as one of the two financial sponsors of the headquarters, the other being Yolo United. Specifically: The Davis Campaign Headquarters must be referred and noted as The Yolo United-Davis Democratic Club Campaign Headquarters. Discussion Betty Woo stated that the City of Davis has sign ordinances and any signage has to pass through the planning department. Mike Syvanen stated that we, the Davis Democartic Club, has a banner that we can throw up and take down at any time in front of the headquarters. MOTION continued The change to the motion is that the Davis Democratic Club will only authorize a $2500 expenditure for campaign materials ordered from the National Obama Campaign. VOTE Bob Bockwinkel called the question to vote for the budget as changed and amended. The budget passed without objection. EVENT HEADQUARTERS GRAND OPENNING Carl stated that he would like the grand opening of the headquarters to be on August 17, Sunday, from 3pm to 6pm. Carl stated that he had plans to draw the County and City electeds into the Grand Opening. [Carl asked and had participation by electeds to supply frozen refreshment in the form of ice cream bars and popsicles. The electeds personally handed out these treats and this was a great success!] EVENTS YOLO COUNTY FAIR BOOTH. The dates for the fair booth are August 13 through 17. The day that was asked for and assigned to the Davis Democratic Club to man the booth was August 16, Saturday. The booth is a double booth and encompasses 2 spaces. This is the Yolo County Central Committee booth. The Davis Democratic Club felt strongly that Yolo Democrats needed a bigger presence at the Yolo County Fair and demanded a larger booth and at the last meeting voted to pay to enlarge the booth. To volunteer at the booth, the club and board members were encouraged to contact Bob Schelen. G Richard Yamagata was instructed to send out an e-mail asking for volunteers from Davis to man the booth in 2 hours slots starting at 11AM until 11PM. We need two to four people per 2 hour slot manning the booth. G Richard will send out an e-mail with Bob Schelen's contact phone number and e-mail address. [This was accomplished with help from Bob Bockwinkel.] If club or board members wanted to help with decorating the booth, Katie Vieges will be decorating the booth on Tuesday evening. People should contact her to coordinate the time on Tuesday, August 12. Don Gibson, ex-officio voting board member from the Campus Democrats, asked on behalf of the Yolo County Central Committee for a check for $600 for the Davis Democratic Club purchase of the second half of the booth space. EVENT EMILY AND JERRY ICE CREAM SOCIAL The ice cream social is scheduled for August 21st. The Board brings the ice cream. Mike Syvanen will coordinate the ice cream selections, drinks, condiments, bowls and spoons. Barbara Slemmons as Publicity Chair, will coordinate and set-up the picture and announcement for this event in the Davis Entprise. A sign-up sheet was circulated around the room and given to Mike Syvanen. The cost of this event was established as $15/person. The event will be from 6PM to 8PM with the board members bringing ice cream at 5:30PM. The MC of the event will be Jerry Kaneko. [Jerry fell seriously ill and could not be MC. Due to Jerry's strong sense of commitment, the Ice Cream Social proceeded at his home with Jerry recuperating in bed.] EVENT ANNUAL CLUB BARBECUE The event will be held on August 28th at the home of Stephen Souza and his wife, Robin. This is a Thursday. The time and donation were to be set by Yolo United. The time set at this meeting, at the suggestion of Stephen Souza was from 6PM to 8PM. The amount of the donation should be $25/person. A meeting will be set-up in the future that will discuss how the receipts will be divided between Yolo United and the Davis Democratic Club. [The result of this meeting was that all checks collected would go to Yolo United and all cash would go to the Davis Democratic Club.] EVENT SEMI-ANNUAL BARBECUE AT CAMPAIGN HEADQUARTERS We were not able to have this event at the campaign headquarters on E Street, because they did not allow us to bring in Barbecue Units. This year, this will not be a problem. Carl Schmid stated that the headquarters committee has not had time to think about this. Stated experts on this event were stated to be Mike Syvanen and Kingsley Melton, who coordinated the last two barbecues at the L Street Headquarters location. EVENT BEAN FEED This event in on September 6 at the Yolo County Fair Grounds in Woodland. Jim Provenza solicited sponsorships from the DDC Board. Sponsorship levels were $2200, $500, $250, and $100. Bob Bockwinkel wanted support from the board for a proposal that whoever donated $250 to the Bean Feed would be purchasing a "season ticket" to all of the election fundraiser events that involved Yolo United and The Davis Democratic Club. From the day of the board meeting to the Bean Feed, there are 5 fundraising events, including the Feed. Each of these events is asking for $25 to $35. Bob was asked by the board to suggest this to Yolo United. [Bob was successful in getting it approved that anyone that donated $250 to the Bean Feed would "have a season ticket" to all Yolo United-DDC fundraising events in Yolo County. A total of $1901 in pledged money for the Bean Feed was collected by Jim Provenza at this meeting. REPLACEMENT BOARD MEMBERS Bob Bockwinkel said that the search continues for board members and that he had nothing to report at this time. NEWSLETTER Sydney Vergis was not at this meeting, due to a medical reason and she was excused from attending. It was reported at this meeting that the newsletter production software was given to Sydney. There was a problem, because the software is for a PC and Sydney uses an Apple Mac. It was also reported that the next newsletter would be out in two weeks. COMPLAINTS AND CONCERNS Treasurer Betty Weir stated that she gets no copies of the minutes nor copies of the agendas or any other communications. Betty Woo stated that the headquarters could set Betty Weir with a Fax Machine and send her all of the e-mail communications. KUDOS Barry Wilson stated that he would like to thank all of the people that were involved in the headquarters selection process. Barry specifically thanked Carl Schmid, Betty Woo and Claire Black-Slotton. Carl Schmid continued the kudos with stating that we (the DDC) are truly bless to have Betty Woo working at the headquarters. Betty is a hard worker and is responsible for setting up the headquarters, practically from scratch. Carl stated that the club should be nice to both "Bettys." President Arun Sen publicly thanked Rick Gonzales, Bill Julian and Bob Bockwinkel for all of there help the past month on the behalf of the club. Bob Bockwinkel did not have a "kudos," but wanted to make sure that everyone knew about the Yolo West County Democratic Club's Free Spaghetti Feed on Monday, August 11 in Winters. Betty Woo wanted to acknowledge her husband, Jim Woo, who found and hauled all of the desks and chairs to the headquarters. She also wanted to thank Ryan, the computer expert, who installed all of the software and got the computers up and running and networked at the headquarters. To this, the board all gave a round of applause. PUBLIC COMMENT There was no public comment. MINUTES AND REPORTS FROM OTHER CLUBS WOODLAND DEMOCRATIC CLUB The Woodland Democratic Club is on hiatus until after the November election. But, the annoucnement is that the Democratic Party Headquarters in Woodland was having its grand opening this Friday from 6 to 8PM at the Hotel Woodland. YOUNG DEMOCRATS It was reported that the club members are meeting next week on Thursday. The meeting is to network volunteers for Lois Wolk. YOLO COUNTY BLUE It was stated that "this organization is history this summer." [It is unsure as to what this meant. It probably means that they are on hiatus until after the November election.] UCDAVIS Campus