Notice of Executive Board Election on Wednesday, February 1, 2023

The SCYD Executive Board election will be taking place at the February 1, 2023, meeting at 6 pm.

To be eligible to vote during this process, you must be a dues-paying member and have attended at least 1 previous event.
You can pay your dues here: https://secure.actblue.com/donate/scyddues

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Your 2022 SCYD Executive Board

Notice of Voting Items on Wednesday, February 2, 2022, General Membership Meeting Agenda

The SCYD Executive Board has voted to recommend an endorsement for Senate District 8 during the February 2nd General Membership Meeting. We will be voting on the following candidate endorsement.

The SCYD executive board voted to recommend the endorsement of Dave Jones for Senate District 8. This follows the SCYD political affairs committee proposal to endorse Dave Jones for Senate District 8. This recommendation will go to full membership for a vote on Feb 2.

To be eligible to vote during this process, you must be a dues-paying member and have attended at least 1 previous event.
You can pay your dues here: https://secure.actblue.com/donate/scyddues

Please RSVP to join us via Zoom, or check our website's Events page to see what SCYD is up to!

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Your 2021 SCYD Executive Board

Notice of Voting Items on Wednesday, January 5, 2022, General Membership Meeting Agenda

Aside from the policy conversations surrounding the State legislature and City, SCYD policy committee members worked on a few resolutions to highlight critical issues our members care about. Early in the year the Policy Committee passed a Stop AAPI Hate resolution and felt like there should be more transparency and commitment from our club on topics related to: healthcare, anti racism, education and civic engagement. 

These resolutions share some background and list how we hope to move forward as a club. 

We hope to have your support by voting in support of these resolutions and hope to get some more input next year on other important issues. 

The SCYD Executive Board has voted to recommend the approval of the following resolutions:

- Resolution Declaring Enfranchisement a Fundamental Tenet of Human Life
- Resolution Declaring Education as a Human Right
- Anti-Racism Resolution
- Resolution Declaring Healthcare as a Human Right

You can read the proposed resolutions here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1H0C5pZ4rJ1TmPZjdxUWel6lv8KVaPZvhWOcPPMp7qIA/edit

This recommendation will go to full membership for a vote on January 5th.

To be eligible to vote during this process, you must be a dues-paying member and have attended at least 1 previous event.

You can pay your dues here: https://secure.actblue.com/donate/scyddues

Please RSVP to join us via Zoom, or check our website's Events page to see what SCYD is up to!

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Your 2021 SCYD Executive Board

Notice of Voting Items on Wednesday, December 1, 2021, General Membership Meeting Agenda

The SCYD Executive Board has voted to recommend an endorsement for Sacramento County District Attorney during the December 1st General Membership Meeting. We will be voting on the following candidate endorsement.

The SCYD executive board voted to recommend the endorsement of Alana Mathews for Sacramento County District Attorney. This follows the SCYD political affairs committee proposal to endorse Alana Mathews for DA. This recommendation will go to full membership for a vote on Dec 1.

To be eligible to vote during this process, you must be a dues-paying member and have attended at least 1 previous event.

You can pay your dues here: https://secure.actblue.com/donate/scyddues

Please RSVP to join us via Zoom, or check our website's Events page to see what SCYD is up to!

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Your 2021 SCYD Executive Board

Notice of Voting Items on Wednesday, September 1, 2021, General Membership Meeting Agenda

The SCYD Political Affairs Committee has voted to place proposed bylaw amendments on the 9/1/21 General Membership Meeting Agenda. We will be voting on these proposed changes, which are below.

Summary of proposed bylaw amendments, per SCYD Political Affairs Director Travis Legault:
Wednesday, September 1st Voting Notice for Members

The Political Affairs Committee is recommending two proposed bylaw amendments, one about membership and dues and one about the new Equity Director position.

The first change is to allow non-citizens to be Active Members and waive dues for them because they legally can't make political contributions, and the second is to codify the equity director positions.

As proposed in this draft, an Equity Committee would be an ad hoc committee permitted and structured in the same manner as the Community Affairs Committee.

Changes are in red and deletions are shown with strikethroughs.

View the proposed changes here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1KcaGLTOxc39CTFvta8EvuBwTK4MjGihs/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=103728319444016616799&rtpof=true&sd=true

Please RSVP to join us via Zoom, or check our website's Events page to see what SCYD is up to!

