Club meeting preview

PREVIEW OF UPCOMING BUSINESS MEETING

– November 27, 2018

Upcoming regular Membership Meeting will be held on November 27, 2018 at the Presbyterian Church at 545 Ashbury Ave, El Cerrito 94530. Meeting will start at 6:30 pm.

Agenda (Janet Abelson)

6:00 Doors Open:  Pizza available ($5)

6:30  Call to Order

6:35 Minutes

6:40 Treasurer’s Report

6:45 January Elections of Officers

6:50 Recap of Precinct Walking and Suggestions for Next Year

6:55 Holiday Party notice (on December 11 at 7 – 9 PM at 7 Pomona Avenue in El Cerrito, bring casserole or dessert to share, wine if you want it.)

7:00  Announcements

  • No Meeting in December. Next meeting on January 22.
  • Other

7:10 Program Presentations

  • Talks by Speakers – Elected Legislators
  • Election Results vs Endorsements

8:30 Adjourn

Program Details for November 27, 2018 Meeting (Paul Fadelli)

Speakers – Elected Legislator(s)

The General Election on November 6, brought some surprises and some disappointments which will result in many changes of policy and personnel at the federal, state and local levels of government in the coming year.

As is custom, the November meeting for ECDC will focus on a review of the recent election and allow discussion of the ramifications and what may lie ahead.

The ECDC endorsement list (included here) will be updated with final results for candidates and propositions. Let’s see how well we did!

At the time of this publication (soon after the election) the Club has invited our State Senator Nancy Skinner to either speak at this month’s meeting, or a subsequent one, to give her views on the election results and what priorities she may have in the new state legislative session beginning in January 2019.

If the Senator’s schedule will not permit her to attend this next meeting, ECDC will reach out to other local elected officials who can attend  to give their view on the General Election and the political year ahead.

Precinct Walking delivers Club’s Endorsements

As of this article, we have assigned about two-thirds of the walks to volunteers.  We are using walks developed by Rose Lernberg, refined by Yvonne Stefan and now curated by Scott Lyons.  Each walk is designed to be a small enough area to be accomplished in about one hour.  The club has 120 walks and needs about 120 hours of volunteer-time to deliver our endorsements.  Thanks to members that have literally stepped up – Al, Juliet, Dwight and Gloria, Ruby and Bob, Marlene, Marty, Linda C., Linda G., Jonee, Hari, Paul, Janet, Jan and others.  If you can, please consider going by 7 Pomona Ave and seeing if there are any materials left on the porch for delivery!

Annual Dinner Oct 20

Come remember what good news from the Supreme Court can be like!

The litigants and victors in the Supreme Court Case against CA Proposition 8 will discuss their involvement in the 2015 landmark case — and bring along copies Love on Trial, to sell, discuss and sign for members.

Check for more information and buy tickets on the ECDC Annual Dinner webpage.

Annual Dinner Menu

The Club will provide the main dish again this year.  Los Moles will provide:

  • Grilled Chicken with mole Mama Luisa (a red mole sauce)
  • Grilled Chicken Fajitas
  • Cactus and Potatoes with mole Pipian (a pumpkin seed mole sauce)
  • Black beans
  • Green rice
  • Guacamole

We ask Guests to bring either a salad or desert to share. 

  • 6:00 Social Hour
  • 7:00 Dinner
  • 7:45 Presentation