1June 2020 Vol. 55, No. 5 Inside This issue: Monthly Newsletter (otherwise known as The Donkey Tale ) of the Business Meeting Info 2 Club Contact Info 2 SRDC Club News 3/4 Volunteer Information 5 Upcoming Events/Info 6 Executive Board Reports 7 Members’ Ads/ T-shirts / Info for P.O. Box 32, Santa Rosa, CA 95402 * Phone: (707) 583-2350 Treasurer Position 8 Email: [email protected] * Website: democlub.org * Facebook: SRDemClub Twitter: @SantaRosaDemClub JuneJune 24th24th VirtualVirtual MeetingMeeting atat 77 pmpm BLACK LIVES MATTER We are all saddened and outraged by the murder of George Floyd and other Black Americans as a result of police actions! Enough is Enough! Change is needed NOW! Our Santa Rosa Democratic Club Executive Board took a stand with Santa Rosa Mayor Schwedholm and the Sonoma County Board of Supervisors. See information on page 6 for ways you can speak out too. Guest Speaker, Santa Rosa City Councilmember Chris Rogers Chris Rogers currently serves on the Santa Rosa City Council, and was Vice Mayor for two years during this, his first term. He is running in the November 3, 2020 election to represent District 5 which encompasses the majority of the City’s historic neighborhoods. He will be speaking to us about the homeless issue, the budget crisis currently facing the City which has been exacerbated by COVID-19, the current unemployment of our citizens, and the ongoing problems we face with racial discrimination in general and how it is impacting our local police. If using Zoom, please use link to attend the June 24th meeting. Sign in will start at 6:30 pm. https://zoom.us/j/96804217607 If you prefer, you may also call in at the number listed here: +1669-900-9128. After connection, you will be asked enter the meeting ID 96804217607 followed by the # sign. If you have not been on a ZOOM meeting previously, here is a link with instructions. There is a brief video as well as written explanations including how to download Zoom to your computer, laptop, tablet, or phone. https://support.zoom.us/hc/en-us/articles/201362193-How-Do-I-Join-A-Meeting There is no RSVP needed for this meeting. SRDC Mission Statement: to educate members & encourage participation in the democratic process and in the Democratic Party. 2 J u n e 2 0 2 0 : BusinessBusiness Meeting...Meeting... Join the Santa Rosa Democratic Club Today! Program Schedule: Ever Flores, Candidate Santa Rosa City School Individuals — $20 year Board Trustee, District 1 Families — $30 year Dianna MacDonald, Candidate Sonoma County School Board of Education Trustee, Area 1 Renewal Chris Rogers, Santa Rosa City Councilmember New Member(s) You must be a registered Democrat to join. Dues for 2020: Please send in your check, payable to SRDC, as soon as possible to P. O. Box 32, Santa Mail this form with your check to: Rosa, CA 95402. Thank you to all who have renewed SRDC, P.O. Box 32, Santa Rosa, CA 95402 and thank you to those about to renew. Membership dues: $20 Individuals; $30 Family. Name(s): ___________________________________ Next Meeting Address: ____________________________________ Santa Rosa Democratic Club City:______________________, CA Zip:_________ July 22nd, 2020 Phone: ________________ Cell: ________________ Program to be announced. Email: _______________________________________ Yes! I would like to be added to your newsletter SCDP Headquarters email list. [You will receive 2 to 3 emails per month and we 635 Fifth St., Santa Rosa 95404 do not EVER share your contact information with anyone!] 707-575-3029 SCDP Headquarters remains closed. SRDCSRDC LeadershipLeadership andand ClubClub InformationInformation The Santa Rosa Democratic Club Executive Board meets the1st Thursday of every month, 6-8 pm, Current Location: Meetings are held via Zoom. Contact the Editor if you wish to attend. Members are always welcome at Executive Board meetings and are encouraged to attend! General Membership dinner meetings are held on the 4th Wednesday of January, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, and October; and on the 2nd Wednesday of December. There are no general membership meetings in February and November, however, the Executive Board meets every month. Contact us: Mailing Address: P.O. Box 32, Santa Rosa, CA 95402 Phone: 707-583-2350 Email: [email protected] Website: http://democlub.org RSVP for dinner: http://democlub.org/rsvp Facebook: facebook.com/SRDemClub/ Twitter: @SantaRosaDemClub For questions about the newsletter or to submit items, send emails to: [email protected]. You may leave messages for any member of the leadership team at the club’s email address or phone number listed above. They will be forwarded to the appropriate person. 