PDA METRO SAN
DIEGO
Agenda – Thurs. July 17, 2008
7:00
Welcome and Introduction of Leadership Team –
7:03
PDA Mission Statement –What is PDA and PDA Inside-Outside
Strategy -
Reminder PDA Radio Live Stream and on radio outlets – ratings!!
7:05
Inside Strategy – How to track legislation as IOT Leaders and CD
Point
Persons– go to www.govtrack.us
Reports of IOT (Issue Organizing Team) Leaders (3 minutes per Team
-
sorry, Michael and Cheryl, Sal and
Greg) – more time next month
End The Occupation, Redirect Funding – Judy Hess – Pending
Legislation
Action Alert –
Health Care for All – Barb Cattedra
Stop Global Warming – Michael Lengyel and Cheryl Ede
Economic Justice – Patsy and Larry Cutler
Clean Fair Transparent Elections – Sal Magallanez and Greg Bolian
Media Reform – Miriam Raftery
Invitation to join the IOT which interests you – sign up sheet at
table
7:23
CD Point Persons – 2 minutes each
CA 51 -
Judy
7:29
Walter Davis – “Progressives Must Be Their Own Media” –
advances in
webcast technology-
7:39
Our Featured Speaker! Introduction
by Tom Courbat
7:40
Welcome to Richard
Hayes Phillips, PhD
8:30
Pass
the Hat – please be
generous - for our Speaker’s expenses
8:33
Outgoing Leader’s Remarks (includes
quick financial
report) and presentation
of virtual gavel to incoming
Leader
8:40
New Leader’s Remarks –
8:47
Q & A for our Speaker
8:57
Mike calls for 1 min quick comment - announcements from
members (short
& sweet) -- action items for members –
9:00
Good Night and Good Luck!!!! – Retire to Book Purchase and
Signing Table
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Agenda
– Thursday, June 21, 2007 - 7:00 pm
7:00
Brief Welcome and Surprise Announcements – Judy
7:10
ACTION ALERT! Derek Casady –FUNDRAISER
- TICKETS
7:15
Housekeeping – Mike Marx, Membership Leader – about sign-ins
7:18
Announcement: New
Website Coming – Stan Fowler, Media/Communications
Leader – Leaders are Testing
7:20
SLO Report – Including
Inside the Party -Net Neutrality – Mike Copass
ACTION ALERT! Peter
Mathews Campaign Mike
Copass
7:25
IOT Reports –
End Occupation/Impeachment
IOT Leader - Mike Marx –
SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT ABOUT
NORMAN SOLOMON AND HIS NEW
MOVIE –
ACTION ALERT!
SIGN
UPS TO SHOW MOVIE
7:30
Stop Global Warming
IOT Leader – Michael Lengyel
7:35
Clean Fair Transparent Elections
IOT Leader – Sandy Arsham
7:40
Economic Justice
IOT Leader – Derek Casady
And our:
7:45
Featured
Speaker –
SINGLE PAYER HEALTH CARE -
A VISUAL PRESENTATION
by our IOT Team Leader
Bella
Montgomery
ACTION
ALERT!
SICKO
SHOWINGS – PALM CARDS
8:30
Upcoming Events!!! So
Many! Mark your calendars!
July 19
Meeting
Aug 16
Meeting
Stop Global Warming! Michael
Lengyel,
organizer
Aug 19
Fundraiser
Spaghetti Dinner at the Casadys’
ACTION ALERT!
Sept 20
Meeting
Clean Fair Transparent Elections -
Sept 29
Special Event Elizabeth de
la Vega
Oct 18
Meeting
Economic Justice – Derek Casady,
organizer
Nov 1
Special Event
8:45
Closing – Next Meeting –July 19, 7pm Giovanni’s –
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Agenda
– May 17, 2007 - 7:00 pm
7:00
Brief Welcome – very
heavy program tonight
7:00
IOT Reports –
End Occupation/Impeachment
Team Leader - Mike Marx –
Impeachment Resolution – CA
Democratic Party
Convention
Ideas – Fostering Impeachment
ImpeachMINTS
7:10
Universal Health Care -
Team Leader – Bella
7:15
Other Reports
7:25
First Presentation – Judy –GLOBAL DOMINATION – how we got
there
8:25
5 MINUTE STRETCH!
8:30
Second Presentation - Ray
Lutz -BLACKWATER and Roots -
9:00
Closing – Next Meeting –July 19, 7pm Giovanni’s
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Agenda
– April 19, 2007 - 7:00 pm
7:00
Welcome – Introductions - Current
Leadership Team
Leader
Judy Hess
Co-Leader/ Young
People’s Coordinator
Jim Wade
Membership/Treasurer
Mike Marx
Events/Programs
Carlos Richardson
Website
Judy Hess (hopefully
soon to be replaced by Stan Fowler!)
