Sac Central Delegation Bulletin #11: Conference Wrap Up and More

Your advising team is proud of the great work you did this past weekend in Fresno. Congrats to Liam and Ting who applied for and were selected for leadership roles! 

If you can believe it, we only have about 8 regular meetings left this year. We won't meet next week (11/21) because of the Thanksgiving Holiday. We're thankful for your participation in this program and we're looking forward to the rest of the program year! 

1.) Post-Conference Survey and CIM Sign-Up: If you have not yet completed our internal post-conference survey please do so! It's vital that you complete it ASAP (it was due 11/15). http://bit.ly/postcon71A 

• Your feedback helps us improve
• We need you to sign up for the California International Marathon. (If you indicated interest when you registered for the delegation back in September, that does not count as signing up to volunteer. You must complete the survey form and sign up through it. 
• Also included:
• Volunteer sign-ups for Swim With Santa on Friday, December 14
• Secret Santa info to use at our holiday meeting (details TBD)
• Parents: make sure your delegate is the only person to complete this form. Double-sign-ups complicate our tracking tremendously. 

1A.) CalYMCA Survey: You have also received, via email, a survey from CalYMCA. Make sure you complete that survey as well! It counts towards Delegation of Distinction. If you cannot find the email, use this link to take the survey. Make sure you select Sacramento Central as your delegation!

2.) Payment Due This Week: If you are not on Bank Draft you have a $400 payment due by this Friday. Payments can be made online here (online payment instructions found here) or over the phone by calling the YMCA Front Desk at 916-452-9622 ext 0. 

• Round 2 CalYMCA individual scholarships will be awarded on November 27. Additional financial support from our fundraising efforts may also be available after that, depending on need. In the meantime, if you are receiving Y-Assist, please make your November expected payment by the deadline. 

2.) Program Areas and Role Selection: You'll soon be assigned to your program area for the remainder of the year.  Here's what you need to know about that process:

• Here's a link to a list and description of all program areas. 
• Here's a link to all elected and appointed leadership opportunities (more on that below).
• You need to complete the post-con survey so that I know your top 5 program area choices.
• We do our best to match you with your top choice, however, we usually have more delegates who want a particular program area than we have spots in that program area. Sometimes I can get extra spots, sometimes I cannot. Priority goes to returning delegates and seniors first. 
• Advisors also reserve the right to match you with a program area in which we know you'll be most successful. 

2A.) Political Party Transfer Application: If you are not satisfied with your current political party assignment, you can apply to transfer to another political party using this form. Transfer applications are due by November 29. You must let me know if you intended to transfer between political parties. 

3.) Leadership and Applied Programs: Applications for elected office, appointed positions, and appointed program areas are now available in your Reggo account. You must complete all leadership and applied program applications by December 6 (however, why delay! do them now!). Once you have completed an application, let me know so that I can approve it for you. Most leadership positions require you to be placed into that program area so we will also need to make sure there is space for you there. Also, for most leadership positions, if you are not selected/elected for your desired position, you will still serve in that program area. Here is a reminder on how to access your applications (click to enlarge): 

Initial program spots available: 
Appellate Court (1), Bench Trial (1), Board of Ed (1), CIB (1), ConCon (1), DOF (1), IAC (1), Leg Analyst (1), Houses (Assembly & Senate - 3 total), Lobbyist (1), Media (1), NIC (1). 

4.) Mixed Bags Orders are arriving today, one day late to get them to you at yesterday's meeting. If you need your orders right away, please let me know. Otherwise, they will be available for pick-up at our next meeting on November 28. 

REMINDERS:

Conference Attendance: We have two remaining conferences this year. Please review our conference attendance policy: 

• For T&EII (Jan 19-21): Partial attendance is not permitted except in extraordinary circumstances. Regular season sport events, meets, regular season academic club meets, finals, school projects, etc, are not extraordinary circumstances. You are expected to travel to the conference with the delegation, attend the entire conference, and travel home again with the delegation.
• For ML/C ("Sac Conference," Feb 14-18): Partial attendance is not permitted. 

Your advisor team is managing the safety of 140 people, coalition wide. It makes things more complicated for us and potentially less safe for you if we need to manage different travel schedules for different delegates. 

Buddies! Check out the buddy challenge info here. Each new delegate has been paired with a returning delegate. Returners - make sure to check in with your buddy frequently during the conference to answer questions, offer advice, and build a new friendship! 

Check the website first! In addition to our bulletin, a lot of valuable information can be found at our website. Here, you'll find all past bulletins, delegation information, a program calendar, and a link to our forms and downloads folder. Remember to check the site first - chances are you'll find answers to most of your questions!

Parent Corner
- Happy Thanksgiving! No meeting next week.
- Mixed Bags orders should be available at our next meeting. 

See you on November 28!

Sac Central Delegation Stands For Respect, Responsibility, and Purpose

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Mark your calendars:

November 15, 2018: Post-Conference survey and CIM sign-ups due 

November 16, 2018: Payment #3 Due
November 21, 2018: No meeting - Happy Thanksgiving!
December 2, 2018: California International Marathon Volunteer Event
December 12, 2018: Sac Central Holiday Party and Gift Exchange (details TBD)
December 14, 2018: YMCA Swim With Santa Volunteer Event, Sac YMCA

January 19-21, 2019: Training & Elections Conference II, Fresno

February 14-18, 2019: 71st Model Legislature & Court, Sacramento

We are committed to equal program access for all and are dedicated to ensuring the benefits of Y&G are available to every student in our community without regard to financial need. No delegate should ever drop out or refrain from joining because of financial concerns. If you want to do this program, we want you to do this program.