Democrats This organization is highly motivated and active. They are having a meeting with Steve Ybara for training on how to run a campaign. On October 2nd, they are having a meeting/fundraiser with Debra Bowen, John Garamendi as speakers. Their goal is to sign up 3000 students as Democrats. They plan to work the 5th Senate District for Lois. Mike Syvanen strongly suggested that Lois should connect with the Obama campaign. Obama is generating high public enthusiasm and as such should pull Democrats with him into office. As people volunteer to work for Obama, these volunteers should carry literature for Lois Wolk. So, specifically, the Lois Wolk campaign should ask the Obama campaign while they walk and drop to carry Lois' material and drop it also. DAVIS DEMOCRATIC CLUB Betty Weir reported to the DDC Board that the Yolo County Republican Central Committee [actually an individual on the central committee, not the whole body] proported to the FPPC that the Davis Democratic Club did not file proper papers in 2006. They did not file against Winters, Woodland, or West Sac, but filed against the Davis Democratic Club and the Yolo County Democratic Central Committee. Bill Julian, Bob Bockwinkel and Betty are working on this problem. The club had 15 days to replay from the first of August, but this has been extended to September. Betty stated that she filed all of the proper forms with the Secretary of State. The rules state that one must also file in at least 2 counties. Betty stated that we did file in Yolo County. Bob Bockwinkel stated that Bill Julian knows more than any other person in Yolo County about McCain-Feingold and the FPPC rules and regulations and we are very fortunate to have him working on this issue on Betty's behalf. Bob stated that it was ludicrous to think that they would send our treasurer, Betty Weir, a 93 year old great grandmother to prison for not filing a second copy. That should blacken the Republican Party name in Yolo County for them to be pushing this issue. DAVIS HIGH DEMS It was noted again, that the imediate past president from the High School Dems was now working with the UCDavis College Dems as he was attending UCDavis this fall. YOLO COUNTY CENTRAL COMMITTEE President Arun Sen reported that the YCDCC announced that they have over $12,000 in their coffers at this time. NEXT MEETING Bob Bockwinkel suggested that the next meeting be at the Yolo United-Davis Democratic Club Campaign Headquarters. Since Yolo United has biweekly to weekly meetings on Tuesdays, we could have a joint meeting. Bob stated that such a meeting would let the Yolo United people get to see who we are and for the DDC Board to get familiarized with the headquarters. The next meeting is on September 2nd at the headquarters at 6:30 or 7PM. Arun will meet with Claire Black-Slotton to work out the joint meeting and will inform us if the time will be earlier or the same time. Carl stated that Yolo United can meet later, after the DDC meeting or joint meeting. Yolo United is currently meeting every 2 weeks and plans to meet weekly as the election draws closer. Jim Provenza once again asked for the meeting to be adjourned, having completed the agenda for the evening with 5 minutes remaining, before the library expelled us from the facility. Arun Sen adjourned the meeting at 8:57PM. These Minutes for August 6, 2008 are respectively submitted, G Richard Yamagata PhD CEO/President VME Inc. http://www.vme.net/ http://vme.net/bcards/bio.html Phone: 530-VIV-VMEI or 530-848-8634 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-Wier 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, SVM, WVM, VVM, VME Inc, DCN, DDC, WBL, DPBE, or IOOF. From yolounited at gmail.com Thu Oct 9 13:26:59 2008 From: yolounited at gmail.com (Yolo United) Date: Thu, 09 Oct 2008 13:26:59 -0700 Subject: [Davis Democrats] Event Reminder - Yolo United's Afternoon in the Country - This Saturday Message-ID: <48EE6913.6050901@gmail.com> Please join Yolo United this weekend at a fabulous fund raiser - ?An Afternoon in the Country? co-sponsored by John and Marsha Anderson and Richard and Evelyne Rominger. The event, this Saturday, October 11th, from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m., will feature slow-food savories and music by Jive Mountain. Come out to Hedgerow Farms at 21740 County Road 88 in Winters. Suggested donation is $100 or whatever you can afford, 100% of which goes to getting out the vote in Yolo County. Please RSVP to Stefan Harvey at 530-792-1130 or at stefh2002 at yahoo.com. Checks must be made payable to ?YCDCC Federal Account.? Download the event flyer at: http://www.yolounited.com/events From colleen at loiswolk.com Thu Oct 9 18:57:10 2008 From: colleen at loiswolk.com (Colleen Haley) Date: Thu, 9 Oct 2008 17:57:10 -0800 Subject: [Davis Democrats] Vic Fazio will be at Lois' Luau Tomorrow! Message-ID: <054601c92a7b$81d0d260$f300a8c0@CAMPAIGN> Last minute update on Lois' luau......former Congressman and CA State Assemblyman Vic Fazio is expected to attend tomorrow's luau! Vic Fazio was elected to California's 4th congressional district from 1979 to 1993 and California's 3rd congressional district from 1993 to 1999, after having served in the California State Assembly from 1975 to 1978; As congressman, he lobbied to set aside area as a wildlife refuge below the I-80 overpass between Davis and Sacramento. His efforts led to the establishment of the Vic Fazio Wildlife Refuge, dedicated in 1997 by President Bill Clinton. California State Route 113, or Highway 113, is also officially known as the Vic Fazio Highway. Fazio helped deliver the money to improve and realign 113. Highway 113 connects Davis to Woodland and runs directly North/South. It also marks the beginning of West Davis. Please come early to say Hi to Vic, as he will have to be leaving early. Please Join Assemblywoman Lois Wolk At the 6th Annual Lois' Luau (5th Senate District - General, 2008) With Special Guest Senate President pro Tem-elect Darrell Steinberg And Featured Guest Speaker U.S. Representative Mike Thompson Friday, October 10, 2008 Reception 5:30 p.m. * Dinner 6:00 p.m. * Program 7:00 p.m. Dixon May Fair Grounds, Dixon Big Kahuna $3,600 * Little Kahuna $2,500 * Canoe Maker $1,000 * Ulana Weaver $500 * Hula Dancer $250 Individual tickets $35 RSVP Connie Sanders Emerson 916.456.4098 office, 916.456.4099 fax conniesandersemerson at earthlink.net Make checks payable to: Wolk for Senate '08 FPPC I.D. No. 1293204 1127 11th Street, Suite 505, Sacramento, California 95814 The California Political Reform Act (Proposition 34) places limits on contributions to candidates for state office and imposes certain prohibitions. This request does not seek a contribution in excess of applicable limits or from prohibited sources. An individual, union, PAC, and other entities may contribute a maximum of $3,600 to the committee per election, primary and general. A registered Small Contributor Committee may contribute a maximum of $7,200 per election. Contributions are not deductible for tax purposes. Produced in-house by laser printer. Paid for and authorized by Wolk for Senate '08, I.D. No. 129320 Colleen Haley, Campaign Coordinator Wolk for Senate 2008 530.747.0512 (office) 530.747-0514 (fax) colleen at loiswolk.com Check out our website at www.loiswolk.com ! From yolounited at gmail.com Fri Oct 10 14:27:38 2008 From: yolounited at gmail.com (Yolo United) Date: Fri, 10 Oct 2008 14:27:38 -0700 Subject: [Davis Democrats] Yolo United Booth at UCD Centennial Celebration - Call for Volunteers Message-ID: <48EFC8CA.6010307@gmail.com> UC Davis Centennial UCD Davis will be celebrating its 100th Birthday this Sunday, October 12, throughout Downtown Davis from noon to 4 p.m. Yolo United will have a Democratic booth in support of our candidates and propositions. The booth will on the north end of 3rd and D Streets. Downtown streets will be closed to all vehicle traffic. We need YOUR HELP to volunteer at the