The Dean Club has been working on Congressional campaigns for 8 election cycles (since 2004), canvassing, phoning, and raising money. Let’s continue our record of activism on October 8 at:
Democratic Volunteer Center
960 San Antonio Rd #100, Palo Alto, CA 94303
Come make phone calls, write postcards, or text voters in key swing districts (e.g., TJ Cox, Katie Porter, Josh Harder, perhaps others as well). Training or refreshers will be available, and everything will be provided except your cell phone if you want to text.
6:30 p.m. potluck, then let’s roll up our sleeves and get to work!
The DFA Link meeting on September 10, 2018, will feature a presentation by State Assembly Member Marc Berman.
Members and guests gather for potluck at 6:30 PM, and the program begins at 7:00 PM.
The meeting will be at:
Democratic Volunteer Center
960 San Antonio Rd #100, Palo Alto, CA 94303
Learn more about Marc Berman at: https://a24.asmdc.org
The DFA Link meeting on August 13, 2018, will feature a presentation of California State ballot initiatives by members of the Club. A straw poll will be held, which will become an endorsement recommendation to the August 27, 2018 business meeting.
Members and guests gather for potluck at 6:30 PM, and the program begins at 7:00 PM.
The meeting will be at:
Democratic Volunteer Center
960 San Antonio Rd #100, Palo Alto, CA 94303
Learn more about California State ballot initiatives at:
http://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/ballot-measures/qualified-ballot-measures/
Ballot numbers, titles, and current presenter assignments are available at:
Ballot-Proposition-Inventory.pdf
The presentations and Straw Poll results are available at:
Ballot Proposition presentations
Join us for a fun day in the park!
Our annual potluck picnic and election of officers will be held on June 30, 2018 at Ponderosa Park, Area 2, in Sunnyvale, at 11:00 AM.
Last year we had 19 candidates, elected officials, or their representatives speak. It’s always a fun and informative event.
Election of officers will occur at 12:15 PM, and our honored guests will be invited to speak beginning at 12:30 PM.
This special fund to support the Dean Democratic Club of Silicon Valley was established in September 2017, three months after Don’s passing (June 28,2017).
You can contribute to the fund at: secure.actblue.com/donate/deanclub-mayall
Don was a charter member of our club, having been, along with his wife Carolyn Curtis, an enthusiastic supporter of Howard Dean’s candidacy for president, from March 2003. When we tabled at the Palo Alto farmers market, campaigning for Howard and registering voters, he’d tell Carolyn he didn’t want to engage (words to that effect), but soon would be deep in amiable conversation, usually with a gent his age.
Don was always available to staff the sign-in table at club events. The quintessential morning person, he’d lit-drop and doorhanger on predawn election mornings, until voting by mail put an end to that folk rite. Don was the club’s fourth treasurer; a statistician (labor market analysis) by trade, he was meticulous and dedicated, establishing a two-year budget and seeing to it in meetings that we kept to it. He trained club members in how to lobby legislators, having lobbied for conservation issues (including in Washington), and regularly went to Sacramento with us for healthcare and campaign finance reform. He always presented at our ballot initiative information sessions, with cogent and witty PowerPoints. Don and Carolyn were on Jerry McNerney’s election committee 2004-6, and present at Jerry’s headquarters that victorious election night in 2006. Don also represented the club on the county Democratic Party endorsement committee. In all meetings, he always got right to the point, but was never dismissive, small-minded, or inconsiderate of what others were saying. When he spoke, people shut up and listened.
Besides the club, Don’s other main focus was conservation, serving on the local and state level of the California Native Plant Society, specifically the botany and preservation of nearby serpentine areas. He and Carolyn first grew close working to preserve Edgewood in the early nineties (since 1993, Edgewood County Park and Natural Preserve), and Don went on to lead the efforts to keep Coyote Ridge, a major serpentine area south of San Jose, free of development. On Don’s office wall is a photo of him and Jerry McNerney in a wildflower meadow on Coyote Ridge, at that time in Jerry’s district. He and Carolyn enjoyed many trips to wildflower areas and transformed Don’s yard in Palo Alto into a native plant phantasmagoria.
More about Don at www.donaldmayallmemorial.com/gallery-1.
We miss him.
The Dean Democratic Club of Silicon Valley did it again. We are so proud of our 2017 accomplishments! We are proud of all we’ve done and continue to do. The Dean Democratic Club continues to be one of the most active, involved Democratic clubs in Santa Clara County.
At our working meeting on January 22, 2018, the Dean Club will set our Annual Goals for the coming year. Members will discuss the results of the December brainstorming session, categorized the goals, and prioritized the categories and their top goals.
Categorized Goals are available at:
Categorized Goals 2018
Results of the brainstorming are available at:
December 2017 Brainstorm
The 2016 draft state party platform was posted today at http://www.cadem.org/our-party/standing-committees/body/2016-CADEM-DRAFT-PLATFORM.pdf. It contains the following text:
Water
• Implement a comprehensive science-based water plan that includes managing each watershed (including groundwater) as a unified whole and upgrading the Delta levee system;
• Fully protect all water sources from contamination and guarantee sufficient water for the basic human needs of drinking and sanitation;
• Motivate efficient, sustainable, safe use of water and hold all users accountable for their consumption; implement and enforce regulations regarding groundwater use including full usage documentation; and,
• Ensure allocation and management of water to sustain ecosystems, fisheries, recreation, and endangered species.
Our club was involved in writing the text, negotiating with the platform committee, and soliciting support. The club passed a resolution in favor of the platform change submission.
Visit the Dean Club’s Facebook and Yahoo groups. If you like what you see there, join the groups. They’re a great way to stay connected with Dean Club activities.
Ms. Zwahlen will be unable to attend on April 9, 2018. The speaker will be Michael Eggman. You may view event details at:
