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DCCRW General Meeting

Tuesday, February 2, 2010

SREC Committeewo man Chris Davis will share insights and inspire us to make extra efforts this year, because:

"It’s Time to Work! It’s Time to Win— in March & November 2010!"

Chris Davis is Executive Assistant to Dallas County Commissioner Maurine Dickey in District 1, also responsible for community relations and economic development in the Commissioner's office. Chris grew up in Lafayette, Louisiana and attended college at Abilene Christian University. She taught 9:30 a.m. Refreshments government one year in Humble, Texas at Humble 10:00 a.m. Meeting High School. She moved to the Dallas metroplex from Midland in 1982 and has been a Richardson Dallas County GOP HQ resident since 1983. She spent 15 years at home 10100 N. Central, Suite 175 raising two wonderful children, Josh (29) & Jenny (23). She has been married for 32 years to Gary, Thanks to Host Clubs whom she met at college. Garland and Dallas Star During her time at home, Chris became involved with her children’s schools and PTAs. In 1996 she helped start a homeowner organization for her neighborhood and was the founding President of the Cottonwood Heights Neighborhood Association. Chris worked closely with Richardson’s Planning and Development Department where she served for eight years and was the Vice Chair. She also became involved in local politics and became a precinct chairman and election judge, positions she still holds today. She is currently serving her fourth term as Committeewoman for the State Republican Party of Texas Executive Committee, representing Senate District 16, John Carona’s district. Many of you may not know that Chris' SREC seat was held in previous years by RNC Committeewoman Denise McNamara, State Representative Jodie Laubenberg and years before that….Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison!

President's Message DCCRW . Feel free to post information you would like to share with other Republican women about The Red events, activities or candidate functions on our site – Umbrella it's a great way to exchange information with your fellow Republican Women fast! Some of you may have seen my Red If you have a Facebook account you can find us Umbrella, which at: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=23 I now carry with 2475362850&ref=ts me at all times. Request to join our group! It's not for a rainy day. It's a constant Programming – This year's Program Chair, Mary reminder as to Poss, is already at work identifying speakers and what the DCCRW is all about: we are the umbrella programs that are particularly relevant during this organization for the 17 member Republican Women's election year. Mary and Annette Ratliff, who is Clubs in Dallas County. Our role is to provide our assisting with this important task, are working on member clubs with resources and tools that can help several election-related programming ideas as well as us achieve our collective goals: focusing on key issues such as Health Care Reform and Crime. The more we know, the better we all are • Electing Republican candidates, at elevating the dialogue about the issues. • Educating the public about the basic tenets of the Republican party and our activities, and Fundraising – Vicki Slaton, our Fundraising Chair, • Energizing Republican women through the is leading a team that is putting together an exciting exchange of ideas and information. special event designed to raise the roof on Republican spirit in Dallas! The event will take place after the Those three E's are particularly important as we head Primary in April and will help us all move forward into the critical elections at the local, state and together to victory in the mid-term elections. national levels slated for November. Opportunity awaits Republicans at every level of government and Public Relations - To build awareness in our we, as Republican Women, are in a position to help community about Republican Women's activities, our the party achieve its goals of retaining current elected Public Relations Chair, Deborah Brown, has been positions and gaining new ones. successfully working behind the scenes to garner coverage of our events, including the very important How can we get there? Before we rang in the New "Greet the Troops" activities. View the most recent Year, your DCCRW Board members were hard at coverage at www.dccrw.org under the tab Our work strategizing and developing new opportunities Press . Deborah is also managing our "Constant to support our member Clubs in their grassroots Contact" meeting notice system, which delivers our work. Here is just a sample of what to expect in 2010: notices directly into club members' email boxes.

Website Update – During the coming months, you There are a lot of other DCCRW Board Members will see a change in our web site as we work toward hard at work on projects that we will share with you making it the "go to" site for timely information in future columns. So please stay tuned, stay about Republican Women’s activities in our connected and come to our meetings! When Club communities. Jan Woody, our Web Master, and Jeni members come together under the Big Red Umbrella, McGarry, Communications Chair, are leading the the energy flows, the ideas fly and we all walk away effort to redesign the site – more details to come! with a greater sense of what we can do, together.

