President's Message
The Dorothy Andrews Kabis Internship offers three young women the opportunity to spend up to six weeks in our nation’s capitol at the NFRW headquarters. The internship provides housing in the DC Area, and round trip airfare. Last year CFRW unfortunately did not receive even one application for this incredible opportunity.
I would like to give our clubs a challenge when you start getting back to business in September and that challenge is to actively recruit applicants for this NFRW Program. The applicants must be U.S citizens, undergraduate college students age 21and over, completed high school but not yet graduated from college. They must have a knowledge of government, interested in politics , including campaign experience and office clerical skills.
The best way to find potential applicants is to contact a college or universities near you, check if they have a College Republican club,and get to know some of the young women who are members. College Republican woman will definitely have the government and political skills the Dorothy Kabis Internship requires for applicants! Encourage one or a few of the young women to fill out applications,you might be helping them achieve a very special opportunity!
Getting to know the college Republicans is also a great opportunity for your club to help mentor some of those young Republicans, invite them to attend your meetings, if some of the young women are interested in joining get them involved with some Federated projects. Remember these young women are the FUTURE of the Federation.
Applications for the Kabis Internship must be submitted to the State President by January 6, 2015, no later!! We can send multiple applications from California to NFRW which makes this program even more exciting, we have many more opportunities for a young woman from California to win an internship with NFRW next summer. What an honor it would be for your club if you applicant won! More details for the Dorothy Andrews Kabis Internship can be found on the CFRW website .
Continuing to increase our membership is always a # one priority. Increasing our membership allows us to get more involved with many different projects in our communities. Recruiting and retaining our members helps us build stronger clubs and a stronger Federation. In election years it is even more important that we continue to build our numbers so we can have more boots on the ground to GOTV. We are still behind in membership numbers from 2013, which is not good for an election year. But I am sure we will increase our numbers over the next few months. I want to congratulate the clubs who have reached 100% of 2013 numbers this month:
Chico,NapaVintage,Nevada County, Solano, Sonoma Valley,Tulelake Basin, Blossom Trail,Inyo County, Kings County,Latinas United, SETCO,Tulare, Capistrano Valley, Chula Vista-Bonita,
Diamond Bar,Fullerton,Intermountain, La Jolla, Lake San Marcos,Lakeside, Point Loma, Rancho La Habra, San Fernando Valley, Santa Monica, South Pasadena, Temecula Valley,
Whittier. We also have 30 clubs who are only 10 members or less from 100% of 2013 numbers and I know you can reach the 100% goal very soon, then on to Victory in November!
Working Together To Make A Difference
Thank you for all you do,
Roseann
God Bless America
Action Alert!
The end of this legislative session is only two weeks away! That means that our legislators are quickly passing bills from the Appropriations Committees and back to their houses for a floor vote. Now is the time that we need you to call YOUR representative and ask them to vote NO on these bills:
AB 1522 (Gonzales, D): Would require all California employers to provide paid sick leave to all their employees. This would drive businesses out of California! Call your SENATOR and ask them to VOTE NO!
SB 1077 (DeSaulnier): Would create a pilot program for taxing Californians based on the number of miles they drive everyday, called "Mileage Based Fees". Since the Democrats aren't getting the tax revenue they thought they would from gas taxes since many Californians drive hybrids, this is their creative solution to reach in to the pockets of hard working Californians and take what they can. Call your ASSEMBLY MEMBER and ask them to VOTE NO on SB 1077!
Find your Assembly member or Senator HERE. CALL AND URGE THEM TO VOTE NO!!
Club Spotlight
Check out the exciting Club Spotlight from CFRW Membership Promotion Chair,Gaylon Kastner, for some helpful tips on Recruiting and Retaining members. CLICK HERE!
