CFRW 2012 2nd Quarter Newsletter - California Federation of ...

:2011—2012EXECUTIVE COMMITTEECarol Hadley, President209.483.1915—chadleycfrw@aol.comShirley Mark, VP Central805.238.6900—2mrksb@tcsn.netKaren Atteberry, VP North916.786.2593—katteberry@yahoo.comPat Weiss, VP South310.545.4741—patjweiss@yahoo.comJill A. McCauley, Recording Secretary714.633.1384— jill_mccauley@sbcglobal.netCarol Stein, Treasurer707.226.5090—csstein@pacbell.netLorie Noble, Membership Secretary805.431.7461—jlnoble50@sbcglobal.netLynn Wyman, Corresponding Secretary661.822.7433—lynn.wyman@gmail.comJoy Stewart, Parliamentarian661.213.3383—jstew5945@aol.comGaylon Kastner, Financial Review Officer707.255.2815—gylnkastner@gmail.comDottie Schlosser, Central Div. President805.238.2425—dttschlosser@yahoo.comRoseann Slonsky-Breault,Northern Div. President510.531.0567—roseannsb@earthlink.netNancy Eisenhart, Southern Div. President818.389.0423—newrepublicanwoman@yahoo.comCFRW STAFFAllison Olson, Advocate916.442.4084—advocate@cfrw.orgMarianne Raia, CFRW Data Center Manager323.664.9915—datacenter@cfrw.orgVolume XXX1V Issue II — Second Quarter 2012President Carol’s MessageDear CFRW Members,Before we know it November 6, 2012 will be here and we willbe wondering where the time went. Since the Supreme Courthanded us a great debate issue we need to use it to ouradvantage. We will make every effort to give you talking points each week in theCapital Update.Our goal for the remainder of this year is to work and work hard in getting MittRomney elected as the next President of these United States. Regardless ofwhether or not he was your first choice as President is mute at this point. Jointly heis our candidate. No candidate regardless of funds available to them can do italone. WE are their Army of Volunteers. If you live in an area that is not a majorityRepublican, and you need to be a bit subtle in your voice, put a baseball mitt inyour back window with a huge 2012 painted. Subtle but effective.During the time you are staffing fair booths, headquarters', doing voterregistrations in front of stores, encourage the women to join your Clubs. Put thatFederated spirit to work, be enthusiastic and excited to be a FederatedWoman. WE can double our membership, this year and reach our goal of 100,000in 2013.We are also excited to have a fantastic representation of CFRW Members asDelegates and Alternate Delegates attending the Republican National Convention inTampa Bay. There are also members attending as Guest. Make sure you look forus. We will make a huge difference and it will also be out opportunity to encouragethose women attending to become Federated members.Many thanks to Northern and Southern Division Clubs who have kept me busythese past few months. Had the opportunity to meet the members of NorthernDivision at their Spring Conference and Campaign School. Southern Division's Junemeeting was full to capacity. I also had the opportunity to become reacquaintedwith my dear friend Dr. Barbara Stone, who continues to educate us with herhumor.Lynn Wyman, CFRW Corresponding Secretary, Roseann Slonsky-Breault, NorthernDivision President, Claire Plotner, Southern Division Third Vice President and Iattended an intensive campaign workshop in Washington DC with other womenfrom throughout the States. It was two days filled with education. NFRW had thelargest contingency of women. Sharon Day Co-Chair of the Republican NationalCommittee made this event possible and did not disappoint those of us who

