And since thison is not related to diversity, and since this is a new amendment being offered and since we have things that have been tabled to can we take ofw, this amendment and you can bring it back with a place you think is appropriate since we all agree it is not appropriate . Does that make sense . I agree, i just dont know if it is possible. Instead of us trying to figure out where to put it now, can we get through this one section . I think we are trying to see if it is can we take of this amendment and you can bring possible, if it is allowed. Ok, so we are going to table this new amendment. The Commission Recommends the dnc enact a 50 state strategy. We would like to come up with a better place for it and then we will take it up tomorrow. All those in favor with what i just said . Aye. [laughter] unanimous. Good. Ok. So we need to finish voting thank you. We are taking up the vote for section five. All those in favor of section five, please as a block, yes please, raise your hands. Section five is adopted. Section six. Connecting our values and our actions. There is one action item, a. Section six. Connecting ouramendments to the. Any amendments to section six . A, ihe recommendation had an amendment to my amendment to replace recommendation a with the following. Are you reading from the sheet we handed out . The sheet that was handed out and what is also on the screen. For commission members, this is number six, page 17, lines one through 13. You are reading from this sheet. Substitute the language that is here which says the Commission Recommends the dnc developed a Service Oriented program for national and state parties that connects our values and actions. This could also include trainings and other events that demonstrate the commitment to serving our community. I substitute that with the following the Commission Recommends that state parties on a trial basis establish in some targeted districts a Service Program that would involve mobilizing a trained cadre of Party Members to make direct contact with voters doortodoor or by phone, making inquiries as to their needs visavis federal, state, local government. For example, assistance in signing up for Social Security, medicare, etc. The Party Volunteers would orist where they are able make referrals where needed. We further propose that working with the state chairs, the dnc conforms, or or make referrals where rather fora committee to assess ways to implement this program in targeted areas and assess after a twoyear period the impact this effort has had on party growth and electoral performance. And if there is a second, i would like to explain why i introduce this. Second. I introduced it because when i first submitted this proposal in a much longer form, i did so because as the opening sentence in this sentence says, most it is the up knowing Democratic Party when they get direct mail, phone calls or we ask them for money or a vote. Other systematic approach to contact to provide service to our constituents. I discovered a program in virginia called virginia promise where a statenia representative had organized his office to go door to door and ask people what they needed and had someone working in his office to meet those needs. It was a smart move on his part, but also provide a model for what the party can do in targeted areas, in particular in red states, rural areas, areas where we lost voters. Where we go back to them and say we care about what you need in between elections and we provide some of the services that the Democratic Party and other parties used to perform back when i was growing up and you were growing up, mr. Chair, where the party actually solved problems. It may not work in every area, but working with the state chairs and seating areas where work, it might be well worth it to fund this four targeted rural areas, targeted areas where there is a need to reconnect with voters to reestablish the brand of the Democratic Party as concerned about people. I would therefore on a trial basis want us to implement this, not in the kind of aspirational ways described here, but to recommend a very specific program that can, that the state chairs can design the implementation of it, but it not just be connecting values and actions. Its actually doing something in these areas on a trial basis and making it work, so i really encourage us all to consider it and hopefully pass that. Just a question you are saying there was such a trial or virginia . Yeah. What district . One district. There are other districts imitating virginia . It. The state party apparently is likes it. I thought it would be do you know the district . Roanoke area. A red area. Not roanoke city, but the area around it. We could reference that. Elaine . I very much like the idea behind this and i think it is a great way to Contact People in between elections and not just ask them for money or their vote. By very worried, however, the inclusion of Social Security and medicare in here. As jim and i know from working on this for many years in the operations of Social Security when we were in the government, most of this is pretty straightforward now. There arent many complications for most people. When there are complications, they are serious complications and they require a great deal of training and legal understanding to do this. This is one of the reasons that it is so difficult to have we had this long conversation in government about having people answer the phones for Social Security and medicare. The level of complexity here is pretty high. We could end up screwing ourselves bigtime, ok . Congressional offices have people specifically trained in these programs to deal with the complexities of the situation. I would really think this could be extraordinarily counterproductive to have some trained Party Volunteers going doortodoor telling people