the precinct convention - norm mason precinct convention guide objectives and guidelines 2014...

The Precinct Convention - Norm Mason

PRECINCT CONVENTION GUIDE

OBJECTIVES AND GUIDELINES

2014

Precinct Convention Guide

Norm Mason


OBJECTIVE 1

• To Elect At Least A Majority

Hopefully Much More Than Majority

• Of The Allowable (Fixed)

Delegates And Alternates

• From Your Precinct Convention

• To Your Senatorial District Convention

My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge Hosea 4:6a



OBJECTIVE 1 (Continued)

To Elect Delegates And Alternates• Who Are

Pro-LifePro-FamilyBiblical Worldview Willing To ParticipateCan Be Counted On



OBJECTIVE 2

• To Adopt ResolutionsPro-LifePro-FamilyReflect Your Values

• To Be Submitted To Your Senatorial District Convention

• Defeat (Vote Down)Resolutions Contradicting Your Values



REMINDER

• Precinct Convention March 4, 2014Your Political Party @ Your Primary Election

Voting Place on Election Day (Not your early voting location)

After Polls Close at 7:00 PM. Starts @ 7:30pm (Schedule is for Fort Bend County TX. Your County/State may be different)

• Senatorial District ConventionYour Political Party in Your CountySaturday March 22, 2014Time And Place: 8am Registration, Convention

Starts at 9am @ Old Gym @ Sugar Creek Baptist Church (Schedule for SD 17 & 13 in Fort Bend County TX. SD 18 in Fort Bend County TX meets at Travis High School & your County/State will be different)



Summary Of Objectives

1.Attend Your Precinct Convention

2. Elect Yourself & Like-Minded Friends As

Delegates And Alternates to your

Senatorial District Convention

3. Adopt (Only) Good Resolutions To Send

to your Senatorial District Convention



How?

By Having A Majority In Attendance

»(Super Majority Is Better)At Each Precinct Convention

Who Are Like-Minded

And Who Are

♦Fully Informed &

♦Fully Prepared To

♦Fully Participate



GUIDELINES• Identify

Qualify Potential Participants»Resident Of Your Precinct»Like-Minded»Voting In March 4 Primary Election

Of Your Political PartyEnlist

Contact In AdvanceDiscussed The Purpose Plan The Action

Get Committed To Show



• MobilizeCall Or Email “The List”

Afternoon Of March 4Starting About 3:00 p.m.

• Remember and EmphasizeAll Eligible Family Members AttendOnly Numbers Count Because

You Only Count NumbersThe Name Of The Game Is

Voting Strength Present And Voting



TIPSBefore You Start• Be “Prayed-Up”

If We As Christians are Going To Be Involved

then Let God Lead#This Is A Spiritual Undertaking

with A Spiritual Purposeand Should Be Undertakenwith A Spiritual Perspective

Tongue + Temper = Trouble



TIPS• Come Early And Stay Late . . . And• NEVER, NEVER LEAVE

before the Convention Is Adjourned

• However Those Who Come Late Are fully Entitled To Participate in any Remaining Business

This Applies To You and Others



TIPS

• Be On Time Or A Little EarlyUsually 7:15-30 PM ish

Convention starts at 7:30pm

• Be InformedStudy This Entire Handout - Check Online

@ www.FaithAnd FreedomTexas.comReview Roberts Rules Of Order



TIPS

• Be PreparedHave Three Copies Of

any Resolutions You Intend To Submit

• Bring Pen And Paper ForNotes Copying lists, etc.



TIPS

• Size Up The Situation

Stop, Look, And Listen

before You Declare

Don't Give The Opposition

the Information They Need

to Defeat Your Objectives

Don’t Overplay Your PositionDon’t Reveal Too Much Too Soon



TIPS• Volunteer To Be Chairman (If Necessary)

or Secretary

• Be Fair To Others . . . And

Stand Firm For Fairness

with Respect To How You Are treated



TIPS• If You Have A Majority:

Pass All Your ResolutionsReject Objectionable ResolutionsAccept No Less Than

your Proportionate Share Of

delegates And Alternates

from The Number Allowed

»You Can Take Them All but that is

A Questionable Strategy



TIPS• Memo

Number Of Allowable Delegates/Alternates

from Precinct Convention To


are Pre-Determined

• Don’t Let The Slots Get Filled

before Your Team Gets GoingBeware The Fast Filling Of Delegates



• MemoDelegates And Alternates

from The Precinct Convention

to The Senatorial District Convention

must Be Elected by Those In Attendance

at The Precinct Convention

Not Appointed

by The Precinct Convention Chairman



TIPS• If You Are In The Majority:

Don’t Let Opposing Resolutions

be Passed Without VotingOr No Resolutions Be Sent

Using Excuse . . .