Booth.We need to register more Democrats and remind people why they need to vote for the Democrats up and down the ballot. To volunteer, contact the Davis Headquarters at (530) 231-5746 or email Carl Schmid at cwschmid at comcast.net or Brian Micek at bmicek at micekpublicaffairs.com. From yolounited at gmail.com Fri Oct 10 14:31:09 2008 From: yolounited at gmail.com (Yolo United) Date: Fri, 10 Oct 2008 14:31:09 -0700 Subject: [Davis Democrats] Voter Reg Deadline is 10 Days Away - Call for Volunteers Message-ID: <48EFC99D.5070704@gmail.com> We need your help! THERE ARE ONLY TEN DAYS LEFT TO REGISTER VOTERS. The deadline to register to vote for the November 4th election is Monday, October 20th. We need your help for a major push throughout the Yolo County to register as many Democrats as possible between now and October 20th. You can register voters at events, in front of stores and door to door. If you can help in this effort, any day between now and the 20th, please call the Davis Headquarters at (530) 231-5746 and talk to Brian Micek or email Bob Schelen at slobadbobs at aol.com or Brian Micek at bmicek at micekpublicaffairs.com. From yolounited at gmail.com Mon Oct 13 14:12:31 2008 From: yolounited at gmail.com (Yolo United) Date: Mon, 13 Oct 2008 14:12:31 -0700 Subject: [Davis Democrats] Turning Out the Youth Vote - What You Can Do Today Message-ID: <48F3B9BF.5040203@gmail.com> WE NEED YOUR HELP ON CAMPUS! HELP REGISTER STUDENTS Our students have been overwhelmed with their voter registration efforts on campus. We're up to 2,500 new registrations, and don't have enough volunteers to register our goal of 5,000. You can help change that! Show up at the Students for Obama table at the MU at UC Davis between 10am and 5pm this week and grab a clipboard. If you need training, we will do training on the spot. For more information please contact Ellie Fox at eljfox at gmail.com SEND A UC DAVIS STUDENT TO COLORADO FOR ELECTION DAY! Yolo United has covered the travel expenses of sending over 80 college students to Reno for weekend canvassing trips, and we will continue to do so through election day. However, the Obama campaign needs our help getting UC Davis students to Colorado for a get-out-the-vote push starting on the 31st. We plan to send 10 UCD students to Denver for election week, and they need your help getting there. If you would be willing to purchase a plane ticket, or donate frequent flier miles to help our students get to Colorado please email Ryan Loney at rloney at studentsforbarackobama.com. From yamagata at virtual-markets.net Tue Oct 14 13:21:44 2008 From: yamagata at virtual-markets.net (G Richard Yamagata PhD) Date: Tue, 14 Oct 2008 13:21:44 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [Davis Democrats] DDC General Meeting/Potluck THIS THURSDAY Message-ID: <200810142021.m9EKLit3083627@mail.afes.com> Greetings Davis Democratic Club Members, In regards to this DDC General Meeting event -- I have received positive feedback from many of our members via e-mail and phone calls. A lot of people are worried about the economy and they WANT ANSWERS! Our vice president made a wise choice in focusing in on this issue. This issue may be the most important one that leads to the Democratic Party gaining overwhelming control of congress. In one poll CNN-Gallup Poll, people were asked to rank the major issue that would affect their choices in the voting booth. They were told they could vote for a single issue more than once and thirty-eight percent said, 1. Economy, 2. Economy, 3. Economy, and 4. Economy. Sixty percent ranked the economy number one. If numbers continue the way that they are going, we will have a Democratic President and a Democratic congress after November. With economic indicators slated to start going up in 6 months with a Democratic victory, Our Party can proclaim victory in leading this country to better days. Come to this General Meeting and learn about the economic crisis facing this country today. Our potluck dinner and General Members speaker program meeting will be held on October 16, 2008 from 6:00pm to 8:30 pm in the Blanchard Room at the Davis Public Library on 14th street. See bottom for Potluck Details. Dinner will be at 6:00 and the talk will begin at 7:00 with: Professor Mark Siegler Chair Department of Economics Cal State Sacramento who will speak on: Financial Crises: Why is it happening and what can or should we do? We are facing the worst financial crisis in generations. >From the Desk of DDC Vice President Mike Syvanen: Our nation's economic future is threatened, as are our savings and pensions. We are now paying the price of decades of 'deregulation'. It appears that today Wall Street and her representatives in the Bush Administration are trying to stampede Congress into bailing out the Wall Street banksters (to revive a term FDR used 75 years ago). By our October 16th meeting, it is likely that the situation will have changed drastically, but the one thing that will not have changed is that very few of us understand why and what is happening. We must educate ourselves. Mark Siegler is an award winning teacher who has a demonstrated ability to explain complex issues to the lay public who are interested in learning. Maybe he does not have the answers, but he will definitely help us understand the possibilities and pitfalls of government intervention in the financial markets. More importantly he can help us, as Democrats, to advocate sensibly on behalf of America's workers and middle classes. Last January our subject was also the economy, which stubbornly remains in the headlines. Then our speaker was Professor Wang from the Cal State Sacramento Economics Department, who gave an in depth picture of what was causing the collapsing real estate market and the likely political ramifications of the collapse. After a 40 minute presentation, a full hour was taken with questions and general discussion. All who participated were grateful for the stimulating evening. The upcoming talk should be as stimulating as well. At a glance: Date: Thursday October 16, 2008 Event: Davis Democratic Club General Meeting and Potluck. Place: Blanchard Room Davis Branch, Yolo County Library in Davis. 315 East 14th Street Time: 6 to 9PM Donation: $5 suggested donation. This meeting will have a Halloween Theme! Please bring a food item to share with 4 to 6 people. The following is the suggest alphabetical breakdown for bringing a food item. If your last name begins with the letter: A-G Main Course H-O Salad P-Z Dessert Contact Bob Bockwinkel for Details at 219-1896 or e-mail him at bbockwinkel at golyon.com or contact Mike Syvanen at syvanen at ucdavis.edu You can also telephone Richard at 848-8634 on the day of the event for directions if you get lost. G Richard Yamagata PhD CEO/President VME Inc. http://www.vme.net/ http://vme.net/bcards/bio.html Phone: 530-VIV-VMEI or 530-848-8634 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-Wier 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, SVM, WVM, VVM, VME Inc, DCN, DDC, WBL, DPBE, or IOOF. From yamagata at virtual-markets.net Wed Oct 15 00:01:26 2008 From: yamagata at virtual-markets.net (yamagata at virtual-markets.net) Date: Wed, 15 Oct 2008 00:01:26 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [Davis Democrats] Support Lois and Mariko Wednesday night [Tonight(10-15-08)] Message-ID: <200810150701.m9F71Qov003130@wheel.dcn.davis.ca.us> Greetings Davis Democratic Club Members: Please come and support your local Senate and Assembly Democratic candidates at the Davis League of Women Voters Candidates Forum night (TONIGHT, Wednesday the 15th). LOIS WOLK and MARIKO YAMADA will be debating their Republican Candidates and we should show our support by cheering them on! The Forum will take place at the Davis City Council Chambers located at 23 Russell Blvd. (corner of A Street and Russell) and is expected to start at 8pm. Please get there early!!! Please pass this message on to your friends. Thank you and hope to see you all; this is our big opportunity to show our support. Arun Sen, President Davis Democratic Club G Richard Yamagata PhD CEO/President VME Inc. http://www.vme.net/ http://vme.net/bcards/bio.html Phone: 530-VIV-VMEI or 530-848-8634 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-Wier 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, SVM, WVM, VVM, VME Inc, DCN, DDC, WBL, DPBE, or IOOF. From yolounited at gmail.com Wed Oct 15 15:02:15 2008 From: yolounited at gmail.com (Yolo United) Date: Wed, 15 Oct 2008 15:02:15 -0700 Subject: [Davis Democrats] =?windows-1252?q?Everything_You_Need_to_Know_fr?