Social Media – Jeni McGarry has also updated our Best, Facebook page– please visit it and sign on to become a Friend. This is a closed network, so any information Joyce Hanson you share on wall posts, links, or comments will not be available to anyone except your fellow friends of

Republican Reporter ~ January 2010 Page 2 Sneak Preview: Calendar of Events DCCRW March General Meeting February 2 (Tuesday) 9:30 a.m. coffee/10:00 meeting Plan to attend DCCRW's General Meeting on DCCRW General Meeting; GOP Headquarters Wednesday, March 3 (date is changed to avoid conflict with Tuesday's Primary Election). We will be ***Note date change March 3 (Wednesday) privileged to have special guest speakers James Capra 9:30 a.m. coffee/10:00 meeting and Robert Casey, Jr. DCCRW General Meeting; GOP Headquarters James L. Capra is Special Agent in Charge of the Dallas Field Division of the U. S. Drug Enforcement Agency. He is a veteran of the U. S. Navy, Navy Reserve and

Air National Guard, and served 2010 Kickoff Engages Members as a Military Intelligence Officer with the U. S. Army Reserve Seventy Republicans attended DCCRW's first 2010 before the start of his career meeting to hear Texas State Comptroller Susan with the DEA in 1987. Combs. Robert E. Casey, Jr. is Special Agent in Charge of the Dallas Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. He is a former criminal intelligence police officer who has since served 25 years with the FBI.

Hon. Susan Combs (center) with DCCRW President Joyce Hanson Primary & Convention Calendar (left) and 1 st VP Hon. Mary Poss (right) February 16-26 (Tuesday through Friday week) Primary Election Early Voting in Person (See dalcoelections.org for hours and locations) February 23 (Tuesday) Last day to apply for mail ballot (application to be received by Elections Dept. during bus. hours) March 2 (Tuesday) $ 7:00 a.m. – 7:00 p.m. PRIMARY ELECTION $ Precinct Conventions at respective precinct polling places, following close of polls March 20 (Saturday)

Northwood RW hosted the meeting: Brenda Gaustad, Sharon Hassell, Senate District Conventions Laurie Schacherer, Connie Cross and Mary McElvany (not pictured). Thank you, Northwood! April 13, 2010 (Tuesday) 7:00 a.m. – 7:00 p.m. All Republican women are welcome and encouraged RUNOFF ELECTION (if applicable) to attend DCCRW meetings. These are not just for June 11-12 (Friday and Saturday) board members but for ALL club members. Come GOP State Convention, Dallas join us!

Republican Reporter ~ January 2010 Page 3 DCCRW Christmas Tea Highlights

Taffy Goldsmith receives Anita Hill Award DCCRW was thrilled to award the Anita Hill Lifetime Achievement Award to Taffy Goldsmith . Taffy has always served the GOP selflessly and tirelessly, in recent years as Vice Chair of the DCRP, President of DCCRW, TFRW Convention Chair, and President of TFRW. She is shown below with the Hon. Mary Poss and outgoing DCCRW president Janet Clesi. Lake Highlands RW members Annette Ratliff (outgoing DCCRW Campaigns Director), Elaine Sandilands, and Linda Russell.

Mayor Tom Leppert installs 2010 officers

DCCRW Publicity Director Deborah Brown (standing), with Incoming Greater Lakewood RW President Susie Lowry and Betty Vondracek.

Full house enjoys Christmas Tea

Joann and Dan Messina.

Incoming DCCRW President Joyce Hanson (left) with Mayor Tom and Constable Michael Gothard, Tina Yampanis and County Commissioner Laura Leppert. Mike Cantrell.

