Democratic Woman’s Club of San Diego County
Monday, August 19, 2019, Monthly Meeting, Elijah’s Restaurant
Welcome and Introductions
- President Susan Peinado opened the meeting at 6:30PM
Bylaw Change
- Bylaw change to match Endorsement Policy and confirm threshold to endorse at 60%. Motion passed unanimously.
Meeting turned over to Endorsement Committee
Chair, Yvonne Elkin
Explanation of Ranked Choice Voting to be used for endorsements with multiple candidates.
San Diego County Board of Supervisors District 1 (Ranked Choice Voting) – Rafael Castellanos, Ben Hueso (represented by Jessica Hayes), Nora Vargas, Sophia Rodriguez
- Vote: Nora Vargas endorsed
San Diego Community College Board District B (Friendly Incumbent) – Bernie Rhinerson
- Vote: Bernie Rhinerson – passed unanimously
San Diego County Board of Supervisors District 2 – Kenya Taylor
- Motion to endorse by acclamation (Ruth Rollins) – passed unanimously
San Diego County Board of Supervisors District 3 – Olga Diaz, Terra Lawson-Remer
- Vote: No candidate reached 60% threshold
- Motion to rate both candidates acceptable (Cody Peterson) – passed unanimously
Congressional District 52 (Friendly Incumbent) – Scott Peters
- Motion to endorse by acclamation (Ruth Rollins) – passed unanimously
September Endorsement Calendar: Motion (Melinda Vasquez) to attempt to endorse in the following races:
- Congressional District 51 – Aeiramique Glass Blake, Juan Vargas
- Congressional District 53 – Jose Caballero, Susan Davis, Joaquin Vazquez
- CA Assembly District 79 – Dr. Shirley Weber (friendly endorsement)
- CA Assembly District 77 – Brian Maienschein
- CA Assembly District – Sarah Davis, Micah Perlin, Chris Ward
Unanimous approval of September endorsement calendar
The following business occurred between endorsements and during vote counts:
Old Business
- Motion to sign onto Green New Deal Resolution for Dem Clubs (M: Kate Bishop). Passed unanimously.
- Motion to delay signing onto “Clean Elections Campaign” (M: Yvonne Elkin). Passed unanimously.
Officers’ Reports
Vice President External, Ramla Sahid – no report
Vice President Internal, Dr.Becca Fielding – Miller
- Dependent Care Grant funds available – details here
Treasurer’s Report, Rosamond Blevins
- Current balance given
- 26 new members since last meeting
Secretary’s Report, Cathie Hyatt
- Reminder of mobile Free Little Library
- Logo update
Communications Chair, John Loughlin – no report
Social Committee Chair, Kate Bishop
- DWC Theatre Night! Dance Nation, September 13, 8pm, Moxie Theatre.
President’s Report, Susan Peinado
- Thanks and praise to the Endorsement Committee
- The Women’s Museum of California will be celebrating Women’s Equality Day in Balboa Park with their annual Suffrage Parade and Rally on August 26, 4:00 PM on the lawn area across from the Organ Pavilion.
- Book Club – Dr. Mattingly led discussion on, How All Politics Became Reproductive Politics, at Women’s Museum (thanks to Anne Hoiberg).Next book – We Live for the We, The Political Power of Black Motherhood by Dani McCain. Discussion TBD.
Happy Birthday to Angela de Joseph – WOC Roar Radio Show
Announcement:
- Doug Case: Governor Gavin Newsome signs AB392
- Michelle Krug: Regional Director Area 20 – Meeting October 5, 2pm at SD Education Association.
- Anne Hoiberg: 100 Years Anniversary of Women’s Right to Vote, August 26, Organ Pavilion, 4pm
- Christina Perry: Walk for Kenya Taylor, August 24th at 6140 Lake Murray Starbucks 10am till 1pm.
Raffle
Meeting adjourned: 8:32pm
Next regular meeting is 7pm, Monday, September 21, 2019, Elijah’s Restaurant.
Notes by Cathie Hyatt, Secretary
The Democratic Woman’s Club meets monthly to discuss and determine common action. Following Edmund Burke’s description from 1774 we are a deliberative assembly. In our bylaws we define our Parliamentary Authority as “the most widely used reference for meeting procedure and business rules in the English-speaking world” – Robert’s Rules of Order.
Mr. LaCava is a Democratic Party activist and prominent advocate of community participation in the city’s planning process. He graduated from San Diego State University and is owner of LaCava Consulting. He is the former chair of the San Diego Community Planners Committee, the umbrella organization to the city’s 42 community planning groups, and was briefly a candidate for San Diego City Council in 2016. He currently serves on the eBoards for the Democrats for Environmental Action and Citizens Coordinate for Century 3 (C-3). Joe is a member of several democratic clubs including the Democratic Woman’s Club, has been appointed to several city boards, and sits on several coalitions focusing on housing and transit. Joe is the spokesperson for the No on Soccer City Coalition (
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