= =?windows-1252?q?om_Yolo_United_=2810/15_issue=29=2C_20_Days_to_Go!_Don?= =?windows-1252?q?=92t_Wait_to_Make_a_Difference_=96_Volunteer!?= Message-ID: <48F66867.3080306@gmail.com> Everything You Need to Know from Yolo United (10/15 issue) 20 Days to Go! Don?t Wait to Make a Difference ? Volunteer! www.yolounited.com Headquarters contact info: Davis ? 1801 Hanover Dr. (behind Save Mart), 530-231-5746 Woodland ? 444 Main St., 530-661-0118 The events covered in this newsletter are: ? Urgent Need for Precinct Walkers ? New Event ? Rally & Woodland Walking, This Sat., 10/18 ? New Event ? Walk Olive Drive, This Sat., 10/18 ? Voter Reg Deadline is Monday ? 10/20 ? Help Register Voters at UCD ? 10/20 ? Send Students to Colorado to Swing this State ? Early Voting at UCD MU ? 10/27-10/31 ? No on 8 Phone Banking ? Tues. and Sun. ? No on 4 Phone Banking ? Thursdays; Special Event 10/23 ? Phone banking to Battleground States on Mon., Wed., Sat. ? NEW TIME ? Nevada Weekends ? Swing State Push ? Absentee Voter Deadlines ? Woodland Campaign Activities ? Woodland HQ Has Obama Signs ? Debate Parties in Davis and Woodland ? 10/15 ? TONIGHT!! ? Davis Democratic Club Potluck & Speaker ? 10/16 ? Davis Musicians for Peace Concert ? 10/19 ? Davis Democratic Club Membership Drive THE URGENT COLUMN URGENT NEED FOR PRECINCT WALKERS Yolo United is in great need of precinct walkers for West Sacramento, Woodland, and even Davis. For this and other great volunteer opportunities, please call the Davis headquarters and ask for Louise Hendrickson at 530-231-5746. NEW EVENT JUST ADDED ? WALK WOODLAND PRECINCTS THIS SATURDAY On Saturday, October 18th, at 10 a.m. there will be a quick rally at the Woodland headquarters before walking precincts. 9:30 Bagels & Coffee supplied by Yolo United 10:00 Rally with special guest Lois Wolk and Mariko Yamada 10:30 Walk training and precinct assignments 11 ? 2 Walk precincts 2 pm Back to the headquarters for late lunch NEW EVENT JUST ADDED ? WALK OLIVE DRIVE AND APARTMENTS THIS WEEKEND TO REGISTER VOTER AND DISTRIBUTE DOORHANGERS There are ten out of 105 precincts in Davis that have not been walked. These all have high percentages of apartments and many infrequent or unregistered voters, our highest priority targets. We want to walk these before voter registration ends at 5 p.m. on October 20th. If you have an hour and can walk and knock on doors any time during the day before the late afternoon on Monday, please come by the Davis headquarters to pick up a walking list and materials and get a quick training. It is a rewarding experience to help register voters and distribute the slate card that encourages voters to support No on 8, No on 4, Yes on W and vote on other propositions. VOTER REG DEADLINE IS MONDAY, 10/20 - CAN YOU HELP TO REGISTER VOTERS? The deadline to register to vote for the November 4th election is Monday, October 20th. We need your help for a major push throughout the Yolo County to register as many Democrats as possible between now and October 20th. You can register voters at events, in front of stores and door to door. If you can help in this effort, any day between now and the 20th, please call the Davis Headquarters at (530) 231-5746 and talk to Brian Micek at bmicek at micekpublicaffairs.com or email Bob Schelen slobadbobs at aol.com. WE NEED YOUR HELP ON CAMPUS! HELP REGISTER STUDENTS ? DEADLINE MONDAY UCD students have been overwhelmed with their voter registration efforts on campus. The UCD effort has brought in 2,500 new registrations, but it needs more volunteers to register the goal of 5,000 voters. You can help change that! Show up at the Students for Obama table at the MU at UC Davis between 10 a.m. and 5 p.m. this week and grab a clipboard. If you need training, we will do training on the spot. For more information, please contact Ellie Fox at eljfox at gmail.com. CAMPAIGN NEWS & ACTIVITIES: SEND A UC DAVIS STUDENT TO COLORADO FOR ELECTION WEEK! Yolo United has covered the travel expenses of sending over 80 college students to Reno for weekend canvassing trips, and we will continue to do so through Election Day. However, the Obama campaign needs our help getting UC Davis students to Colorado for a get-out-the-vote push starting on the 31st. We plan to send 10 UCD students to Denver for election week, and they need your help getting there. If you would be willing to purchase a plane ticket or donate frequent flier miles to help our students get to Colorado, please email Brian Micek at bmicek at micekpublicaffairs.com. EARLY VOTING AT UCD MU ? 10/27- 10/31 Early voting will take place at the UCD MU from October 27th through October 31st from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Anyone registered to vote in Yolo County may vote there during that time. To check to make sure you are registered in Yolo County go to yoloelections.org or outside of Yolo County go to canivote.org. NO ON 8 PHONE BANKING No on Prop 8 phone banking continues at the Yolo United Davis Headquarters. Phone banking will be every Tuesday evening from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. and Sunday afternoons from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. Please bring your cell phones. To volunteer, please email Dawn Student at: dmmstudent at onramp113.org. Lawn signs, bumper stickers and window signs are available at the Davis Farmers? Market on Saturdays and also on the front porch at 647 Sunset Ct. (Davis) and at both Yolo United headquarters. NO ON 4 PHONE BANKING No on 4 phone banking will take place at the Yolo United Davis HQ Thursday nights (starting this week) from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. On Thursday, October 23rd, during phone banking, special guest Deborah Ortiz, former State Senator and current Planned Parenthood executive, will give an update on Prop 4. The phone bank hours will be 5:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. on this night. For more information, contact Desiree Rojas at 916-390-0874 or Natalie Wormeli at 530-756-1900. PHONE BANKING TO BATTLEGROUND STATES AT YU DAVIS HQ ? NEW TIME Phone banking to battleground states continues at the Yolo United Davis Headquarters behind Save Mart (1801 Hanover St, Ste. C). Phone banking on Mondays and Wednesdays will now start at 4 p.m. because our new target, Colorado, is on Mountain time. Phone banking nights will be held every Monday and Wednesday from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. and every Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. If you can, bring your cell phone and/or your laptop. We will be using Skype technology to make most of the calls. Scripts and training will be provided. For more information, contact Tom Cronin at 530-756-6405 or Martha Beetley at 530-756-4222. NEVADA WEEKENDS ? THE BIG PUSH IN THIS SWING STATE All out-of-state travel now needs to go through the Obama website at: ca.barackobama.com/DrivetoNevada Travel volunteers must sign up by 3:00 p.m. on the Sunday before their trips. Travelers will receive phone calls by 9:00 p.m. on Tuesday prior to the trip. Travel volunteers will receive a confirmation email of their trip details on Thursday with location information. ABSENTEE VOTER DEADLINES Requests for vote-by-mail applications are now open. The absentee or vote-by-mail ballot requests must