Republican Reporter ~ January 2010 Page 4 Republican Women Send Knitted Hats Gathering up all the hats, Susan, Jeannee and to Soldiers Deborah took the hats to the UPS store in Lake Highlands where owner, Jim Haynes not only By Deborah Brown supplied the box, packed the hats but also paid for

th shipping to Atlanta. Jim is a true giving Friday, December 18 , Susan Fischer, Jeannee American! His whole "crew" helped make this O’Neill, and Deborah Guerriero, delivered 350 project an easy job. hand knit helmet liners to send for distribution on Christmas Eve to troops deployed overseas to fight Anyone that would like to help may contact Jeannee for our country. With frigid temperatures at night in O’Neill at [email protected]. Afghanistan and Iraq, the soldiers have a great need Congratulations to 'Borah for knitted hats to help keep them warm. Each hat is made from 100% wool which keeps their heads DCCRW extends congratulations to Deborah especially warm and has been very much appreciated "Borah" Van Dormolen on her election as the new by each lucky enough to receive one. National Committeewoman , succeeding Cathie Deborah Guerriero was changing planes in Atlanta Adams (who vacated the position to assume few years ago and met a group of soldiers being chairmanship of the Republican Party of Texas). deployed. Cindy Coleman, Manager–Passenger 'Borah is Immediate Past President of the Texas Service for Aircraft Service International, Hartsfield- Federation of Republican Women. A retired U. S. Jackson Atlanta Int’l Airport, overheard the Army Lieutenant Colonel, she is an accomplished conversations between Deborah and the soon-to-be soldier, businesswoman, Republican political leader, deployed about the hats that several ladies were legislative advocate, athlete and community leader. knitting to help with the comfort of our soldiers. After a few minutes of discussion, Cindy Westlake Changes its Name had a "wish list" for Deborah. She would like to be able to give each person deploying on Christmas Eve Please note Westlake Republican Women's name a hat. Deborah is President of First Republican change to Greater Lakewood Republican Women Women’s Club in Lake Highlands and conveyed the message to other Republican Womens' organizations. Participate in GOP's Conventions The wish list to have hats for each soldier has been fulfilled with the help of ladies from all over Texas, Help keep the GOP strong—participate in this year's Florida, and Arkansas. Republican Party convention process. Precinct, Senate District and State Conventions are held during both gubernatorial and presidential election (even- numbered) years. (National Conventions are held only in Presidential Election years.) Step 1: Vote in the Republican Primary. Voting in the March 2 nd Republican Primary identifies you as a Republican for the next two years. It entitles you to attend your Precinct Convention without further qualification. Step 2: Participate in your Precinct Convention. Your Precinct Convention will be at your precinct's polling place on Primary night just after polls close at UPS Store Owner Jim Haynes and his Staff, with 7:00 p.m. Purposes are: (l-r) Jeannee O’Neill, Susan Fischer-Richardson RW (1) to elect delegates and alternates to the Senate and Deborah Guerriero-President, First RW District Convention and For many years, the group has distributed 10,000 (2) to propose resolutions for the Senate District hand knit hats through deployments at DFW. There Convention to consider. is a plane that departs daily, 365 days a year, taking There is also an opportunity to designate your interest soldiers to their prospective assignments. There is in serving as a delegate to the State Convention. always a need for knitters and hats. ("Conventions" continued on page 6)

Republican Reporter ~ January 2010 Page 5 DCCRW Bragging Rights ("Conventions" continued from page 6) The Republican Precinct Chair, if present, is the DCCRW congratulates the following member clubs automatic Temporary Chair of the Precinct and individual members for TFRW and NFRW Convention to convene the meeting. (Dallas County awards received at the TFRW and NFRW GOP will provide full instructions to Precinct Chairs.) Conventions, respectively: Any Primary voter may open the meeting if the Precinct Chair is not present. TFRW AWARDS Step 3: Participate in your Senate District "10 Outstanding" Texas Republican Women Convention. Senate District Conventions will be held on Saturday, March 20 . Purposes are: June Rentmeester , Richardson RW (1) to elect delegates and alternates to the State Mary Darby, Garland RW Convention and

Membership Award (2) to propose resolutions for the State Irving Republican Women Convention to consider.

