College Republicans at LSU // Best Party on Campus

The meeting began at 5:06 pm with everyone going around the table to introduce themselves.

Paul discussed new ideas for the semester such as having a breakfast meeting once a month. He also said that the T-shirt design will be released online next week.

We will be having the winter soirée at the end of the semester. If anyone knows of anyone who would like to be a sponsor, they should let Paul know.

Campaigns:

Guest speaker: Robert McAlister from Bobby Jindal’s office

• Robert discussed opportunities for volunteering for Bobby’s campaign
  • October 3: begin phone-banking at the office off Airline
  • October 7: Big Walk
  • Each game day between 4:30 and 5:00 to pass out campaign materials
• Robert also discussed Bobby’s coming to LSU on September 21 in the Union Ballroom, but mentioned that it should be kept low profile for now
• Anyone with any questions about volunteering can contact him, and Paul has his contact info.

John Roberts who is running for District 8 is looking for paid workers for $10 an hour.

On Saturday, Tulane will be hosting a door to door event for those who don’t have football tickets and are interested in going. They will be having a keg and free barbecue.

Finances:

In the past 2 weeks, the club has raised around $500, so finances are looking good.

Committees:

Communications -

• Kristin Satterlei
• Tim Hruz
• Stephen Martinez

Campaigns -

• Mallory McGough
• Kamra Sellers
• Greg Upton

Fundraising -

• Alesia Anderson
• Kamra Sellers

Membership -

• Alesia Anderson
• Claire Wilkerson
• Francis Boustany

Social -

• Smoot Carter
• Shelley Regner

Greek -

• Francis Boustany - Sig Ep
• Claire Wilkerson- Theta
• Mallory McGough - Zeta
• Melissa Hart- KD
• Kristin Satterlei - Tri Delt
• Shelley Regner - KD

New Business:

There will be a club kick-off on September 27 beginning around 5pm. Several people discussed getting a booth for this event.

Next week we will begin going to Greek houses.

Francis brought up the idea of having a Greeks for Jindal T-shirt.

Next Wednesday at 7, someone from Homecoming should be coming.

The meeting adjourned at 6:07. The meeting next week will be at 7:00 in the Union.

via paultwo.net  

Above you will find some examples of t-shirts.  Basically, we want you to help us design the new College Republican t-shirt!  If we accept your design you will receive one year membership for free as well as a free t-shirt!  Please send submissions to Paul@lsucr.com

Secondly, the above are only a sample, if you wish to design a t-shirt that is another color such as Purple or Navy Blue, feel free to do so.  Also, the front of the shirt is already set.  We are only looking for a design to go on the back of the shirt!

Thanks!

Paul 

The meeting began at 7:00 pm in the LSU Union.

New Business:

Paul is trying to set up a meeting with the gubernatorial candidates. He is also working on a possible basketball game between the College Republicans and College Democrats.

Everyone at the meeting took turns introducing themselves and their particular area of interest in politics.

Paul brought up the idea of the club filming a question for YouTube for the Republican debates. Smoot mentioned that there are cameras in the Mass Comm building that we could use to film the question if we decide we’d like to do this.

Melissa went over each of the club committees to find out which members are interested in each committee:

• Campaigns: Caitlin Denison, Phil Shrout
• Fundraising: Stephen Butterfield
• Membership: John Veazey

Paul asked what times are good for having meetings. The general consensus seemed to be for Wednesdays at 5.

Paul also asked everyone present to try to bring a friend with them to next week’s meeting.

All the new members present agreed to be a part of the leadership team. They will be added to the email list and invited to take part in the telephone conferences.

Paul will send an email in the next few days to keep everyone up to date.

Updates:

T-shirt orders will hopefully be made early next week.

The meeting adjourned with a meeting scheduled for next Wednesday, September 12 at 5:00 pm.

Telephone Conference Meeting Minutes

The telephone conference began at 9:00 pm.

Present on the call were:

• Paul
• Melissa
• Patrick
• Stephen
• Smoot
• RJ
• Amanda

New Business:

For the first week of school, table sits were planned for Thursday and Friday. On Thursday, Paul and RJ will be able to sit. On Friday, Melissa, Amanda, and Patrick will be able to sit at the table.

Melissa talked to someone at Marsala Beverage. The owners are apparently big Republicans and she has a call in to the big guy there.

Paul spoke to the Jindal campaign about sponsoring t-shirts.

Another student organization, Pi Sigma Alpha, is interested in co-hosting a gubernatorial debate on campus because they are not big enough to put it on by themselves. First we will try to contact the candidates and try to set up a debate. Then we might talk to the College Democrats and the honor society about co-hosting. October 1-3 would be good dates to have the debate.  The Cox Center would probably be the best place to hold a debate, and we could possibly partner with Tiger TV to show it in the Union Theater for overflow audience.

Paul gave Stephen the phone number of Chuck Carpenter to work on planning visits to the Greek houses.

Smoot will help Paul work on the debate.

The meeting adjourned at 9:27 pm with the meeting still scheduled for next Wednesday, September 5.