Nominations Open for Club of the Year!
Please submit your nominations by Saturday, April 6th. Club of the Year will be voted on at our Council of Clubs Meeting on Saturday, April 20th.
Council of Clubs Meeting to Vote on Club of the Year
Saturday, April 20th at 10am via Zoom - https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZYrcOiorTouG9BV9wERvFMKn-C9hWj7-A80
Hello Clubs,
We will be voting on Club of the Year at our next Council of Clubs meeting on April 20th. If you would like to nominate a club for Club of the Year, you can do so by filling out the form: https://forms.gle/QNBt6QX4tua3ep4d9 . Self-nominations, as well as nominations by other clubs, are welcome. Multiple individuals may nominate the same club, though a club only needs to be nominated once.
We encourage you to submit a club for consideration by April 6th.
Club of the Year will be given to the a club that “has set an example for other clubs through innovative programs, community outreach, political influence, growth, and positive impact on its community.”
Nominated clubs are encouraged to create a PDF applications or Google slides/PowerPoint presentations, which can also be presented at the January Council of Clubs meeting, highlighting their clubs achievements in 2023.
Presentations may include:
number of meetings held
number of new members gained
number of members renewed
number of members at meetings
diversity of membership
number of GO Team members
participation in voter registration
type of programs and how received, include elected officials
when last considered and/or selected
representation and participation at Council of Clubs, including written reports, providing programs, etc.
Club Development Committee
Director of Clubs: Cynara Velazquez
Metro West Area: Indroneal Banerjee
North Coastal Area: Rob Howard
North Inland Area: Hugh Rothman
East Area: Kyra Greene
South Area: Anna Webb
At-Large: Justin Domecillo
At-Large: Diana Aguirre
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
View slides here: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1-JTrxK_snrRq1Yyr12WVqVsyNNWaKRzK?usp=sharing
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
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).
Please email clubs@sdddemocrats.org, and SDCDP staff will get back to you as soon as they can.
Recurring Zoom Links for Club Meetings
Reminder:
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.
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.
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.
You can still extract attendance records, as Zoom provides a report per meeting.
If you need help setting this up, please reach out for assistance.
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 set up 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.
And as a reminder, if you change your meeting date, time, or location (Zoom link), you must update the calendar item yourself, or email clubs@sddemocrats.org.
If you don’t yet have access to edit your club’s Google calendar item, please email clubs@sddemocrats.org and provide the email address you want to use so SDCDP staff can assist you.
Do you have a suggestion, idea, question or complaint regarding the council of clubs or a club? You can send feedback to the Club development committee at https://sddems.link/clubfeedback