Membership Honorable Mention Prior to the SD Conventions, committees will work Richardson Republican Women on Credentials, Nominations, Resolutions and Rules. Membership Award for 2008-09 The Nominations Committee will consider and vote Dallas Star Republican Women for "at large" state delegates (those not elected at First Ladies Republican Women Precinct Conventions). Caring for America Award The Resolutions Committee will consider all Mesquite Republican Women resolutions passed at Precinct Conventions, Preston West Republican Women comparing them to the current State Platform and voting on those to be presented to the SD John Goodwin Tower Award Convention, then sending to the State Convention to Bentwood Republican Women be considered for the 2010 State Platform. These are Dallas Downtown Republican Women open meetings and you may request to speak for or First Ladies Republican Women against any resolution being considered. For Garland Republican Women reference, you can access the most recent Platform Mesquite Republican Women at: http://www.1888932-2946.ws/TexasGOP/E- Northwood Republican Women ContentStrategy/userfiles/FINAL_2008_PLATF Preston West Republican Women ORM.pdf. Richardson Republican Women Best newsletter (125+ member-club category) Save March 20 on your calendars. Schedule, venue Northwood Republican Women and committee contact information for each of the SD Conventions are forthcoming, but in the GOTV Award (small club category) meantime, you can let your SREC representative Garland Republican Women know if you are interested in serving on a committee.

NFRW AWARDS Step 4: Participate in the State Convention--June 11-12 at the Dallas Convention Center. Purposes are: Diamond: Northwood Republican Women Richardson Republican Women (1) to elect one man and one woman from each senate district to serve on the State Republican Silver: Bentwood Republican Women Executive Committee, (2) to elect a State Party Chair and Vice-Chair, and Gold: Dallas Republican Career Women (3) to pass a state platform. Dallas Downtown Rep. Women Garland Republican Women Volunteers are needed; please contact Marty Forte' Preston West Republican Women ([email protected]), Chris Davis ([email protected]) or Angie King Bronze: Mesquite Republican Women ([email protected]) if you can help.

Republican Reporter ~ January 2010 Page 6 DCCRW Member Club Presidents for 2010

Member Club President 2010 Phone E-mail Meeting Schedule

Bentwood RW Barbara Nelson 214-526-6767 [email protected] 2nd Monday 10:00 a.m. Dallas Downtown RW Dot Adler 972-235-5703 [email protected] 2nd Tuesday 6:30 p.m. Dallas Rep. Career W Diane Lockman 214-792-5199 [email protected] 1st Wednesday 6:00 p.m. Dallas Star RW Leslie Thomas 972-709-5949 [email protected] 2nd Saturday 11:00 a.m. First Ladies RW Jan O’Neal 972-613-2553 [email protected] Last Tues. 6:15 dinner; 7 mtg. Deborah First RW Guerriero 214-343-1606 [email protected] 3rd Monday 9:30 a.m. Garland RW Lynda Brandon 972-279-9655 [email protected] 2nd Thursday 7:00 p.m. Greater Lakewood RW Susie Lowry 214-577-1050 [email protected] 4th Monday 6:30 p.m. (normally) Irving RW Joyce Howard 972-253-3464 [email protected] 2nd Monday 7:00 p.m. Lake Highlands RW Jane Howell 214-341-0417 [email protected] 3rd Wednesday 9:30 a.m. Mesquite RW Clare Gates 972-222-5452 [email protected] 1st Thursday 7:00 p.m. Northwood RW Carolee Blumin 972-250-6039 [email protected] 4th Monday 9:30 a.m. (normally) Park Cities RW Cindy Clendenen 214-356-7823 [email protected] 3rd Tues. 11:30 a.m. (normally) Preston West RW Vicki Goode 972-822-7052 [email protected] 4th Wednesday 9:30 a.m. Richardson RW Kerry Gaines 214-675-1849 [email protected] 3rd Tuesday 7:00 p.m. Sunnyvale RW Beverly Williams 972-226-7115 [email protected] 2nd Tuesday, 7:00 p.m. White Rock RW Ginny Ellsworth 214-328-9935 [email protected] 3rd Thursday 6:00 p.m. DALLAS COUNTY COUNCIL OF RW Joyce Hanson 214-559-0834 [email protected] 1st Tuesday, usually 9:30 a.m.