Volume XXXIV Issue 2 Second Quarter 2012Page 3PAT WEISS, Vice President SouthNo Report.JILL A. MCCAULEY, CFRW Recording SecretaryATTENTION ALL PRESIDENTSCFRW Parliamentarian Joy Stewart, at the Executive Committee meeting held in Sacramento on April alerts all presidents of thefollowing:In election years candidates may request a copy of your roster. Please be aware of the following from CFRW Standing Rules. II.ROSTER.6. Printed or electronic copies of the CFRW Roster shall be available (upon reimbursement of the cost and postage of a printedcopy to CFRW) only to;(b) Republican candidates and elected Republican office holders with the Information Section, Bylaws, Standing Rules,and Policy and Procedure Sections removed.(c) California Republican Party, County Central Committees and legislative district offices with the Information Section,Bylaws, Standing Rules, and Policy and Procedure Sections removed.Remove these sections of their rosters when a copy is requested from a candidate, CRP, County Central Committees, andlegislative offices.The CFRW Bylaws and E-mail Roster are available at www.cfrw.org/ Member Center/Bylaws & Roster (Username & Passwordrequired). Click Download CFRW Bylaws-amended 10-2011 for bylaws.For clarification, contact Joy Stewart at 661-822-7433, Cell 616-333-6688, or jstew5945@aol.com.Hard copies of the roster are available from Pat Burnes, 714-538-4783 or tpbur@aol.comDOTTIE SCHLOSSER, Central Division PresidentHello Ladies,Well the Primaries are over and Mitt Romney our Republican Candidate can use all the help we can give, and it is criticallyimportant that we register as many Republicans as possible to get Mitt elected so he can work on getting our country back ontrack.In May, I visited Estero Bay Club, their speaker was a member of the Tea Party, she spoke on what the Tea Party was all about, andwas very informative. I also visited our Central Coast Club and their speaker was Chris Mitchum running for United StatesRepresentative – 24 District. I also worked at the Paso Robles Club’s Yard Sale fund raiser, they are great because they are allprofit.Membership - Our total membership for 30 clubs as of to date is 1,796, we are short 363 members from last year. If each clubcould bring in l2 members, I am sure we could get 3. We really need to reach or pass last year’s total membership. Ladies invite afriend and buy their lunch, or give a membership to a friend. It is extremely important that we keep Central Division’s membershipup.The following clubs met or passed their membership from last year:BakersfieldFresno County & CityLatinas UnitedTracyTurlockWe have a few clubs that are very close to meeting their membership. Presidents lets’ see your club on next month’s list!!!!Ladies with this being election year, we have had problems in a few clubs, PLEASE READ YOUR CFRW BYLAWS! ARTICLE V –“ETHICS” – SECTIONS 1 thru 4, we must go by our CRFW BYLAWS.Have a wonderful July 4 th .

CFRW N e w s l e t t e rPage 4ROSEANN SLONSKY-BREAULT, Northern Division PresidentOur Northern Division Spring Conference, “Leading The Way to Victory” was a great success. ConferenceChair Kay Young and the clubs of Santa Clara Valley Region worked hard to make this one of the BESTNorthern Division Conferences ever.The weekend started with the Honorable Lynne Leach presenting her very popular Campaign School onFriday, May 4. Our informative conference speakers included CFRW President Carol Hadley, CFRWAdvocate Allison Olson, ND Victory 2012 Chair Janet Gardner, many local candidates, CRP Chairman TomDel Beccaro, and Banquet Speaker, Larry Greenfield, who shared important information about our “NationalDefense and The 2012 Election”. We were especially honored that NFRW President Rae Lynne Chornenkyattended our conference, inspired our members and reminded us about what a powerful organization we allbelong to, the National Federation of Republican Women, over 70,000 members strong! The weekendincluded a lively President’s Reception, the perfect opportunity to relax with friends, share ideas and makenew friends. We also hosted an exciting and very successful Silent and Live Auction on Saturday and onSunday morning!Our members went home feeling informed, inspired, empowered, and emboldened to go out and work toelect our Republican candidates on the local, state, and national level and elect Mitt Romney out nextPresident! Together we will win back our country and continue to pass on the American Dream to ourchildren and future generations!Northern Division is proud to have a number of our clubs celebrate important anniversaries in 2012 asFederated clubs.C ONGRATULATIONS:65th Anniversary: 60th Anniversary: 50th Anniversary:Napa Valley RWF Fort Bragg RWF Novato RWFNevada County RWF 25th Anniversary:West Valley RWF East Contra Costa RWFREPUBLICAN WOMEN LEADING THE WAYNANCY EISENHART, Southern Division PresidentSouthern Division is a veritable bee-hive of activity. We have too many clubs to highlight more than a few, but judgingfrom the large turnouts at our ‘Road Show” meetings (over 200 attendees at each of our three meetings since February),our women can’t wait for the November election to take place and we get a shot at Restoring America, our themefor the year.Our trio of Red Books is making a difference among Decline-to-States and conservative Hispanic voters, at leastamong those who had a chance to read (1) Democrats and Republicans: Contrasted, or (2) En Su Corazon, Es UstedUna Democratica o Un Republicano? Or In Your Heart, Are You A Democrat or a Republican? Our Hispanic Outreachchair Delores Chavez-Harmes has been meeting with many Hispanic groups and educating them to what Republicansreally stand for. Because there are variations of opinion in our membership on the illegal immigration issue, weare working with the Romney campaign and RWF clubs to insure our statements are positive, practical and mutually