be RECEIVED by the Yolo County Clerk by Tuesday, October 28th. Although there is no stated deadline for mailing in the absentee or vote-by-mail ballot, we recommend that you mail no later than Saturday, November 1st, as ballots must be received by the County Clerk no later than 8 p.m. on Election Day in order to be counted. If you have not mailed your absentee or vote-by-mail ballot in by Saturday, November 1st, remember, you can take it IN PERSON to ANY polling place in Yolo County and turn it in before the polls close on Election Day, November 4th. WOODLAND CAMPAIGN WORK & ACTIVITIES Precinct walking in Woodland is happening at these times: ? Sunday afternoons, 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. ? Saturday mornings, 9 a.m. - Noon ? Monday and Thursday evenings, 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Meet at the Yolo United Woodland HQ at 444 Main Street. Phone banking to local voters will take place on Wednesday and Thursday evenings, 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. (phone banking will not take place on October 15th during the debate-watch gathering in the HQ). WOODLAND HQ HAS OBAMA SIGNS The Yolo United Woodland headquarters still has some Obama lawn signs. Donations of $6 in cash or checks payable to the ?Woodland Democratic Club? are accepted. EVENTS THIS WEEK: DAVIS DEBATE PARTY AT THE GRAD ? WED., 10/15 ? TONIGHT! The Yolo United Davis office will hold a debate-watching party for the last presidential debate at The Graduate (805 Russell Blvd., University Mall, Davis) Wednesday night, October 15th. There will be a $5 minimum charged by The Graduate. Pay $5 at the door and in exchange, receive a $5 voucher for food. The debate starts at 6 p.m., so come a little earlier and order your grub. WOODLAND VP DEBATE PARTY AT YU WOODLAND HQ ? WED., 10/15- TONIGHT! Please join fellow Obama/Biden supporters at the Woodland Yolo United Headquarters on Wednesday, October 15th, to watch the last presidential debate. The debate will begin at 6 p.m., so plan to arrive any time after 5:30 p.m. Bring your own chair and your own food. Beverages (soda, beer and wine) will be available for a donation of $1 per drink. DAVIS DEMOCRATIC CLUB POTLUCK & SPEAKER PROGRAM ? TH, 10/16 The Davis Democratic Club will hold a potluck dinner and General Members? speaker program on Thursday, October 16, 2008 from 6 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. in the Blanchard Room at the Davis Public Library on 14th Street. Dinner will be at 6 p.m. and the talk will begin at 7 p.m. with: Professor Mark Siegler Chair Department of Economics, Cal State Sacramento Dr. Siegler will speak on the financial crises: why is it happening and what can or should we do? There is a $5 suggested donation. This meeting will have a Halloween theme! Please bring a food item to share with 4 to 6 people. The following is the suggested alphabetical breakdown for bringing a food item: A-G Main Course H-O Salad P-Z Dessert Contact Bob Bockwinkel for details at 219-1896 or email him at bbockwinkel at golyon.com or email Mike Syvanen at syvanen at ucdavis.edu. DAVIS MUSICIANS FOR PEACE TO HOLD FREE CONCERT IN DAVIS? CENTRAL PARK ? SUN., 10/19 Davis Musicians for Peace will hold a free concert ?Peace and Music in the Park? on Sunday, October 19th, from 12 p.m. to 6 p.m. in Davis?s Central Park. There will be Democratic rally during the concert. Featured bands include: No Illusions, Kurt Roggli, Davis Drummers for Peace. For more information contact Dennis Doner of Davis Musicians for Peace at 530-753-5964 or at ddoner4peace at yahoo.com. DAVIS DEMOCRATIC CLUB MEMBERSHIP DRIVE The Davis Democratic Club is holding their annual membership drive now. With membership, you get a free, custom Obama t-shirt while supplies last. Please download the membership form at : http://www.yolounited.com/events. The Davis Democratic Club will be selling Obama merchandise at the Davis Musicians for Peace Concert on Sunday, and you can turn in your membership form there, or you may bring it in to the Yolo United Davis office in the next two weeks. You can also mail your membership to the address on the flyer. NEWSLETTER SUBSCRIPTION/SUBMISSION INFORMATION: You may opt out of the list by sending us a note at yolounited at gmail.com. Send submissions for future issues or comments to Barbara Archer, communications chair, Yolo United, at bdedavis at gmail.com. From jac07 at dcn.org Thu Oct 16 12:09:47 2008 From: jac07 at dcn.org (John Chendo) Date: Thu, 16 Oct 2008 12:09:47 -0700 Subject: [Davis Democrats] Future VP Joe Biden : Reality check--from the real Joe In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Please also forward this to friends who may not have donated before to https://donate.barackobama.com/match and their donation will be doubled by a match by Friday midnight. After the final debate, the Bush-Cheney-Rove-McCain-Palin Party will be relying on Big Media and Big Madison Avenue with expensive negative ads to cloak the neo-con neglect of common sense and the middle class. Thanks for helping to stop further damage to our economy by the the neo-con ideologues. ------ Forwarded Message From: Joe Biden Reply-To: Date: Thu, 16 Oct 2008 13:34:47 -0400 To: John Chendo Subject: Reality check John -- Anyone who tells you this election is already decided is dead wrong. Let's not forget the 2000 election, when Al Gore was up by double digits in October. The surest way to lose a race is to slow down with the finish line in sight. We're taking no chances. We've planned the biggest get out the vote operation in history, and we need to make sure that every voter has their voice heard. That's why we've set the goal of bringing in 100,000 new donors by Friday at midnight. If you step up and make your first donation today, it will be matched by a previous donor. Will you make a donation of $5 or more today and double your impact? This campaign has fought for every inch, and now is not the time to take anything for granted. To get out the vote, we need to knock on hundreds of thousands of doors and make even more phone calls. This campaign has built the largest field operation in history, and we need to mobilize it in these remaining days to get every single voter to the polls on Election Day. Because that's what it comes down to -- counting every last vote. Make a matching donation today to make certain that when everything is on the line, we are stronger than ever: https://donate.barackobama.com/match We've come too far to hold back now. Thank you for everything you're doing, Joe 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. 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The DSCC has already invested your contribution this cycle in building the foundation to elect a Senate that won't obstruct an Obama administration. Thank you so very much for putting a filibuster-proof Senate within our grasp.? But our candidates can't win unless we continue to rush critical resources to the closest races.? I am asking you to give again today because time is so short. Tomorrow will be exactly two weeks from Election Day.? That means the next 48 hours are the time of our greatest opportunity. Our candidates cannot - will not - win without your continued support for the DSCC as they seek to raise $450,000 online in these pivotal two days.? It's the only way to rush critical resources to the closest races, so our candidates have everything they need over the last two weeks.? This is their time of greatest need. A few voters on November 4 will determine how many votes we have on the Senate floor for the Obama agenda.? My Senate colleagues will match every dollar you give, effectively doubling your contribution. Please give again.? We need you now more than ever. ? Click here to urgently rush $25, $50 or more to the DSCC.? This is the moment to achieve the change we urgently need. ? Here's all you have to know about the Republicans currently serving in the