Join South Bay Swing Left, TWW Los Gatos Indivisible, Avalanche Democratic Club, and the Dean Democratic Club for a special event in support of Congressman TJ Cox, featuring a standup comedy performance by Nato Green and cosmopolitan jazz vocalist Lua Hadar!
Saturday, August 24, 2019
6:00 PM to 9:00 PM
1955 The Alameda San Jose, CA 95126
RSVP: https://secure.actblue.com/donate/southbayfortj
For questions or to volunteer, contact Gayle Boesch at:
gayleboesch@gmail.com
TJ Cox Fundraiser Flyer
The DFA Link meeting on August 12, 2019, will feature SD 13 candidate Josh Becker at 7:30 pm, SCC Sup 3 candidate Rose Herrera at 8:00 pm, and SCC Sup 3 candidate Magdalena Carrasco at 8:30 pm.
Members and guests gather for potluck at 7:00 PM, and the program begins at 7:30 PM.
The meeting will be at:
Calabazas Library
1230 S Blaney Ave, San Jose, CA 95129
Learn more about these candidates at:
https://joshbecker2020.com
http://roseherrera.org
https://www.voteformagdalena.com
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.
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.
Join us for our Club Program Meeting, Monday February 11, featuring Alice Smith, attorney, longtime activist, and cofounder of the nonpartisan National Voter Corps.