Issue Leaders – Working Groups
End the Occupation/Redirect Funding/ Judy Hess/Mike Marx
Impeachment
Universal Health Care
– (tentative)
Bella Montgomery/Al Van Slyke
Assure Economic Justice
Derek Casady
Clean, Fair, Transparent Elections
Derek Sellin
Stop Global Warming
CD Point Persons
CA 51
Judy Hess
7:00
Abbreviated Explanation – NO IOT Reports tonight – return May
Meeting
Tonight’s Meeting – Big
Program with Dr. Al-Nasser - Special Program -
The Road Show, The Convention, and opportunities to move the country
forward.
7:10
First Featured Speaker – Farouk Al-Nasser
Topic: Update on
8:10
5 minute stretch!
8:15
Second Featured Speaker – Dr. Bill Honigman – PDA
Convention Overview: The Organizing, the Action, and
the Road Show -
8:45
Road Show and Convention Volunteer Opportunities – Introduction
of Staff at
Volunteer Tables
9:00
Closing – Next Meeting – Thursday, May 17, 7pm Giovanni’s
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Agenda – Thursday March 15 - 7:00 pm
7:00
Welcome – Introductions - Current
Leadership Team
Leader
Judy Hess
Co-Leader/ Young
People’s Coordinator
Jim Wade
Membership/Treasurer
Lynne Sandoval
Events/Programs
Lynne Sandoval/Carlos Richardson
Website
Judy Hess (hopefully
soon to be replaced
by Stan Fowler!)
Issue Leaders – Working
Groups
End the Occupation/Redirect Funding/
Judy Hess
Impeachment
Universal Health Care
– (tentative)
Welcome to Bella Montgomery
/Al Van Slyke
Assure Economic Justice
Welcome to
Clean, Fair, Transparent Elections
Derek Sellin
Stop Global Warming
Vacant
CD Point Persons
CA 51
Judy Hess
CA 53
Welcome to Lynne Sandoval
7:05
Report - Judy - Breaking News
– Tim Carpenter will be in Los Angeles Sunday
evening for an emergency meeting
with Southern California PDA’s – We are
Carpooling up from San Diego
Please fill out the sheet for
Carlos Richardson if you will join us – MEETING AT
MARCY WINOGRAD’S MOM’S IN LA
SUNDAY MAR. 18 6:30 – 8:00 OR ?
MAPS WILL BE EMAILED TO DRIVERS AND WE WILL STAY IN TOUCH
WITH YOU FOR TIME OF PICK UP ETC!
7:10
Breaking News! -
Fundraiser – PDA Shirts to sell ($20.00) and order for Convention
and other Events and Bumper Stickers ($2.00) Marjorie Cohn DVD’s ($5.00)
for
to help Judy defray costs of trip to DC to participate and report back on
PDA
Leadership Conference Mar. 23-25
My Expenses are:
Registration - $60.00
Air Fare - $333.80
Lodging - $407.02
7:15
Report – Treasury and Fundraising Conference Call– Lynne
Sandoval- Banner
7:20
Our Featured Speaker – Gloria Daviston, Veterans for Peace
On the War,
7:40
Q & A Gloria
8:00
Report – Derek Sellin - Clean, Fair and Transparent
Elections – and conference calls
8:10
Report – Bella Montgomery – Universal Health Care -
ConferenceCalls, Events,
request for members – invitation to join conf calls
8:20
Report – Derek – thanks Stan for work on new website –
Also – we are enrolled for
no charge with Netrootz for calendaring our events
8:30
Report –
– invitation to join conf calls
8:40
Call for Volunteers – Stop
Global Warming, CA 50, CA 52, CD Point Persons
8:45
(or?)
Closing – Next Meeting – Thursday, April 19, 7pm Giovanni’s
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Thursday, Feb. 15
SPECIAL
PROGRAM NOTICE
WHEN?
Thursday, Feb. 15
WHAT
TIME?
7 pm
WHERE?
Giovanni’s Pizza
9353 Clairemont Mesa Blvd – corner of Ruffin Rd.
An Evening of
Training
for Progressive Delegates
to
the
(Open
to other interested individuals, such as volunteers,
aspiring Delegates, all PDA Metro Members, and the public.)
former
Executive Board Member, California Democratic Party
-
What to expect at the Convention
-
Membership in the Progressive Caucus, and how it is
the difference that makes the difference
-
Mandatory/important meetings
- How to maximize your effectiveness at the Convention
- How to most effectively advance
the Progressive Agenda
at the convention
- How you can make the Party Platform better
- Educating other Progressives and Delegates on your important issues
-
Which Committee do you want to volunteer for?
-
Is Impeachment, Paper Ballots Openly Counted, Single Payer Health
Care,
your most important goal?
-
What’s the Executive Board (E Board for short), and how does it work?
And
other important information - in other words -
Everything
you always wanted to know about Being a Delegate,
but were afraid to ask!
