Y&G68: Delegation Bulletin #12: A December To Remember...Lots of Stuff

1.) Meetings resume tomorrow, December 2.

2.) Tomorrow is a payment deadline (Most delegates should have paid $1100 by that date)

2a.) Information about the second round of Y&G individual scholarships should be out by Friday. If you are waiting on information about that, please still submit some level of payment on Wednesday. If it isn't your full payment amount, please email Christiana ASAP.

3.) We will be selecting names from the hat for our holiday gift exchange.$10 MAX budget for gifts. Regifting welcomed. Should be fun, not a budget buster ;)

4.) California International Marathon Volunteering SUNDAY December 6, 6:30a-12:30p. We will be manning a water station at mile 20.4 of the marathon route. We still need many more volunteers. Please sign yourselves up here: http://bit.ly/CapCoCIMVolunteers  You are encouraged to recruit your family and friends along as well! We need 5-10 more people for this station. Please help recruit!

4.a). Look for more information about the race arriving in your inbox on Thursday. Our team captains meeting takes place during our regular meeting time, so you'll get info via email. Please watch for it! 

5.) Swim With Santa - remember this event is on Friday, December 11th at the YMCA. Make sure you've saved the date on your calendar if you signed up. If you can't remember whether you signed up, see Bulletin #11.

6.) Elected and Appointed Leadership Applications are due December 11 but must be approved by an advisor prior to that date. The internal delegation due date for applications is December 4. The applications are available now on your reggo registration pages. Please don't wait till the last minute on these! Program area and leadership opportunity info can be found here: http://bit.ly/LeadershipInfoMatrix

7.) SAVE THE DATES - The Bill Boxes Project is approaching. Below are the dates we'll be meeting and the delegates who signed up for those dates. Please mark your calendars and do not forget about this commitment:

Bill Boxes Project	12/28; 10-4	12/29; 10-4	1/2; 10-2
Efrain Vallejo
Brenna Leigh Nancarrow			x
Tilton Hoyt
Monse Villarreal	x
Emiliano Gómez			x
Cameron Miller
Delaney Roybal
Zachary Hansen	x	x	x
Jacob Becker
Gus Marcin	x	x	x
Calvin Santoscoy	x	x	x
Dexter allen		x
Victoria Vera	x	x	x
Matthew Zheng
Ally Jeffers			x
	5	5	7

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YG68 Delegation Bulletin #11: Gobble this Info

Boy, am I sorry for that really bad Thanksgiving-pun subject. But anyway.

At our next meeting, please be mindful of Gus's requests from Wednesday. Everyone needs to be a bit more respectful during meetings when Gus is trying to move us through the agenda. Also, please work on carefully reading the bulletin and noting important dates and deadlines. Time management and responsibility are two of the biggest skills you can gain from Y&G. Don't miss out on opportunities!

1.) No meeting next week - Happy Thanksgiving!

2.) Meetings resume Wed, December 2. That is a payment deadline (Most delegates should have paid $1100 by that date) and we will be selecting names from the hat for our holiday gift exchange.

Okay - read these next two parts really carefully:

3.) California International Marathon Volunteering SUNDAY December 6, 6:30a-12:30p. We will be manning a water station at mile 20.4 of the marathon route. We still need many more volunteers. Please sign yourselves up here: http://bit.ly/CapCoCIMVolunteers

You are encouraged to recruit your family and friends along as well!

4.) California International Marathon Volunteering SATURDAY December 5, 8:30a-12noon, Race Expo at Sac Convention Center. This is an optional secondary event so we can work on completing more volunteer hours as a delegation. The PRIORITY volunteer event is the Sunday water station. This is a bonus event. So if you can only volunteer for one thing, do the water station. If you can volunteer on Saturday too, then you need to email me to let me know that you can by tomorrow night.

