The November 11, 2019 Dean Club DFA Link Meeting will be an endorsement meeting. The Endorsement Committee will make recommendations regarding State and Local races in the March 3, 2020 Primary Election. Members in good standing for not less than three months are eligible to vote. A two thirds majority of members present and voting is required for endorsement.
Any candidate for these offices, or their representative, who attends will be given an opportunity to address the membership. General Election races will be considered at subsequent meetings.
The meeting is at Holder’s Country Inn, 998 S. De Anza Blvd., San Jose, CA 95129 . Arrive at 6:30 PM to place your dinner order and be ready for the meeting at 7:00 PM.
The Dean Democratic Club of Silicon Valley did it again. We are so proud of our 2018 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 28, 2019, 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.
Ranked Goals are available at:
2019 Ranked Goals
Categorized Goals are available at:
2019 Categorized Goals
Results of the brainstorming are available at:
December 2018 Brainstorm
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.
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.
The Dean Democratic Club of Silicon Valley did it again. We are so proud of our 2018 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.
The April 22, 2019 Dean Club working meeting will be an endorsement meeting. Nancy Neff will be proposing endorsement of AB 1217 and AB 1784, now pending in the California State Legislature. Everyone is invited to attend. Members in good standing for not less than three months are eligible to vote. A two thirds majority of members present and voting is required for endorsement.
The meeting is at Marie Callender’s, 751 E El Camino Real, Sunnyvale, CA 94087. Arrive at 6:30 PM to place your dinner order and be ready for the meeting at 7:00 PM.
The DFA Link meeting on April 8, 2019, will feature a presentation by Santa Clara Valley Water Board members Barbara Keegan and Gary Kremen.
Members and guests gather for potluck at 6:30 PM, and the program begins at 7:00 PM.
The meeting will be at:
Calabazas Library
1230 S Blaney Ave, San Jose, CA 95129
Learn more about SCVWB at:
https://www.valleywater.org
The DFA Link meeting on Monday March 11, 2019, will feature a presentation on The Refugee Crisis: Worldwide and At Home with Sally Lieber.
Members and guests gather for potluck at 6:30 PM, and the program begins at 7:00 PM.
The meeting will be at:
Garden House @ Shoup Park
400 University Ave, Los Altos, California 94022
Learn more about Sally Lieber at: http://www.sallylieber.org
Join us for our Club Program Meeting, Monday February 11, featuring Alice Smith, attorney, longtime activist, and cofounder of the nonpartisan National Voter Corps.
Voting Rights and Voter Suppression:
How states increase or decrease access to voting with a look at the current Supreme Court voting rights cases to be decided this term, which may change this all.
Click National Voter Corps to learn more.
Monday February 11, 2019
6:30pm: Informal mingling & potluck,
bring something savory/sweet and/or beverage (no alcohol) to share.
Program 7pm – 8:30pm
Meeting location: Calabazas Library
1230 S. Blaney Ave., San Jose 95129 (but “feels Like” Cupertino)
At our working meeting on January 28, 2019, 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.
Ranked Goals are available at:
2019 Ranked Goals
Categorized Goals are available at:
2019 Categorized Goals
Results of the brainstorming are available at:
December 2018 Brainstorm
The DFA Link meeting on January 14, 2019, will feature a presentation by Board of Equalization District 2 Board Member Elect Malia Cohen.
Members and guests gather for potluck at 6:30 PM, and the program begins at 7:00 PM.
The meeting will be at:
Calabazas Library
1230 S Blaney Ave, San Jose, CA 95129
Learn more about Malia Cohen at:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malia_Cohen
December 10, 2018 at 6:30 PM at the home of Ralph and Jackie Wheeler, 3956 Nelson Ct, Palo Alto, CA 94306. Everyone welcome. Bring a dish or beverage to share. We will be brainstorming topics for our 2019 Goals.Once all the hard work is done (for this cycle, at least!) and the votes are counted, let’s get together and go over the results. It will be our last meeting at the DVC.
On hand, we’ll have two experts speaking:
Melinda Jackson, Chair of the SJSU Dept of Political Science. Dr. Jackson’s interests center on public opinion and political participation in American politics with a special focus on political psychology and political identity.
Otto Lee, California member of the DNC. Otto will rehash the big races across the country, and provide the viewpoint of the national party.
Monday, Nov 12
Democratic Volunteer Center
960 San Antonio Rd #100, Palo Alto, CA 94303
6:30pm potluck, 7pm program start
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!
San Jose Spotlight
The 2016 draft state party platform was posted today at