Volume XXXIV Issue 2 Second Quarter 2012 Page 5Southern Division is proud of its many delegates and alternate delegates, guests and volunteers who are attending theRepublican National Committee in Tampa, Florida in August. It sounds like the place to be, especially now that theSupreme Court has betrayed the Constitution. Boy, do we have a cause to fight for now!We are a Division with eight counties, of varying sizes; LACFRW is the largest with 34 clubs, San Diego next with 24,then Orange with 20, Riverside 10, San Bernardino 7, Ventura 7, and Santa Barbara 4. And Imperial, 0, at least so far.Together we are over 9000 tremendous Republican Women I am so proud of. Here are a few highlights from ourcounties:Los Angeles County – President Joy Bliss. LACFRW under leadership of Patti Adair, Ways & Means VP, hassuccessfully raised enough funds to expand the booth at the Los Angeles County Fair. Faces of the Federation (ourhard-working members) and the Republican Party are going to be hard to miss. Did you know the Federation began inLos Angeles in 1923 when Mrs. Florence Collins Porter organized the Los Angeles Republican Study Club? South BayRWF, the first official RWF club in Los Angeles, is starting the countdown for its 75 th Diamond Jubilee in 2013? AndFundraising. http://www.lacfrw.orgImperial County – President Pro-Tem Chris Flynn. Keep your fingers crossed. We are close to either reactivatingan old RWF club in Imperial County, or starting a new one. Chris Flynn, the 2 nd VP for Southern Division, isdetermined, and ladies in Imperial are on board. Better yet, pray for our success. Not yet fundraising.San Diego County - President Lynn Ann Reagan. The Del Mar County Fair’s month-long booth under MaryHumphrey's leadership is fully "wo-mannized" with three shifts a day. Voter registration is up, and a new RWF is tryingto bloom. President Lynn has called a Club President Council to coordinate all aspects of club activities,communications, and election efforts. And Fundraising.Orange County- President Sue Hamilton. OCFRW also has a month long fair, and almost all of the clubs areinvolved in voter registration at the many local city events. Voter registration has never been more important, and theOrange County ladies know this. And Fundraising. The largest club in the country has its home in Orange County:Huntington Harbour RWF. http://www.ocrwf.orgRiverside County– President Lynette Simonson. The ten RWF clubs in this mountainous and desert region areactively registering voters and opening headquarters. There are several Assembly seat battles in this region that arebringing in the CRP and the RNC. Communication between the clubs and the County is excellent, and the clubssupport each other. Many of the clubs have year-round Caring for America projects that warm the hearts of theircommunities. A highlight is the prize-winning Riverside RWF Dictionary Project. And Fundraising.San Bernardino County – President Kathy Faxon. Out of the seven clubs in this other mountainous and desertcounty, only Lake Arrowhead RWF meets in the summer time: Their dark period is the snow season! Membership isahead from the same time last year, can you believe? So tell us, Kathy, what are you doing so very right? There isalso an upcoming county-wide pancake breakfast Candidates’ Forum that everyone is going to, such a good idea for asummer election-related activity. And fundraising.Ventura County – President Daryl Reynolds. Camarillo Las Posas RWF is having David Horowitz as their Septspeaker, so expect another huge meeting. Watch out, Huntington Harbour RWF (Orange County), this club will soonbe the second largest club in the state, and who knows where they will go from there. Voter registration is a given inthis active county. And Fundraising.Santa Barbara County – President Gretchen Pfaff. Fighting local voter fraud is #1 on the SBCRWF’s agenda, afterrevelations of over 120% voter turnout near college campuses in 2010. R.I.T.A RWF is formally requesting a SantaBarbara grand jury investigation. They are also working on an Election Integrity Project whose aim is to clean up thevoter rolls by checking for duplicate names, false names, inaccuracies, etc. #2 is GOTV, with an RNC and the NRCCfunded Victory 2012 headquarters. The clubs are coordinating their efforts. Their main focus is on the Congressionalrace between Lois Capps (D) and Abel Maldonado ®.The bottom line for Southern Division is that our members and clubs are working efficiently and effectively, using localissues, races, talents for fundraising, and boots-on-the ground that will lead to the all-important success coming ourway.Our challenge to win in November increased 100-fold with the shocking and radical decision from Chief Justice JohnRoberts permitting unlimited taxing powers to government, iconized by Obamacare (what one friend callsCommieCare). We have been handed the gauntlet, and we will fight to the end..