“It Is Going To Be Done All

Over Again, Anyway”

• Reminder: Have Three Copiesof Your Planned Resolutions



TIPS• If You Are In The Minority

You Will Have Another Chance

at The Senatorial District Convention• But only If You Are Elected

as a Delegate Or Alternate

to Your SD Convention• Therefore…

Your Election As A Delegate

to The Senatorial District Convention

Is The Priority!!!



TIPS

Selecting Delegates And Alternates• You Don’t Have To Fill All Your Slots

It Is Very Hard To Leave People Out

if Space Is Available

• Attendance Not Required to be elected but

must Be Otherwise Qualified

• Bring A List Others Will Size Up List Adding



TIPS

• At A Senatorial District Convention(Saturday March 22, 2014 – Your County)

In The Absence Of Full Delegation

Alternates Are Seated

In The Order Elected

At The Precinct Convention

• Therefore . . . . . . . .



TIPS

Therefore . . . . . • At The Precinct Convention

when Nominating People To Be

Alternates To The SD Conventions

• Try To Get Your Names At The

Top Of The Alternate List

If They Don't Make It As Delegates

• Be Sensitive To Attempts To Move

Conservatives Lower On the list



TIPS

At The Precinct Convention• You Cannot Add Names

to The Delegate/Alternate List

After The Convention Is Adjourned

• You Might Never Know Until SD Convention

• Safeguard by Making Your Own List by taking a picture of the list with your cell phone

• Typically this Occurs With Unfilled Slots



TIPS

Precinct Convention Tactics• Normally Not Important To Try To

"Take Over" A Convention And

Elect "Your" Convention Chairman

• You Should Be Prepared To

accept The Opportunity If

No One Is There

who Wants To, Or

knows what to do



TIPSPrecinct Convention Forms• The Election Judge may have

all The Precinct Convention Material and may Not Know It

• How To Chair The Convention? Get The FormsRead The ScriptFill In The BlanksFollow Through

Deliver Material to County Chairman



NOTE

• Precinct Convention Permanent ChairmanRequired By Law To See That

the Minutes of the Convention

are filed with the local Party

within The Required Timeframe

♦(usually within 3 days) As Per The Instructions

• If You Are The Permanent ChairmanThis Means You



TIPSBefore You Leave The Convention • Write Down Information On the

Elected Delegates And Alternates »Name, Address, Phone Number

Contact Information ForPermanent ChairmanSecretary

• Convention Rules RequirePrecinct Convention Minutes be Made Available For 30 Minutes



TIPS

• Hold A Precinct Convention Even IfYou Are The Only One Who Shows Up

Elect Yourself To All The OfficesElect Yourself (And Your List)

as Delegates And Alternatesto The SD Convention

Pass All Your Resolutions • Deliver The Minutes Per Instructions• The Election Judge may have All The

Materials Including Instructions



Crisis Management

• VERY, VERY HIGHLY UNLIKELY• But If You Are Wrongfully Excluded

from Fully Participating in Your Precinct Convention Process

call Attention To It in front Of EveryoneMake Detailed Notes

In Most Severe Cases:Hold Your Own ConventionTurn In Your MinutesChallenge At The SD Convention



Crisis Management• Serious Infractions Of Rules

Examples»Not Allowed In»Not Allowed To Participate»Not Allowed To Nominate»Not Allowed To Run For

Delegate and/or Alternate»Not Allowed To Submit Resolutions»Wrongly Removed»Meeting Moved/Started Early



Conclusion • Plan Now To Attend

your Precinct Convention In your NeighborhoodIn your Political Party of Preference

»Democratic Or RepublicanTuesday, March 4 (About 7:30 PM)At Your Polling Location

»Check For Posted Time• Be Elected As A Delegate To Your




Conclusion • Plan Now To Attend Your

Senatorial District ConventionSaturday, March 22Of your Political PartyIn your County

Information On Time And Place Is available At Precinct Convention

Make Plans Now To Attend Your Senatorial District Convention

by First Attending Your Precinct Convention



Conclusion (Really)• Final Reminder

»Come Early»Focus Intently»Participate Fully

• And Never, Never, Never LeaveBefore The Convention Is Adjourned

• WHY??? Because If You Leave early, Everything You Did - Can Be Undone

With a Motion To Reconsider



THANK YOUAND

GOD BLESS YOU


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