2019-20 El Dorado Youth and Government Delegation Bulletin #15

"It is not possible for one man to hold another man down in the ditch without staying down there with him.” – Booker T. Washington

1.) Final Payment of the Year This Week: The final payment for this year is due this week on Dec 13. You can pay online here or call the YMCA Front Desk (916-452-9622 ext 0) and provide a credit card number over the phone. If you cannot pay online, please have your delegate bring a check, made out to the Sacrament Central YMCA, to this week's meeting.   

2.) Role Selection Thursday (12/12)!: Program area assignments will happen on this week on Dec 12th!  This process will determine your role at T&EII and Sac Conference. Here are the spots we are allotted this year. (We've factored out Forum kids and those who were appointed to leadership roles, and in I&A, and thus get a spot in that program area already.) Click here to see where you rank in the delegation with points. Remember, the more points you have, the better the shot out have of getting your program area of choice! (Shout out to Anna Moghaddam for having the most points right now!) 

Appellate Court	7
Bench Trial	7
Board of Ed	5
CA Invest Bank	1
ConCon	7
DoF	6
IAC	3
Houses	19
LegAn	1
Lobbyist	7
Media	4
NIC	7
I&A TOTAL	-6 74

3.) Model United Nations Program: Did you know Y&G also offers a middle school program? Now in its 19th year, YMCA Model United Nations gets kids in grades 6-8 interested in the world around them by teaching them about geography, research skills, and public speaking, all framed by the Y's core values of caring, honesty, respect, and responsibility.  Gold Country and Sac Central have Model UN programs currently, but we haven't yet been able to offer the program in El Dorado Hills - but we're hoping that will change in 2020 or 2021. 

If you have a friend or family member that is a student in grades 6-8, please help us gauge interest by completing our mailing list form today: bit.ly/CapCoInterest

4.) Potluck Holiday Party Meeting (12/19): Our holiday party is on Thursday, Dec 19 at 6:30pm in lieu of our normal meeting.  The holiday party will be a potluck and everyone needs to bring some food (a dessert or side or soda). The holiday party will be offsite as Savanna Crist and her family have graciously agreed to host our delegation for the holiday party (thank you!), details are available in your inbox (address not posted online for privacy reasons - go check your email). 

This meeting is an official delegation meeting and you will receive points for attending (which matter for the family competition even after the role selection process!). Advisors will also attend this holiday party. 

5.) Holiday Meeting Schedule: As we near the holidays, we will NOT be having meetings on either Dec. 26, 2019 or January 2, 2020. Our normal meetings will resume on January 9, 2020 and then we will have our mandatory pre-con meeting on Jan 16th. Below is a list of the next few meetings:

• Dec. 12 - Program Area Draft
• Dec. 19 - Holiday Party
• Dec 26 - NO MEETING
• Jan 2 - NO MEETING
• Jan 9 - Regular Meeting
• Jan 16 - MANDATORY Pre-Con Meeting
• Jan 18-20 - Training and Elections 2 Conference

6.) Letters of Recommendation: Feeling the college application stress? Y&G Advisors are happy to provide letters of recommendation upon request. Here's what you need to do:

• Email me (or the advisor of your choosing) your request and include:
• Due dates for any requested letters
• Submission Process (email? online form? sealed envelope?)
• If you have it - a resume or list of your other activities, accomplishments
• It's your responsibility to nag until you receive confirmation that the letter has been written and submitted.
• Please give at least 2 weeks notice in advance of due dates where possible. 

Parent Corner:

• Final Payment of the Year: The final payments for this year is due on Dec 13. You can pay online here or call the YMCA Front Desk (916-452-9622 ext 0) and provide a credit card number over the phone.    

As always, thank you for reading and I will see you on Thursday!

Derek Dolfie

Lead Advisor/Delegation Dad

El Dorado Delegation

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Mark your calendars for these key events!

December 13, 2019 - Fourth and Final Payment Due

Dec 19, 2019 - Holiday Party (Happy Holidays!)

Dec 26, 2019 - NO MEETING (Happy Holidays!)

January 2 - NO MEETING (Happy New Year!)

Jan 16 - Mandatory Pre-Conference Meeting

Jan 18-20, 2020 -Training and Elections 2 Conference (Fresno)
February 13-17, 2020 -72nd Model Legislature & Court (Sacramento)

February 23, 2020 - Celebration Banquet (Sacramento Central YMCA)