they are there to fix their Social Security problems. I would really encourage you to take out reference to these. I like the original language. The original language seems to say lets do this, it is a great idea, but lets let states figure out and counties figure out what is needed and lets not go jumping both feet into the crown jewel of the Democratic Party which is the Social Security administration, which frankly works very well. Respond . Just i purposely wanted to take that up. There were examples and it is not going doortodoor telling you let me help you with your Social Security. It is saying if you have any needs, im coming from the Democratic Party and i want to know the things you need us to help you with, and then making referrals. It could be i will help you use your congressional most people dont know where to go with a problem and this is simply going to them and saying you have a problem, the mayor can deal with it or the city councilman and this is the phone number to call. Look, i know Social Security works. It does not, but most people dont know how to get it to work. This is simply giving them an opportunity to voice their concern with someone and then have that someone may be said end them a a piece of paper with numbers to call. It is simply a way of directly connecting with voters in to say we areons you and i amo help perfectly willing to take out all you and i am perfectly willing to take out all of those examples i dont want to have the examples distract from the kind of Service Connection program that i am hoping we can implement. Ok, so now we are looking at strikes, perhaps the parenthetical comments, correct . Im going to recognize the chair and then jeff, mya. Was the principle of this. Im an organizer and i have not been in the field in a while. The way i have thought about this from the way it was listed in the original version, i could remember going doortodoor and working with volunteers. I had a woman who her glasses broke and she was kind of Walking Around spending her days with her eyeglasses broken because she cannot afford to get them fixed. That was not very hard to take her to a place to get those eyeglasses fixed. Me, that is a level of service. I remember another time i was in missouri, a wonderful woman volunteer who just really struggled me, that is a level of service. With transportation and getting groceries. When i would go shopping for myself, i would go shopping for her. These elements of service and understanding how you can help as an organizer in your community and a party should be doing that. Im in complete agreement with that. I think we should have the flexibility to support people that way. What i am worried about from a very practical standpoint is creating a cadre of Party Members that are able to know exactly the right place to send someone or to be able to understand the depth and complexity of these issues is a really tough task to put on someone, on top of running the road area and managing their own area and managing events. I support the principle. I have lived the principle and i think we should included here, but i would caution in how specific and the practical side of the complexity here and ensure we are not setting ourselves up for something that a party cant live up to in terms of the type of training and qualifications we would need in order to actually send people in the right direction, to hit these specific areas that take a little bit more policy training or understanding. Supporting people in their communities and helping them live their lives a little bit better. Yeah, so i just basically want to amplify what elaine and jen have said which is i also think it is a great concept. Anybody who has studied the history of our political party, especially in the urban areas, knows there is a history at a certain point in time where we did provide this kind of outreach and it really did connect people with the party at the local level. So, i think that is very good. I think the language that is already in the recommendation of the report is good, i bs broad. It captures it. It puts over the service orientation. Specific,king it more making it a Trial Program and these other things, i think are dont really add anything and cause complexities. I think the language we have is an accomplishment that we should accept and move on from. I have a sense that maybe other people feel that and if that is case, i think we should approve it as it is without trying to particular allieize ia case, i think we should approve it as itway we cannot ds day, this hour. I completely agree with you, jeff. Areas, there used to be democratic clubs. Halls that had a little bit of a purpose at some point before they started throwing cash around. They provided services, they were rooted in the community. Right now, were hearing the Democratic Party is the president ial party and we lost our roots. I think it is a great amendment. I would question how we connecet it. How do we make sure state parties and local parties these are clubs, there is a club in my neighborhood how they go out there and create these programs . We create a challenge . Do we open up ideas to the greater Democratic Party body . Do we tour around and do another resistance summer and go to these neighborhoods and talk about the top concerns of different communities . We create a challenge . Maybe that will address the Social Security issue. Maybe Social Security is not the biggest issue. Maybe it is beyond into the polls, but how do you get in touch with your governor, your congressman . In a lot of areas, it is hard to. I would urge us to come up with a way to make this stronger so that it can actually be implemented. Yeah, sure. I know we said we were not going to nitpick the language. For many voters, the only contact they have had with their party, and continue on, and