YDA by the Bay

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• YDA by the Bay
• August 3rd-7th, 2005
• Holiday Inn Golden Gateway
• San Francisco, CA

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Holiday Inn Golden Gateway

• Located on the tip of the Nob Hill area of the
  city
• YDA will be located exclusively on the top floors
  of the hotel to allow other guests to sleep at
  night and allow us to keep up our reputation
• Close to major SF attractions, food,
  entertainment, civic center, and Union Square

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Hotel Features

• 499 Guest Rooms
• 5 Suites
• 421 Non-Smoking Rooms
• 232 Double-Bedded Rooms
• 267 Single-Bedded Rooms
• Downtown/City Center
• 2001 Last Renovation Date

• CA1449 FEMA Property Number
• 26 Floors
• Cocktail Lounge
• 2 Restaurants
• Rental Car Desk City Rental Car
• Tour Desk In Gift Shop
• Pool

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Meeting Facilities

• 6 Meeting Rooms
• 17729 ft²/ 1647.08 m² of Meeting Space
• 7 Sales Meeting Professionals On Site
• Largest Room Capacity 650 Theatre Style 500
  Banquet Style
• Largest Room Measurements 100.0 ft/30.48 m x
  56.0 ft/17.07 m
• Smallest Room Capacity 10 Banquet Style
• Smallest Room Measurements 15.0 ft/4.57 m x 16.0
  ft/4.88 m (ceiling height 8.17 ft/2.49 m)
• 5600 ft²/ 520.26 m² of exhibit space
• 35 - 8'x10' Booths can be accommodated
• Available through our video conference company.
  Ballrooms, pre-function rooms, break-outs,
  hospitality suites and conference rooms are
  available.

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Room Amenities

• FREE Wireless Internet Access
• Bathtub
• Cable / Satellite TV
• Coffee Maker
• Color TV
• Connecting Rooms
• Crib
• Free Morning Newspaper Delivered to Room
• Hairdryer
• High-speed Internet Access
• In Room Movies - Pay Per View
• In Room Movies - Premium Cable
• In Room Video Check-out

• In Room Video Games Available
• Individually Controlled Air Conditioning
• Iron / Ironing Board
• Phone with Voice Mail
• Private Bathroom
• Refrigerator (full)
• Rollaway Bed/Cot
• Separate Hanging Closet
• Sofa-bed
• Video Review / Checkout
• Work Desk w/ Lamp

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Nearby Attractions

• Golden Gate Bridge/Golden Gate Park (2 MI/ 3.22
  KM )
• Pier 39/Fisherman's Wharf/ Alcatraz (1.5 MI/ 2.41
  KM)
• Union Square/ Chinatown/ Financial Center (1 MI/
  1.61 KM)
• Moscone Convention Center (2 MI/ 3.22 KM)
• California Cable Car line (0 MI/ 0 KM)
• City Hall (1 MI/ 1.61 KM)

• Muir Woods (15 MI/ 24.14 KM)
• China Town/North Beach (1 MI/ 1.61 KM)
• Financial District (1 MI/ 1.61 KM)
• Union Square (1 MI/ 1.61 KM)
• Presidio (1 MI/ 1.61 KM)
• Golden Gate Park (1.5 MI/ 2.41 KM)
• Haight/Ashbury (1.5 MI/ 2.41 KM)
• Japantown (1 MI/ 1.61 KM)
• Ghirardelli Square (0.75 MI/ 1.21 KM )

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Offsite Social ActivitiesIncluding Buddah
Lounge, Holly Cow, Mr Smiths Red Devil Lounge
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Wheres the Party atShadow Lounge, Luna,
one8one DNA
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Room Costs

• The SF Convention Host Committee is providing a
  30.00 dollar a night subsidy for the first 200
  people who book their rooms (suites excluded) at
  the Holiday Inn Golden Gate.
• The process for receiving this subsidy will be
  the same as marking a reservation. The hotel will
  keep track of the number of people that have made
  reservations and will charge individuals
  appropriately and charge the master account for
  the additional 30.00 dollars.
• The following rates have been offered to our
  group Hotel Price YDA price
• Run of the House (Best room avail)
  single 129.00 99.00
• Run of the House (Best room avail)
  double 129.00 99.00
• Run of the House (Best room avail)
  Triple 139.00 109.00
• Run of the House (Best room avail)
  Quad 149.00 119.00
• 1 Bdrm Suites Single and Double 250.00
  250.00
• 1 Bdrm Suites Triple 260.00 260.00
• 1 Bdrm Suite Quad 270.00 270.00
• Hotel reservations can be made by calling the
  hotel at 415-441-4000 by 7/11/05 at 1200 AM and
  by stating you a member of the Young Democrats
  Group and the rates above will be honored.

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ADA Compliance

• The meeting rooms guest rooms are ADA
  compliant.
• A total of 13 guest rooms are ADA compliant. Of
  the thirteen, seven of these have roll-in showers
  and the rest have chairs for bathing.
• The suites are wheelchair accessible.

