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Convention recap
By punch bowl | March 31, 2008
This past weekend several state federation held conventions. Georgia, Pennsylvania, Iowa and Florida all held successful conventions.
In Georgia, Ethan Eilon, exectutive director of the CRNC, writes:
GACR is expecting 80 people for tonights dinner and 100 for tomorrows business meeting. Speakers include State Party Chairman Sue Everhart, Lt Governer Casey Cagle, Ralph Reed (a CRNC Alum) and several others.
Esther [Clark] is unopposed in her second term as State Chairman. Her ticket includes Jesse Tyler (Vice-Chairman), and Michelle Timmins (Financial Secretary). Interestingly GACR has only 3 elected offices.
In Florida, Ethan reported that Aaron Scott, as was expected, was elected unanimously. Furthermore, during Florida’s convention…
there [was] a lengthy debate on a number of constitutional ammendments, including some changes to officer eligibility and the removal of National Committeeman as a an elected position and returning to an at will appointment.
If anyone who attended the Florida convention is reading this, please feel free to comment on the outcome of these constitutional amendments.
Update I: In Washington D.C., Brand Kroeger of George Washington University was elected chairman. Joining him in leading the D.C. Federation over the next year will be Dvan Gassman (Vice-Chair), Lauren Romero (Treasurer) and Allison Laurencello (Secretary). In addition to officer election, the members of the D.C. Federation also passed several consitutional amendment “cleaning up” their “outdated” constitution.
Update II: Charlie Smith (CRNC Chairman) tells me that his interview with the California News Service went well. Mr. Smith will be in New Mexico for a couple of days later this week to attend meetings with the RNC and then will be off to Wisconsin to attend the CR convention taking place there this weekend.
Update III: Bethany Dorobial, chairwoman of MN and a guest at the IA convention had this to report:
The Iowa Federation of College Republicans State Convention this weekend was great! I viewed the convention through the lens of a guest, and it was very clear that a lot of work was put into the convention to make it a success!
Chairman Ben Johnson kicked off the Convention Friday with an evening reception for socializing amongst Iowa College Republicans from across the state, atop the Holiday Inn Downtown Des Moines with a beautiful panaoramic view of the city.
Saturday morning, the delegates woke early to ratify their newly crafted Constitution, unanimously elected a new slate of statewide leadership lead by Chairman Greg Baker (Univ. of Iowa) and Co-Chair MacAllister Carver (Luther College), and heard from Iowan Republican candidates such as Steve Rathje (for US Senate) and officials from the Republican Party of Iowa, Iowans for Tax Relief (sponsor of the Convention), Iowans for McCain, and CRNC Co-Chair Blake Harris presented on the CRNC field program and other happenings at the national level.
Update IV: Read Esther Clark’s summary of the Georgia Convention here.
Update V: Will Croswell, the national field director for the CRNC attended the CR conventio in PA this past weekend. Here is what Mr. Croswell had to say:
The new state board was elected unanimously with the new State Chariman Anthony Pugliese and State Co-Chairman Mike Ubbens at the top of the ticket.
Speakers such as State Congressman Brian Ellis, Republican hopeful Congresswoman Melissa Hart (running to reclaim her former seat in the 4th Congressional district), as well as representatives from YAF, The Leadership Institute, and S4 (Students for Saving Social Security) all attended this year’s convention.
This year, it was held at the University of Pittsburgh on Saturday. New State Chairman Anthony Pugliese said his focus for his term was to build up recruitment and unite PA CR’s across the state. Overall, it was a well ran and I was happy to be a part.
Topics: CR gossip, CR federation elections, CR events, CR elections |
