[Davis Democrats] Preliminary Agenda for Davis Democrat Club Board Meeting on Wednesday November 7, 2007

[G Richard Yamagata PhD]

This is a preliminary agenda.  Please send agenda items to Arun Sen at
bubusen at hotmail.com, syvanen at ucdavis.edu, or me -- at
yamagata at virtual-markets.net

Please note:  we are placing all reports, communications and unscheduled
public comment at the end of the meeting.  This was suggested as a way to
speed up the meetings and it seemed to have worked at the last meeting.

This is preliminary.  The final agenda will be published on Tuesday evening.

PLEASE NOTE -- THIS MEETING IS AT THE BLANCHARD ROOM OF THE DAVIS BRANCH
YOLO COUNTY LIBRARY.  

The meeting starts at 7PM and will end before 9PM.  We must vacate with the
room clean and in order by 9PM.  

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 Wednesday, November 7,

              Davis Democratic Club Meeting Agenda 
             Wednesday, November 7, 7 pm - 8:40 pm 
     Place: Davis Branch, Yolo County Library in Davis.  
                     315 East 14th Street.

I.  Introduction (5 minutes)
        i.    Approval of Agenda  
        ii.   Approval of Minutes for past meetings as they are submitted 
              (Minutes from October Board Meeting will be distributed -- NO
VOTE.)  
              The September Minutes have been distributed -- Vote on Minutes.  

II.  Treasurer's Report -- Betty Weir (10 minutes)
        i.   General finances and budget of the club
        ii.  Report on Club Barbecue

III.   Report from Budget Committee -- Bill Ritter Chair and Carl Schmid
member (2 minutes)
        
IV.    Report from Membership Committee Carl Schmid Chair, Rick Gonzales
member (7 minutes)
        i.   Report on latest membership renewal drive
        ii.  Report on update of the DDC Mailing List.

V.     Content of the Next Newsletter (10 minutes)
        i.   Report by newsletter committee by Bill Ritter
        ii.  Volunteer tasks
        iii.   Story ideas
        iv.    Announcements and articles that must go into the newsletter

VI.    Davis Democratic Club Holiday Party (15 minutes)
        i.   Date:  Friday, November 30, 2007
        ii.  Place: Doug Kaplan's home on Blue Bird Place
        ii.  Suggested time:  6 to 9PM
        iii. Suggested food: Board member bring food
        iv.  Assignment of kitchen crew volunteers

VII.  Future General Meetings (5 minutes)
        i.   Thursday, January 24, 6 to 9 PM.  PLACE needs to be determined.
        ii.  Tuesday, February 12, 6 to 9 PM.  PLACE needs to be determined.
                (Valentine's Day Party)
        iii. Tuesday, February 28, 6 to 9 PM.  PLACE needs to be determined.

VIII. Officer Nomination Committee -- assigned by president at the meeting.
(10 minutes)
             (For board officer election at February 28 General Meeting)

IX.   Report from Community Outreach and Fundraising Committees (0 minutes) 
        Chair for these committees are needed.  

X.   New and Unfinished Business (5 minutes)
        i.   Unfinished business items from past meetings. 
             Report on Letter Project by Adrienne Kandell and Mike Syvanen
        ii.  Report on Mail List Project by Mike Syvanen

XI.   Kudos (5 minutes)

XII.  Communications (18 minutes)
        i.  Comments and issues from the Public and general members.
              a. From public for unscheduled presentations.
        ii.   Minutes and reports from other clubs and campus Democrats
              a. Specific report from the Woodland Club, from invited
representative.
              b. Report from Yolo County Young Democrats
              c. Report from Yolo County Blue (Lyle Smith)
              d. Report from UCDavis Campus Democrats by President or VP
              e. Report from Davis High Democrats
              f. Report on the President's activities for the club, Arun Sen.
              g. Report on the September meeting of the YCDCC 
                 (Yolo County Democratic Central Committee)

XIV.  Closing (8 minutes)
        i.   Items for next meeting  
        ii.  Announcements- upcoming events not covered in Communications
and Reports.
        iii.  Next Meeting Time/Location 
                (December 4  Blanchard Room, January 10  Blanchard Room)
        iv.   Meeting adjournment

Time: 100 minutes

All times are approximate and only placed to help keep meeting on track, so
meeting can end by 8:40 PM.  


G Richard Yamagata  PhD
CEO/President   VME Inc.   http://www.vme.net/   http://vme.net/bcards/bio.html

G Richard Yamagata is a member of the Davis Community Network Board of 
Directors, Secretary of the Board of Directors for the Davis Democratic 
Club, President of the board of Virtual Market Enterprises, Inc, 
Secretary-Treasurer of the board of the Davis Progressive Business 
Exchange and communications liason for the Independent Order of 
Odd Fellows Chapter 169 and the Business Link of Woodland and Davis.

For public service to the Democratic Party of Yolo County, 
Recipient of the 2007 Williamson-Weir Award

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