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7:30 pm Speaker & Meeting
Good Morning
Well, it has been a busy three weeks. Republicans in Alexandria have had a lot of events. Thank you all for participating. First, Come out the the monthly AYR Meeting TONIGHT at MURPHY'S IRISH PUB. Join us for a drink, some dinner and lots of conversation at a pre-meeting happy hour at 7:00 pm. Our speaker and meeting will begin at 7:30 pm. We have lots of new events and ideas, so come out TONIGHT and join us.
On President's Day, we had a great showing at the Alexandria George Washington Birthday Parade, allowing people throughout Alexandria to see out pride in our City.
We next had a canvass to elect the new chairman of the Alexandria Republican City Committee (ARCC). This took place on Saturday, February 23rd. We had a turnout of about 260 people. There were a lot of young families and new people who had never participated before. It was amazing to see everyone come out to get involved. The new ARCC chairman is Chris Marston. We want to let everyone know that, though he was not successful, Chris Kachouroff was a great candidate and brought a lot of new people out.
Finally, last Saturday was the Alexandria St. Patrick's Parade. This was a great parade. The Republicans in the parade out numbered the Democrats by a WIDE margin. We were even getting a large number of cheers from the crowd. It was fun participating.
Now we are going to work to keep the momentum moving forward, bringing those people who are new and looking to get involved into the ARCC and the AYRs.
If there is something you are in interested in getting involved with, tell us. As always, we are here to help YOU find opportunities to get involved in Republican politics. All of our schedules are busy with careers, social lives, and family. We want to make sure that when you have time there is an activity available for you. Just email me if you want to talk about anything.
Young Republican Federation of Virginia Convention April 4-6, 2008 in Richmond, VA
On April 4-6 Young Republicans from all around Virginia will be converging on Richmond for our Annual Convention. This is an opportunity to come out, find out what young professionals from around the Commonwealth have been up to over the last year and what they plan on doing this coming year to help out Republican candidates.
It is LOADS of FUN. You can check out the tentative agenda and activities at the convention website, www.yrfv.org/convention.html. There will also be more information in this newsletter as we receive it.
Registration is online at www.yrfv.org/convention.html. There is an Early Bird special until April 1, so register early. The YRFV has also worked with the Omni for a deal on room reservations. However, the lower cost for the room ($129 a night) ends by March 5. Learn more about this at the Convention Website.
8th Congressional District Republican Convention
This year at the 8th District Republican Convention, we will be electing a number of positions. Chairman of the 8th Congressional Committee, State Central Members, an Elector, and Delegates & Alternate Delegates to the RNC Convention.
Here is a full list of candidates for the 8th District Convention:
8th District Committee Chairman(1 position): Noel Gibeson Michael Ginsberg: Has been an associate member of the Alexandria YRs for years. He is the former chairman of the Arlington/Falls Church Young Republicans, currently one of the Young Republican Federation of Virginia (YRFV) representatives to the Republican Party of Virgnia State Central Committee. He has also been the Treasurer of the and an associate member of YRFV.
State Central Committee(3 positions): Dan Gabriel
Michael Giere
Vellie Dietrich Hall
Terri Hauser: Former AYR chairman
Mark Kelly
Jeffrey Miller: AYR associate member
Delegate to the 2008 Republican National Convention(3 positions): B. Marc Allen
David Avella
Thomas Beck
Helen Blackwell
Tom Brooke
Eugene Devine
Douglas Faulkner
Dan Fitzgerald
Noel Gibeson
Christopher Kachouroff
Jonathan Krive
Chris Parrish
Bernie Schulz: Former AYR Chairman & current AYR member
Orson Swindle
Alternate Delegate to the 2008 Republican National Convention (3 positions): Erin Anderson
Diana Banister
Joseph Fleckenstein
Dan Gabriel
Tori Gorman
Michael Thielen
Angie Williams
Tom Wolfe
Republican Presidential Elector(1 position): Christian Hoff
