[Davis Democrats] 2nd Preliminary Agenda for Davis Democrat Club Board Meeting on Tuesday October 2, 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.  Also, there is another 14 minutes added to the
agenda from items submitted by Arun Sen, Carl Schmid, and Mike Syvanen.
There were 3 minutes deleted from the agenda by President Arun Sen.

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

PLEASE NOTE -- THIS MEETING IS AT the home of Barry Wilson.  The address is
1108 Dartmouth Place in Davis, CA  95616  If you do not know where this is,
please use Mapquest.com

The meeting starts at 7PM and will end befor 9PM.  Barry promises to be an
exemplary host.  

If you received your DDC board member folder, PLEASE BRING YOUR FOLDER TO
THE MEETING.  

This meeting will be held from 7PM to 8:33 PM.  We do not have to vacate the
room by 9PM.

Please note that all Davis Democrat Club members are welcome to attend the
board meeting.  Usually, we have several guests, both members and
non-members, at these meetings.

Davis Democrat Club Board Meeting on Tuesday October 2,

             Davis Democratic Club Meeting Agenda 
                Tuesday, October 2, 7 pm - 8:33 pm 
             Place: 1108 Dartmouth Place in Davis.  

I.  Introduction (5 minutes)
        i.    Approval of Agenda  
        ii.   Approval of Minutes for past meetings as they are submitted 
              (Minutes from September Board Meeting will be distributed --
NO VOTE.)  
               These minutes will be sent out to the list -- No Vote.  

II.   Report on Progress of NorCal Democratic Club project -- Judy Reynolds
(15 minutes)

III.  Presentation by Measure committees on Ballot (10 Minutes)
        i.   Presentation on Measure P  (looking for board endorsement)
        ii.  Presentation on Measure Q  (looking for board endorsement)
             
IV.  Treasurer's Report -- Betty Weir (5 minutes)
        i.   General finances and budget of the club

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

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

VIII.  Davis Democratic Club Barbecue (12 minutes)
        i.  Suggested date:  Sunday October 21, 2007
        ii.  Suggested time:  3-6PM
        iii.  Suggested food: barbecued exotic sausages
        iv.  Suggested General Membership vote for by-laws approval
        v.   P&Q DDC club endorsement vote (if passes the board)

IX.   Future Events (7 minutes)  
        i. November Election Day party
        ii. November Holiday Party at Doug Kaplan's home on Friday, November
30, 2007

X.   Report from Community Outreach and Fundraising Committees (2 minutes) 
        Chair for these committees are needed.  

XI.  New and Unfinished Business (0 minutes)
        i.   Unfinished business items from past meetings. 
                [None unresolved to my knowledge]

XII.  Communitcations (10 minutes)
        i.  Comments and issues from the Public and general members.
              a. From public for unscheduled presentations.
        ii.   Minutes and reports from other clubs and campus Democrats
              a. Specific report from the Woodland Club, from invited
representative.
              b. Report from Yolo County Young Democrats
              c. Report from Yolo County Blue (Lyle Smith)
              d. Report from UCDavis Campus Democrats by President or VP
              e. Report from Davis High Democrats
              f. Report on the President's activities for the club, Arun Sen.
              g. Report on the September meeting of the YCDCC 
                 (Yolo County Democratic Central Committee)

XII.  Closing (8 minutes)
        i.   Items for next meeting  
        ii.  Announcements- upcoming events not covered in Communications
and Reports.
        iii.  Next Meeting Time/Location 
                (November 7 Blanchard Room, 
                 December 4 Blanchard Room)
        iv.   Meeting adjournment

Time:  93 minutes

All times are approximate and only placed to help keep meeting on track, so
meeting can end by 8:33 PM.  


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

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

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