Nevadans for Ron Paul 2008

AUG. 2, 2007 MEETING MINUTES

·   Welcome & (optional) introduce new members

          We had 21 people attend this meeting, which included some new members.  A quick introduction was done around the room.

·  Update on our group’s latest activities

          It was reported that at our last rally on July 27, that we had great success and passed out around 500 flyers at arTown as had been the case in the previous 2 weeks.  Also reported was some interest from KOH talk radio to the press release we sent out after our last rally.

·  Discussion about Nevada Republican Caucus system

o Nomination Process   ----  After attending several Washoe County Republican meetings, etc, we're starting to piece things together.  We don't have the whole picture yet, but so far it appears to be as follows:  

->To get Ron Paul the national Republican nomination we have to get delegates elected to the national convention from Nevada that will vote for RP.  
-> -> To do this we have to get delegates elected to the state convention (May, 2008)  that will vote for RP. 
-> -> -> To do this we need to get delegates elected at the county caucus election in April, 2008, that will vote for RP.  
-> -> -> ->To get to the county convention, you need to be selected as a delegate from your precinct.  It appears that at the caucus, (Jan. 19) each precinct will be gathered around a table to vote for a precinct chair person and a delegate(s) from the precinct to the state convention.  The precinct chair is not an automatic delegate, but would have to run for delegate also.  So it's important to get yourself or another RP supporter elected as delegate from your precinct.

o Everyone must try to become a delegate!  ----  The first thing you must do is register as a Republican if you have not already done so.  A strategy to get yourself elected as a delegate at the caucus has been proposed by our regional RP director, Jeff Greenspan.  He told us that since the precinct chair is not an automatic delegate that we should not run for that position, but only run for precinct delegate.  To do this you need to contact people in your precinct and try to get them as RP supporters .  One way to do this is to contact people to tell them about RP.  When you have convinced them, get them to register to vote Republican (this is legal to do--that is, campaign for RP while getting them to register).  If you do get them registered to vote as a Republican and sell them on RP, then make sure they come to the caucus on Jan 19 and vote for you as a delegate.

EVERYONE (Republicans who attend the caucus) will also be voting for a Presidential candidate at the caucus.  This makes it imperative that we "flood" the caucus with RP supporters!

·  Signs and Banners

o Collective mass-purchase  ----  Jennifer  had some rates for purchasing bulk signs.  It was noted that our treasury had only about $215.  We could use a donation (large or small) from everyone, especially those who haven't done so.

 Barbara mentioned some very good deals on e-bay.

Aaron said he could donate some magnetic material on a roll for sign making (for cars, etc.).  Dean said he had some "sticker-stock" material on a roll that we could print on to make sticker signs.

o Sign-making party  ----  Dean said he would look into finding a warehouse where we could have a sign making party.

·  Determine new locations & events to promote Ron Paul

             We discussed a possible rally at Hot August Nights perhaps Friday Aug 10 in Sparks.  More to follow.  Also discussed  was a booth in the hallway outside the gunshow on Aug 17-19, and a booth at the Sept. Crossroads of the West gunshow.

·  Discuss possible visit to Reno by Ron Paul

o Make initial preparations and assignments  ----  As it is not a total certainty that RP will be at the UNR debate on Aug 20, we need to be ready if it does transpire.  Please keep August 18, 19, & 20 free if possible.  We may not have much time to prepare for his visit, and we will have A LOT to do!

·  Announcements regarding our website and e-mail list

o Transfer general discussion messages to a forum--  (save list for local announcements, etc)-- Our forum should soon be operational.  When it is, it will be used for all kinds of discussions, news, and info.  The Meetup mailing list should now be used ONLY for local alerts, news and minimal discussion.  The meetup list is not to be used for mass e-mail, general mass-forwarded e-mails, and such.  These messages will be discouraged, and eventually blocked, if needed.  The meetup list needs to be saved for more important things. Thank you.

o Nevada4RonPaul.com e-mail aliases-- With the upgrade of our servers (for our website) email aliases are now available.  Please send me your current e-mail address, and your desired email name (ex: yourname@Nevada4RonPaul.com), and I will try to get that going.  More to follow.

ALSO- From later discussions:

Important info about out mailing list and e-mails:

As you may have heard (or read), I have proposed a change in the e-mail policy for our group.  The ronpaul-235@meetup.com mailing list has been used heavily for a wide range of information and discussion.  This means potentially from 15 to 30 messages each day.  On one hand, I do not want to miss the important info that is being shared, but with all those messages, important alerts can get lost.

So, I have created a full-featured forum, located at http://www.nevada4ronpaul.com/forum/ (There is a link on the website, too)

From now on, please use this forum to share news, opinion, links, health info, etc.  Don't forget to register for the forum!

Please use the ronpaul-235@meetup.com ONLY for important alerts, local news, and minimal discussion.  Please do not include this list in your mass e-mail lists.  I will try to enforce this rule when necessary (please don't be offended if I do- its not personal).

E-mail aliases:

As I mentioned, Nevada4RonPaul.com e-mail aliases are now available.  These will be available to Meetup members who have attended at least one meeting or rally.

These are great, because whenever someone asks for your e-mail adderss, give them your new "alias", and they might ask, "Who's Ron Paul?"...  You can go from there.

Please send me your current e-mail address and the name you want on your alias (for example "name@Nevada4RonPaul.com").

These are optional- it's basically a free service if you're interested.

If you are not familiar with e-mail aliases:  

An e-mail alias acts like pointer to another (real) e-mail address.  It is not a true e-mail account, because messages sent to the alias are not stored (on the server) under the alias.  Instead, all messages sent to the alias are automatically forwarded to your real e-mail address.  It is like a person who uses an "alias" name-- you can call them by their real name, or you can call them by their alias, but both names refer to the same person. 

Here's a definition from the Internet, if mine didn't help:

"The practice of having multiple e-mail addresses all resolve to a single e-mail address. For example: a small business has an employee with the e-mail address jones@smallbiz.com. This person is responsible for the sales and customer service of the company which have the separate e-mail addresses sales@smallbiz.com and service@smallbiz.com to handle the business of those divisions. Mail coming in to those two e-mail addresses will be forwarded by a mail relay to the e-mail address jones@smallbiz.com so that the employee does not need to check three separate e-mail accounts to read the messages that are sent to the three different addresses."

(http://isp.webopedia.com/TERM/E/e_mail_aliasing.html)

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