Additional /Local GOP/TFRW Contacts

REPUBLICAN NATIONAL PRESID ENT: Rebecca Bradford TFRW SENATE DIST . DIRECTORS COMMITTEE WOMAN 5701 Oso Pkwy, Corpus Christi 78414 SD 2: Debra Harper ‘Borah Van Dormolen 361-877-3711 (M) 8622 Southbag Circle, Rowlett 75088 1507 Hilltop Circle, Salado 76571 [email protected] 972-465-4926 (H) 254 913 1663 (M) SECRETARY: Linda Schenck [email protected] [email protected] 5743 CR 317, McKinney 75069 SD 8: Catherine Gibb 972-955-6874 (M) REPUBLICAN PARTY OF TEXAS 4305 Angelina Drive, Plano 75074 [email protected] CHAIRMAN: Cathie Adams 972-578-0704 5833 Portsmouth Lane, Dallas 75252 PUBLIC RELATIONS DIRECTOR [email protected] 972-380-6722 (H) & TEXAS STAR EDITOR: SD 9: Cynthia Jenkins [email protected] Holly Hansen 1213 Cross Bend, Irving 75061 (DCCRW Member-Northwood RW) 1106 Delea Bluff, Round Rock 78665 214-223-9812 (M) 512-799-2027 [email protected] DALLAS COUNTY [email protected] (DCCRW Member, Irving RW) REPUBLICAN PARTY CHAIRMAN: Jonathan Neerman TFRW DEPUTY PRESIDENTS: SD 16: Jeannee O’Neill 10100 N. Central Expressway, Suite 175 10420 Royalwood Drive, Dallas 75238 REGION III (SDs 8, 9, 16, 23) Dallas, TX 75231 214-341-3357 (H) June Rentmeester 214-369-9555 [email protected] 440 Independence Parkway #2129 [email protected] (DCCRW Member, First RW) Plano, TX 75075

469-585-8387 (M) SD 23: Sandra Julien

[email protected] 1123 Statler Drive, Duncanville 75116 TEXAS FEDERATION OF (DCCRW Member, Richardson RW) 214-533-5775 (M) REPUBLICAN WOMEN [email protected] REGION I (SD 2)

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR: Mollie Herrington Note: For Tower Award credit, TFRW requests Kathy Jones 1344 Old Hickory Road, Tyler 75703 clubs send their newsletters to the TFRW 1108 Lavaca, Suite 505, Austin 78701 903-571-4288 (M) President, TFRW Office in Austin, TFRW PR 512-477-1615 (O) [email protected] Director, Deputy President, District Director, & [email protected] County Republican HQ. For "Bragging Rights," please also send to DCCRW Newsletter Editor.

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Director of Hospitality………... Kathy Zerangue DCCRW Officers and Directors 2010 [email protected] Director of Legislation……….. Angie King President………………… …... Joyce Hanson [email protected] [email protected] Director of Membership……… Pat Bielefeld Vice President………………... Brenda Gaustad [email protected] [email protected] Director of Outreach…………. Debbie Georgatos Recording Secretary…………... Ada Brown [email protected] [email protected] Director of Programs…………. Hon. Mary Poss Treasurer……………………... Wanda King [email protected] [email protected] Director of Projects………… .. Cynthia Jenkins PAC Treasurer………………... Valerie Ertz [email protected] [email protected] Director of Publicity………...... Deborah Brown Corresponding Secretary….. Deborah Guerriero [email protected] [email protected] Historian………………………Catherine Monk Director of Campaigns……...... Melissa Read [email protected] [email protected] Newsletter Editor…………….. Marty Forte' Director of Communications… Jeni McGarry [email protected] [email protected] Parliamentarian……………. Hon. Taffy Goldsmith Director of Fundraising………. Vicki Slaton [email protected] [email protected] Webmaster……………..……... Hon. Jan Woody

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DCCRW urges Club officers to get to know and stay in touch with their Council counterparts to improve communications and synergies among Dallas County Republica n women.

Dallas County Council of Republican Women c/o Marty Forte' 4309 Alta Vista Lane Dallas, TX 75229

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