Come join the Triangle Republican Women
Monday, April 9, 2012
Dinner 6:30
Program 7:00
Carolina Ale House
(Across from Sams – South Square Area)
Guest speakers:
Tony Gurley Frank Roche
for Lt. Governor for NC Treasurer
Bill Flynn
for U.S. Congress
Other candidates invited also!
District 1-
Date: April 28 Time: 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
Location: Deadwood Restaurant and Theme Park, 2302 Eds Grocery Road, Williamston, NC 27892
District 4-
Date: April 28 Time: Registration/preregistered check in starts at 12:30 p.m., Convention starts at 2:00 p.m.
Location: 1506 Hillsborough Street (NCGOP HQ) Raleigh, NC, 27605
Register online at www.ncgop4.com $20 in advance, $35 on site
District 6-
Date: April 10 Time: Registration starts at 6:00 p.m., Convention begins at 7:00 p.m.
Location: Rockingham Community College, 215 Wren Memorial Drive, Hwy 65, Wentworth, NC, 27375
Registration Fee: $15.00
For additional information, contact katy.zastrow-dubois@durhamgop.com
District 13-
Date: April 14 Time: Registration is from 11:30am- 1:00pm, Convention begins at 1:00pm
Location: Richland Creek Community Church, 3229 Burlington Mills Road, Wake Forest, NC 27587
The 13th District Convention has set up an online registration www.ncgop13registration.com
Registration Fee: $15.00 No cash or credit card (check or money order only) will be accepted at the convention site on April 14, 2012. If a check is mailed, please include personal information, the employer, & an occupation on the check with a phone number and email address. The checks should be postmarked by April 9th.
NCGOP Convention
Date: Fri, June 1, 8:30am – Sun, June 3, 8:30pm
Location: Koury Convention Center, 3121 High Point Rd., Greensboro, NC, 27407
For more information on any of the conventions listed, go to www.ncgop.org and check the calendar.
On Saturday, March 17 the Durham County Republican Party held its annual convention.
The convention began with precinct meetings.
After the precinct business, candidates for office were each given 3 minutes to explain why we should choose them. We also had numerous opportunities to chat with candidates before and after the convention.
The candidates were followed by the debate over a resolution
supporting Amendment 1 to the North Carolina Constitution.
The debate was spirited but very friendly. Durham County Republicans
rose to voice their support or opposition to this measure.
The resolution passed on a voice vote. The convention also passed two other resolutions, one supporting a water line extension in Rougemont, the other opposing the Downtown Durham Business Improvement District.
The text of all three resolutions can be found below:
Amendment 1 Resolution
Rougemont_Water Line Extension Resolution
Resolution Opposing the Downtown Durham Business Improvement District
The March Durham County Republican Party Executive Committee meeting will be held Tuesday, March 20 at 7:00 pm. We will meet at
Healthy Start Academy
807 West Chapel Hill Street,
Durham, NC.
All registered Republicans are invited to attend.
Online registration for the convention will close Thursday at 10 p.m.
All same day registrants will need to register at the convention between 9:00 a.m.- 9:45 a.m.
Unless you have preregistered online, you will be not be admitted to the convention after the registration closes at 9:50 a.m.
Last year, we had a fair number of people coming to the convention for the first time. As rookie convention goers, they did not know that we had to go through the exercise of approving the Plan of Organization. Unfortunately, there were a couple of people who wanted to debate some of the changes within the plan. As a result, this process went on so long that we almost lost some of the first time convention goers.
While approving the Plan of Organization is certainly a part of the process, I want to eliminate as much of the debate as possible at this year’s convention. One of our goals for this year’s convention is to attract new convention goers so as to help us find volunteers for the many roles that we have to fill in this very big election year.
As a result, you’ll find the proposed proposed Plan of Organization with the few changes that have been suggested by clicking on the link above. Please review the document and reply back with any proposed changes that you’d like to see. It is important that we hear from as many of you as possible so as to limit the number of proposed changes that we hear while at the convention. The goal is to approve the Plan of Organization in less than 5 minutes!
Furthermore, at the convention we will be voting on a resolution supporting the Marriage Amendment. The The draft resolution is attached here. If this resolution passes, the official position of the Durham Republican Party will be to support the Marriage Amendment. So please review this draft in advance of the convention. Please also feel free to provide feedback to me in advance of the convention.
If you haven’t registered for the convention, please register today by going to the website. There are no registration fees this year … though we welcome donations to cover the cost.
Please register for the convention and consider making a donation today.
A partial list of candidates speaking at the upcoming County convention
includes:
U.S. Congress
Bill Randall – Candidate, U.S. Congress, 13th District
N.C. House 50
Rod Chaney- Candidate, NC House 50
Jason Chambers- Candidate, NC House 50
Lewis Hannah- Candidate, NC House 50
Thomas Wright- Candidate, NC House 50
N.C. Treasurer
Frank Roche- Candidate, State Treasurer
N.C. Lt. Governor
Tony Gurley- Candidate, Lt. Governor
Dale Falwell – Candidate, Lt. Governor
N.C. Supreme Court
Justice Paul Newby
Triangle Republican Women
Monday, March 12, 2012
Dinner 6:30
Program 7:00
Carolina Ale House
(Across from Sams – South Square Area)
Guest speaker: A. J. Daoud
Republican Candidate for
Secretary of State
Earlier this week, one of our hard working volunteers emailed me to announce his exit from active participation in the party. He indicated that while he believed that the Republican Party in Durham is the best hope to affect change in Durham, he was offended by the state and national Republican Party. So this volunteer decided to abandon the field. A day or two later, a different activist threatened to quit because he was upset with what he was witnessing on the state and national scene. While neither activist said anything about the marriage amendment, I suspect that it is their opposition to the amendment that drove them away. Continue reading
The February Durham County Republican Party Executive Committee meeting will be held Tuesday, February 21 at 7:00 pm. We will meet at
Healthy Start Academy
807 West Chapel Hill Street,
Durham, NC.
All registered Republicans are invited to attend.
