Newsletter

No November Meeting, early December Meeting. Oct meeting review.

2022 Club Chartering It’s that time again! Club chartering for the San Diego County Democratic Party is due November 15th, 2021 for the 2022 calendar year.

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2022 Chartering Form: http://sddems.link/clubcharter

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You will also need to submit as part of this form:

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Copy of club bylaws

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List of members (http://www.sddemocrats.org/sites/sdcdp/files/2021_SDCDP_Roster_Template.xlsx )

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List of officers

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Dues payment ($48, except Academic Clubs)

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See form for more details!

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No Council of Clubs Nov 20th — moved to December 4th!

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Register for Council of Clubs Zoom Meetings Register in advance for all Council of Clubs meetings:

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https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZ0lfuuhrjMjEty_lyRQSagK3DjBpmNbzLOI

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After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting via computer, tablet, smart phone, or regular phone.

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If you have any problems please email clubs@sddemocrats.org .

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Saturday, October 16th Council of Clubs Meeting We had a presentation on endorsement rules and best practices by myself and Party Chair Will Rodriguez-Kennedy.

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Check out the slides and recording if you missed it!

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Email questions to clubs@sddemocrats.org.

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Prior Meeting Reviews/Handouts You can watch recordings of past Zoom meetings on our YouTube channel here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLdxl7X-55vQ2raP1ZLWzdkBlYHLxMmU_U

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View slides here: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1I9C8mr02qSGuiSWYVk-SruMtMrXgSzvd?usp=sharing

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View prior meeting handouts here: https://coda.io/d/San-Diego-Dem-Clubs_d0im_UNe_ZY/Council-of-Clubs-Prior-Meeting-Reviews-Handouts_suC_H#_luZ5D

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California Democratic Party 2022 Pre-Endorsement Conference Every two years, the CDP hosts regional pre-endorsement conferences where delegates, including those assigned to clubs, get to have a say in who the Party endorses for U.S. House of Representatives, State Senate, and State Assembly.

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Clubs who submit their rosters to the CDP can earn one or more votes based on their number of unique members per Assembly District, at 1 delegate per 20 members.

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Roster submissions were due on Wednesday, August 11th, 2021. Next steps will be determination of number of representatives per club, selection of representatives, and the pre-endorsement conferences themselves, after redistricting.

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Pre-Endorsement Tentative Dates 2021-2022

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December 18th, 2021 - Deadline for CCO potential representatives to be submitted to the both the Chartering Authority (SDCDP) and the appropriate Regional Director(s)

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December 27th, 2021 - CA Citizens Redistricting Commission final districts announced

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January 3rd-7th, 2022 - PDI will be placing new districts to rosters

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February 12th-13th, 2022 - Regional Pre-Endorsement Conferences held

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March 3rd-6th, 2022 - CDP Endorsement Convention in Los Angeles (club reps do not attend)

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How Pre-Endorsement Works:

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70%+ goes directly to consent calendar for CDP Convention (no club reps)

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At least 50% but under 70% goes to an Endorsing Caucus at CDP Convention (no club reps)

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Below 50%: “No Recommendation”

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All incumbents move to consent calendar, unless 20% of voting participants object 10 days prior to February 22, 2022.

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More info in previous newsletter:

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DemClubs Newsletter

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LAST CALL: CDP Pre-Endorsement Submission

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Hi everyone, Reminder: this is OPTIONAL and only for clubs that are looking to qualify to have one or more representatives participate in the CDP Pre-Endorsement Conference.NOTE: See updated info from CDP Staff Emma Harper at the bottom of this email, regarding member submission…

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Read more 2 months ago · Codi Vierra

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Votebuilder All clubs have the option to request a Votebuilder/VAN account  from the San Diego County Democratic Party, which has a quick lookup tool you can use to verify member information based on voter registration data (one per club).

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Please email clubs@sdddemocrats.org , and SDCDP staff (not me! :)) will get back to you as soon as they can.

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Club Development Committee In January, one member from each Area, and two At-Large members were elected to serve on the Club Development Committee.

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Director of Clubs: Codi Vierra

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Metro West Area: Indroneal Banerjee

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North Coastal Area: Rob Howard

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North Inland Area: Justin Domicello

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East Area: Kyra Greene

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South Area: Anna Webb

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At-Large: Katie Meyer

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At-Large: Jehoan Espinoza  (Young Dems)

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Future Meeting Topics What topics are you most interested in hearing about at future Council of Clubs meetings? Let us know!

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https://forms.gle/fL97Jnb1C74FfBND9

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LinkTree: Council of Clubs Links and Resources Check out top links and resources at https://linktr.ee/demclubs.

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LinkTree (linktr.ee) , (as well as alternatives like Link.bio ), is a great way to put all of your important links in one place — like a website, but simpler.

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It’s used frequently for social media, especially for Instagram which doesn’t allow links in posts. You can put your club website on your LinkTree/Linkin.bio as well as links to articles or other sources to make it easy for people looking at your posts to find the article/link you’re talking about.

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Recurring Zoom Links for Club Meetings Reminder:

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The Club or Coalition shall meet individually at least once quarterly and for all endorsement votes and  all meeting dates, times, and locations shall be provided to the SDCDP at least fourteen (14) days prior to the meeting for publication on the SDCDP website.  A copy of the notice, agenda, and minutes for business meetings or endorsement meetings shall be supplied via email to the Director of Clubs and the SDCDP.

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We’d like to encourage everyone to use a recurring Zoom meeting link for your club so we can add the link in the Party Calendar, which is easier than updating it once a month with a new link.

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You can have a recurring meeting and still require registration (if desired), and either automatically or manually approve registrations. You can have them register for each meeting, or once for all meetings where they can use the same personal link every month.

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You can still extract attendance records, as Zoom provides a report per meeting.

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We used this method all of 2021 for the Council of Clubs and Club Development Committee meetings, and it has worked well. If you need help setting this up, please reach out for assistance.

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Party Calendar If you provided a Gmail address  when re-chartering, you are able to edit your club’s meeting entries on the Party Calendar, on which the club is setup with a recurring meeting. You can edit just one occurrence, or the complete series. You can add details of the agenda to each meeting, or change the date and time as required. If you need help, please reach out for assistance.

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And as a reminder, if you change your meeting date, time, or location (Zoom link), you must update the calendar item yourself, or email calendar@sddemocrats.org  so SDCDP staff can do it.

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If you don’t yet have access to edit your club’s Google calendar item, please email  calendar@sddemocrats.org  and provide the email address you want to use so SDCDP staff can assist you.