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Dear Gary,
The next
meeting of the San
Fernando Valley Republican Club
will be on
Tuesday,
February 3, 2009
at
7:00pm
at
Galpin Ford, 2nd Floor
Meeting
Room
15555 Roscoe Blvd (just east
of the 405)
North Hills.
There is a $5.00 event fee,
except for first time visitors,
students and guest speakers who
may attend at no cost.
We have not scheduled a featured
speaker. This will be a
business
meeting where we discuss
the policies for SFVRC for
2009-2010. We will also get
introduced to the new media
social networking sites that are
the ways of the future to
achieve political success in
America.
We will have Austin Dragon
introduce us to his new program
for the Republican Party called
"MajorityNext"
Meeting
Agenda:
Prayer
Flag Salute
Committee Sign-ups
Brief Tutorial on Facebook and
Twitter
Austin Dragon: MajorityNext
Open Discussion relating to
SFVRC Activities
Adjournment
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The "New Media" for Restoring
Limited Government
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How
can social media sites help the
Republican Party win elections?
At the February
meeting
I am going to demonstrate a
couple of the new media
social networking sites and
explain how to use them.
Not only are they great for
your personal and social
connections with people
anywhere on the planet, but
they can also be used for
business purposes and for
political purposes.
I will concentrate in my
demonstration on the ways
that Twitter and Facebook
can be used
 for
political purposes and how
the new media will change
the face of politics in
American going forward. We
may have been slower than
the Democrats in adopting
the new technology, but from
what I see, we will surpass
them in our use of the
technology to win elections.
The New Media already made a
huge difference to the Obama
campaign where they raised
$100 Million online through
web-based social media with
investors whose average
contribution was $100.00.
Because of the importance of
the new media to Republican
success in 2010 and 2012,
our featured speaker in
March will be
Michael Patrick Leahy,
the founder of #TCOT (Top
Conservatives on Twitter)
who will speak on the topic,
"The #TCOT Revolution:
Restoring Limited Government
to the United States through
the NetRoots Movement."
It will be good for you to
have the background that
will be provided in the
February
meeting
before the March
meeting.
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MajorityNext |
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A New Program for the
Conservative Movement
Austin Dragon, President of the
Southern California Republican
Club, has organized a new
movement for conservatives.
Currently it is only in Southern
California, but Austin expects
to take it national.
Here is what MajorityNext says
on its web site:
Because we must have our own
21st century, second-to-none,
national organization of
conservatives focused ("like a
laser beam") on getting
conservatives elected on the
local, state and national level.
Not talking about it. Doing it!
Austin will explain what
MajorityNext is and how we can
be involved.
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Discussion on SFVRC
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Discussion: What Can SFVRC Do
to Win Elections in the SFV?
We have all agreed that we will
not have a featured speaker in
February and we will spend the
hour or more that we would
normally give to a speaker and
have a discussion about what we
can do, as a club, to make a
difference in the 2010 and 2012
elections. If this works out
well, we may do this a few times
a year. I also think it is a
good idea to allow, if we can,
at least 20 - 30 minutes each
meeting
in the future for members to
express their views.
If the discussion period is not
managed well, it has the
potential to dissolve into
meaningless cross-discussion.
In order for it to be effective,
we will need to manage it. We
will have a little more than one
hour to try to have a discussion
out of which will come some
useful ideas.
Here is what we have come up
with. I would prefer that those
who intend to present a proposal
about what we should do, send it
to me in advance by email.
At the
meeting we will ask you
for the topic of your proposal.
We will list all the topics on
the white board. We will then
pick three topics (more if time
permits) by vote for
presentation to the group. The
member will then make his
proposal which will be followed
by an open discussion on that
proposal. Over the next few
months as proposals are
presented we will try to have
ten of the best proposals for
the group to vote on as to
whether we should undertake that
activity. Out of the ten we
will narrow the list down to
three, which we will agree to
undertake.
