San Ramon Valley Democrats

You are invited to a Family Picnic with the Democratic Party of Contra Costa County, from 11 to 3 pm on Sunday, July 27th at Rankin Park in Martinez. Please visit

http://contracostadems.org/

for more details. Call Ray Link at 820-5009 to purchase tickets!

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Our June 26th meeting will focus on campaign activities and how club members can participate and make a difference in the outcomes.

The evening begins at 6 pm with a no host bar at the Crow Canyon Country Club. A full dinner will be served at 6:30. Dinner includes meat/chicken, vegetable, starch, salad, dessert and coffee/tea at $24 per person. We will hold a short meeting on club business at 7 pm, and the program begins at 7:30 pm.

More details coming soon!

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Our May meeting . . .

The next meeting of the San Ramon Valley Democratic Club is this Thursday, May 22nd at the Crow Canyon Country Club. We will start with a no host bar at 6 pm, dinner at 6:30 and formal meeting at 7:30 pm. (We will have a short business meeting at 7 pm).

We encourage all Democrats in the San Ramon Valley to join us at our meetings and to bring their neighbors and friends. Our meeting last month was the first at the Crow Canyon Country Club and everyone in attendance voiced their approval of the venue and the meal, as well as the speaker, Rob Kessler, Superintendant of the San Ramon Valley Unified School District.

This meeting will feature Gulia McPherson with Care USA, who will share her agency’s involvement in dealing with the world food crisis.

Giulia is the Advocacy Alliances Manager for CARE USA. She designs and implements strategies for engaging and mobilizing key constituencies through alliances with affinity groups – particularly those focused on youth and women. Prior to assuming this role in January 2008, Giulia was the Legislative Communications Coordinator for CARE based in Washington, D.C. She has extensive experience in research, analysis and communications related to legislative issues pertinent to CARE’s advocacy agenda. For four years, Giulia coordinated CARE’s annual National Conference and led efforts to educate and mobilize the CARE Action Network, CARE’s grassroots volunteer community.

Before joining CARE, Giulia worked for an Italian NGO at both their headquarters in Italy and field office in Lima, Peru. Prior to her time spent abroad, Giulia worked for the Nonprofit Sector & Philanthropy Program at The Aspen Institute in Washington, D.C. She has a Bachelors degree in Political Science from Villanova University and a Masters in International Development Studies from The George Washington University.

Please join us Thursday evening May 22nd. If you can, please bring appropriate donations of food items for our local food bank.

For reservations you can email Barney Rubin, barubin@aol.com or phone Barney at (925) 838 - 7238. Please make checks for dinner ($24) payable to Ray Link personally as the Country Club is not able to accept individual checks.

Ray Link

President, San Ramon Valley Democratic Club

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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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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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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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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.