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Booking Flights to the Bay Area

• CALL YDA by the Bays Official Airline, UNITED
• You may choose a 5 discount off any published
  airfare, including First Class OR a 10 off the
  unrestricted, fully refundable coach fare. Note
  Receive additional 5 discount off tickets
  purchased 30 days in advance!
• Or you may choose Area Pricing, a fixed air fare
  rate to your meeting based on geographical
  location. Area Pricing must be purchased at
  least 7 days in advance.
• Book tickets by calling 1-800-521-4041 make
  sure you refer to ID Number 529PK . Reservation
  Agents are on duty 7 days a week from 8 AM to 10
  PM EST.
• You can fly into either Oakand (OAK) or San
  Francisco (SFO)

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Getting to the Hotel

• Several options exist from OAK and SFO
• BART (Bay Area Rapid Transit) leaves from both
  airlines and takes you into the downtown area
• From there, you can take a cab, the Muni (bus
  system), or a Cable Car on the California Line to
  the hotel
• Cab
• Limousine
• Supershuttle (Use the free coupon)

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Speakers List(Note This is a partial list of
invited speakers)

• Gov. Bill Richardson (NM)
• Gov. Ed Rendell (PA)
• Mayor Gavin Newsome (CA)
• Gov. Jennifer Granholm (MI)
• Gov, Janet Napolittano
• Sen. Dick Durbin (IL)
• Rep. Mike Honda (CA)
• Gov. Mark Warner (VI)
• Sen. Edward Kennedy (MA)
• Sen. Evan Bayh (IN)
• Sen. John Kerry (MA)
• Chairman Art Torres (CA)
• Tresurer Phil Angelides (CA)
• Harold Ford Jr. (TN)

• DNC Chair Howard Dean
• Gov. Candidate Chris Bell (TX)
• Rev. Susan Johnson Cook (DNC- NY)
• Rev. Al Sharpton (NY)
• Former Sen. John Edwards (NC)
• Former Cong. Dick Gephardt (MO
• Al Franken
• Tim Robbins
• Rob Reiner
• Michael Moore
• Rep. Nancy Pelosi (CA)
• Sen. Barbara Boxer (CA)

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HOW CAN YOU HELP?

• Request a speaker! (See hand-out)
• Post blogs about YDA by the Bay!
• Include www.ydabythebay.com link to your State
  organizations website!

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THREE STEPS AWAY FROMYDA BY THE BAY!

• 1) REGISTER FOR YDA BY THE BAY!
• 2) MAKE HOTEL ACCOMODATIONS!
• 3) BOOK FLIGHTS TOTHE BAY Area!

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1ST Step!

• REGISTER FOR YDA BY THE BAY!
• Log on to www.ydabythebay.com and create a user
  account
• (Note User accounts are free and you can
  register multiple attendees all at once!)
• Register for YDA by the BAY! (50/person)

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2ND Step!

• MAKE HOTEL ACCOMODATIONS!
• Online booking link
• (link will be on www.ydabythebay.com)
• http//www.ichotelsgroup.com/h/d/hi/1/en/rates/sfo
  gg?_GPCsyd
• OR
• Phone [phone] by JULY 11TH at 1200 AM!
• (Note Identify yourself as a member of this
  group!)

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3rd Step!

• BOOK FLIGHTS TO THE BAY Area!
• CALL YDA by the Bays Official Airline, UNITED
• (see handout for special discount details)
• Book tickets by calling 1-800-521-4041 make
  sure you refer to ID Number 529PK
• You can fly into either Oakand (OAK) or San
  Francisco (SFO)

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Youre Done!

• We will provide you with a Travel Tip Info Kit,
  which will include
• Confirmation of your registration
• Transportation information to from the Hotel!
• Convention Packet
• SuperShuttle Coupon from YDA by the Bay

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Additional Information
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UNITE-HERE Local 2 Dispute

• Timeline
• June 04 - YDA by the Bay chosen by YDA National
  Committee, convention contract signed
• August 04 Hotel contracts with employees
  expire
• Sept. 04-January 05 Employees strike, are
  locked out, and cooling off period ensues
• Feb 05 Hotel Employees make an offer
• May 05 YDA by the Bay pulls convention from
  Westin
• May 31, 2005 Hotels make counter-offer,
  rejected by hotel employees

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Alcohol Food Policy

• Due to licensing and insurance requirements, all
  food and beverage to be served on Hotel property
  must be supplied and prepared by Hotel. In
  addition, no remaining food or beverage shall be
  removed from the premises. At the conclusion of
  the function, such food and beverage becomes the
  property of Hotel.
• Food and beverage prices are subject to a 20
  service charge and applicable taxes.
• Personal food and beverages may be taken to guest
  rooms (but no outside catering)

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Suite Requests

• A limited number of suites can be reserved for
  the convention. To request a suite, please email
  Abigail Trebilcock, YDA by the Bay Logistics
  Director, at atrebilcock_at_pedersen.com
• We will review each request but we do not
  anticipate that the suite capacity will be
  adequate for the number of requests we receive.
  The San Francisco Convention Committee will do
  our best to prioritize and accommodate the guests
  who request suites.