Joint Venture Joins Bay Council in Call for Constitutional Convention

Joint Venture: Silicon Valley Network joins the Bay Council in the business association push for state constitutional reform. Here is JV:SVN’s press release.–ed.

PROGRAM 9:30 am Opening Remarks Russell Hancock, President & CEO, Joint Venture: Silicon Valley Network Jim Wunderman, President & CEO, Bay Area Council 9:50 am The Need for Reform: A Silicon Valley Perspective Liz Kniss, Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors (invited) Richard S. Gordon, San Mateo County Supervisor Lawrence E. Stone, Santa Clara County Assessor 10:20 am The Legal Path to a Constitutional Convention Andrew Giacomini, Managing Partner, Hanson Bridget 10:40 am Break 10:55 am The View From Sacramento Mark Paul, New America Foundation Robert Cruickshank, Courage Campaign 11:15 am Dialogue & Discussion 11:55 am Next Steps, Concluding Remarks Russell Hancock Jim Wunderman Free, but limited to the first 300 respondents)

California is broken.

I won’t belabor the point, because it’s already obvious to anybody who’s been conscious lately: billions in debt, the state is issuing IOUs; our schools have dropped from first to worst; our infrastructure is crumbling; our prisons overflow; and because our districting system elects ideological extremes we’re stuck with dysfunction in our state capitol.

Joint Venture has signed on to a monumental effort to change it, and we’re convening our first town hall meeting July 31st to talk about it. We hope you’ll join us.

What’s the effort? The Joint Venture board of directors voted unanimously to join the movement calling for a new constitutional convention and to work as hard as we can to deliver Silicon Valley’s support for that undertaking. And to get the ball rolling we’re inviting people to the AMD conference center in Sunnyvale to talk about the process and listen to citizen feedback.

The meeting will feature panel discussion and learned commentary from constitutional experts, but most of all it will feature your own comments and advice for us as we move forward. It takes place as follows:

Date:   Friday July 31, 2009

Time:   9:30 am to 12:00 noon

Place:  AMD Commons Building
991 Stewart Drive
Sunnyvale, CA 94085 (map)

The meeting is free and open to the public, but limited to the first 300 people to RSVP. Hasten your reply! We’ll look forward to seeing you on the 31st.

Sincerely,

Russell Hancock
President & Chief Executive Officer

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