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Dear Gary,
The next
meeting
of the
San
Fernando
Valley
Republican
Club
will be
on
Tuesday,
May 1,
2012
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
will have
two speakers
in May - Elizabeth Emken,
candidate
for U.S.
Senate, and
Shawn Steel, RNC
Committeeman.
Please
review the
announcements
and other
information
below.
Please
Note:
While
we meet
regularly
on the
first
Tuesday
of each
month,
in the
months
of June
2012 and
November
2012 we
will
meet on
the
SECOND
TUESDAY
of the
month.
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Elizabeth Emken |
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Elizabeth Emken |
Candidate
for US
Senate
For over
a decade Elizabeth Emken has
served
as an
advocate
for
developmentally
disabled
children,
most
recently
as Vice
President
for
Government
Relations
at
Autism
Speaks,
the
Nation's
largest
science
and
advocacy
organization
devoted
to the
public
health
emergency
of
autism.
Before
becoming
active
with the
autism
issue, Elizabeth served
in
management,
financial
analysis,
and
corporate
operations
at IBM.
As an
efficiency
and cost
cutting
expert, Elizabeth utilized
activity-based
cost
analyses
to
identify
administrative
savings
across
IBM U.S.
-
helping
streamline
operations,
eliminate
waste,
and save
the
company
millions
of
dollars.
Elizabeth graduated
from
UCLA in
1984
with
degrees
in
Economics
and
Political
Science.
Her
studies
included
course
work at
Cambridge
University,
where
she
focused
on
political
and
economic
issues
in China
and the
Middle
East.
Elizabeth has
worked
extensively
on
behalf
of
military
families,
advocating
for
support
totaling
$24
million
at the
Department
of
Defense
since
2007,
and
supporting
health
care
coverage
for
autism
related
medical
services
in
TRICARE,
the
health
care
program
for
active
duty
service
members
and
retirees.
In 2008, Elizabeth secured,
for the
first
time,
placement
of
autism
as a
Presidential
campaign
issue
with
mentions
at both
party
conventions
and
debates.
This was
followed
by a
first
ever
commitment
for
autism
funding
in a
President's
full
year
budget
proposal.
Elizabeth lives
in
Danville,
California
with her
husband
of 26
years,
Craig, a
Global
Enterprise
Solutions
Architect
at Dell
Incorporated.
They
have two
daughters,
and a 19
year old
son,
Alex,
who has
autism
spectrum
disorder.
Elizabeth is
the US
Senate
candidate
endorsed
by the
California
Republican
Party.
For more
information
on Elizabeth Emken,
visit her
website.
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Shawn
Steel
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 Shawn
S. Steel is
the incoming
Republican
National
Committeeman
from
California.
He is a past
chairman of
the
California
Republican
Party (GOP)
and founding
director of
the
California
chapter of
the interest
group, the
Club for
Growth. He
was the
cofounder of
the
successful
2003
campaign to
recall
Democratic
Governor of
California
Gray Davis.
An attorney
from Palos
Verdes,
Steel has
also written
articles
published in
every major
newspaper in
his state.
Steel's
lifetime of
conservative
political
activism
began in
1964 as a
leader of
youth
supporting
Barry M.
Goldwater of
Arizona for
the U.S.
presidency.
In 1966,
Steel was
statewide
chairman of
youth for
Ronald
Reagan for
governor of
California.
He was also
the
California
chairman of
Young
Americans
for Freedom,
an interest
group
founded by
columnist
William F.
Buckley, Jr.
Steel
received his
bachelor of
arts degree,
with
California
state
teaching
credentials,
from
California
State
University,
Northridge,
his master
of arts from
the
University
of Southern
California
in Los
Angeles, and
his Juris
Doctor from
Northrop Law
School.
Shawn Steel,
one of the
longest
serving
directors in
the history
of the
California
GOP was
elected
National
Committeeman
on February
24, 2008. He
won against
incumbent
Tim Morgan,
590-380
reflecting a
major
triumph for
Steel.
In 1995,
Steel was
elected
treasurer of
the
California
Republican
Party. He
presided
over one of
the party's
most
successful
fundraising
years.
Previously,
he had been
assistant
treasurer
from 1991 to
1995. He was
named
vice-chairman
of his party
in 1999.
In 2001,
Shawn Steel
was elected
chairman
over the
wealthy
moderate
option,
Brooks
Firestone.
As
California
Republican
Party
Chairman,
Steel is
responsible
for
organizing
the historic
recall
campaign of
Governor
Davis, which
paved the
way for
Arnold
Schwarzenegger's
election as
governor.
His was the
first
signature on
the recall
petition.
At the time,
many
California
Republicans
as well as
national
leaders,
such as
Gerry
Parsky,
questioned
the strategy
of recalling
Gray Davis.
Many party
leaders
objected to
Steel's
efforts to
unseat
Davis,
fearing it
was too
risky. Steel
at the CRP
convention
convinced an
over
whelming
majority to
endorse the
Recall, thus
turning the
tide for the
recall
campaign. |
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2012
Republican
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Schedule
of
Republican
Primaries in
2012
For a
list of
Republican
Primaries
this
year you
can go
to the RPLAC
website,
under
the tab:
"Talking
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Republican
Business
Directory |
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Do
Business
with fellow
Republicans
We are in
the process
of
publishing
our Republican
business
directory. The
site should
be up by May
1st.
In these
tough
economic
times we
have decided
to help each
other out
economically.
We are
preparing a
business
roster of
Republicans
for Los
Angeles
County.
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
soon, so
please send
in your
information.
Send an
email to business@sfvrc.orgwith
the above
information.
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SFVRC
Calendar of
Events
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Active
Calendar of
Republican
and Club
Events
 We
have 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.
There
are
several
events
occurring
during
the next
few
weeks.
Be sure
and
check
the
calendar
to find
out when
and
where.
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