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Deputy President Magazine VOLUME 1, ISSUE 2 — OCTOBER 2016 A Reminder Before you put on that pin ... Pins are great conversation starters. That’s why we wear them, right? We want someone to ask us why we support a particular candidate or cause. Here’s the thing – When we do get that question, we have about 15 seconds to influence the person who asked! Every word matters. So, since I know questions are coming. I can prepare my response ahead of time. Try these tips: • Make responses personal. Why do I support this candidate or cause? What is important to me about this campaign? What are the stakes for me and my family? Be specific. • Make responses positive. Talk about the good that this candidate will accomplish or the benefits of supporting this cause. Save criticism of the opposition for another time. • Use inclusive words like “our,” “us,” and “we” whenever possible. These words create common ground. • Speak in a calm and friendly voice. One example: I’m in the grocery store and see a friend. I’m wearing my “Let’s Keep Texas Red” pin. Friend: “Vicki, what’s your pin? What do you mean Keep Texas Red?” Me: “Keeping Texas Red is about how we can hold onto the values that make our state prosperous ... like lower taxes and being a right to work state. My brother’s company doubled in size because it moved operations from other states here. I want us to keep that momentum going. “ So, before you put on that pin ... Think through and prepare your own personal, positive response to the questions it will generate. Have those words ready to roll off your tongue. Our candidates and causes matter. If we care enough to put on the pin, let’s care enough to make the most of those precious 15 seconds. Written by Beryl Dowd & Vicki Hodges Beryl Dowd, Deputy President Liaison [email protected] 817-788-4939 (h) 817-504-8701 (c) DEPUTY PRESIDENT MAGAZINE 2 TEXAS FEDERATION OF REPUBLICAN WOMEN Deputy President, Region 1 It has been a busy few weeks, visiting clubs in SD 1 and 2. Of course the focus continues to be to get Republicans elected. Nancy Holly, Melanie Grammar and I have one foot in the car at all times! We have said it before, but truly this is one of the most critical elections EVER! And yet, one of the biggest battles we have is to get behind our Presidential Nominee, Donald Trump. This battle is even with Republican Women clubs!! I remember going through some similar problems when John McCain was our candidate and again with Mitt Romney. Ladies, let’s rally behind being REPUBLICAN! Make the “Plus” and “Negative” columns for Hillary and Donald. When you are making your list, repeat to yourself, Lied about Benghazi, Lied to the FBI, Lied about her email server, Lied about being FLAT BROKE Jeannette when she left the White House, Lied, Lied Lied! That is what I stress every chance I get. Sterner EMA I L [email protected] District Directors SENATOR I AL DI STR I CT 1 Nancy Holly SENATOR I AL DI STR I CT 2 Melanie Grammar DEPUTY PRESIDENT MAGAZINE 3 TEXAS FEDERATION OF REPUBLICAN WOMEN Deputy President, Region 3 The clubs in Region III are gearing up for a big push to elect Donald Trump president along with all the down ballot races as well. We will be walking, phone banking, sending post cards and doing anything else that will get the vote out starting on October 24th when Early Voting starts right through until Election Day, November 8, 2016. SD 8: At the July TFRW board meeting, the District Directors of all the Senate Districts in Texas were given a New Movers list of “likely” Republican women and tasked with contacting them. All 5 clubs in SD 8 (Conner Harrington RW, Golden Corridor RW, Plano RW, RW of Greater North Texas and Richardson RW) joined together to send out 2,192 letters to the women who have moved to Collin County to invite them to welcome them to Collin County and Catherine invite them to check out all of our clubs! We are excited about what this could mean for our clubs and looking forward to following up with these new Republican women. Meetings resumed in August and all the Gibb clubs have had some truly inspiring speakers. EMA I L SD 16: Every club had socials in the summer and most of the clubs catherinegibb@ had a representative on the POWER Committee for their wonderful reagan.com event on August 27th with Debbie and Dinesh D’Souza as the speakers. This was under the Dallas County Council’s “umbrella group that all the clubs in Dallas County, not just SD16 belong to. District Directors Theresa Kosmoski presented the first POWER Award to Taffy Goldsmith, a past-President of TFRW. On September 10th “Unite to SENATOR I AL DI STR I CT 8 Win” training