then i would improve the whol approve thing. You might have to state that once more. For many voters, the only contact they have had and then leave the rest of the paragraph. That is in the introduction. We will take that as a friendly amendment to the introduction. Im going to recognize you to call a question. [indiscernible] i would like to take if think of something along that line i worked in new orleans for three years after katrina. The reason was that danny glover raised some money to help. One of the things that was most necessary were Mental Health workers. Said we are a barack bureaucracy and we cannot put that together. Danny and his people were rocking on the streets, people were recognizing them. During those catastrophes come of those peoples homes were wiping out and the government was not responding to them. I think if we could be prepared. Look at what is happening right now fires in california, houston,. We have some kind of planned approach to be ready to move towards those kinds of things to at least bring attention to it, but Mental Health workers are so necessary. I set up a Homeless Center and we had Mental Health workers. I think we can really prepare seeing all the catastrophes taking place right now and think about how we, the Democratic Party, are ready to respond during those circumstances. Mr. Chair, i would like to table the motion. I dont want to lose it and i dont want to take an idea that was brought to me by a state delegate whose asked me to bring it before you and you generalize it into a national program. Although i submitted it, a significant period of time ago, there was no discussion about it until today. Ando fairness to the issue when i got this document two days ago and i saw how it had been watered down into a general aspirational we want to serve people and whatever without any specificity, i felt it got gutted. I would prefer to table it and not have it to be my motion be defeated and simply let this issue ride until we have a chance to further discuss it. Im sorry. If you table your amendment, and then your amendment would be tabled and we can come back to it. I dont want it defeated. I would rather table it and bring it back in another time. When we had in six, has the first paragraph changed . I will read that and then we tier and then we have a motion to table this amendment. Only the one big amendment. We are voting only on the tabling of the amendment. All those in favor of tabling the amended, indicate by raising your hand. Are you voting or just have your hadnd up . [laughter] eight to table. Eight . Shes asking to count again. Eight. Tabling. Against tabling. Seven. The motion is tabled. Ok, now we are back to where we were with this, except for the one friendly change. I will read this. We cant vote on it. No, no, we can. He is fine on voting on a. Use tabling his amendment. He is tabling his amendment. I think basically we were tabling a. What we have done in each table incident is that we have had to table the actual recommendation. Technically, that is fine. Got it. Ok, were only voting on the two paragraphs. I have a question about it first. About what . About the contents of this. Whats going around and i cannot get back to this. Goahead. It ish the language here, saying that we are essentially telling the dnc to develop an Oriented Program for state and local parties. I honestly think that better language that gives more space to state parties in particular is that the dnc works to put forward models of service orientated programs. This is saying that the dnc to develop a program. I dont know if they have the money. That is a whole thing, right . When are you reading from . A has been tabled. We are only voting on the first two paragraphs. I thinought we only tabled jims amendment. [indiscernible] i think we can come up with language that will work. I think we can. I have some suggested light which. Language. We are dealing with six, two paragraphs. We tabled a so we have to come back to it. Regardless of what happens with the a amendment, if we come back to the original a, that would still be in opportunity to add this asp language, correct . Yes. Yes. Right. Ok . So, we are only dealing with these two paragraphs and i will read it quickly as it is now written. For many voters, the only contacts they have had with our party is at the state and local level is when we solicit money or canvass for votes. As a result, voters may question whether our party understands, represents or prioritizes them. We believe the party needs to prioritize the grassroots focused effort of neighbors helping neighbors that will help us reconnect with voters and reestablish Democratic Party as the party that most cares about and best serves the interest of the people. That is now before us for a vote. All those in favor of six as written, please indicate by raising your hand. It is unanimously adopted. Back to you for seven. Seven is the last section of the party reform, which is promoting and protecting the vote. I will read the top summary. The right to vote is under attack. Example, in the first half of 2017, 99 bills making it more difficult to vote were introduced across 31 states. Example, in the first half of 2017, 99 bills making it more difficult to vote were introduced across 31 states. In this section, we have one, hree nine recommendations. Are there any amendments to those recommendations . Ok, im hearing no amendments. We will go to voting. Does anyone want to move as voting as a block . Ok, i will read these and then we will vote together. And then we will be finished. Incorporating a is incorporating provoter policy positions, including Voter Registration modernization, online Voter Registration and automatic Voter Registration, support for a standard access to voting before election day including early vote, no excuse absentee and