Join
us for an informative evening, whether you will be a delegate, a
volunteer,
or
just want to know more about how the Democratic Party works.
Tuesday Jan. 30
REPORT
ON WASHINGTON
TRIP. Judy and ?
Some of us are going to Washington DC to participate in the march this
Saturday
to Impeach
for Peace, and to Lobby our
Congress to end this
madness in Iraq.
Sunday,
and Lobbying Monday. I’ll
fly back Tuesday (zzzzzzzzzzz) to
report to you on our efforts there.
MOVIE
SHORT - 8 minutes McGOVERN
HR 4232, NOW REVAMPED AND RENUMBERED
– STOP FUNDING
THE
WAR!!!!!!!!!!
MOVIE
SHORT - 20 minute version –
IRAQ FOR
SALE The War Profiteers
WHERE
DOES YOUR PASSION LEAD YOU?
MAJOR
INITIATIVES FOR PDA NATIONAL AND METRO 2007
How
we coordinate with national – Judy – AND HOW IT IS AMAZING!
1
OUT
OF IRAQ – join the working
group
2
IMPEACH
BUSH AND CHENEY – Quick Report – Judy – re Congressional District
Impeachment Committees
3
ELECTION
INTEGRITY – PAPER BALLOTS
OPENLY COUNTED – Brina-Rae Schuchman and Derek Sellin – quick report -
Derek
4
SINGLE
PAYER HEALTH CARE – quick report - Al Van Slyke
5
GLOBAL
CLIMATE CHANGE
We
already have working groups in our Chapter on Impeachment and Election
Integrity. If you would like
to join these groups, now is the time!
We are exploring initiating working groups for the other three. I’m working on Out of Iraq, but need help. Al Van Slyke is looking into Single Payer Health Care. We need those concerned with ouChange to launch a working group.
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Agenda
– Wednesday January 3 6:00
pm
6:00
Welcome – Introductions
Each person to introduce himself this meeting
6:10
Outline of our Current Actions Nationally and Locally – a lot
going on
right now in PDA – how shall we coordinate?
Jan. 27-29
People’s Ball – Table and Tabling (Activist
March (date tbd) -
Working Groups Nationally *
6:15
Current Leadership
Team
Functional
Leader
Judy Hess
Membership
Lynne Sandoval
Treasurer/Fundraising (need Excel)
Judy Hess
Website
Judy Hess
Events
Judy Hess
Issue Leaders – Working
Groups
Election Integrity
Brina-Rae Schuchman
Impeachment/CD Point 51
Judy Hess
6:20
Leadership Openings
– Functional
Co-Leader/
Young People’s
Coordinator
Jim Wade (has volunteered)
Treasurer/Fundraising (need Excel)
vacant
Website
vacant
Events
vacant
6:40
Issue Leaders – Working
Groups Openings
HR 4232 –
(Stop Funding War)
Global Climate Change
Single Payer Health Care
Other - * see below for
ideas
7:00
New Meeting Night - Options
-
7:20
New Meeting Time -
Options -
7:25
Questions – Observations –Unmet Needs Expressed
*
Nationally Active Working Groups
Gun
Violence Prevention
Hurricane Survivor Working Group
Immigration Working Group
Impeachment Working Group
Peace Working Group
Reproductive Rights Working Group
Single Payer Health Care Working Group
Spiritual Values Working Group
*
Nationally Inactive Working Groups
Biodiversity
and Habitat Protection Working Group
Education Working Group
Energy Policy/Global Warming Working Group
Environment and Sustainability Working Group
Environmental Economic/Equity Issues Working Group
Food and Agriculture Working Group
Israel/Palestine Working Group
Media Working Group
Nuclear Disarmament Working Group
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Agenda – Wednesday December 6 6:00 pm
6:00
Welcome—and Introductions
6:05
MARJORIE COHN, PRESIDENT, National Lawyers Guild,
Author
of AlterNet Article, American
Prison Camps Are on
the Way, Posted
October
9, 2006
UPCOMING BOOK: “
Bush Gang Has Defied the Law”,
TOPIC: American
Prison Camps and Martial Law,
War Crimes suit in Gernany against Donald Rumsfeld and
others
6:50
ANNOUNCEMENTS –
JUDY –
VERY SPECIAL PROGRAM
SATURDAY DEC. 9 2:30 PM
TOWN HALL FORUM ON PRESIDENTIAL
ACCOUNTABILITY-
IMPEACHMENT
BUTTONS AND BUMPER
STICKERS FOR
HAPPY
HOLIDAYS TO ALL, AND TO ALL A
GOOD NIGHT!
7:00
To DFA
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Agenda
- Wednesday Nov. 1 6:00 pm
6:00
Welcome—and Introductions
6:05
SPECIAL GUEST SPEAKER:
RIKKI HAWKINS,
Executive Director, Progressive
&