We will not have
cross-discussion. All questions
and comments will have to be
directed to the Chair.
I am sure we will have an
interesting discussion, and we
will continue it on to future
meetings.
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SFVRC, RPLAC and CRP on
Facebook and Twitter
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Republican Groups are all on
Facebook and Twitter
SFVRC has a group page on
Facebook. If you are on
Facebook already, go to
http://www.new.facebook.com/group.php?gid=21113337579
and click on "Join this Group."
If you are not yet on Facebook,
you can go to
http://www.facebook.com and
sign up.
The purpose of the Facebook
group is to be able to
communicate more easily with our
members and to be able to
organize Facebook events that
support the activities of the
SFVRC and to receive information
about other Republican and
conservative activities being
organized on Facebook that we
might have interest in.
The Republican Party of Los
Angeles County (RPLAC)
also has a Facebook Group at:
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=44060272825
Go there and join the group.
The California Republican Party
(CRP) has a Facebook Group page
at:
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=34312336440&ref=mf
Go there and join the group.
Much of the communication in the
future from our club and from
RPLAC and CRP will be
disseminated on the respective
Facebook pages.
Ron Nehring, Chairman of the
California Republican Party
sent the following email to
California Republicans a couple
of days ago:
Dear Gary,
Republican leaders
around the country are
networking on Twitter
and I wanted to send you
a quick note to
encourage you to join
us.
If you're not familiar
with Twitter, it's a
free, easy, innovative
tool that helps people
communicate what they're
currently doing/working
on.
Republican chairmen,
activists, members of
Congress, legislators,
and online warriors are
now directly following
each other, sharing
information and alerts
on Twitter.
You can follow me on
Twitter and sign up by
clicking here:
http://twitter.com/RonNehring
If you don't know what
Twitter is or why you
should care visit the
official
Twitter FAQ page.
You can also check out a
great online guide for
conservative
activists here: Twitter
101 guide.
You can post and read
Twitter updates through
your computer using your
web browser, your cell
phone, and your
Blackberry using its web
browser or a great
application called
Twitterberry.
I've also updated my
personal
website to integrate
with Twitter, Facebook,
Flickr and Blogger.
Taking full advantage of
new technologies is key
to our party's success.
Please join me.
Thank you for your
leadership.
Ron Nehring
CHAIRMAN, California Republican
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SFVRC Business Roster |
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Do Business with fellow
Republicans
In these tough economic times we
have decided to help each other
out economically.
We are preparing a business
roster of Republicans for SFVRC
members. We are encouraging all
of our members to patronize the
businesses of our fellow members
and Republicans. If you need
goods and services, why not have
them provided by your fellow
Republicans?
For those of you who would like
to have your business listed in
our business directory, please
send an email to:
BUSINESS@SFVRC.ORG .
Provide your name, the name and
street address of your business,
your business phone number, your
business web site address, and
your email address. Also
provide a description of the
services you provide or the type
of goods you sell.
We would like to publish this
directory no later than the end
of March, so please send in your
information. Send an email to
business@sfvrc.org with the
above information.
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SFVRC Calendar of Events
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New Active Calendar of
Republican and Club Events
 We
have now set up a Google
Calendar on our club web site.
The calendar is regularly
maintained and includes not only
events of SFVRC but many other
Republican events in the area.
Organizations wanting their
information included, please
send the info to me by email.
To access the calendar, go to
http://www.sfvrc.org and
click on "Calendar" on the menu,
or go to:
http://www.sfvrc.org/calendar.html
The calendar is in monthly mode
by default, but you can click on
"week" to see the calendar by
the week. If you click on any
event it will open up and give
you details. The calendar can
also be printed.
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CRP Convention |
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The California Republican
Party Spring Convention
The California Republican Party
will hold its Spring Convention
at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in
Sacramento on February 20 -22.
The convention is always
interesting and I encourage
everyone to attend. You can get
convention information
here.
State Party Officers will be
voted on and elected at the
Convention.
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