Volume XXXIV Issue 2 Second Quarter 2012 Page 7On the November 6 ballotThere are a few womenmissing from this page,their opponent isanother Republican!VIRGINIA FULLER11TH CONGRESSTIONAL DISTRICTCharlotte SvolosState Senate District 35

CFRW N e w s l e t t e r Page 8LOIS GODFREY, Website ManagerJOIN THECFRW WEBSITE UMBRELLACREATE YOUR OWN CLUB WEBSITEIf your club would like to have a presence on the internet by having a club website CFRW’s website was built to accommodateyou.Currently we have 14 clubs or counties under the CFRW website umbrella (plus 4 more about the launch). This year we are readyto sign up more clubs under the CFRW website umbrella. Take a look at these sites for style and format.CFRW Central Division: www.cfrwcentraldivision.orgCFRW Southern Division: www.cfrwsoutherndivision.orgLos Angeles County FRW: www.lacfrw.orgWHAT YOU GET…..Currently we have 2 templates to choose from. Each of them can be personalized with color, by using the color wheel, andcontent since you actually input text, pictures, images etc. onto the site.You do not have to know HTML since the website automatically changes your regular text into HTML.You can upload images (JPEG), flyers, bylaws and newsletters.You can upload your own logo and list a SLOGAN on the templates.You can make the page so that MEMBERS ONLY can see what is on a specific page, or leave it open to the public.It is most important to make sure that you find someone that will keep your website up-to-date. It doesn’t take a lot of time andas I said it is easy to do.Our websites are really a “resource” for our members. The Home Page usually just tells something about our organization andwhen and where we are meeting. It is a place for your members to go to get up-to-date information about what is happening inyour club, your activities.And “social media” – Facebook and Twitter logos can be placed on the site.YouTube – you have the ability to place a link to a YouTube video on the site, for a demo go to…… http://www.cfrwsoutherndivision.org/index.cfm/youthadvocacyprogram/SUBMIT AN EVENT – calendar on website.The CFRW website has a calendar section for each club to advertise/post their upcoming meetings. Please take the time to postyour meetings. Go to http://www.cfrw.org/index.cfm/submit_an_event.htm , fill out the form and submit.If you don’t have a website it is easy to join.COST:$200.00 to set up the website, this includes domain registration for 2 years and hosting to the end of 2012.In 2013 hosting will be $10.00 per month.

Volume XXXIV Issue 2 Second Quarter 2012 Page 9A L i t t l e o f T h i s , A L i t t l e o f T h a tThese items have been found at CFRW clubs websites. Item may be a good idea or someone deserves a paton the back. Do YOU have something for this page?Plumas County has a hugeyard sale to raise moneyAND they collect socks andunderwear for the womenand children in the batteredwomen's shelter.State/Club FundraiserIdeal fundraising tools availableat volume prices to states, clubsand individuals.ORDER TODAY!Sponsored by the NFRWFundraising CommitteeCongratulations to AtascaderoRWF member Debbie Arnold ,thenew 5thDistrict Supervisor forSLO County Board of Supervisors.Tehachapi RWF willhave a fund raiser onJuly 4 at theTehachapi Hot DogFestival.Escalon RWF will work onvoter registration on July 13& 14 at the Escalon Lion’sAnnual Park Fete.Stanislaus East RWF womencollected funds to purchasewhite carnations to put on thegraves at the San Joaquin ValleyNational Cemetery at SantaNella. This year they were ableto purchase over 2,000 carnations,next year they hope todouble that amount. The flowersare placed the Saturdaybefore Memorial Day—it isthere way of saying “ThankYou.”Great idea—Escondido RWF raisemoney with a bake sale in November.What woman wouldn’twant a little help with the baking,especially this year after the Novemberelection. This sounds likea great way for clubs to raise alittle money and help out ourRepublican women pals.San Diego County Federation of RepublicanWomen has two members elected to their DistrictCentral Committees. Judy Rees, CRWF 4th VicePresident, and Saundra Waecker, Co Presidentfrom Oceanside, were elected to the 76th DistrictCentral Committee.

Nancy Eisenhart, Southern Division PresidentSouthern Division April 4th meetingCFRW N e w s l e t t e r Page 10From left: Nancy Eisenhart (So. Div. President), Shawn Steel (RNC, ImmediatePast Chairman-CRP), Carol Hadley (CFRW President) & Nam-Yong (So. Div. FirstVP Program). Thanks Nam-Yong for the great photos.

Volume XXXIV Issue II Second Quarter 2012 Page 11Advocacy Day in Sacramento was a huge success. Pictured clockwise:Allison Olson informing the women about her office; three ladies enjoyingthe meeting; President Carol and her “We Can Do It” poster; womenhonoring our flag and country.Stanislaus East R W F members at theirsecond annual“Carnations for FallenHeroes” at San JoaquinNational Cemetery.They had club members,member fromanother club, veterans,Tea Party members,and grandchildrenhelping with over 2,000 white carnations.

