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Democrats Abroad -
Philippines
- PH 11 October 2020, Sunday, 2:30 pm
Via Zoom
Attendance
1. Lisa Pagkalinawan 8. John Boyd
2. Kathleen Guido 9. Corey Augenstein
3. Bill Gelman 10. David Kuchenbecker
4. Gayle Zialcita 11. Bing Ganchero
5. Carmen Bonoan 12. Bob Mangan
6. Rachel Ebora 13. Wilma Huang
7. Nena Hernandez
Introduction
The
meeting started at 2:45 in the afternoon with 13 members present on Zoom.
Bill
Gelman motioned to approve the minutes of the previous meeting and Dave Kuchenbecker.
Updates
1. The October 6 joint Manila House/The Asia Society
webinar Lisa participated in can be viewed here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZJ6QnigA0ng
L i
watch and party. Wilma volunteered to get in
touch with her contacts and will get back to
Lisa.
L i
enable Democrats Abroad to pay for the calls.
This service cost money, for instance 5,400
calls per day cost $9,700 from October 1-7.
To donate, check out:
https://www.democratsabroad.org/donate.
Da
vid is one of the committed callers. He noted that Lisa helped him get started and found that it
was not that difficult. David encouraged members to try.
Me
mbers can also use the “I voted from the Philippines” Facebook frame.
Car
men reached out to the Doctors’ Association specifically those she knew will vote Democrat,
and they have all voted.
Upcoming events
1. Reminder: Embassy in-person voter help on October 14, 16, 19, 23, 26 and 30
2. On October 15, 9 am (ET) former Ambassador to Japan, Caroline Kennedy, will talk to
Democrats Abroad, send RSVP to this link.
Next Meeting
The next meeting was set on 25 October via Zoom at 2:30pm.
Join Zoom Meeting Link:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85695639508?pwd=UzJBYlIrNnJzbEdKQjJmMnUyVFpGUT09
14:43:27 From Bing Ganchero-Gelman to John Boyd (Privately) : Hey John Boyd, Good to see
your face!!!! Love the articles.
14:58:01 From Bing Ganchero-Gelman : Please unmute yourself if you want to talk
14:58:54 From Bing Ganchero-Gelman to Lisa Pagkalinawan (Privately) : Kindly set to play
15:25:08 From Bing Ganchero-Gelman : Here is the link to Amb Kennedy’s chat with Democrats
15:29:24 From Bing Ganchero-Gelman : There is a podcast that you can check :
https://cafe.com/stay-tuned/can-trump-steal-the-election-with-marc-elias/
15:42:33 From geyzialcita : For the Prison Project, I would not want to go there in person but if
someone would pick up a pumpkin pie or two, do let me know if you push through with
this project.
15:52:29 From Rachel Ebora : I don't use Facebook but there are different options for a watch
party - youtube has YouTube party which is a chrome extension and allows for
simultaneous watching and communication among people watching from different
locations.