An Urgent Message from Wilma Chan

May 24, 2008

Dear Friends and Supporters:

TEN days.    That’s it – just 10 days until Election Day.

We’ve made more that 53,000 phone calls to voters and need to reach an additional 20,000 in the next 10 days.

Our calls are generating a positive response from voters, so much so that we are running low on yard signs.  If each of you getting this email volunteers just two times between now and June 3 at 8pm when the polls close, we will succeed on Election Day!

So BYOP (Bring Your Own Cell Phone) or use one of ours at phone call sites in Oakland, Alameda and Berkeley.  Here is the schedule:
Monday-Thursday:  10am-9pm
Friday: 10am-7pm
Saturday: 10am-3pm (or later)
Sunday: Noon-8:45pm

Please contact Isela at Isela@ChanForSenat.com or call 510-464-1077 with the dates and times you can help plus your name, email and phone number.

I’ll see you at the phonebanks.  Your support means more to me than words can express.  Thank you, thank you and thank you again.

Warmly,
Wilma

PS  This week I won the endorsements of the Berkeley Daily Planet and Calitics (a terrific online news source)

Chan-Gram
Latest News from Wilma Chan, Progressive and Effective
Democrat for CA State Senate, District 9

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In this issue:
A Note from Wilma: Countdown!
Welcome to our Senate Corps
Campaign Stars
Must See TV
Upcoming
Warning

A Note From Wilma…………….

Dear Friends and Supporters:

THIS IS IT!  The election is just 18 days away and thousands of people who will be voting by mail are receiving and casting their ballots.

We need your help to win.

Our phonebanks are humming and volunteers are getting a very good response from voters.  Our challenge is the huge size of the Senate District – which runs from Richmond to Oakland to Livermore, and just about everywhere in between.  Please take out your calendar, figure out what dates you can help make calls to voters, help in the office or other campaign work.

Our Phonebanks are buzzing!  Join us:
√ Monday-Thursday from 4:30pm-8:30pm
√ Saturday mornings at 10:00am and Sunday afternoons from 3-8:30pm

My schedule has been packed, with two candidate forums hosted by the League of Women Voters, a candidate forum hosted by Bananas Child Care Resource and Referral, news interviews, successful fundraisers in Piedmont and Sacramento, walking door to door in Oakland, and time on the phone talking to voters.

In between, I taught my last class for the semester at UC Berkeley to a great group of students who are now off to the Capitol for exciting internships.   I also got to spend a little time with my new grandson, now two weeks old –– an ever present reminder of why we’re working so hard for quality education, access to healthcare, good jobs and a protected environment.

I don’t have to tell you that the campaign has reached ‘crunch time’.  We have just 18 days to reach voters.  I need your help and I’d love to visit with you and catch up at a phone bank.   Pick up the phone and call 464-1077 or send an email to Isela@ chanforsenate.com and lend a hand!  Dislike phoning?  Email Wayne at Wayne@chanforsenate.com to help with scanning data and more.  He can also arrange for a sign to be delivered to your home or office.

Warmly,
Wilma

Welcome to the Senate Corps

We have been joined by several talented students who make up our Senate Corps.  They’re helping with the campaign and learning about leadership opportunities in politics and public policy:
Andrew Adelman is a student at UC Berkeley with an interest in international affairs.  He lives in Berkeley.  Andrew has been with us since late last summer.
Our newest additions are:
Mo Himod is a student at CSU East Bay with an interest in public policy and government.  Mo lives in the Glenview neighborhood of Oakland.
Pedro Terazas-Medina is a senior at Alameda High School.  He is interested in campaigns, legislation and public policy.  He will be attending St. Mary’s in the fall.
Matt Villegas is also a senior at Alameda High and will be attending UC Irvine in the fall.
Ian Merrifield from Encinal High has just joined us.  He is also a senior, bound for Harvard in the fall.
Campaign Stars Who Go the Extra Mile

Gilda G.
Dave C.
Thuy N.
Terry B.
Stephanie K.
Mo H.
Lisa C-S.
Isela R.
Wayne N.
Nora M.
Pat B.
Edith A-W.
Sherry H.
Dong S.
Bill S.
Steve Mc.
Dana E.

Yard Signs

Our yard signs are flying out the door.  We have just 160 left, so if you’d like one delivered to your home or office, please email wayne@chanforsenate.com with your name, phone and address.  Be sure to specify whether you want a yard or window sign.

Deadline: Fundraising

One of the facts of campaigns is the need for funding to pay for phones, mailers to voters, yard signs and more.

The next deadline for reporting donations is midnight tomorrow, Saturday, May 17.  You can help by donating on-line at www.wilmachan.org

The next fundraising event is set for May 21, a Gala Reception in Downtown Oakland.  For details, please call Veronica at 510-464-1077.

