Sac Central: Bulletin EXTRA!

Here's some extra info to add to last week's bulletin. Please check it out!

A.) Secret Santa Assignments Are Out: Last week, you received an individual Remind with your assigned Secret Santa person to get a gift for. Confirm you received it by clicking here and filling out a quick form: https://airtable.com/shrJzL6CGLWWvGRae #READING TEST #CLICKTHELINK

The holiday party is this Wednesday at 6:30 at our usual meeting spot. Please bring potluck side or dessert to share. 

B.) El Dorado Delegation Christmas Party Details: Eldo has invited Sac to join in the Reindeer Games this week. The address for the Thursday El Dorado Hills Delegation Holiday Party is: 1428 Lakehills Drive, El Dorado Hills. Wear your ugliest Christmas Sweater or Christmassy-est Pajamas, Polar Express style. Parents will be present. Advisors will be in attendance. Transportation not provided.

C.) Swim With Santa Details (Dec 14): For this Friday's event, you'll check in with Ali at the YMCA when you arrive. Here are the details: 

Arrival time is 4:00 pm since the event starts at 5:00 pm. 

From 4:00pm-5: 00 pm you'll help set up. 

The event ends at 7:30 with clean up right after so plan to stay till 8:30.  

Assignments: 

Miraya, Samuel, and Ting Will be Santa Attendants ( from photos to the pool; bring 1 piece swimsuit and towel)

James- Reindeer games

Kayla- Pizza and hot cocoa

Keymora- Arts and Crafts

Leo- Movie room

Dress: jeans and your delegation sweatshirt or something festive (christmas sweater, santa hat, etc)

D.) National Judicial Competition Apps Due in Reggo by Dec 20: The National Judicial Competition (NJC) is a nationwide YMCA Appellate Court and Mock Trial competition program, taking place in Chicago, IL each summer and is hosted by the YMCA of the USA in partnership with the American Bar Association. Interested delegates should complete the application available in Reggo now and tell Christiana no later than Dec 20 for approval. The conference takes place between approximately July 25 and August 2, 2019. 

This program brings together Youth and Government participants from around the country to face off in mock trial and appellate court competitions.

E.) LAST DAY FOR LEADERSHIP APPLICATIONS: If you've meant to submit one and forgot, now is your last day of amnesty. Get your applied program, elected or appointed leadership applications done in Reggo TODAY and let me know so I can approve them.

F.) Delegates of Color and Small Delegation Caucus Chair/Vice Chair Application available: Please click here for the links to apply for these additional leadership positions. DUE DEC 20!

Don't forget to review the rest of this week's bulletin !

Sac Central Delegation Bulletin #14: Jingle All the Way to 2019!

This coming week will be our last meeting before Winter Break! If you aren't going to attend, let me know ASAP!  

1.) Payment Reminder: The fourth and final program payment for the year is due by this Friday, December 14. Please bring your payment to this week's meeting! 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. Checks are payable to "Sacramento Central YMCA." 

2.) Make Your Voice Heard in Sacramento!: This past November, the voters in Sacramento voted to extend and increase a special sales tax. Now, the City is putting together a committee to oversee how that money is spent. One member of the committee must be between the ages of 16 and 24 years old. No reason that can't be YOU! If you live in the City of Sacramento, apply today to represent your fellow Sacramentans on this important topic. For more info, check out this website. Applications are due by 5pm on January 9. 

3.) Delegation Holiday Party and Gift Exchange, Wednesday, December 12: Our annual holiday party and gift exchange will be held on Wednesday, December 12 at our usual meeting spot. 

• Pizza will be provided
• Please bring a side dish or dessert to share, pot-luck style
• I am looking for a volunteer to bring beverages (water/soda/cups/ice). Please email me if you'd like to volunteer. 
• Decorating committee will meet at 5:45 to dress up the place
• Party begins at 6:30

If you are not planning to attend the December 12 meeting or do not want to participate in the gift exchange, you must let me know ASAP. Gifts exchange rules are as follows:

• Gifts must be less than $10 in value and can be homemade/funny/silly/etc (candy always works!). 
• Click here for a list of everyone's gift info.
• You received a text earlier today with your Secret Santa assignment as selected by random number generator. If you didn't receive your assignment, let me know!

5.) Eldo Delegation Holiday Party: The El Dorado Delegation would like to invite Sac Central to attend its holiday party on Thursday, December 13 in El Dorado Hills. More info coming soon! 

6.) Swim With Santa - Friday December 14 at the YMCA: Swim With Santa is coming up on Friday, December 14. The follow delegates have volunteered to attend. All are welcome!
In pool: Miraya, Sam, Ting.
Not-in-pool: James, Kayla, Keymora, Natalie, Leo.

