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Page 1: August 2019 General Meeting - Arlington Democrats...Aug 08, 2019  · Courthouse (8am-12pm): August 10, 24 Columbia Pike (9am-1pm): August 11, 25 Lubber Run (8am-12pm): August 24 Marymount

Arlington DemocratsAugust 2019 General Meeting

NRECA (4301 Wilson Blvd)August 7, 2019

7:00 PM

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Introduction of First-Timers and Elected Officials

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*Flash* Social Media Call to Action!

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Take Out Your Phones!

Open Facebook and search for

Find this pinned post:

Share it!

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Bylaws Update

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Proposed Adjustments to BylawsVoter Support

● Elevate Voter Support Chair to elected position● Create ten appointed Voter Support Vice-Chairs

Communications

● Eliminate Newsletter Editor as elected position● Increase number of appointed Social Media Co-Chairs by one

Technology

● Eliminate Data Director as a role that is separate from Technology team● Create one new appointed Technology Vice-Chair

Outreach

● Reduce number of Outreach Co-Chairs from three to one● Increase number of appointed Outreach Vice-Chairs by four

Reorg Meeting Rules

● Clarifies who serves as chair of reorg meeting to reflect current practice

Motion to Adopt, Effective

Jan. 1, 2020?

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Joint Campaign Update

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Goals of the Joint Campaign

Protect Arlington #Defendthe14

Flip Virginia#FightFor51

Build the Base For 2020 #AnyoneButTrump

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Get your Gold Card!

Don't wait! Prices will go

up $25 on August 26!

Four-Event Gold Card BEST VALUE-Democrats: $225Roosevelt-Obama Society Members: $190Young Democrats/Senior Democrats: $125

Individual Events● Chili Cook-Off: $50 (Roosevelt-Obama Society $45;

Young/Senior Dem $40)● Honoring a Senior Dem: $75 (Roosevelt-Obama Society $65;

Young/Senior Dem $40)● Golden Gala: $125 (Roosevelt-Obama Society $100;

Young/Senior Dem $75)● AYD Oktoberfest: $30 (Roosevelt-Obama Society $25;

Young/Senior Dem $20) buy now at arlingtondemocrats.org/goldcard

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Get your Gold Star!

DEFENDERS OF

DEMOCRACY

buy now at arlingtondemocrats.org/goldcard

Cristina Diaz-Torres

Alexandra Zins

Margo Horner Steven Ferber

Sara SteinbergerJill Caiazzo

Matthew Weinstein

Anne Tonks

Maggie Davis Charley Conrad

Jane Bergen

Donna Christian

Jamie Lockhart

Herschel Kanter

Fran Jackson

Cragg Hines

Susan Prokop

James Turpin

Mary Detweiler

Paula Potts

David Potts

Tannia Talento

Erik Gutshall

Mark Teel

Arlene Spinelli

Matthew De Ferranti

Laura Saul Edwards

John Morrill

Maureen Markham

Chanda Choun

Michael Anderson

Warren Nelson

Laurie Young

Your Name Here!

Kassi Yukevich

Kassi Yukevich Christine DeRosa

Cat Alston

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Gold Card Events

Chili Cook-Off! Special Guest To Be Announced!

Monday, September 2, 20192-5 PM

Lyon Park Community Center414 N Fillmore Street

Honoring a Senior Democrat Celebration Honoree Charley Conrad

Sunday, September 22, 20195-7 PM

Home of Jay Fisette311 N. Jackson Street

Featuring Del. Danica Roem!

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Gold Card Events

AYD Oktoberfest Special Guest To Be Announced!

Saturday, October 5, 2019

Golden GalaSpecial Guest To Be Announced!

Saturday, October 19, 20196-9 PM

Special thanks to our event co-chairs: Chili Cook-off: Gabe Rubalcava, Susie LeeHonoring a Senior Dem: Kip Malinosky, Margo Horner, Cragg HinesAYD Oktoberfest: James Swindell and Chris BallanceGolden Gala: Cristina Diaz-Torres, Sara Steinberger

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Field Update

Arlington Canvass Kick OffSeptember 21 - 22, 2019

Yard Signs

2019 design coming

soon!