Must See TV and Smart Voter

Last week, the Alameda League of Women Voters held a candidate forum.  You can catch it on Alameda cable 5/19 & 22 at 9pm.  The Piedmont League also hosted a forum – details to follow on broadcast dates and times.  Meanwhile, our web page on the League’s Smart Voter project is UP.  Check it out – it’s one of the very best things the League does.

WARNING

In the final days of the campaign, we will likely face some negative campaigning and nasty rumors.   What you read or hear from our opponents should be taken with a grain (or more) of salt.  You can reach us to get the facts at 510-464-1077.

CHAN-GRAM
Latest News from Wilma Chan, Progressive and Effective
Democrat for CA State Senate, District 9

www.wilmachan.org
| 510-464-1077 | Visit us on Facebook | Vol. II, Issue 5 | May 6, 2008 |

In this issue:
•    A Note from Wilma: This is the week
•    New Endorsements
•    Campaign Stars
•    Phone Home
•    We’re on TV
•    Events and more events

A Note From Wilma…………….

Dear Friends and Supporters:

What an exciting week this has been.  I started the week off by becoming a first-time Grandmother to a healthy baby boy, Christopher.  He weighed in at 8 lbs, 11oz, 22 inches long.  Christopher, his parents, grandparents and great grandparents are all doing well.

Back on the campaign trail, the first Senate candidate debate took place before 800 students at U.C. Berkeley.  The student’s questions made it clear that they are ready for change.  We recruited quite a few volunteers there.  I also spoke at a rare joint meeting of the Richmond-Berkeley-Emeryville Chambers of Commerce.  A standing-room-only crowd filled the home of former Albany School Board member Sally Outis and her husband Bob.  As I was at the hospital awaiting Christopher’s arrival, a staff member filled in for me in a lively two hour Q & A with the attendees.

On Friday, taking a quick break from the campaign, I attended a wonderful event at Harriet Tubman Educational Center (pre-school) in West Oakland in celebration of The Week of the Young Child.  Check out the Oakland Tribune’s story:  Preschool cuts would be wrong

Our first major mailer went to the post office a couple of days ago.  You should get it in the next day or so.  Let me know what you think about it.

I cannot begin to thank all of you who have stepped forward to call voters, scan data, make yard signs and walk door to door.  As hard as I know everyone has been working, I am writing to ask you to reach just a little deeper because THIS WEEK the Registrar of Voters is scheduled to begin mailing out Vote By Mail ballots.  Fully half of the people expected to vote in this election will vote by mail.

Please take out your calendar, figure out what dates you can help make calls and campaign work and join the Fighting 444s.  The Fighting 444s are supporters who have committed to work FOUR times FOR the campaign during the next FOUR weeks.  Will you be one of them?  I hope so!

Our Phonebanks are going, going, going!  Join us:
√ Monday-Thursday from 4:30pm-8:30pm
√ Saturday mornings at 10:00am and Sunday afternoons from 3-8:30pm

Pick up the phone and call 464-1077 or send an email to Isela@ chanforsenate.com and lend a hand!  Dislike phoning?  Email Wayne at Wayne@chanforsenate.com to help with scanning data, making and delivering yard signs and more.  He can also arrange for a sign to be delivered to your home or office.

Warmly,
Wilma

Campaign Stars

Dr. Ben S., *Arnie F., Dave C.,Thuy N., Terry B., * Stephanie K., *Mohamed  H., *Jennifer U., *Lisa C-S., John C., Isela R.,Wayne N., *Nora M.., Pat R.., Edith A-W., Lynn Mc, Dorothy K., Janet W., Barbara K., Mei Ling T., Pat B., Marilyn E., *Joel F., Andrew A., Gary L., Ben S., Alice G., Jennifer C., Earl H., Paul M., Dana E., Jane B., Mary Ann S., Steve M., Dong S., Sherry H., Dr. Gregory P., Bruce S., Dr. Christina Y., LaToya L.

*Special Stars who have phoned, walked or helped in the office 3 or more times

We need your living room!

We’re looking for living rooms we can borrow for our ‘Phonebank in A Box’.  Whether you can commit to one week or all four, opening your home to us will allow us to call more voters about the election.  Here is how it works: We’ll bring 7-10 volunteers, snacks, talking points for calls, cell phones and call lists and stay about 2-3 hours.  Please let us know if there is day and time that works for you Monday-Thursday from 5:30-8:30pm and Sunday afternoons from 3pm-8:30pm.

New Endorsements

Hon. Betty Olds, Berkeley City Council    ■    Hon. Nat Bates, Richmond City Council
Margaret Fujioka, Piedmont City Council

Upcoming Events

Please join me at any of the fundraisers coming up:
•    May 13: A Special Evening for People in Healthcare, Downtown Oakland
•    May 20: Houseparty in Piedmont
•    May 24: Gala Reception in Downtown Oakland -  Sponsorships available

Can’t attend?  You can help by donating on-line at www.wilmachan.org  For details on any of the events, please call Veronica at 510-464-1077.