2019-2020 Officers: At-Large Alternates; Sandy Reynolds, President Linda Graves Alix Shor, 1st Vice President, Programs Ginger Kelly David Cahill, 2nd Vice President, Membership Janet Reynolds, Communications Vice President Our Intrepid Volunteers: Deb Olcott, Treasurer Jean Erbland, Sam Krahn, & Mary Stuart, Bar Servers Jim Neary, Secretary Gregg Jann, Bar Change Members-At-Large Sabra Briere, Website Maintenance Terry Bell Clio Tarazi, Social Media Coordinator Eileen Bill Diane Brooks Kitchen: Nanci Hoban Jeanne & Nicky Rutkowski, Chefs SRDC Mission Statement: to educate members & encourage participation in the democratic process and in the Democratic Party. 3 SRDCSRDC ClubClub NewsNews ay meeting I want to thank you for doing your part for all of us including staying home, wearing a mask if you’re M out, washing your hands, and paying attention to Sandy Reynolds opened the appropriate distancing. That keeps us all safer and meeting by welcoming all more protected. attending to our first virtual th Zoom meeting. It’s really good It’s also the 100 Anniversary of the 19 to be with you even though we Amendment, the fight for the right to vote for can’t be in the same room and women. We have amazing foremothers and we can’t really see each other forefathers who were courageous warriors. in person with hugs or handshakes….we are here together. We are challenged everyday….and YET we will Never Ever give up the fight for our rights to vote, The last time we met as a club was January 22 and rule of law, for those less fortunate and our our program was a debate between 2 Supervisor Democracy! candidates. Since then we’ve had the March 3rd Primary and on March 6th the Sonoma County Thank you all for being here tonight. We have lots Democratic Party Crab Feed which many of you of work to do….and together we can take back the attended. That’s the last time I’ve seen most of you. Senate and the White House and expand the Right after that our shelter in place was instituted. House….we can take it all back. To quote Joe Biden, our next president of the United States, “Our We’ve all found our own ways to adjust and best days still lie ahead. Together we will choose probably do interesting things. Many of you have hope over fear, unity over division, and truth over participated in the volunteer opportunities to support lies.” our candidates in races all over the state and country. THANK YOU for writing postcards, text banking, phone banking, sending letters and emails to local Alix Shor, 1st Vice President leaders, attending meetings on Zoom or via your (responsible for club programs) phone donating to candidates and causes which need Introduced our first speaker for our support. You’ll hear more about opportunities the evening, Pat Sabo, Chair for participation later tonight. of the Sonoma County Democratic Party. If this is your first time attending the Santa Rosa Democratic Club meeting we welcome you and hope you’ll join us next month on June 24th. We don’t Pat Sabo affirmed the same know when we’ll be allowed to meet at the Vets sentiment as Sandy. We must Building, with our regular dinner meeting. We maintain control of the House, typically have 80 to 100 people who attend so that is take back the Senate, and win the something the Health Department will determine. Presidency. She noted that we But we will continue to meet each month, as we cannot be complacent, and we th always have, the 4 Wednesday of the month cannot take anything for granted. whether it’s on Zoom or in some other form that allows us to meet each month. If you find feelings of complacency, you need to We have work to do locally to elect candidates to know that there are a variety of ways to be City Council and School board races. We’ll include involved. Val Hinshaw and the Headquarters staff candidates for you to meet as part of our meetings. have kept activities moving along working with the state party’s Coordinated Campaign as well as local efforts. SRDC Mission Statement: to educate members & encourage participation in the democratic process and in the Democratic Party. 4 SRDCSRDC ClubClub NewsNews continuedcontinued Pat noted that on a monthly basis, the California Val echoed Pat’s sentiments about Democratic Party holds a “town hall” attended by all the work we have done and county chairs, delegates to CDP, executive board continue to do. We now have a members, caucus chairs, and interested participants. link that you can bookmark which Most times there are 400 people attending these “town will give you all the active sign halls” and include updates from Rusty Hicks, Chair of ups we are doing. This link will CDP along with Yvette Martinez, CDP Executive stay live as we add and delete Director, and guest speaker(s). activities throughout this year To date, the CDP has had two Days of Action with https://tinyurl.com/yc66d3k4 one coming up on Sunday, June 14th calling into Val gave an update of work we did for the March 3rd Arizona for Mark Kelly.