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Here are two initial options, with a third,
called "something else" if neither is acceptable to you.
Note: this assumes we will have at least 25 resumes. If we
have fewer, I'll e-mail everyone and we could do something simpler.
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We will pick a location somewhere in the Twin Cities, and hold a
relatively brief convention. One purpose will be to coordinate the
efforts of people who file for the Legislature. We may also meet
as a nominating convention for Governor. Before the convention, I will
try to
contact both Governor Pawlenty, and other announced candidates, and ask
if they are willing to agree 100% to
the Republican Governor's Contract with Voters. I will
report by e-mail on responses to the Contract (if any). If one or
more candidates agrees to
everything or almost everything, then everyone who has submitted a
resume will vote by e-mail on whether to:
a) accept the agreement, or agreements, to the Contract and not have a convention, or
b) go ahead with the convention.
A majority of e-mailed votes will decide.
If no one agrees to everything, or almost everything, then we'll have to consider our next step, which would
probably be to nominate candidates for Governor and Lt. Governor to run
in the primary.
If we meet as a nominating convention for Governor, the meeting
should probably last about 3 hours.
* Each candidate will speak (probably
10 minutes each).
* We will deliberate in small groups, by
legislative district, for about half an hour to
discuss the candidates, and to also ask if
anyone is interesting in filing for the Legislature.
* We will vote, eliminating one candidate per
ballot until we have a Governor and Lt.
Governor candidate
* A campaign committee will be formed.
* We will pass out reimbursement forms so
anyone who wants to contribute up to $50
to the campaign can do so and be
reimbursed by the state, if eligible.
Depending on outstate interest, there may be some meetings outstate,
where people can either listen in by speaker phone or watch a video of
the candidates, and then phone in their votes.
We will collect somewhere between $1 to $5 from everyone at the door,
to pay for the facility cost, possibly to reimburse me for direct
expenses up to the convention (the Star Trib ads, the web site), and to put some initial money into
the campaign treasury.
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