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Volunteer Opportunities

Chili Cook-Off! Event Set Up (12-2pm)

Runner (1:45 - 3:15 or 3:15 - 5)

Drink Station (1:45 - 3:15 or 3:15 - 5)

Break down and clean up (5 - 6)

Bring dessert, bread, cornbread, or a cooler

Scheduled Canvasses● September 21 - 22 ● October 5 - 6● October 12 - 13● October 19 - 20● October 26 - 27● November 2 - 5 (GOTV)

Looking for Locations in North, Central, and South

Arlington

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Beyond Arlington Update

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Phone banks every Tuesday and Thursday from 6:00-8:30 pm.

Join us at the new Arlington Dems HQ

Beyond Arlington

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Canvass every Saturday and Sunday

Prince William or Loudoun

Fredericksburg

Henrico or Chesterfield

Join us!

Beyond Arlington

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Like our new FB Page!https://www.facebook.com/BeyondArlington/

[email protected]

Beyond Arlington

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Precinct Operations Update

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What We Plan to Accomplish

1. Deliver the Messenger and Hand Out the Sample Ballots

2. Strategize how to Get Out Every Single Last Democratic Vote in our precincts (GOTV +)

3. Keep our volunteers engaged

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PRECINCT CAPTAINS !!

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PC Precinct

Nick Wolfe Arlington

Zach Golden Arlington

Katie Hyde Buckingham

Stephen Clark Fillmore

Luisa Ballester-Concepcion Wakefield

Sharon Swinburne Wilson

Precinct Captain Candidates

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Precinct Votes At Area

Arlington View Carver Rec. Center CenterEast

AUSA AUSA bldg MetroWest

Cherrydale St. Agnes River

Clarendon W-L High Sch MetroWest

Navy League Navy League Bldg MetroEast

Precinct Captain Vacancies

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BAs can be the KEY to spreading our message to voters in MUBs. They can sometimes:

1. Grease skids for voter registration drives in lobby2. Post signs reminding people to vote3. Sponsor events such as candidate meet and greets 4. Deliver the Messenger, or arrange for the Messenger

to be available on a handout table in the lobby5. Canvass Democrats in the building6. Try to identify other Dems in the building

NOTE - Our policy is to observe posted building restrictions

Building Ambassadors

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Multi-Unit Buildings (MUBs)

NEED BAs in these Buildings:

AltaireThe GramercyCrystal Towers

Dolley Madison TowersBennet Park

And many buildings in the Columbia Pike Corridor, Crystal City, Clarendon, and other neighborhoods.

Contact Richard Skinner [email protected]

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We are certain that workingtogether, Arlington Dems will make 2019 an

“on-on” election year!

Precinct Operations 2019

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Voter Support Update

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Help Us Support Arlington Voters

PLEASE SET YOUR FALL VOLUNTEER CALENDAR NOW!

All Voter Support Events Posted on Mobilize America

(or will be!)

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Voter Support

After Labor Day ● Voter Registration ● Metro Action

September 16● Senior Outreach Calls

September 20 ● Absentee-In-Person Poll

Greeting October 1

● Absentee Ballot Chase

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Absentee In-Person Poll Greeting

September 20-November 2Courthouse Plaza, 2100 Clarendon Blvd.

Signing up 2-Hour Shifts NOW on Mobilize America!

WE NEED YOU!➔ Questions?

[email protected]

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Voter Registration

Plan your own VR event! It’s EASY!

Reach out to Cristina [email protected]

Don’t forget to complete your training with the Virginia Department of Elections at www.elections.virginia.gov

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Metro Action

Our 12 Metro Teams will be up and running by the first week of September!

Still Seeking: * Co-Leader in Rosslyn* More Team Members in Pentagon City, Virginia Square & Clarendon

Questions? Talk to Paula: [email protected]

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Senior Outreach Calling

Seniors: Dependable voters, not active on social media.No national races in 2019 = Limited media information.

The Solution to Senior turnout? CALL them!

Don’t like canvassing or central phone banks? Call from home between 10:00 am and 4:00 pm!

We provide everything you need.