5.) Swim With Santa - remember this event is on Friday, December 11th at the YMCA. Make sure you've saved the date on your calendar if you signed up.
This is who I have as signed up:

SWIM WITH SANTA VOLUNTEERS
Available and willing to get in the pool:
Brenna Leigh Nancarrow
Monse Villarreal
Delaney Roybal
Gus Marcin
Calvin Santoscoy
Ally Jeffers
Available, does NOT want pool duty
Zachary Hansen
Dexter allen
Victoria Vera

6.) Elected and Appointed Leadership Applications are due December 11 but must be approved by an advisor prior to that date. The internal delegation due date for applications is December 4. The applications are available now on your reggo registration pages. Please don't wait till the last minute on these! Program area and leadership opportunity info can be found here: http://bit.ly/LeadershipInfoMatrix

7.) SAVE THE DATES - The Bill Boxes Project is approaching. Below are the dates we'll be meeting and the delegates who signed up for those dates. Please mark your calendars and do not forget about this commitment:

Bill Boxes Project	12/28; 10-4	12/29; 10-4	1/2; 10-2
Efrain Vallejo
Brenna Leigh Nancarrow			x
Tilton Hoyt
Monse Villarreal	x
Emiliano Gómez			x
Cameron Miller
Delaney Roybal
Zachary Hansen	x	x	x
Jacob Becker
Gus Marcin	x	x	x
Calvin Santoscoy	x	x	x
Dexter allen		x
Victoria Vera	x	x	x
Matthew Zheng
Ally Jeffers			x
	5	5	7

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YG68 Delegation Bulletin #9a: Saturday's Meeting

Here's what  you need to know/do between now and Saturday morning:
(For all referenced attachments, please see your email inbox)

1.) We will have our final bill hearing night rehearsal this Saturday, October 31, from 11a-1p at our usual meeting place (Tahoe Park Community Center). Be there or be scarily unprepared for next week! Please considering bringing a snack to share and we'll make it a Halloween Party while getting our work done.

2.) Bill Sponsors: Please send me your most current version of your bill by Friday night.

3.) Review the Dress Code (Attached). Bring any questions to Saturday's meeting.

4.) Review the Program Area description sheet (Attached). At our first conference, you will have the chance to attend a program area fair where you will select the program areas you want to learn more about. Make sure you educate yourself in advance to take full advantage of all the options! You won't get to see every program area.

5.) FILL OUT THIS GOOGLE FORM, Right now, today, ASAP! On December 6, we will be volunteering to staff an aid station for the California International Marathon. It's a super fun event AND they will be making a donation to our delegation. We need 100% participation by those delegates not out of town that day. We also need you to recruit your parents and friends and whomever else is interested. Use this link: http://bit.ly/CapCoCIMVolunteers
The aid station is at Mile 20.4 and we need you from 6:30a-12noon. It is located near Loehmann’s Plaza at Munroe & Fair Oaks Blvd, Sacramento. We need 45 people to attend. Some will join us from our sister delegation, but we need to provide as many volunteers as possible from our group.

6.) Payment reminder: A payment is due next Wednesday, November 4. Don't forget in the rush of Bill Hearing Night to provide your payment! You are welcome to bring your payment this Saturday, October 31.

Pre-Season Delegation Bulletin: Summer Social Events, Volunteer Opportunities, Meetings‏

Hope you've been having a great summer! I know some of you are headed to college soon and we wish you a lot of luck on your big adventure. All returning delegates and recent grads are included in this message because we hope those of you in town will join us for our social events and help get the word out to prospective delegates.

Grab your calendars and save these dates ASAP! Blue dates are "pre-season" social and recruiting events, open to all. Green dates are items of note for the regular program year. I need RSVPs for our two social events.

Saturday, August 1, 12p-3p: Summer Social Event #! - Movie day at the YMCA! Join us for snacks and an appropriately themed movie at the YMCA. Your RSVP is very much appreciated. Let me know if you can make it and if you plan to bring along any friends. All are welcome. Meet in Studio B in the Sacramento Central YMCA (2021 W Street) We'll provide some food, but feel free to bring a treat to share as well (not required)

Friday, August 8, 5:30-9:30pm: Volunteer Opportunity - help out watching K-6 graders at the YMCA Parents' Night Out. We need 6-8 volunteers. Who's in?