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Your 2021 SCYD Executive Board

Notice of Voting Items on Wednesday, April 7, 2021, General Membership Meeting Agenda

This email serves as a notice that your SCYD Political Affairs Committee has voted to place proposed bylaw amendments on the 4/7/21 General Membership Meeting Agenda. We will be voting on these proposed changes, which are below.

Summary of proposed bylaw amendments, per SCYD Political Affairs Director Travis Legault:
These changes are in regards to hardship waivers for members who are unable to afford membership dues and other SCYD paid events. 

Section 3: Dues
 
A. Active Members shall pay annual dues of $15.00. The dues may be reduced by the President or Treasurer to $10.00 for students and any others of limited financial means. The President or Treasurer may waive dues for those of limited financial means. Dues shall be paid at the first Regular General Membership Meeting of each new calendar year.
 
B. Associate Members shall pay annual dues of $15.00. The dues may be reduced by the President or Treasurer to $10.00 for students and any others of limited financial means. The President or Treasurer may waive dues for those of limited financial means. Dues shall be paid at the first Regular General Membership Meeting of each new calendar year.
 
C. The SCYD may accept dues throughout the calendar year.
 
D. Honorary Members shall pay no dues.

The specific language for this proposed amendment can be found here.

Please RSVP to join us via Zoom, or check our website's Events page to see what SCYD is up to!

Looking forward to seeing you on Wednesday, April 7th -
Your 2021 SCYD Executive Board

3/17/21 Statement Denouncing the Rise in Violence Against AAPIs

“The Sacramento County Young Democrats denounce the racist violence against and murder of 8 people, including 6 women of Asian descent, on Tuesday in Atlanta. Our hearts go out to those impacted by this violence and to our local AAPI community, we stand with you against hate and fear.

“Since the beginning of the pandemic, there has been a huge increase in violence against AAPI communities. Let us be clear, this violence is not new. American has a long history of violence and exclusion toward AAPIs, from the colonization of Hawaii and other lands, to Chinese Exclusion Act, to Japanese incarceration to name a few.

“Locally, our Sacramento Board of Supervisors declared racism is a public health crisis. City Council, led by Councilmember Mai Vang, passed a resolution condemning the violence against AAPIs. Statewide, our legislature passed and Governor Newsom signed a bill by Assemblymember Ting allocating $1.4 million to tracking anti- Asian crimes and resourcing Stop AAPI Hate.

“We must do more individually and collectively to combat hate and white supremacy in all its forms. We encourage you to reach out to your AAPI friends and colleagues today. We encourage you to read and educate yourselves on the history of violence against AAPIs, and also the AAPI activists and changemakers that history has erased. And we encourage you to learn more about Stop AAPI Hate and donate today.” 

Notice of Voting Items on 2/3/21 General Membership Meeting Agenda

Your SCYD Political Affairs Committee has voted to place proposed bylaw amendments on the 2/3/21 General Membership Meeting Agenda. We will be voting on these, as well as on the nominees for the 2021 Executive Board during this meeting.

Summary of proposed bylaw amendments, per SCYD Political Affairs Director Travis Legault:
Currently our bylaws only allow those who attended the January General Membership Meeting to vote in the February Officer Elections. This bylaw change will codify our past standard practice of allowing all those who have attended a General Membership Meeting or Membership Event in the last calendar year to vote in our Officer Elections. No language is being deleted and the highlighted language will be added. This item will be voted on prior to the beginning of officer elections, but in line with our current bylaws, only those who attended our January General Membership Meeting are eligible to vote on it. 

The specific language for this proposed amendment can be found here.

Additionally, the Political Affairs Committee has approved the procedure for the 2021 Executive Board Officer elections and provided a summary:

The Elections Officer (SCYD President Katie Hanzlik) will open nominations for officer positions in the following order: President, Vice President of Membership, Vice President of Fundraising, Treasurer, Political Director, Policy Director, Communications Director, and Community Affairs Director.

There are no official candidates until one's name is placed into nomination. Any Member (Active or Associate) may be recognized to place a candidate’s name into nomination. They will then have one minute to speak on their nomination. The candidate will then be given the opportunity to accept or decline the nomination, and then will have two minutes to speak. 

If there is only one candidate placed into nomination for an office, the vote will proceed by acclimation. If there is more than one candidate placed into nomination, the vote will proceed electronically via a Google Form and a Google Sheet will be displayed via screen sharing showing votes of those participating. Secret Balloting is prohibited, pursuant to the rules of the California Democratic Party. 

The Elections Officer and Parliamentarian will be the arbiter of any arising disputes and their decisions are final.