was held at the Richardson Civic Center, co-sponsored Whitney N. Brubaker by Abbott University, the DCCRW, and TFRW and was well attended by club members from Collin, Dallas and other surrounding counties. SENATOR I AL DI STR I CT 9 Club meetings have started and all will be participating in phone Shelly Pritchard banking, walking and rallies. shelly.pritchard@ hotmail.com SD 23: The Dallas Stars of SD 23 have attracted new attendees of SENATOR I AL DI STR I CT 16 diverse age, gender and race. They Deborah Guerriero have begun a weekly “Night of Stars,” to gather the members of SENATOR I AL DI STR I CT 23 the club for phone banking every Lillie Ralph Tuesday night until the election. They also commemorated the 15th anniversary of 9-11. On September 17, they held their annual fundraiser with Sentator Brian Birdwell to support military veterans. DEPUTY PRESIDENT MAGAZINE 4 TEXAS FEDERATION OF REPUBLICAN WOMEN Deputy President, Region 4 Central and East Texas RW clubs are clicking on all cylinders!!! And we appreciate our leaders’ inspiration – and travel to club meetings! Cherokee County RW welcomed Toni Anne Dashiell at their August meeting and doubled membership! The club is roaring ahead with great enthusiasm and will be presented with their charter at the Octo- ber TFRW board meeting. Kay Butchko In this photo: Judy Clardy, Judy Parada, Kay Butchko, Patsy Lassiter, Leverne Lusk, Toni Anne Dashiell, Rodney Wallace, Constable, Janice Stone, Jerri Jones, Michelle Alston EMA I L [email protected] The Liberty County RW welcomed Janis Holt, TFRW, VP Campaign Activities, to explain the value of Social Media to promote PHONE 936-205-6001 the GOTV message and to grow our clubs. Georgetown Area RW welcomed Catherine Engelbrect of True the Vote to encourage honest and well-trained observers at each voting District Directors location, watching and reporting to maintain voter integrity – i.e. REPUBLICAN WOMEN!!! SENATOR I AL DI STR I CT 3 Judy Parada Rhonda Lacy, Co-chair of The Mighty Texas Strike Force and Toni jparada18754@ Anne Dashiell have been all over our state to explain and recruit suddenlink.net volunteers. Go to TexasGOP.org to sign up. 832-423-9523 Amy Clark, Texas GOP Vice Chair, launched two critical parts of our GOP efforts and clubs are having Post Card parties. She provided a SENATOR I AL DI STR I CT 5 suggested script and mailing addresses. Congressman Will Hurd and Sue DeVillez Congressional candidate Susan Narvaiz. [email protected] 512-818-5029 Our ladies are organizing and staffing County GOP offices, providing information, setting up phone banks, sign distribution and all the important parts of bringing it all together with welcoming smiles. Republican Women ARE the “Life of the Party” and are proving it every day. Keep up the good work! DEPUTY PRESIDENT MAGAZINE 5 TEXAS FEDERATION OF REPUBLICAN WOMEN The Heart of the Republican Party! Clear Creek RW Memorial West RW Rosie visits San Antonio! Rosie visits North Texas! Rosie visits Houston! RW of Yoakum Angleton RW Galveston RW DEPUTY PRESIDENT MAGAZINE 6 TEXAS FEDERATION OF REPUBLICAN WOMEN Deputy President, Region 5 Region V is very busy actively campaigning for the November Election. It is so great to see so many of the clubs out in their community promoting the Republican ticket! Way to go ladies, that is how to grow the grassroots. We have a tremendous opportunity this election year to bring new Republican voters to the polls. SD 11: Angleton RW held a rally along with a couple of our local candidates to support the entire ticket in September in Lake Jackson. Bay Area RW were back from their summer break and met in August with RNC Committee- woman Toni Anne Dashiell. Bayou RW held a great fundraiser, “Cornbread-n Beans Soup Kitchen” Luncheon with speaker Tom Delay. Clear Creek RW partnered with the Assistance League of Bay Area on “Operation School Bell” for their fall Caring for America Project. Friendswood RW have started sharing issues and candidate information for the election on their Facebook Sherry page and at FriendswoodRW.org. Galveston RW have been working with the Galveston County Republicans and organized the Grand Opening of the Galveston Island Republican Center. They held their “Havana Nights” Fund- Peterson raiser on Sept. 24th. San Jacinto RW participated in the 2016 SouthBelt EMA I L Independence Day Parade with a beautiful and patriotic Republican float. Tri [email protected] County RW held a Candidate Forum for all Republican Judicial Candidates and are participating in the Brazoria County Republican Campaign, a mo- bile campaign booth sponsored by all Republican Clubs in Brazoria County and the County Republican Party.