Senate. ? In the past two years, they've filibustered more legislation than any Congress in U.S. history - bills that would've bought our troops home, provided health care to kids and prevented oil company tax breaks. ? Imagine what our opponents will try to do if Barack Obama is elected president?? They'll filibuster everything in sight.? We can't afford to let Republican partisanship run amok ruin his presidency and our country. ? I know the focus is on the White House.? That's the big prize and the momentum is on our side.? But we're down to 14 days to replace Republican Senators with Democrats in states like North Carolina, Alaska and Colorado.? Winning these races is crucial to achieving the real change our country needs. ? I know you believe in our cause.? Thank you for standing with us throughout this historic election. Please, don't hesitate to stand with us again.? Now is when another contribution from you can make the greatest difference.? The future is here, and our candidates need you once again to deliver $450,000 before midnight tomorrow, so they can be ready for the enormous and decisive push of the last two weeks. ? Click here to urgently rush $25, $50 or more to the DSCC.? This is the moment for the change we desperately need. ? None of us want to wake up on November 5 to find out that we finished just short of our goal. ? Sincerely, ? Sen. Ted. Kennedy ? P.S. Thank you for acting immediately, before this key deadline.? Five dollars from you right now can make all the difference.? 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You can also send a reply to this message with "unsubscribe" in the subject line. ------ End of Forwarded Message From yolounited at gmail.com Wed Oct 22 15:09:30 2008 From: yolounited at gmail.com (Yolo United) Date: Wed, 22 Oct 2008 15:09:30 -0700 Subject: [Davis Democrats] Everything you need to know from Yolo United (10/22 issue) Message-ID: <48FFA49A.2030509@gmail.com> Everything you need to know from Yolo United (10/22 issue) 13 Days to Go! Don?t Wait to Make a Difference ? Volunteer! If not you, who? If not now, when? www.yolounited.com Headquarters contact info: Davis ? 1801 Hanover Dr. (behind Save Mart), 530-231-5746 Woodland ? 444 Main St., 530-661-0118 The events covered in this newsletter are: ? Walk for Lois in Stockton This Sunday ? 10/26 ? Get Out the Vote ? 11/1 ? 11/4 ? Urgent Need for Precinct Walkers ? Send Students to Colorado to Swing this State ? Early Voting at UCD MU ? 10/27-10/31 ? No on 8 Phone Banking ? Tues. and Sun. ? No on 4 Phone Banking ? Thursdays; Special Event 10/23 ? Phone banking to Battleground States on Mon., Wed., Sat. and now Sun.! ? Obama Out-of-State Travel ? Absentee Voter Deadlines ? Woodland Campaign Activities ? Lois Wolk Endorsements ? Woodland Obama Infomercial Watching Party ? 10/29 THE URGENT COLUMN WALK FOR LOIS IN STOCKTON THIS SUNDAY ? 10/26 Davisites will walk for Lois Wolk in Stockton this weekend on Sunday, October 26th. Carpools will meet at the Yolo United Davis HQ at 9:30 a.m. Contact Martha Beetley at 530-756-4222 or at tomandmartha912 at gmail.com for more information. GET OUT THE VOTE EFFORT NEEDS VOLUNTEERS Please don?t assume Obama has this election in the bag. Complacency is our enemy! Will you volunteer to help get out the vote either locally or nationally from November 1st through November 4th? We need volunteers to drop literature throughout the county, check polls on Election Day, make calls to voters to encourage them to vote, and call swing states to ensure an Obama victory. If you can help on any - or all - of those days, please e-mail Keltie Jones at keltiej at aol.com and let her know when you are available and what you are interested in doing. With everyone's help, we will ensure that we have reason to celebrate on November 4th! URGENT NEED FOR PRECINCT WALKERS Yolo United is in great need of precinct walkers for West Sacramento, Woodland, and even Davis. For this and other great volunteer opportunities, please call the Davis headquarters and ask for Louise Hendrickson at 530-231-5746. CAMPAIGN NEWS & ACTIVITIES: SEND A UC DAVIS STUDENT TO COLORADO FOR ELECTION DAY! Yolo United has covered the travel expenses of sending over 80 college students to Reno for weekend canvassing trips, and we will continue to do so through Election Day. However, the Obama campaign needs our help getting UC Davis students to Colorado for a get-out-the-vote push starting on the 31st. We plan to send 10 UCD students to Denver for election week, and they need your help getting there. If you would be willing to purchase a plane ticket to help our students get to Colorado, please email Brian Micek at bmicek at micekpublicaffairs.com. For other out-of-state travel funding requests, please go to http://www.travelforchange.org where potential travelers can apply for donors to buy them tickets to travel to swing states. EARLY VOTING AT UCD MU ? 10/27- 10/31 Early voting will take place at the UCD MU from October 27th through October 31st from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Anyone registered to vote in Yolo County may vote there during that time. To check to make sure you are registered in Yolo County go to yoloelections.org (Freddie Oakley, Yolo County Clerk Recorder, assures us that all the new registrations will be viewable on the web site by next Monday ? they?re working overtime to catch up!) or if you are registered outside of Yolo County go to www.canivote.org. NO ON 8 PHONE BANKING No on Prop 8 phone banking continues at the Yolo United Davis Headquarters. Phone banking will take place 3 more times -- Tuesday, 10/21, & Tuesday, 10/28, 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. and Sunday, 10/26, from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. Please bring your cell phones if you have one. To volunteer, please email Dawn Student at: dmmstudent at onramp113.org. No on 8 lawn signs, bumper stickers and window signs are available at the Davis Farmers? Market on Saturdays and also on the front porch at 647 Sunset Ct. (Davis) and at both Yolo United headquarters. There is a new shipment so get those lawn signs out there! NO ON 4 PHONE BANKING No on 4 phone banking will take place at the Yolo United Davis HQ Thursday nights October 23rd and 30th from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. On Thursday, October 23rd, during phone banking, special guest Deborah Ortiz, former State Senator and current Planned Parenthood executive, will give an update on Prop 4. The phone bank hours will be 5:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. on this night. For more information, contact Desiree Rojas at 916-390-0874 or Natalie Wormeli at 530-756-1900. PHONE BANKING TO BATTLEGROUND STATES AT YU DAVIS HQ; THIS SUNDAY (10/26) ADDED TO PHONE BANKING DAYS Phone banking to battleground states continues at the Yolo United Davis Headquarters behind Save Mart (1801 Hanover St, Ste. C). Phone banking on Mondays and Wednesdays will now start at 4 p.m. because our new target, Colorado, is on Mountain time. Phone banking nights will continue to be held every Monday and Wednesday from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. and every Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. This Sunday, October 26th, has just been added as a phone banking day with calling from noon to 4 p.m. If you can, bring your cell phone and/or your laptop. We will be using Skype technology to make most of the calls. Scripts and training will be provided. For more information, contact Tom Cronin at 530-756-6405 or Martha Beetley at 530-756-4222. NEVADA WEEKENDS ? THE BIG PUSH IN THIS SWING STATE All out-of-state travel now needs to go through the Obama website at: ca.barackobama.com/DrivetoNevada Travel volunteers must sign up by 3:00 p.m. on the Sunday before their trips. Travelers will receive phone calls by 9:00 p.m. on Tuesday prior to the trip. Travel volunteers will receive a confirmation email of their trip