21st Apr, 2008

Rob Kessler of SRVUSD, Thursday, April 24th, 6:30 pm at Crow Canyon Country Club

Our speaker this month is Robert Kessler, Superintendent of the San Ramon Valley Unified School District. “Rob”, as he is known locally, is in his 13th year as Superintendent and has been a district administrator since 1993. Rob has more than 30 years of experience in public education as a teacher, principal and district administrator. He feels passionate about providing the best possible education for all students and believes that educational decisions are best served when based on the fundamental question; “Is it good for kids?”

The San Ramon Valley Unified School District serves over 26,000 students in 33 schools, employing approximately 2,200 staff located within the San Ramon Valley with a budget of $199,000 for the 2007-08 school year.

 

A full dinner will be served at 6:30 and speaker at 7:30. Dinner ($24 per person includes meat/chicken, vegetable, starch, salad, desert with coffee or tea)

RSVP: Email – barubin@aol.com Phone – Ray or Judy Link 820-5009

 

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9th Mar, 2008

Jerry McNerney - March 27th at Lamorinda Club meeting

March 27, 2008
6:30 pmto9:00 pm

Our Congressman Jerry McNerney will be addressing the Lamorinda Democratic Club’s meeting on Thursday, March 27th in Orinda. We recommend our SRVDC members attend this event in lieu of our regular March meeting. You can check the Lamorinda website (http://lamorindademoclub.mediapark.net/wordpress/), and we will post more details here soon.

We have canceled the Candidates Forum for the 15th Assembly District since 3 of the 4 candidates from our club have recently decided against continuing their campaigns.

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5th Feb, 2008

CANCELLED March 11th Candidate’s Forum - CANCELLED

March 11, 2008
7:00 pmto9:00 pm

The Candidates Form that was set for March 11th has been cancelled.

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31st Jan, 2008

Debra Bowen, Secretary of State, Thursday, February 21

February 21, 2008
7:00 pmto9:00 pm

California Secretary of State Debra Bowen will be speaking on the integrity of electronic voting systems in our state on Thursday, Feb. 21, at 7pm at the Contra Costa County Jewish Community Center, Koret Auditorium, 2071 Tice Valley Blvd., Walnut Creek. Our Club is sponsoring the event in coordination with the Rossmoor Democratic Club, Lamorinda Democratic Club, Diablo Valley Democratic Club, El Cerrito Democratic Club and Central Contra Costa County United Democratic Campaign.  A $10 donation is suggested.

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9th Nov, 2007

Loni Hancock - November 29th at Mudd’s 6:30 pm

November 29, 2007
6:30 pmto9:00 pm

ASSEMBLY MEMBER LONI HANCOCK will be the speaker at the monthly meeting of the San Ramon Valley Democratic Club at 6:30 pm on Thursday, November 29 at Mudd’s Restaurant in San Ramon. Please make your reservation by sending a check for $18 (made out to Mudd’s Restaurant) by November 23 to Barney Rubin, 810 El Quanito Drive, Danville, CA 94526.

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8th Nov, 2007

Talk to the FCC on Media Ownership - before December 11th!

November 23, 2007toDecember 9, 2007

If you believe that an informed public is essential to the health of our democracy, then you might be interested in expressing your opinion on media ownership rules to the FCC, as part of their rule-making proceess. 

This link (to Bill Moyers Journal on the PBS site) is a great place to learn about the issues, as well as learn how you can respond to the FCC’s request for public comments!  

http://www.pbs.org/moyers/journal/11162007/profile2.html

You can also go directly to the FCC site.  From their site, you can search for comments (using Proceeding number 06-121), and if you search by zip code you can find what your friends and neighbors have said.  This might give you some ideas for your own comments if you’re a little short on spare time. 

http://www.fcc.gov/ownership/ 

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23rd Oct, 2007

October 25th - Mark de Saulnier at Mudd’s 6:30 pm

This Thursday evening, Mark de Saulnier will be our speaker at Mudd’s.  This man knows local and state politics like few others. 

Send checks made out to Mudd’s, for $18 per person, to Barney Rubin, 810 El Quanito Drive, Danville, CA  by October 23rd. 

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7th Sep, 2007

September 27 Meeting at Mudd’s on Immigration

September 27, 2007
6:30 pmto9:00 pm

Since immigration is once again a big issue in this campaign, we are devoting our September meeting to the question of what we need to know to vote intelligently.  Our guest speaker will be Melissa Michelson, assistant professor of Political Science at the California State University East Bay. Professor Michelson received her Ph.D. from Yale in 1994 and has held teaching positions at California State University, Fresno, the University of Illinois at Chicago, and Lawrence University at Appleton, Wisconsin.  She joined the faculty of California State University East Bay in 2004.  Professor Michelsen has published over sixteen articles on Ethnicity in American Politics.  Her special interest is the Latino impact on politics in the U.S.  Her most important award of $350,000 came in 2005 from the James Irvine Foundation to design an evaluation of voter mobilization activities by 10 major community organizations focusing on increasing turnout of low-propensity ethnic voters (African-American, Latino, Asian-American), and young people, in the June and November 2006 elections as well as some local elections in spring 2007.  We are lucky to have her with us in September!

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10th Jul, 2007

Picnic with Democratic Party of Contra Costa County - Aug. 25th

August 25, 2007
11:00 amto3:00 pm

The Spirit of 76 BBQ picnic is set for August 25th, 11 am to 3 pm, at Hap Magee Ranch Park!  The picnic is sponsored by the Democratic Party of Contra Costa County and the Contra Costa Central Labor Council.  Jerry McNerney, Ellen Tauscher and George Miller are scheduled to attend.  Tickets are $35 per person, $30 for seniors or students, and $70 per family.    Check www.contracostadems.org - Spirit of 76 tab- for more details.

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9th Jul, 2007

July 24th Luncheon meeting at Mudd’s

July 24, 2007
12:00 pmto1:00 pm

Health Care! 

The next general meeting will be a lunch meeting on Tuesday, July 24th at Mudd’s.  The topic will be Health Care, and our speaker is Pat Snyder, PhD, RN and Health Committee Chair of the League of Women Voters- Diablo Valley.  A retired nurse administrator, she has been interested in health care public policy for years, and has been actively speaking about and advocating for health care legislation for several years.  

To RSVP, please write a check for $18 per person payable to Mudd’s, and send it to Barney Rubin, 810 El Quanito Drive, Danville, 94526.  We look forward to seeing you!

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