Sunday, August 17, 1-4p: Summer Social Event #1 - Laser Tag at Country Club Lanes! Take your best shot - beverages, snacks, and one Laser Tag game per-person will be provided. Your RSVP is essential! Let me know by Wednesday, August 13 if you can attend and how many prospective delegates you'll be bringing along.

Wednesday, August 20 (TENTATIVE): First meeting of the year! Time TBA

Friday, September 12, 5:30-9:30pm: Volunteer Opportunity - help out watching K-6 graders at the YMCA Parents' Night Out.

September 20 or 21 (TENTATIVE): College Application Workshop. Will be open to all current and prospective delegates and their friends.

September 26-28 or Oct 3-5 (TENTATIVE): "Baby Bob" Fall Coalition Retreat, Bear Valley Y Camp.

Also in September: Mixed Bags Fundraiser

Friday, October 17, 5-11pm (MANDATORY): Volunteer at the annual "The Kids Are Y" Tasting & Benefit Auction

Also in October: Bill Boot Camp

November 8-10 Training & Elections Conference I (Mandatory) Please note that November 8 is an SAT testing date. Plan to take the tests administered on either Oct 11 or Dec 6 to avoid a conflict with Bob I.

Also in November: Bill Hearing Night

December 7, 2014 Holiday Festival (TENTATIVE, Mandatory)

January 17-19 Training & Elections Conference II (Mandatory)

February 12-16 67th Model Legislature & Court (Mandatory)
Also in February: YMCA Annual Sustaining Campaign

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Delegation Bulletin #14: The Gobble Gobble Party Edition‏

Less than a week until Thanksgiving? How can that be?!

Here's what you need to know this week - it might involve some Google Forms, because nothing says "fun!" like Google Forms!

1.) Not a form, but: once again this year, we'll be conducting a fundraising push through causes.com. This online platform sends contributions directly to our YMCA. Donating is fast and easy and secure. Donations can range from a minimum of $10 to ???? Please share this link on your Facebook page or via email to friends and family.  Proceeds will help us meet remaining need this year, seed next year's scholarship fund (yes, already!), and also support the reestablishment of our sister program for middle-schoolers, the Model United Nations.  Last year, we raised $1005, this year, we want to continue on to the $2000 mark! Parents, we ask you to share the link as well.

For the cost of two lattes + tax today, donors can ensure a stronger community tomorrow!
https://www.causes.com/campaigns/7636-support-the-sacramento-central-delegation

2.) Volunteers Needed! Parents, Delegates, Friends, Lend us your time! We're still looking for some elves to help at our Holiday Festival on December 15:  http://goo.gl/ijP1XY

3.) Registration: Gus - this link's for you! https://app.reggo.org/calymca

4.) Payment Deadline, December 4 - $260 (or some portion of the payment you owe if you are receiving Y-Assist. EVERYONE needs to submit a payment)

5.) By the way, ***NO Meeting Next Week*** Happy Thanksgiving!

6.) Election Rules: Scroll down to read all about elections and appointed leadership - http://calymca.org/programs/model-legislature-court/mlc-resources/

7.) El Dorado Bill Hearing Night will beThursday, December 5, 2013 from 6:30-9:30 pm at the Oak Ridge High School Theater; 1120 Harvard Way, El Dorado Hills  I encourage anyone who can attend to attend! FB Event here: https://www.facebook.com/events/601719576556095/

8.) FESTIVAL PROMOTION: Watch your email early next week for information on Holiday Festival promotion. Our materials aren't quite ready yet. However, you can start by RSVPing and sharing the FB event: https://www.facebook.com/events/1417235968497714/

9.) Secret Santa! We will do our Secret Santa Gift Exchange and Holiday Campaign Sign Making Party at our December 11 meeting. Gifts can be up to $10 in value. Have fun with them! If you did not attend last week's meeting (ALBERTO, CALVIN, HANNAH, ROB, ROBBIE) - please email me the following information - The best gift you received, the worst gift you received, and your favorite candy.  We will send that info the delegation so that your Secret Santa person can read the info. And once you reply to me, I'll give you your Secret Santa Assignment.

