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Regular Club Meeting

  Tuesday, January 26

6:00 p.m.

Zion Presbyterian Church

545 Ashbury Ave

The next Club meeting will be on Tuesday, January 27. We have packed agenda for our first meeting of 2016. We’ll be electing executive board members, reviewing the 2016 budget and discussing the meeting calendar for the year. Please see the proposed 2016 budget within the newsletter.

Executive Board Elections

We have Club members interested in all board positions this year. I’m confident we will have collaborative and productive board for the extremely busy year ahead.  The following is the list of board positions and interested members (and incumbents):

Immediate Past President: Carla Hansen

Vice President of Records: Mollie Hazen

Vice President of Media: Scott Kagawa

Vice President of Publications (newsletter): Kip Crosby

Vice President of Membership: Igor Tregub*

Vice President of Programs: Gabriel Quinto*

Treasurer: Greg Lyman*

Executive Vice President: Nick Arzio*

President: Mister Phillips

(*) incumbent

Nick Arizo is interested both the Executive Vice President and President positions and plans to stand for election for both.

As always, we will take nominations and the Club will vote for each position. If there are not contested races, the Club has an option to elect the board as noted above.

2016 Budget

Greg Lyman will present the proposed 2016 Budget. Please see the detailed budget within the newsletter.

Pre-Endorsement Conference Delegates 

At the November 2015, meeting the Club voted to confirm the list of delegates representing the Club at the pre-endorsement conference on Saturday, January 30 and the Convention in February.

As past practice, the Club President submitted the list of delegates (made up of members who have served as delegates in the past and those who were interested in serving) by the deadline given. The Club was unable to hold a formal election of these delegates and as a compromise will vote at the January 2016 meeting for who the delegates will be voting for.

The list of delegates is as follows:

Al Miller

Barbara Miller

Scott Kagawa

Nick Arzio

Jonee Grassi

Cesar Zepeda

Kim Gomez

Carla Hansen

Scott Lyons

Rebecca Benassini

The Club will be voting on who the delegates will be voting for on January 30.

Here’s the list of candidates seeking endorsements:

Assembly District 15

Tony Thurmond

Senate District  9 

Sandre Swanson

Nancy Skinner

Katherine Welch

Congressional District 11

Mark DeSaulnier

For more information about the pre-endorsement conference click here: 

On November 24, 2015, the ECDC welcomes Jeff Koertzen, Chair of the Democratic Party of Contra Costa County as its final guest speaker of 2015. Jeff will give a short presentation on the state of the DPCCC followed by Q&A.

The Club will consider a number of Bylaws and Standing Rule changes.  Please see the summary article in the newsletter and the for full text of those changes, please visit www.ecdclub.org.

Stay tuned to a new date for the annual Holiday Party. We’re changing the date and format this year.

 

At the November 24th member meeting the membership will consider changes to the bylaws and Endorsement Standing Rules.

The Executive Board recommends changes to the Bylaws and Endorsement Standing Rules to clarify current dues renewal processes, improve officer definitions, redefine when members need to join for election year endorsements, define literature the club will carry and how delegates are selected. The documents can be reviewed at the ECDC website and limited hardcopies will be available at the November 24th meeting.

Specific bylaw changes proposed include:

Adding a sentence about member renewal upon payment (Section III) and adding sentences regarding timing of annual dues (Section IV).

Adding a subsection that only paid members can vote (Section V.E.1)

Section VII Officers was revised to clarify term of office (Section VII.A), election processes (Section VII.B, VII.C, VII.D and VII.F) and changes to duties (Section VII.E).

Section VIII Executive Board was revised to provide more structure and clarify how the Executive Board acts (Section VIII.C)

A sentence that was inconsistent with the Endorsement Standing Rules was eliminated (Section IX).

Two sub-sections regarding the use of the ECDC identity were added (Section X).

Specific Endorsement Standing Rule changes proposed include:

Elimination of the term “Self-Identified Democrat” (former Section A.3, Section B.1, Section B.2, Section B.3 and Section B.4)

Increasing the time on the ECDC membership role from 30-days to 45-days and addingthat members must be in good standing by June 1st to participate in endorsements (new Section A.3).

Clarification language on invitations to candidates in Section B.2, Type of Forum.

Addition of Section E, Distribution of Endorsed Candidate and Ballot Measure Literature.

Addition of Section F, Selection of California Democratic Party Delegates.

See full text of changes in the links below:

By Laws Proposed Changes

Standing Rules Proposed Changes