President's Message
As Republican Federated Women we are enjoying our summer vacations but we are also participating in some very important election activities to help our Candidates win in November. Besides registering voters, we need to help our candidates by walking precincts and working phone banks to get our Republican message out in our communities. Volunteering at or attending candidate fundraisers is a opportunity to hear directly from our candidates their vision for the future. Working at victory offices or candidate campaign headquarters helps to get you involved with the critical day to day workings of a campaign. Of course volunteering to do voter registration at county fairs, farmers markets and street fairs is always so important! Did you know that all of these activities can also help us build a stronger Federation, they can help your club to be more effective in your community and they might even help your club reach Diamond status in the NFRW Achievement Awards. All of the above campaign activities provide you with the opportunity to meet many more Republican women who might not know about our Federation. These are recruitment opportunities we have only in election years so we need to take advantage of this time. Remember increasing our membership helps us to accomplish so much more in our communities. The greater number of Republican women we can recruit increases our numbers and we have even more women with boots on the ground to share our message and GOTV the voters to ensure victory in November for our candidates! The NFRW Achievement awards is a guide to help clubs enhance teamwork, establish standards of performance and plan their club activities so they can be a well balanced and effective club in their community. You can receive points for the following campaign activities:
Your club participates in voter registration.
Your club registered Republican voters from 1/1/14 to 5/31/15, and bonus points if your club
registered more than 50 Republican registrations.
registered more than 50 Republican registrations.
Your club has a schedule for members to work in precinct/county /state GOP offices to help
elect Republican candidates.
elect Republican candidates.
Your club promoted and participated in the campaign of a Republican woman candidate.One or more club members worked as a Campaign Manager in a campaign office!
Your club Campaign Activities Chair is responsible for the development of Campaign activities
and reporting all campaign activities to Division Campaign Chair and State Campaign Chair.
and reporting all campaign activities to Division Campaign Chair and State Campaign Chair.
Your club holds candidate panels, forums or debates inviting members and your community.
You club develops and implements a plan that explains the difference between Republicans & Democrats on vital public policy issues, using letters to editors, newsletters, direct mail, email, Facebook and Twitter!
Keep track of all the volunteer campaign hours you have worked from 1/1/ 14 to 6/1/15.Working together as a strong team, CFRW members will make a difference in 2014. We will WORK together, WALK together and we will WIN together!
God Bless You & God Bless America
Thank you for all you do,
Thank you for all you do,
Roseann
Working Together To Make A Difference
Working Together To Make A Difference
Suspense File Shenanigans
Now that the Legislature is back in session, they have three weeks to decide the fate of approximately 950 bills. Many of these bills are surreptitiously placed there by the legislature, only to be passed days or even hours before the end of session and on to the Governor. Three important bills that the CFRW OPPOSES are currently in the Appropriations Suspense File and need to be stopped. Please called YOUR Assembly member and Senator and let them know we OPPOSE these bills!
AB 1522 (Gonzales, D): Requires California employers provide paid sick leave for ALL employees. This is yet another bill that will drive businesses out of California. Call your SENATOR and ask them to VOTE NO on AB 1522!
SB 837 (Steinberg, D): Although severely paired down, SB 837 is at worst dangerous and at best unnecessary. SB 837 now allows budget money to be allocated for "professional development" for transitional kindergartens. It would be administered by "local planning councils". This is a ploy to send more money to union members. Ask your ASSEMBLY MEMBER to VOTE NO on SB 837!
SB 1077 (DeSaulnier, D): This bill would allow the California Transportation Commission to create a "mileage based fees" pilot program to tax Californians based on the number of miles they drive everyday. There is so much wrong with this bill. From more taxes to privacy issues, this bills must be stopped! Call your ASSEMBLY MEMBER and ask them to VOTE NO on SB 1077!
Please call your legislators and let them know we do not need these terrible bills! Find your representativesHERE!