details on Thursday with location information. ABSENTEE VOTER DEADLINES The absentee or vote-by-mail ballot requests must be RECEIVED by the County Clerk of the county in which you are registered by Thursday, October 28th. Although there is no stated deadline for mailing in the absentee or vote-by-mail ballot, we recommend that you mail no later than Friday, October 31st, as ballots must be received by the County Clerk no later than 8 p.m. on Election Day in order to be counted (just being postmarked that day isn?t enough). If you have not mailed your absentee or vote-by-mail ballot in by Friday, October 31st, remember, you can take it IN PERSON to ANY polling place in Yolo County and turn it in before the polls close at 8 p.m. on Election Day, November 4th. WOODLAND CAMPAIGN WORK & ACTIVITIES Precinct walking in Woodland is happening at these times: ? Sunday afternoons, 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. ? Saturday mornings, 9 a.m. - Noon ? Monday and Thursday evenings, 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Meet at the Yolo United Woodland HQ at 444 Main Street. Alternatively, you can stop by the YU Woodland headquarters and adopt a precinct. They?ll train you on the spot and give you all the gear you need. Phone banking to local voters will take place on Wednesday and Thursday evenings, 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. LOIS WOLK ENDORSEMENTS Vacaville Chamber of Commerce Business and Community Political Action Committee : http://www.thereporter.com/news/ci_10666128 The Modesto Bee: http://www.modbee.com/opinion/story/462385.html The Vacaville Reporter: http://www.thereporter.com/opinion/ci_10709578 UPCOMING EVENT: WOOLDAND HQ GATHERS TO WATCH OBAMA INFOMERCIAL ? 10/29 The Yolo United Woodland HQ will be hosting an Obama Infomercial-Watching Gathering on Tuesday, October 29th, at 8 p.m. The infomercial will run from 8:00 - 8:30 pm, so folks should come to the HQ by 7:45 pm. Beverages will be available for a donation of $1 per drink. For more info, folks can call the HQ at 661-0118 or 661-0119. ELECTION NIGHT PARTY DETAILS WILL BE IN THE NEXT NEWSLETTER. PLAN ON PARTYING WITH YOLO UNITED TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 4TH, AFTER 8 P.M. NEWSLETTER SUBSCRIPTION/SUBMISSION INFORMATION: You may opt out of the list by sending us a note at yolounited at gmail.com. Send submissions for future issues or comments to Barbara Archer, communications chair, Yolo United, at bdedavis at gmail.com. From colleen at loiswolk.com Thu Oct 23 12:04:09 2008 From: colleen at loiswolk.com (Colleen Haley) Date: Thu, 23 Oct 2008 11:04:09 -0800 Subject: [Davis Democrats] FARMERS AND RANCHERS HOST RECEPTION FOR LOIS WOLK Message-ID: <011101c93542$211c8280$f300a8c0@CAMPAIGN> LOCAL FARMERS AND RANCHERS HOST RECEPTION IN SUPPORT OF LOIS WOLK FOR STATE SENATE ON FRIDAY, OCTOBER 24TH Local farmers and ranchers will host a reception in support of Assemblywoman and State Senate Candidate Lois Wolk! The reception will be hosted by Russ and Kathy Lester under the walnut trees of Dixon Ridge Farm in Winters. WHO: Local Farmers, Ranchers, and Assemblywoman Lois Wolk WHAT: Reception in honor for Assemblywoman Lois Wolk WHEN: Friday, October 24th at 4 pm WHERE: Dixon Ridge Farms 5430 Putah Creek Road Winters 95694 RSVP to Connie Sanders Emerson at 916-456-4098. Please make checks payable to: to "Wolk for Senate '08", campaign I.D. 1293204, 1127 11th Street, Suite 505, Sacramento, CA. ### Colleen Haley, Campaign Coordinator Wolk for Senate 2008 530.747.0512 (office) 530.902.3932 (cell) 530.747-0514 (fax) colleen at loiswolk.com Check out our website at www.loiswolk.com! From yolounited at gmail.com Fri Oct 24 13:18:54 2008 From: yolounited at gmail.com (Yolo United) Date: Fri, 24 Oct 2008 13:18:54 -0700 Subject: [Davis Democrats] Walk for Lois in Stockton This Sunday Message-ID: <49022DAE.2020900@gmail.com> Event Reminder - Please come join us. Lois' race is very competitive and we need all hands on deck! WALK FOR LOIS IN STOCKTON THIS SUNDAY ? 10/26 Yolo United volunteers will walk for Lois Wolk in Stockton this weekend on Sunday, October 26th. Carpools will meet at the Yolo United Davis HQ at 9:30 a.m. Contact Martha Beetley at 530-756-4222 or at tomandmartha912 at gmail.com for more information. From colleen at loiswolk.com Fri Oct 24 15:30:15 2008 From: colleen at loiswolk.com (Colleen Haley) Date: Fri, 24 Oct 2008 14:30:15 -0800 Subject: [Davis Democrats] Wolk Fundraiser in Winters TONIGHT! Message-ID: <00a401c93628$167555f0$f300a8c0@CAMPAIGN> Please join co-hosts Marsha and John Anderson ? Shelly and Rich Collins ? Sarah and Dan Hrdy Kathy and Russ Lester ? Jeanie McCormack and Al Medvitz Julie and Craig McNamara ? Maria and Masa Nakada ? Evelyne and Rich Rominger Mary Helen and John Seeger and FourWinds Growers at a reception supporting Assemblywoman Lois Wolk In her campaign to become the next Senator representing the 5th District Friday, October 24, 2008 4:00 to 6:00 p.m. Hosted by Kathy and Russ Lester Dixon Ridge Farms 5430 Putah Creek Road, Winters 95694 Suggested contribution levels: Friend $100 * Co-host $500 To RSVP, please contact Connie Sanders Emerson at conniesandersemerson at earthlink.net or at 916.456.4098, fax 916.456.4099 Make checks payable to: Wolk for Senate ?08 ID No. 12932046 (General, 2008) 1127 11th Street, Suite 505, Sacramento, CA 95814 From yamagata at virtual-markets.net Mon Oct 27 16:18:56 2008 From: yamagata at virtual-markets.net (G Richard Yamagata PhD) Date: Mon, 27 Oct 2008 15:18:56 -0800 (PST) Subject: [Davis Democrats] Tuesday Election Night Celebration at the Graduate in Davis Message-ID: <200810272318.m9RNIut3031230@mail.afes.com> Davis Democratic Club is sponsoring the Election Night Celebration Come join us and celebrate the election victory. LOCATION: The Graduate, located in the University Mall at the corner of Anderson Rd and Russell Blvd. (At this intersection Bioletti becomes Anderson Rd) TIME: Start at 8 After Polls Close until Midnight Everyone is welcome to attend. Davis Democratic Club Members: Come pick up your FREE Obama T-Shirt This is for ALL CURRENT and renewing members in 2009. This is a scrumptuous Buffet at Graduate with No Host Bar Volunteers that would like to help, please contact Betty Woo at bettywoo at thewoos.net or Carl Schmid cwschmid at comcast.net G Richard Yamagata PhD CEO/President VME Inc. http://www.vme.net/ http://vme.net/bcards/bio.html Phone: 530-VIV-VMEI or 530-848-8634 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-Wier 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, SVM, WVM, VVM, VME Inc, DCN, DDC, WBL, DPBE, or IOOF. From yolounited at gmail.com Wed Oct 29 14:59:03 2008 From: yolounited at gmail.com (Yolo United) Date: Wed, 29 Oct 2008 14:59:03 -0700 Subject: [Davis Democrats] Help Us Get Out the Vote! Yolo United Newsletter 10/29 Message-ID: <4908DCA7.5000901@gmail.com> We at Yolo United are grateful for all you've done and donated. Now, help us run through the finish line. Please know that the work is far from over. This last week is critical to our success locally and nationally. We've seen good candidates get this far, thinking that they would win, but things turned at the last minute - for whatever reason. So, keep the heat on. Come out and volunteer with us every minute that you have between now and when the polls close. Then watch the returns with us in Woodland, Winters or Davis Tuesday night - details follow. Go Obama! Go Thompson! Go Morris! Go Wolk! Go Yamada! Go Measure W (Davis)! Go Kristoff and Villegas, U and V in West Sac! And, go AWAY Props 4 and 8! www.yolounited.com Headquarters contact info: Davis ? 1801 Hanover Dr. (behind Save Mart), 530-231-5746 Woodland ? 444 Main St., 530-661-0118 The events covered in this newsletter are: ? Get Out the Vote ? 11/1 ? 11/4 ? Early Voting at UCD MU & Yolo Elections Office ? No on 8 GOTV ? No on 4 Phone Banking ? Last Night, Th, 10/30 ? Obama Phone banking to Battleground States ? W, Sat., Sun.,Mon., Tues. ? Absentee Voter Deadlines ? Woodland Obama Infomercial Watching Party ? 