➔ Cragg [email protected] ➔ Marjorie [email protected]

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Outreach Update

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Saturday August 13th Monthly Breakfast

HAPPY BIRTHDAY,PRESIDENT OBAMA!

The Breakfast was so much fun last August we decided to do it again !!!

There will be cake!

Wear your favorite Obama gear from 2008 or 2012

Our Guest Speaker will Tanya Bradsher Chief of Staff to Congressman Beyer

and a former advisor to President Obama will help us celebrate.

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Future Monthly Breakfasts

Saturday September 14Honoring National Teachers Month

Atif QarniVirginia Secretary of Education

Bring A Teacher to BreakfastYou bring a teacher and treat them to breakfast!

Saturday October 12Medicaid Expansion In Virginia: Combating the Opioid Epidemic

Marvin Figueroa Virginia Deputy Director of Health and Human Resources

Saturday November 9

Honoring Our Veterans - Speaker TBD

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• Goals:– Standing committees to discuss issues of importance

to communities– Ensure awareness of policy decisions and impact of

elections & increase engagement with elected officials• Contact [email protected] (for LatinX &

Afro American) and [email protected] (for American Muslim) to get involved!

• OR join LatinX outreach group meeting this Saturday, July 13th at 12:00 p.m. in Room 527 of Arlington Mill Community Center!

• Plus more outreach committees are in the works!

Join an Outreach & Advocacy Committee!

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Arlington Democrats and AYD need more volunteers for our booth at the County Fair! We still have openings on August 16, 17 & 18. See Nick Dilenschneider ([email protected]) or Laura Saul Edwards ([email protected]) to learn more and sign up!

Arlington County Fair

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-August 17, 9:30 AM - Kid-Friendly Canvass for Dan Helmer - Fairfax County-Postcard Portal (write on your own)-Postcard Parties - looking for hosts-Potluck picnic in late September; date coming soon

Blue Families

Questions? Contact Josh

[email protected]

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Ballston (3pm-7pm): August 22

Courthouse (8am-12pm): August 10, 24

Columbia Pike (9am-1pm): August 11, 25

Lubber Run (8am-12pm): August 24

Marymount (9am-1pm): August 24

Want to volunteer at an ArlDems farmers market booth?

Contact Jean Christensen at [email protected] or Jack Kinkaid at [email protected]

Upcoming Farmers Markets

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Business & Labor Outreach

We are looking to expand our Small Business Outreach and

Labor Outreach teams!

If you can help, please contact: Meredith Sumpter

[email protected]

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Business & Labor Outreach: Focus

Business outreach will focus on three themes:

● Ease of doing business● Smart urbanization● Affordable housing

Labor outreach:● Continued robust engagement with Labor ● Supporting Arlington's workers

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2nd Annual Interfaith Eid Celebration

To volunteer, contact Fatima Argun [email protected]

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Blue Community Corps Update

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Blue Community Corps

Blue Community Corps serving the community of Arlington. Stream clean and feeding the homeless!

Join Blue Community

Corps today!

We are the community

service arm of the party!

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Blue Community Corps

Ideas/Suggestions/[email protected]

Upcoming Events:● Help pack backpacks for OAR

○ School supplies for kids with incarcerated parents○ Wednesday August 21 6:30pm

● Volunteer for Central’s Homeless Ministry○ Light Meal Prep○ Thursday August 22 5pm-7pm

● Volunteer with Arlington Food Assistance Center○ Food Sorting○ Saturday August 31 12:30pm-2:30pm

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Arlington Young Democrats Report

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Arlington Young Democrats Report

Follow Us on Social Media

Facebook

facebook.com/ArlingtonYoungDemocrats

Twitter

@ArlingtonYDs

Join Us!

https://arlingtonyoungdems.org/join

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Membership BBQ & YDA Convention in Indianapolis

Arlington Young Democrats Report

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July Monthly Meeting // Who is the Mayor of Arlington?Thank you Christian Dorsey, Katie Cristol, and Tannia Talento!