7.) YMCA175 - London, August 2019: CalYMCA is organizing a delegation of 12 to attend YMCA175 in London, August 4-8, 2019. Any delegate interested in participating should complete the CalYMCA application in Reggo by January 1, 2019 while we determine whether we'll be able to send a Sacramento Central YMCA delegation. More information on their plans can be found here. 

REMINDERS:

Leadership and Applied Programs: Applications for elected office, appointed positions, and appointed program areas are now available in your Reggo account and MUST BE COMPLETED BY TOMORROW AT 8pm! Once you have completed an application, let me know so that I can approve it for you. (Instructions for accessing your applications in Reggo can be found in past bulletins.) 

Program Area Assignments: In case you missed it, check out your program assignment for the year here.  

Parent Corner

- Sac Rack Donation Time! Each year, Y&G collects new or gently used professional attire for our "Sac Rack" event at the January Conference. We create a pop-up professional attire boutique at the Fresno Convention Center to help delegates prepare for the February Model Legislature & Court. All delegates are able to shop. Vouchers are provided for delegates who need them.

• You can help by bringing donations to the YMCA between now and January 18. Here is a flyer you can share with your friends, coworkers, etc, to encourage them to donate as well! 

- YMCA175- London If you haven't yet, please take a moment to complete this parent survey on an exciting possible opportunity for our delegates!  

At the next meeting we'll . . .  

--Celebrate the Season!

See you on Wednesday!

Sac Central Delegation Stands For Respect, Responsibility, and Purpose

Helpful Links:

Missed a bulletin?

Need to make a payment?

Looking for forms or handouts?

Mark your calendars:

December 12, 2018: Sac Central Holiday Party and Gift Exchange 

December 14, 2018: Payment #4 (Final) Due

December 14, 2018: YMCA Swim With Santa Volunteer Event, Sac YMCA

December 19, 2018: No meeting

December 26, 2018: No meeting

January 2, 2019: No meeting

January 9, 2019: Regular meetings resume

January 16, 2019: Mandatory pre-conference meeting

January 19-21, 2019: Training & Elections Conference II, Fresno (Sat morning-Monday afternoon)

February 6, 2019: Mandatory pre-conference meeting
February 13, 2019: No meeting

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. 

El Dorado Youth and Government Delegation Bulletin #15

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We are a nation of communities...a brilliant diversity spread like stars, like a thousand points of light in a broad and peaceful sky

 

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  President George H.W. Bush 

A big warm thank you! to everyone who volunteered at the CIM this past Sunday! It takes a special kind of person to wake up at dawn in freezing temperatures to volunteer their time to help other people. Well done and I hope you enjoyed it! 

1.) Payment Reminder: The fourth and final program payment for the year is due by December 14. 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. Checks are payable to "Sacramento Central YMCA." 

2.) Program Areas and Role Selection: We will be having our annual program area draft on this week on Thursday, Dec 6th.  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 know how many points you have, check the link here and let me know if you think you are missing any points.
• The Lead Advisor also reserves the right to match you with a program area in which we know you'll be most successful. 
• If you cannot attend, you can have a delegate or advisor pick on your behalf. Please send me an email with your top five picks in order or letting me know which delegate will pick on your behalf.
• Once everyone has selected their program areas, there will be an opportunity to trade with other El Dorado delegates. You and the other delegate must both let me know that you would like to switch in order for me to make it happen. We will do this at the end of the meeting. 

If you have questions on this, let me know. 

3.) Room Assignments for T&E 2: We will be re-selecting room assignments for T&E 2 this week. We have had a number of drops since T&E 1 and everyone will need to re-do their rooms. If you like your group of 4 from T&E1 you can keep your same room. I will pass around pieces of paper and you will need to form groups of 4 and then submit the papers to me. NO GROUPS OF THREE. We need four delegates to a room.

Even if you are keeping your same room, you will need to do this. If you are going to be absent this week, make sure a friend adds your name to a room. All room assignments are subject to the Lead Advisors approval, and reserves the right to change your rooms, if necessary. This is your last opportunity to change roommates.

4.) 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, you should apply 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): 

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. 

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.

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

Derek Dolfie

Lead Advisor/Delegation Dad

El Dorado Delegation

Helpful Links:
Missed a bulletin?

Need to make a payment?

Mark your calendars for these key events!

Dec. 14, 2018: Payment Due ($400)

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

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

Sac Central Delegation Bulletin #13: Almost Winter Break

We have just two meetings left before our three-week Winter Break! 

Get ready for California Government Jeopardy this week. Prepared delegates will do some basic research on the structure of California government, the leaders of various branches (speaker, pro-tem, Chief Justice, recently elected/soon to be sworn in Constitutional officers), recent current events, who the elected leaders are for the YMCA's geographic area (state, county, city, federal) legislative stuff . . . spend 10 min googling and you'll do great! 

