SUN LAKES REPUBLICAN CLUB

MEETING MINUTES

November 25, 2008

SUN LAKES COUNTRY CLUB-NAVAJO ROOM

 

Meeting called to order:  7:00 p.m. by Chairman Sandy Doty.

Moment of Silence

Pledge of Allegiance to the American Flag.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

                                 

                

Text Box: Sandy treated us to a “Constitutional Minute” : Our original founder’s view of our government can be described in the comparison of government to  our symbol of the eagle. An eagle has two wings and when functioning together in balance, the eagle can soar to great heights. One wing symbolizes problem-solving and compassion. The other wing symbolizes responsibility and conservation. The second wing asks two questions: “Can we afford this?” and “What effect will this have on the rights of the people?”. When one or the other wing is out of balance or not working, the eagle can drift towards anarchy or tyranny. Jefferson was a problem solver, Adams was a conservationist. In his inaugural address, Jefferson said: “ We have called by different names brethren of the same principle. We are ALL Republicans--we are ALL Federalists.”  Welcome to members & guests Announcements: 1-Thanks went out to Inez Mc Gee who organized a group of people to go to the Packages From Home headquarters to pack boxes for our troops. They are going again in January. If you want to carpool, contact Inez at  daninez@msn.com   They usually spend  from 10:30 AM -12:30 PM on this project. 2- If you want to send holiday mail to the troops here are two opportunities ( Please send mail by Dec 10th ):       Holiday cards should be mailed to: Holiday Mail for Heroes, P.O. Box 5456, Capitol Heights, MD. 20791-5456., OR  If you go to this web site: www.LetsSayThanks.com you can pick out a thank you card and Xerox will print it and it will be sent to a soldier that is currently serving in Iraq . You can't pick out who gets it, but it will go to a member of the armed services. 3- January is election month. You need to have paid your club dues in order to run for office or to vote. If you want to run for an office contact Sandy at slgop@wbhsi.net. So far we have four people running: Chairman: Gordon Lynch Vice Chairman: Newell Orr Treasurer: Beverly Engel Secretary: PK Koepp 4- Sandy encouraged the attendees that NOW is the time to get involved in the Republican Club. Results of the last election shows that there is a desire to return to  “grass roots conservatism”. One way to get involved is to get better informed. If you get on the e-mail list you will get notices and alerts to things going on in the world and ways to get involved by calling, writing or e-mailing your representatives. Contact Sandy at SLGOP@ wbhsi.net if you want to be on the e-mail list.  We also need people to: -volunteer to be a PC (precinct committeeman). Sun Lakes may have 75 PCs. We presently have only a few. These people can vote in Republican Party elections to determine the direction of the party and its platform. -write, e-mail or call your representatives on issues that concern you -sign up to help with refreshments for the meetings in Sun Lakes -help put articles in the Sun Lakes Splash -make signs for the club houses -maintain and update our website at www.slgop.com for more information and addresses of representatives, links to other websites, etc. 5– Don’t forget to pay your club dues. The dues are $5 and help pay the rent for the meeting room. 6- Sandy shared that the election for County Chairman will be Jan. 10th. If she doesn’t win, she will have more time to devote to our Sun Lakes Republican Club. If she does win, she will have to miss some of our meetings because they would conflict with county meetings. 7– Introduction of the guest speaker: Carl Goldberg is the chairman of the Phoenix Chapter of Act! (American Congress for Truth) for America. This is a group “dedicated To educating millions of uninformed Americans about the threat of radical Islam to world peace and national security.” Mr. Goldberg gave us a 10 page handout with information about the ideology of Islam. It contained definitions, descriptions of terms associated With Islam and Islamic extremism, and quotes from the Koran (Quran). He informed us of ways Islam historically has infiltrated cultures peacefully As part of their plan for word domination. Such things are taking place in America today. For more information, you may e-mail him at ideologyofislam@cox.net. A good DVD to explain “peaceful” infiltration as opposed to more aggressive acts (terrorism) is “The Third Jihad.” The website is www.TheThirdJihad.com if you want to get a copy or see short clips. For more information on Act! For America write to: ACT! For America PO Box 6884 Virginia Beach, VA 23456 Their web site is: www.actforamerica.org. 8-Question and answer period. 9-There will be no meeting in December. 10-Meeting adjourned at 8:10 pm. After which the 50/50 drawing was held. Many in the audience wanted to get more information from the speaker And so he stayed until 8:45 answering their questions.