Page 11CALENDARAugust 10-12, 2012August 20—25, 2012September 5, 2012October 19-21, 2012October 22, 2012November 6, 2012November 10, 2012November 9-11, 2012CRP, Los AngelesRepublican National Convention—FloridaSouthern Division Road Show, Riverside or San Diego CountyCFRW Fall Conference, FresnoLast day to register to vote in the November electionPRESIDENTIAL GENERAL ELECTIONSouthern Division, Special Event, LA or Orange County-11Central Division Fall Conference—Bakersfieldwww.cfrw.orgThis is a publication of the California Federation of Republican Women ,which is affiliated with theNational Federation of Republican Women.To get your password go to: www.cfrw.org on the right side of the page is the Member Center move your cursor over the top adropdown appears click on Request Password fill out the form and submit you will receive a computer generated password if youwant to change it follow the instructions.After you successfully log in, you may change your password by going to:http://www.cfrw.org/members/index.cfm?fuseaction=changepasswordKaren Dyrseth, Newsletter Editor & Publisherkarencfrwnews@yahoo.comDeadline for 3 Quarter 2012 Newsletter209.470.5551 Submission is September 15

Volume XXXIV Issue 2 Second Quarter 2012Page 127 Differences between Conservatives And LiberalsJohn Hawkins John Hawkins is a professional blogger who runs Right Wing NewsConservatives and liberals approach almost every issue with completely different philosophies, underlying assumptions, andmethods. That's why it's so hard to find genuine compromise between conservatism and liberalism -- because not only are liberalsalmost always wrong, their solutions almost always make things worse.With that in mind, let me take a few moments to explain some of the key differences between liberals and conservative to you.Bonus) Conservatives believe that judges should act like umpires instead of legislating from the bench. That means that judgesshould determine whether laws are permissible under the Constitution and settle debates about the meaning of laws, not imposetheir will based on their ideological leanings. Liberals view judges as a backdoor method of getting unpopular left-leaning legislationpassed. They don't want umpires, they want political partisans in black robes who will side with them first and then come up with arationale to explain it.7) Conservatives believe that abortion ends the life of an innocent child and since we believe that infanticide is wrong, we opposeabortion. Most liberals, despite what they'll tell you, believe that abortion ends the life of an innocent child, but they prefer killingthe baby to inconveniencing the mother.6) Conservatives believe in confronting and defeating enemies of the United States before they can harm American citizens. Liberalsbelieve in using law enforcement measures to deal with terrorism, which means that they feel we should allow terrorists to train,plan, and actually attempt to kill Americans before we try to arrest them -- as if you can just send the police around to pick up aterrorist mastermind hiding in Iran or the wilds of Pakistan.5) Conservatives, but not necessarily Republicans (which is unfortunate), believe it's vitally important to the future of the country toreduce the size of government, keep taxes low, balance the budget, and get this country out of debt. Liberals, and Democrats forthat matter, believe in big government, high taxes, and they have never met a new spending program they didn't like, whether wewill have to go into debt to pay for it or not.4) Conservatives believe that government, by its very nature, tends to be inefficient, incompetent, wasteful, and power hungry.That's why we believe that the government that governs least, governs best. Liberals think that the solution to every problem isanother government program. Even when those new programs create new problems, often worse than the ones that were beingfixed in the first place, the solution is always....you guessed it, another government program.3) Conservatives are patriotic, believe that America is a great nation, and are primarily interested in looking out for the good of thecountry. That's why we believe in "American exceptionalism" and "America first." Liberals are internationalists who are moreconcerned about what Europeans think of us and staying in the good graces of the corrupt bureaucrats who control the UN thanlooking out for the best interests of this nation.2) Conservatives, most of them anyway, believe in God and think that the Constitution has been twisted by liberal judges toillegitimately try to purge Christianity from the public square. We also believe, most of us anyway, that this country has beensuccessful in large part because it is a good, Christian nation and if our country ever turns away from the Lord, it will cease toprosper. Liberals, most of them anyway, are hostile to Christianity. That's why, whether you're talking about a school play atChristmas time, a judge putting the Ten Commandments on the wall of his court, or a store employee saying "Merry Christmas"instead of "Happy Holidays," liberals are dedicated to driving reminders of Christianity from polite society.1) Conservatives believe in pursuing policies because they're pragmatic and because they work. Liberals believe in pursuing policiesbecause they're "nice" and make them feel good. Whether the policies they're advocating actually work or not is of secondaryimportance to them.Article is from www.townhall.com