DWC-SD meeting notice: 6:30pm, January 18, 2021

💃Democratic Woman's Club of San Diego: Monday, January 18, 2021- Monthly Meeting 6:30PM via Zoom

January 05, 2021

Hello ,

Tomorrow is the Senate election in Georgia. Many of us have been making calls, texting and sending postcards. All of us will be focused on the outcome of this election.

There are still opportunites to help make a difference and save the country!

to these opportiunites to call, text, etc. 

Details for our next meeting:

When

:

Monday, January 18, 2021

: Meeting starts at

6:30 PM

but please start checking in at 6:00 PM, to help us get the meeting started on time.

Where

: Zoom registration is required – if you’re a clubmember or participant click

 

here 

to register ahead of time. All of the details on how to join will be provided – including dial-in details from a landline.

Our meetings are available live on the Democratic Woman's Club of San Diego's  YouTube channel. Past meeting videos are archived.  

Bylaw Revisions Chaired by

Yvonne Elkin

The Democratic Woman’s Club of San Diego County (DWC-SD) has changed and grown a lot since the Club was formed in 2014, six and one half years ago. A small group of the original members quickly put together bylaws to make the formation of the club official and provide some structure.

So as we start off the new year and a new decade, we thought it was time to thoroughly review the DWC-SD bylaws and bring them up-to-date. A committee of five of us spent the better part of December studying, discussing, researching and revising nearly every section to ensure our bylaws reflect who we are today and how we want to operate going forward.

One of the bigger changes you will see is that we have created a new membership category for people who may want to affiliate with the Democratic Woman’s Club because they are aligned with our mission, but for some reason are not currently registered as a Democrat.

We also have better defined the responsibilities of our board members, adding two additional positions to help distribute the work across more people instead of overloading our President and Treasurer.

Linked in this email are two views of the proposed bylaws.

Please take time to review these before our meeting on January 18. If you have a question or see something that you believe should be changed, please send that proposed change to Yvonne Elkin at

. Please include contact information in case we need to call you to discuss your suggestion.

Based on our current and future bylaws, we will review all of the proposed changes during our January meeting. There will be opportunity for discussion and suggested changes, but the more you can Yvonne before the meeting, the easier it will be to review on January 18.

Then at the February meeting, we will vote on the revised bylaws.

Nominating Committee Report by Rosamond Blevins

As announced at our November and December meetings, Rosamond Blevins, as Chair of the nominating committee, will report at the January meeting as required in the bylaws.

Our current Secretary, Cathie Hyatt and Treasurer, Rosamond Blevins have agreed to run for another term. Stepping down are Susan Peinado, President, Rebecca Fielding-Miller, VP Internal, and Ramla Sahid, VP External. 

As both Vice President positions have been totally restructured in the newly proposed bylaws with additional, clearly defined responsibilites, the E-board decided to wait until the new bylaws have been adopted before holding the elections for those positions as it is important that candidates fully understand what is expected of them before deciding to run. There are also two newly created positions under the new bylaws - Director of Membership and Director of Communications. Please contact 

 if you are interested in running for a leadership position within DWC-SD. 

Elections:

  • January - President, Secretary, Treasurer

  • February (after adoption of the newly proposed bylaws) - VP Internal, VP External, Director of Membership, Director of Communications

Treasurer's Report, Rosamond Blevins

Rosamond will update us on DWC-SD income and donations since our last meeting. 

Covid Rant Time with Dr Fielding-Miller

This item will be timed to Esther's bedtime- around 8pm. Club Vice President

, UCSD Assistant Adjunct Professor, Medicine, School of Health Sciences, an epidemiologist, who has been featured on

and

, will address member concerns and questions on Covid related issues. More information on Dr Miller may be found

.

How do I vote for my favorite ADEM candidate?

Not sure what ADEMS are? Explanation

Register to vote for your candidates

 before January 11th.

Club members running for ADEMs.

All Clubmembers who are running for ADEMS will have one minute to make their case to fellow Clubmembers. Please practice because one minute goes by very quickly. 

We have the promise of a new year and send wishes for health, laughter, love and joy for everyone in 2021.  

We hope to be able to see and hug the world around us soon. Until then, we must continue to meet virtually.

We hope you will join us at our January meeting. 

As always, if any member has questions or concerns, please feel free to call me. I look forward to 'seeing you' Monday evening, January 18, 2020.

Please stay safe and stay home. 

Susan Peinado, President

(619) 225-9236

The Mission of the Democratic Woman’s Club of San Diego County is to promote the goals and ideals of the Democratic Party with particular attention to increasing women’s political participation at all levels of elected and appointed office. Therefore, the Club will actively support Democratic candidates, contribute to party leadership, responsibility and harmony, and stimulate active interest in the Democratic Party, particularly among women.

We demand equality of opportunity, a level playing field and fair and equal treatment for all. We are dismantling the patriarchy.We (usually) meet the third Monday of every month see Events section of our website for more details. Meetings are now held on Zoom by registering here.(619) 900-4751[email protected]Join our Meetup group  

Officers of the ClubSusan Peinado, President & CofounderRamla Sahid, External Vice PresidentRebecca Fielding-Miller, Internal Vice PresidentCathie Hyatt, SecretaryRosamond Blevins, Treasurer