10/29 ? Election Night Parties GET OUT THE VOTE EFFORT NEEDS VOLUNTEERS Please don?t assume Obama has this election in the bag. Complacency is our enemy! Will you volunteer to help get out the vote either locally or nationally from November 1st through November 4th? We need volunteers to drop literature throughout the county, check polls on Election Day, make calls to voters to encourage them to vote, and call swing states to ensure an Obama victory. If you can help on any - or all - of those days, please e-mail Louise Hendrickson at louisehendrickson at gmail.com and let her know when you are available and what you are interested in doing. With everyone's help, we will ensure that we have reason to celebrate on November 4th! CAMPAIGN NEWS & ACTIVITIES: EARLY VOTING AT UCD MU ? (THROUGH 10/31) AND YOLO COUNTY ELECTIONS OFFICE (THROUGH 11/3) Early voting is taking place at the UCD MU through Friday, October 31st, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Anyone registered to vote in Yolo County may vote there. Early voting is also taking place at the Yolo County Elections office at 625 Court Street in Woodland from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. through Monday, November 3rd. NO ON 8 GOTV Please contact Ellen Pontac or Shelly Bailes if you are interested in get-out- the-vote activities for No on 8 at shelly at dcn.org or at 530-753-8283. NO ON 4 PHONE BANKING The last phone banking for No on 4 will take place at the Yolo United Davis HQ on Thursday, October 30th, from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. PHONE BANKING OBAMA TO BATTLEGROUND STATES AT YU DAVIS HQ Obama phone banking to battleground states continues at the Yolo United Davis Headquarters. Phone banking hours for the remainder of election season are: Wednesday, October 29th 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. Saturday, November 1st 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday, November 2nd 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday, November 3rd 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. Tuesday, November 4th 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. If you can, bring your cell phone and/or your laptop. We will be using Skype technology to make most of the calls. Scripts and training will be provided. For more information, contact Tom Cronin at 530-756-6405 or Martha Beetley at 530-756-4222. ABSENTEE VOTER DEADLINES Although there is no stated deadline for mailing the vote-by-mail ballot, we recommend that you mail the ballot no later than Friday, October 31st, as ballots must be received by the County Clerk no later than 8 p.m. on Election Day in order to be counted (just being postmarked that day isn?t enough). If you have not mailed your absentee or vote-by-mail ballot in by Friday, October 31st, remember, you can take it IN PERSON to ANY polling place in Yolo County and turn it in before the polls close at 8 p.m. on Election Day, November 4th. WOODLAND CAMPAIGN WORK & ACTIVITIES Precinct walking in Woodland is happening at these times: ? Sunday afternoons, 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. ? Saturday mornings, 9 a.m. - Noon ? Monday and Thursday evenings, 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Meet at the Yolo United Woodland HQ at 444 Main Street. Alternatively, you can stop by the YU Woodland headquarters and adopt a precinct. They?ll train you on the spot and give you all the gear you need. Phone banking to local voters will take place on Wednesday and Thursday evenings, 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. EVENTS: WOOLDAND HQ GATHERS TO WATCH OBAMA INFOMERCIAL ? 10/29 The Yolo United Woodland HQ will be hosting an Obama Infomercial-Watching Gathering on Wednesday, October 29th, at 8 p.m. The infomercial will run from 8:00 - 8:30 pm, so folks should come to the HQ by 7:45 pm. Beverages will be available for a donation of $1 per drink. For more info, folks can call the HQ at 661-0118 or 661-0119. ELECTION NIGHT PARTIES The Yolo United Davis Election Night party will be at the Graduate (805 Russell Blvd., University Mall, Davis). Volunteers and well wishers are invited to join the festivities. The election party will have exclusive use of the facility, and the Davis Democratic Club will provide a buffet from 8 p.m. to 9 p.m. with appetizers served the rest of the evening. A no-host bar will be open. We will be streaming video from our UC Davis students? party in Colorado. The Yolo United Woodland Election Night party will be held at the Yolo United Woodland Headquarters at 444 Main Street (530-661-0118). The party will begin at 8 p.m. The Woodland Democratic Club will provide desserts, and a no-host wine and soda bar will be open. Volunteers and well wishers are invited to come watch the election returns from across the country and to celebrate a job well done. Party goers are also invited to bring dessert items and beverages to share with their friends and neighbors. The West Yolo County Democratic Club is planning a get together for election night at the Palms at 13 Main Street in Winters, on election night from 6:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. There will be a large screen television, a no-host bar, and snacks and goodies brought by those in attendance. From yolounited at gmail.com Fri Oct 31 09:14:29 2008 From: yolounited at gmail.com (Yolo United) Date: Fri, 31 Oct 2008 09:14:29 -0700 Subject: [Davis Democrats] Early Voting - New Location Added for Saturday Message-ID: <490B2EE5.7050707@gmail.com> This is the last day to vote early at the UCD MU (Friday, October 31st, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.) Anyone registered to vote in Yolo County may vote there. Early voting will also take place, Saturday, November 1st, at the Davis Senior Center, (646 A St.) from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Anyone registered to vote in Yolo County may vote there. Early voting is also taking place at the Yolo County Elections office at 625 Court Street in Woodland from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. through Monday, November 3rd. There have been lines even for early voting, so if you can, vote early on a day that works for you when you have time to wait. For more information, contact the Yolo County Clerk's office at 530-666-8133. From jac07 at dcn.org Fri Oct 31 09:50:27 2008 From: jac07 at dcn.org (John Chendo) Date: Fri, 31 Oct 2008 09:50:27 -0700 Subject: [Davis Democrats] Joe Biden: last weekend to call for real change In-Reply-To: Message-ID: ------ Forwarded Message From: Joe Biden Reply-To: Date: Thu, 30 Oct 2008 14:59:32 -0400 To: John Chendo Subject: In case you missed it John -- Last night, Barack took to the airwaves to make the case for real change. He used the time to tell the stories of ordinary people who need real solutions to their problems. The presentation reached its finale with Barack addressing the nation live from Florida -- I've included the video of that moment below. But right now, I need to ask you for help. We just learned that the McCain campaign and the Republican National Committee had a $20 million cash advantage on October 15th. That means we can expect to see a fierce blitz of negativity in the final days -- so-called "robocalls," mail pieces, and TV ads filled with smears and false attacks. We can't let our opponents' low-road tactics prevail. To stand up to this last-minute spending spree, we need to step up our efforts. Watch Barack's speech and make your first donation of $5 or more before it's too late: https://donate.barackobama.com/forthefinish The resources we have to get our message out in the next 5 days could make all the difference. Thanks for your support, Joe 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. 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