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X-WR-CALNAME:DFA-OC January Meeting in Los Angeles at Postal code 9262
	7\, United States - Eventful
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SUMMARY:DFA-OC January Meeting
DESCRIPTION:  1. December Meeting Update At our December meeting\, we 
	promised to send everyone the info on how to be elected an Assembly Di
	strict Delegate to the State Dem Party for two years. If you are inter
	ested in heading to Sacramento for the State Convention\, where you re
	present you Assembly District with 11 other elected delegates\, then g
	o to http://www.cadem.org and click on Assembly District Election Meet
	ings link for all the information. We need good people representing pr
	ogressive ideas to the state party. You just might be one of those peo
	ple - so please check it out. 2. Military Families Speak Out - Holiday
	 Gifts Packing Party MFSO is again sending holiday packages to troops 
	in Iraq and Afghanistan. And the group is organizing donation events a
	nd caroling! Here's Pat Alviso's email about their plans. If you can't
	 do all the events\, please join the packing party or call Susan Kopic
	ki (sckopicki@yahoo.com or 949/872-0966) to pick up items that you wan
	t to donate. We will arrange for a pickup time on Saturday. Update Fro
	m Pat and Jeff and MFSO: Packages for the troops This is the time of y
	ear when we all pitch in and work really hard to get donations for pac
	kages to send to our soldiers serving in Iraq and Afghanistan. We have
	 plans to go to three locations to table for donations outside of two 
	Trader Joe’s in Long Beach and Cerritos on Thursday Dec 11 and Saturd
	ay Dec.13th. Call Pat to get on the list for a time period. If you wan
	t to go out on another day\, call and we will get someone to go with y
	ou\, get you set up with a table etc. and copies of the flyers to pass
	 out. Please bring any donations you might be able to get and be ready
	 for the packing party at our house December 14 starting at 2:00PM. Ou
	r address is 775 Havana Ave.\, Long Beach 90804. Please bring an snack
	 to share. Veterans for Peace has made a generous donation of $250 to 
	help pay for shipping. It will cost more\, so please ask for donations
	 for shipping too. See list of requested items below. MFSO Xmas Caroli
	ng With our Congress members home in Dec.\, we have plans to do some s
	pecial caroling at places where two of our reps will find it hard to i
	gnore us. Ed Royce will be on Dec 16 at 5:30PM and Dana Rohrabacher wi
	ll be Dec 18 also at 5:30PM. We will have a short rehearsal first each
	 day at a member’s home nearby. Call Pat for the details if you would
	 like to come. In the past we have done this at theirs offices and it 
	was a great event. Also\, we have a date to do some caroling in Long B
	each on Dec 13 at 6:00PM. A ½ hour rehearsal will be at 245 W. Broadw
	ay\, Suite #101\, Long Beach. After the short rehearsal we will walk t
	o 3rd and Pine and do some caroling. Attached are the carols we plan o
	n singing. Contact: Pat Alviso & Jeff Merrick\, Military Families Spea
	k Out\, Orange County & South Bay Chapter\, www.mfsooc.org www.myspace
	.com/ocmfso 562-833-8035 3. DFA-OC Survey - Request for Input! Wow! We
	 won in November! Now we have to define our mission for 2009. We will 
	continue to work to elect progressive candidates - but we also have to
	 address other issues. And that's where we need your input. What do yo
	u want us to plan for our meetings each month? What issues are importa
	nt to you? Please answer in a reply email the following questions and 
	add any comments - we'll use them to plan future agendas. 1. List any 
	and all issues you want addressed by our elected representatives at th
	e local\, state and federal level in the next year. Then\, please sugg
	est a group or speaker who could present on these issues. 2. Please ra
	nk your top three issues you would like us to explore by preparing for
	 a presentation or speaker. 3. Please comment on any other aspects of 
	our meetings - time\, location\, format\, content. What do you enjoy -
	 what would you enjoy more? Your input is very important to the steeri
	ng committee! Contact: Susan Kopicki at 949/872-0966\n
LOCATION:Postal code 92627\, United States @ Costa Mesa, California 92
	627 United States
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