Sac Central Delegation Bulletin #15: Fundraisers, Elections, and Pre-Con, Oh My!

Our January 15 meeting is a mandatory pre-conference one so please make sure to attend! New delegates who didn't attend T&E1 should bring a family member with them.

At the next meeting:  Fresno Prep!; Delegation Elections Information
What's due: NIC Draft Proposal (Kathina)

1.)  Sunday, January 12 Parking Lot Fundraiser (that's THIS SUNDAY!): Thank you to:

• Connor
• Jimmy
• Miraya
• James
• Elena
• Mitchell
• Liam
• Kathina 

for signing up for this Sunday's Parking Lot Fundraiser.  Please be at the YMCA (2021 W Street) at 6:45am. Advisor Rob will be there to meet you. Dress appropriately for the weather! Please note that the YMCA will not be open until 9am. Do not park in the parking lots if street parking is available along W Street. 

You'll be collecting parking fee donations from folks visiting the Antique Faire across the street from the YMCA. You'll be done at 11:00am.

2.) 38th Annual Rotary Club Crab Feed - Volunteers Needed: Each year, the Rotary holds a crab feed benefiting local organizations. This year, the February 8, 2020 Crab Feed will benefit the Children's Receiving Home of Sacramento and the Sacramento Central YMCA! We need volunteers! Three shifts are available and you can sign up online and get all the deets here.

If parents are interested in attending the Crab Feed, tickets can be purchased here.

3.) Delegation Officer Elections (73rd MLC): This year's delegation elections calendar is as follows:
- January 14: Elections Information Distributed
- January 23: Deadline to file to run for an officer position
- January 29: Delegation Elections
- February 23: Swearing-In Ceremony at the Annual Celebration Banquet

All delegates planning to return for next year's program are eligible to run for an officer position. All delegates should carefully review the leadership expectations and officer duty statements. Delegates self-nominate for the position in which they are interested by completing this candidate form. All candidates must complete the form by January 23. Candidate information will be distributed in the January 24 delegation bulletin. Candidates will have 2 min and 30 seconds to deliver their candidate speech at our January 29 meeting. Delegates may ask candidates questions. Elections will be held January 29 and officers-elect will be sworn-in at our Celebration Banquet on February 27 (after Sac Conference).

4.) Additional Y&G Applied Programs and Opportunities: All apps are available in your Reggo account. Please contact Christiana if you have additional questions about any of these opportunities.

• Conference on National Affairs (CONA): CONA is a ten-day national Y&G program that brings together delegations from all over the US for an NIC-style debate program. Twenty-five delegates from California are selected for this prestigious program. More information can be found here. Financial aid is available through CalYMCA if you are selected. Apply in Reggo. They are looking for more NorCal applicants this year, APPLY! Due: February 1. NOTE: A lead advisor recommendation is required and must be requested no later than February 1. 
• CalYMCA Governing Board, Youth Member: Applications are now open for youth member spots on the CalYMCA Governing Board. In this role you represent your fellow delegates with a vote on the Board of Directors that makes important policy decisions about our programs. This is a very important position with a lot of responsibility and the power to have a lasting impact on Y&G. Requires quarterly meeting attendance. Travel provided by CalYMCA. Apply in Reggo. Due: February 1

You must notify me if you apply for any of these programs so that I can approve your application. Failure to let me know means your application won't be considered by CalYMCA. 

REMINDERS

NIC Prep (Kathina).Draft NIC proposal due at T&EII. Read this NIC proposal guide and bring a draft to this week's meeting! You can also check out last year's NIC proposal book for reference. Creativity and novel ideas are rewarded in this program area, so avoid the topics listed in the guide and forge your own!

Candidates and Leadership Applicants/Applied Program Area Applicants: 

• Applied Leadership/Program interview times for T&EII have gone out via email. If you didn't see the email (from CalY staff), let Christiana know ASAP! 
• If you are running for elected office, make sure you have reviewed the campaign rules and that you are tracking any campaign expenditures. You MUST bring to conference check-in a completed campaign finance disclosure form to be signed by your lead advisor even if you incurred no campaign expenses! Every candidate must submit a form upon arrival to Fresno, even if it's blank! 
• If you have applied for appointed leadership, make sure that you read your email regularly between now and the conference and review the conference schedule when it is released next week to check your interview times and locations.
• That includes applicants for program areas such as Supreme Court and CET and special programs like NJC and CONA, etc.

DoD Lanyards: Now's the time to find your DoD lanyard if you attended the first conference. We won't be provided with replacements if you lose/forget yours.

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

• For T&E II (Jan 18-20): 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 13-17): Partial attendance is not permitted. Though we happen to be the home team, pretend the conference is located in SoCal, Texas, or the dark side of the moon. No ins-and-outs. Regular season sports, other local extracurriculars, exams, etc, are not valid reasons to miss conference. 

Family Corner: 

Model United Nations Starts Tuesday! This week sees the return of the Model Legislature & Court's companion program for middle school students (grades 6-8) to the Sacramento area. If you have a middle school student at home or have friends with children in that age group, please pass along an invitation to attend our first meeting tomorrow, January 7, 2020 from 6:15-7:30pm at the Tahoe Park Community Center (5959) 8th Avenue). Registration is now open!

Looking Ahead: Our next conference runs from Saturday, January 18 through Monday, January 20. We will again travel by train on roughly the same schedule as the last conference. Our final conference, the full Model Legislature & Court, runs from Thursday, February 13 through Monday, February 17. Unlike our Fresno trips, because the final conference is here in Sacramento, parents must provide transportation to and from the downtown Sacramento area. Plan for Thursday arrival around 10am and Monday pick-up around 9am. Our February 5 pre-MLC meeting will be mandatory for all delegates and a member of each delegate's family. Please make plans to attend!

It's a Great Time to Join the YMCA! The new year leads to a lot of resolutions - many around health and wellness. Healthy Living is one of the Y's three areas of focus along with youth development and social responsibility. If you want to find out what the YMCA has to offer, come visit in January! No joining fees from now through the end of the month. 

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Mark your calendars:

January 12 - Parking Lot Fundraiser
January 15 - Mandatory Pre-Conference Meeting
January 16 - CONA, NJC, Governing Board Apps Due in Reggo
January 18-10 - Training & Elections Conference II
February 5 - Mandatory Pre-Conference Meeting
February 8 - Rotary Club Crab Feed. To volunteer; To buy tickets
February 13-17 - 72nd Model Legislature & Court
February 23 - Celebration Banquet 2020 (ticket link coming soon!) 

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.