Arlington Young Democrats Report

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Arlington Young Democrats Report

Help needed:

8/15 (4-6pm), 8/16 (8-10pm), 8/17 (2-4pm)8/18 (11am-1pm), 8/18 (3-5pm, 5-7pm, 7-9pm)

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Arlington Young Democrats Report

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Arlington Young Democrats Report

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Arlington Young Democrats Report

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Upcoming Events

Arlington Young Democrats Report

August 21 August Happy HourLa Finca // Clarendon

August 27 August Monthly MeetingMore Information to Come

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County Board Report

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County Board Report August 2019Arlington County Democratic Committee August 7, 2019

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●Columbia Pike Transit Stations

●23rd Street Pedestrian Tunnel●Small Cell Wireless Facilities●Amazon Met Park Site Plan

July Board Actions

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Columbia Pike

• Transit station infrastructure contract approved

• Key for premium bus service

• Part of larger Pike transformation

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Closing the 23rd St. Pedestrian Tunnel•VDOT to begin demolition in the fall

•More changes coming to 23rd Street

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Expanding 5G in Arlington

• Allowing antennas on County light poles

• Focus on Metro corridors

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n

●Amazon

• HQ2 Site Plan under review

• Expected to come before Board by December

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Redistricting Update from OneVirginia2021

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Redistricting ReformWhere are we & What happens next?

Charles HeadArlington Local Action Group

OneVirginia2021

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Where Are We Now?

• A draft amendment to the Virginia constitution has been passed by the Virginia General Assembly.

• That draft amendment needs to be passed by the General Assembly again during the 2020 legislative session.

• The proposed amendment will then go to the public for approval in Nov 2020.

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Implementing LegislationNeeds to contain provisions such as the following:• Criteria for selection of citizen commission members:

– Must be selected to represent all of Virginia– Must represent a balance of political parties and

independents– Must not be a current or former employee of any incumbent

or candidate• Additional criteria for the election districts:

– Must keep local jurisdictions and communities of interest together to the greatest extent practicable

– Must not gerrymander – “No district shall be drawn with the intent to favor or disfavor any party or individual.”

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What’s my ASK?

• Keep doing what you’re doing now – Work to elect the best candidates you can!

• Firmly remind them that they need to finish the job of redistricting reform, including strong implementing legislation containing the provisions outlined in this presentation.

• Help OneVirginia2021 by signing our “Action Form” again to keep the message going to members of the General Assembly.

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Backup• Republican Redistricting Commission members conspire with

Republican Virginia Supreme Court Justices to enact a Republican gerrymander. -- Can this really happen?– First, if we give up on redistricting reform, we’ll be no better off than if we

leave things as they are now. We’ll just get a gerrymander by whomever is in the majority.

– It would require a wide scale conspiracy involving members of both the legislature and the Virginia Courts (retired), all in full view of the public.

– VA Supreme Court Justices are not elected party officials and historically have not been political.

– We are striving to ensure the implementing legislation contains provisions that would make such a gerrymander illegal.

– If the very unlikely happens and they do it anyway, we file suit and get the redistricting overturned.

– An attempt to do Dan’s Dooms Day scenario would give reformers a clear reason to redo the redistricting reform amendment to completely remove the legislature from the process – with the possible exception of a final up or down vote to accommodate a Robert’s SCOTUS ruling to require that redistricting be done by State Legislatures.

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Upcoming Events

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Aug. 21 @ 7 pm: Shirlington Library (4200 Campbell Ave)Sept. 26 @ 7 pm: Arl. Mill Comm. Center (909 S Dinwiddie St)

For local grassroots contacts for prez campaigns, see: arlingtondemocrats.org/vote/presidential

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Arlington Mill Community Center909 South Dinwiddie Street

Room 100 9 am to 5 pm

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Labor Day Chili Cook-Off! Monday, September 2, 2019

2-5 PM Lyon Park Community Center

414 N Fillmore Street

buy now at arlingtondemocrats.org/goldcard

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New ArlDems HQ | 1235 South Clark Street #207September 10 | 7 PM

Cash donations for new office supplies gratefully accepted at door!

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Third Democratic Presidential Debate Watch PartySeptember 12 & 13 @ Time TBD

Busboys & Poets Shirlington (4251 Campbell Ave)

All shades of BLUE welcome!

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Blue Families Postcard Party