10.) Holiday Alumni Mixer - continuing with a sorta-tradition, Rob and I will host a Holiday Mixer for current and former delegates on Friday, December 27, at 6:30pm Save the Date! All current and former delegates and parents are welcome!

11.) Future Leaders & Strong Kids Campaigns: Thank you to all who volunteered for these tasks. The limit for Y&G's Future Leaders Campaign is 3 participants from each delegation. Tony, Max, and Maret will serve on that campaign. Jordyn and Shy will head-up our Strong Kids Campaign for our own YMCA (and there will be plenty of opportunity for everyone else to participate in that, too!) Thanks so much to everyone who was interested.

Coming Up:
Nov 27: No meeting – Happy Thanksgiving!
Nov 30/Dec 1: Holiday Festival Promotional Blitz – volunteers needed
December 4: $260 Payment due; Final bill work; NIC proposal ideas and program area prep; Bob II elected/appointed
Dec 6: ML/C registration (role selection) due; Concessionaire’s due
Dec 6: Final Bill drafts due
Dec 6: Elected/Appointed Leadership Applications Due
December 8: Holiday Festival Promotion at the Antique Fair – volunteers needed
December 11: Secret Santa Exchange; Campaign Sign Making
December 15: Holiday Festival at the Y (all hands – and then some - needed!)

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The final pre-conference bulletin!

Well - we've made it! In just three days we'll convene the 65th Model Legislature & Court here in Sacramento. We hope you've enjoyed the journey so far. And for our first-timers - just wait, this week will be like nothing you've seen before. Get set to make some memories....

Sac Conference:
Here's some info to get you to Thursday and through the conference:

1. Schedule highlights - including a more detailed check-in procedure can be found here. If you click that link and give that document a read and tell Christiana via email in which exhibit hall you will drop off your luggage before check-in, you might just be rewarded.
2. Lost the info we handed out at the last meeting? Never fear - it's all right here and the parent letter is here. Please check it out - that means actually read it - and share with your parents.
3. Other conference info like the excused absence letter example, dress code, and conference schedule can all be found here.
4. This is SO, SO important. Please enlist your parents' help, pronto!
5. Don't forget to bring money for food during the conference. And, once again, we highly recommend bringing some non-perishable breakfast items (fruit, instant oatmeal, bars, etc) to save time and money.
6. Links to all the applications due at Sac Conference. Don't delay! You won't have time to complete them during the conference.

March Volunteer Activity: You'll want to keep wearing your sweatshirt proudly around town, right? Why not volunteer for the 5th Annual Donut Dash in Land Park on Saturday, March 9?  They need volunteers to help out along the race course and a few other places. You can register here. This isn't a mandatory activity, but we think it would be fun. And the delegation-of-distinction race starts again after Sac Conference!

Spring Conference: And finally - here is the information on Spring Conference. Are you in? Who are you bringing with you? We need freshmen and sophomores to keep this delegation going!

Volunteer Opportunity!

Tomorrow night (Friday, Oct 19), the YMCA will be holding its annual benefit auction at the Elks Tower Ballrooms (J and 11th).

The Y originally offered us the opportunity to run a coat-check room and collect the tips for our scholarship fund. Well, it's probably going to push 80 degrees now, so there may be no coats to check. We still might see if anyone needs to check anything, but we can help them in other ways as well (glamorous jobs like pouring water and ice tea and helping keep things neat and tidy).  This probably counts as service hours for any school requirement you have.

If you'd like to volunteer please RSVP to me ASAP  at christiana_dominguez[at]hotmail[dot]com so I can let the Y know how many helpers to expect (that was a lot of capital letters in one sentence, wasn't it? OK!)

Plan to arrive by 5:45pm and stay until 10pm (if you need to leave earlier, let me know).

Wear black pants and a white collared shirt (polo or dress shirt, or whatever you have) - or at least dark colored pants and a light colored shirt. As close as you can get.

We appreciate your help!