1.) Payment Reminder: The fourth and final program payment for the year is due by December 14. 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. Checks are payable to "Sacramento Central YMCA." 

2.) CIM A Great Success! Thank you to all who were able to help out this past Sunday. The weather was perfect and the runners and the Sacramento Running Association really appreciated our being there!

3.) Program Area Assignments: You've all been placed in your program areas. Everyone is in their first or second choice programs. At T&EII in January, you'll meet within your program area to learn all about your role for the Model Legislature & Court in February 

• Aaron - Board of Ed
• Cameron - Forum
• Connor - CIB
• James - Houses (Secondary Bill Sponsor)
• Jennifer - CIB (pending CalEPA application)
• Jimmy - CIB (pending CalEPA application)
• Kayla - Board of Ed
• Keymora - ConCon
• Leo - Lobbyist
• Liam - Houses (Primary Bill Sponsor and Alternate Committee Chair)
• Miraya - Bench Trial
• Mitchell - Forum
• Natalie - ConCon
• Priya - IAC
• Sam - Houses
• Ting - SoS (Undersecretary of State)
• Trisha - Bench Trial

4.) Rooming Assignments for T&EII: At the next meeting, you'll let me know any changes to roommate preferences for the second conference. As with before, the YMCA rules require that delegates only house with others within one grade level of each other (so 9th and 10th or 10th and 11th are fine, but 9th and 11th or 10th and 12th are not - wherever possible). When considering roommate changes you must:

• Bear in mind you'll only be in your rooms for sleeping for very short periods of time. 
• Discuss with your previous roommates
• Discuss with your potential roommates
• Hold our delegation values/YMCA values paramount in these discussions, especially Caring. 
• Engage in this process with kindness and empathy, always. Anything less is not acceptable in our family. 

5.) Delegation Holiday Party and Gift Exchange, Wednesday, December 12: Our annual holiday party and gift exchange will be held on Wednesday, December 12. It will be our last meeting before Winter Break. At this week's meeting, you'll select your Secret Santa match from the hat. If you are not planning to attend the December 12 meeting or do not want to participate in the gift exchange, you must let me know at this week's meeting. Gifts must be less than $10 in value and can be homemade/funny/silly/etc (candy always works!). You'll get a list of gift ideas for each participant at this week's meeting, too. 

The following delegates need to complete the post-con survey so we have their gift info or they won't get to participate in the gift exchange because we don't have gift info. http://bit.ly/postcon71A 

• Aaron
• Leo
• Mitchell
• Trisha

6.) Eldo Delegation Holiday Party: The El Dorado Delegation would like to invite Sac Central to attend its holiday party on Thursday, December 13 in El Dorado Hills. More information will be provided when it is available. (It will be held at a delegate's home. Parents will be present. Advisors will be in attendance. Transportation not provided.) 

7.) Swim With Santa, Friday December 14 at the YMCA: Our Swim With Santa volunteer event is coming up on Friday, December 14. The follow delegates have volunteered to attend. All are welcome! In pool: Miraya, Sam, Ting. Not-in-pool: James, Kayla, Keymora, Natalie.

REMINDERS:

Leadership and Applied Programs: Applications for elected office, appointed positions, and appointed program areas are now available in your Reggo account and are due by This Thursday, December 6. Once you have completed an application, let me know so that I can approve it for you. (Instructions for accessing your applications in Reggo can be found in past bulletins.) 

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
- Please note our winter break dates and when meetings resume in January!
- Please provide prompt payment of any outstanding program fees by December 14 - help advisors and staff have a happier holiday season without needing to send lots of reminders! 

At the next meeting we'll . . .  

--Play California Government Jeopardy!

-- Discuss current events/Practice Parli-Pro

--Discuss Winter Holiday Party Plans and Social Events

See you on Wednesday!

Sac Central Delegation Stands For Respect, Responsibility, and Purpose

Helpful Links:

Missed a bulletin?

Need to make a payment?

Looking for forms or handouts?

Mark your calendars:

December 5, 2018: Regular Delegation Meeting

December 12, 2018: Sac Central Holiday Party and Gift Exchange (details TBD)

December 14, 2018: Payment #4 (Final) Due

December 14, 2018: YMCA Swim With Santa Volunteer Event, Sac YMCA

December 19, 2018: No meeting

December 26, 2018: No meeting

January 2, 2019: No meeting

January 9, 2019: Regular meetings resume

January 16, 2019: Mandatory pre-conference meeting

January 19-21, 2019: Training & Elections Conference II, Fresno (Sat morning-Monday afternoon)

February 6, 2019: Mandatory pre-conference meeting
February 13, 2019: No meeting

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.