El Dorado Youth and Government Delegation Bulletin #5

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This is what you need to know this week:

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All government, indeed every human benefit and enjoyment, every virtue, and every prudent act, is founded on compromise and barter

 

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Edmund Burke

1). Fresno 1 Registration and PIC Survey: It is now time to register for our first conference, Fresno 1, and to take the Political Ideology Compass (PIC) survey that is a part of the new Issues and Activism program area. In order to take the PIC, you must first register for the conference through Reggo. 

What is Reggo? 

For new delegates, and a refresher for returners, Reggo is the website CalYMCA uses to register delegates for conferences. Link to Reggo here. Please register as the "El Dorado" delegation, not Sacramento. 

How Do I Complete the Political Ideology Compass? 

You will complete the Political Ideology Compass via the Y&G voting website (vote.calymca.org). 

1. You cannot complete the PIC until you have registered for T&E I in Reggo (reggo.org/calymca) 

2. Once registered, log on to vote.calymca.org to complete the PIC 

3. Type your last name (as entered during Reggo registration) 

4. Your voter PIN is the participant ID emailed to you by Reggo after you completed conference registration. 

Please review the Political Ideology Compass Overview if you have additional questions. You need to have completed both by the time you get to THIS week's meeting. If you have questions about how to register or take the PIC, please see the attached PDF of the Issues and Activism presentation. 

Make sure to give yourself at least 20-30 minutes to complete registration and the PIC. If you have questions about language used on the PIC, check out this glossary (also attached) or contact me. It may take 24 hours for your Voter PIN to be activated. Don't wait until Thursday to do both Reggo and the PIC!  

2). Paper Registration Deadline Has Passed! The paper registration packet deadline has passed. If you intend to participate in the program this year, please bring your completed paperwork packet to this week's delegation meeting. The paperwork packet is available here:http://bit.ly/2017PaperPacket We will be closing admission to the delegation by this Thursday so get your paperwork in! 

3). Payments and Financial Aid: If you did not sign up for automatic payments, please bring a check payable to "Sacramento YMCA" with your name in the memo line to this week's meeting or pay online here. The amount was due by September 15 was $375 for most delegates (if you have not paid please do so no later than Thursday). If you have submitted a Y-Assist app already, you should have received an email from Dylan this week with your Y-Assist award. You may receive additional funds from the CalYMCA Individual Scholarship as well - and fundraising proceeds.  NOTE: Cal YMCA Individual Scholarship Form. This form was inadvertently missing from the initial registration packet (current versions include it). If you turned in Y-Assist but did not turn in this form (Attached) at tomorrow's meeting.  It MUST be submitted by this week's meeting.

4). Thinking of Running for Youth Governor or Chief Justice? If you are considering running for an elected office, please review the elected and appointed offices here and the elected leadership categories here. It is very important that you decide to run for an office by October 5th. We will be having our delegation primary if there are more than one candidate in the statewide leadership and program leadership categories. We will go over this in more detail at the meeting. 

5). Sweatshirt Designs: Our shirts will be charcoal gray this year. Bring your design ideas to next week's meeting. This year, you can use up to 3 colors of ink to print the design on the front of the shirt. We'll discuss details for how we do the back of the shirt at next week's meeting.

6). Mixed Bags sales: If you picked up a catalog, get out there and sell! If you need information on sales (how to, what to do about sales tax, who to make checks payable to, please ask me.) All orders and money are due by September 27 (turn in at our meeting). No late orders will be accepted! 

7). Communication: Our delegation communicates through a few different ways. If you do not already have it, please download for your phone (or login with a computer) Groupme, Remind, and check your personal email. Groupme is use to message each other (especially at conferences) and our family groups and Remind is how we send out need-to-know information. 

• For Remind: Once you have downloaded the app, use this link: https://www.remind.com/join/derekd to join our class.
•  If you aren't receiving Remind texts, text "@derekd" to 81010

• You are required to have, use, and check all three of these forms of communication to be apart of our delegation.

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Mark your calendars for these key events!

September 1: $100 Deposit due

September 15: $375 Payment due

September 21: T&E I Registration Deadline

September 22: PIC Completion Deadline 

September 23: Camp Capital City

Bill Hearing Night: TBD, First week of November (Mandatory)

November 8: Pre-Conference Meeting (Mandatory for delegates and new-delegate parents)

November 10-12, 2017 (Fresno) Training & Election Conference I (19 pts)

December 3, 2017: Volunteer Opportunity: California International Marathon Aid Station

January 13-15, 2018 (Fresno) Training & Election Conference II

February 15-19, 2018 (Sacramento) Model Legislature & Court