Watch the Action on TV

On Tuesday, May 6 the Alameda League of Women Voters will host a candidate forum.  You can catch it on cable at 7pm.

Hi everyone –

39 days! 14 days!!

There are only 14 days left before people start receiving their Vote By Mail ballots and 39 days until Election Day.

We need your help to reach voters. Our conversations with them tell us that people are ready for change. Help us send a message that politics doesn’t have to be the same-old insider game by helping to set an example right here in the East Bay.

Our Phonebanks are cranking! They are held:
• Sunday-Thursday from 4:30pm-8:30pm
• Saturday mornings at 10:30am and Sunday afternoons from 3-8:30pm

We’ve made thousands of calls but need to bump it up to reach more people before they get their ballots and vote.

Pick up the phone and call 464-1077 or send an email to Isela@ chanforsenate.com and lend a hand!

We’re also still raising money to bring our message to voters. Please visit www.wilmachan.org and donate whatever you can – from $5 to $3600.

Warmly,
Wilma

Hi everyone –

There are just 20 days left before people start receiving their vote-by-mail ballots, and I need your help to reach as many supporters as possible before then.

You can make a difference today, right from our offices in Alameda, Oakland and Berkeley and start calling our supporters now.

From Dublin and Livermore to Castro Valley, Oakland, Berkeley, Emeryville, Piedmont, Albany, Richmond, and San Pablo there are thousands of people who are ready for change — we need to reach out to them, and we need your help.

Never underestimate the power of one person to bring about change. In the East Bay, you can be that voice that makes it happen.

Please don’t set this email aside planning to respond later. Pick up the phone, send an email to Isela@chanforsenate.com or wayne@chanforsenate.com lend a hand!

Warmly,
Wilma

Hi everyone -

Campaign volunteers are now talking to several hundred people a day.  In addition to making phone calls Monday-Thursday evenings, we’re adding hours on Saturday and Sunday.  I’ve been making calls too but the beautiful weather will probably get me out and walking door to door this weekend.

Our latest activity, “Phonebank in a Box” lets us set up phone banks in Oakland, Alameda and Berkeley (so far) as well as at coffee get-togethers in the homes of supporters.

We welcome two new Campaign Team members – Wayne and Isela. When you get their calls in the next few days to lend a hand, please be as generous with your time as possible.

This week I got to take an evening off from the campaign to present Dr. Barbara Staggers with the 2008 Public Health Heroes Award at the annual ceremony hosted by the UC Berkeley School of Public Health.  Barbara is one of my heroes for her work on behalf of teenagers.  I named her as the 16h Assembly District ‘Woman of the Year’ in 2006.

Raising money continues via on-line efforts and events.  Our goal is to raise $50,000 before the next deadline for reporting donations  Please take a moment to donate $25, $100 or up to $3600 by clicking here: http://www.wilmachan.org

Warmly,
Wilma

Hi everyone!

Our voter outreach is moving right along.  Thanks to everyone who helped with the first round of calls to 2000 voters including Joanne McCray, Lena Tam, Joel Freid, DaMonica Robinson, Matt Mullin, Barbara Kahn, Honora Murphy, Lisa Chan, Joann Parenti, Steve McGrath, Noel Gallo, Ron Mooney, Kris Nishioka, Jan Malvin, Sheryl Nureck, Mike McCormick, and Melanie McCormick.

The response has been very friendly.  We’re calling voters on weekday afternoons and evenings to talk to them about the campaign and the legislative work I’ve done.  If you can lend a hand for a couple of hours in the afternoon or evening, please call Wayne at 510-464-1077.  Kudos to the Asian & Pacific Islander Democratic Caucus for being the very first group to sign up for a phone night.

We’re kicking off a new activity, “Phonebank in a Box”.  If you’d like to host a coffee get-together or dessert party at your house for 6-10 of your friends, we’ll bring the phones and calling lists.

Raising money continues via on-line efforts and events.  Our goal is to raise $50,000 before the next deadline for reporting donations  Please take a moment to donate $25, $100 or up to $3600 by clicking here: http://www.wilmachan.org

Warmly,
Wilma

What an exciting year this is! The Presidential race is one of the most extraordinary in recent history. It’s inspiring to see so many people coming out to vote. As you may know, I’ve endorsed Senator Barack Obama. As a member of his leadership group, I had the opportunity to speak to many Democratic Clubs during the winter leading up to the February 5 Primary.
Even though all of us are watching the Presidential race closely, my campaign for California State Senate is moving into high gear.
Last week we held a get together in Oakland for volunteers. It was SRO as people filled the room to the brim. It was heartwarming to see so many friends. We were joined by students from CSU East Bay, Peralta and UC Berkeley.
After everyone grabbed a snack – special thanks to Joanne Parenti for the homemade foccoccia, we heard from Campaign Consultant Larry Tramutola. He outlined our plans for the next 80+ days until the election. We brainstormed ideas and got assignments.

As always, I value your support. Wilma