BURNET COUNTY REPUBLICAN WOMEN CLUB S NEWS

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1 Burnet Cou nty Republic an Women s Club March, 2015 BURNET COUNTY REPUBLICAN WOMEN CLUB S NEWS We Care, We Communicate, We Educate Congressman Roger Williams Guest Speaker, March 12 th Luncheon Awards and Recognition: Spirit of Enterprise Award U.S. Chamber of Commerce Guardian of Small Business Award National Federation of Independent Business Hero of Main Street National Retail Federation Friend of the Farm Bureau American Farm Bureau Federation Thomas Jefferson Award International Foodservice Distributors Association Crime Fighter of the Year North Texas Crime Commission Constituent Service Award National Write Your Congressman Roger Williams represents the 25th District of Texas in the United States Congress, a district that stretches from Tarrant County in the North to Hays County in the South and includes much of Austin and the Texas Hill Country. Prior to his election in November 2012, Congressman Williams served his country in a number of ways and brings a unique background to Congress. He was raised in the Fort Worth area where he graduated from high school and later played baseball at Texas Christian University. After graduating from college, he was drafted by the Atlanta Braves where he played in their farm system before an injury ended his sports career and forced him to begin his business career. He began working in the family car business and has owned and operated the business for 44 years. Along the way, he also became involved civically and politically. He served as Regional Finance Chairman for Governor Bush in 1994 and 1998 before he went on to later serve as the North Texas Chairman for the Bush/Cheney 2000 campaign. Additionally, as well as the North Texas Finance Chairman and National Grassroots Fundraising Chairman for Bush/Cheney '04, Inc. Williams was appointed by President George W. Bush in 2001 as the Chairman of the Republican National Finance Committee's Eagles Program. He has also served as State Finance Chair for John Cornyn for U.S. Senate, Inc., in 2002 and as the National Director of the "Patriots" program for Senator Cornyn. In 2005, Governor Rick Perry appointed Congressman Williams to serve as Texas Secretary of State. As Chief Election Officer for Texas, he worked to ensure the uniform application and interpretation of election laws throughout the state. The Congressman worked tirelessly to promote economic development, investment and job creation in Texas. He also served as the state's Chief Liaison for Texas Border and Mexican Affairs as well as Chair of the state's 2005 Base Realignment and Closure Response Strike Force. Congressman Williams was first elected to the 113th Congress on November 6th, 2012 and served on both the House Committee on the Budget, along with the House Committee on Transportation & Infrastructure. On November 4, 2014 Congressman Williams was elected to his second term in Congress. He has been selected to serve on the prestigious Financial Services Committee that has oversight responsibility for U.S. banks, credit unions, consumer credit, as well as the housing and insurance industry.

2 January and February have proven to be exciting and invigorating for me as President of this club of wonderful, working, GOP women. We began early in January with Andi Ball, field representative for Congressman, Roger Williams walking us through that day on 911 at the White House with First Lady, Laura Bush. Gail Teegarden, President Burnet County Republican Women, January 13 th Carolyn Richmond, Von Brookshire and I spent the day at the capital watching the swearing in ceremony of our 84 th Congress and visiting with Marsha Farney's delightful staff. The following week, our new Governor, Lt. Governor and the Senate were sworn in during a memorable ceremony. With no time to lose, on February 7, Carolyn Richmond, Barbara Hoffman, Von Brookshire and I drove to Belton to attend the Region XI TRFW Leadership workshop. The workshops were led by excellent, motivational speakers, including our TFRW President, Jody Rushton. The following week our regular meeting brought us TFRW Vice-President Kim Chambers, who holds the Membership responsibility for our organization. With so much new information to act on, there was the next meeting with Star Republican Women's Club who featured former Burnet County Judge Donna Klaeger and Llano County Commissioner, Peter Jones. Then on Friday February 20 the Burnet County Republican Club brought us Steve Munisteri to deliver a state of the GOP in Texas and our nation. With so much information and happenings in the Republican Party, one can never say, I have nothing to do I hope all of you will want to get involved and find your special niche to work to continue the growth of the GOP and, also our club. Our board has agreed to help get those 500 new residents of Burnet County registered. Even though Burnet County is Red now, we want to reach all those who are moving to our county and let them know there is a place for them to get involved here. March 12 is our BCRW regular meeting and the BCRC is joining us to co-host our very own Congressman, Roger Williams who will give an update on Washington D.C. I do hope each of you will plan to attend and support his presence in Burnet County. Burnet County Republican Women 2015 Officers President: Gail Teegarden Vice-President: Mary Moore Secretary: Janice Estill Treasurer: Carolyn Richmond Asst. Treasurer: Barbara Hoffman Member-at-Large: Shirley Hunsperge Member-at-Large: Fran Urbanovsky gailtee282@verizon.net moorefarms@prismnet.com jestill2@verizon.net carolynrichmond27@gmail.com sandzmom@gmail.com shirleyhunsperger@yahoo.com lbufeu@wildblue.net

3 Minutes Burnet County Republican Women General Meeting February 12, 2015 Reed Building, Burnet, TX The regular monthly meeting of the Burnet County Republican Women was held on February 12, 2015 at the Reed Building, Burnet, Tx. Gail Teegarden, President, called the meeting to order at 11:35 a.m. Mary Moore gave the invocation and Casie Walker led the pledges to the United States and Texas flags. Guest Speaker Mary Moore, BCRW Vice-President introduced the guest speaker, Kim Chambers, TFRW Vice President Membership. Ms. Chambers spoke on the importance of growing our membership. She emphasized letting others know about all the good things we are doing. Ms. Chambers stressed the basics of getting and retaining members. Ms. Teegarden thanked Kim for her presentation to our club. Business Meeting Ms. Teegarden announced that Roger Williams will be our guest speaker in March. We will co-host this meeting with Burnet County Republican Club. Elected officials, Donna Wilcox, Lisa Whitehead, Casie Walker and Katherine McAnally were introduced. Guest, Dana Hunter, was also introduced. A motion was made by Linda Rogers to approve the January 8 th minutes. Mary Moore seconded the motion. The motion carried. Mary Moore said that scholarship donation envelopes were on each table for anyone wishing to make a donation to the scholarship fund. Carolyn Richmond reminded everyone that the last day to pay dues is March 31 st. We currently have 46 paid active members and 15 paid associate members. Von Brookshire, Gail Teegarden, Carolyn Richmond, and Barbara Hoffman attended the Regional Leadership Conference in Belton, TX on February 7 th They each gave a brief report on the conference. Donna Wilcox, Chairman, Burnet County Republican Party, made the following announcements: The new Burnet County Elections Administrator is Doug Ferguson. There will be a farewell party for Barb Agnew on February 20 th at 2 p.m. at the Reed Building in Burnet. A recent New Comers to Burnet County list showed approximately 500 Republican voters. Donna will coordinate with Gail Teegarden to get these new residents registered to vote as well as recruiting them for membership in the Republican clubs in Burnet County. Ms. Wilcox stated that BCRP Strategic Planning Committee is moving forward with the High School Republican Clubs in Burnet County. Please continue to promote the Burnet County Republican Party via Facebook and the BCRP website. Send any event photos directly to Jill McAfee for posting and sharing. Be sure and support our Republican/Conservative candidates in the upcoming local elections. Early voting is from April 27-May 5. Election Day is May 5 th. Burnet County Republican Club will meet on February 20 th at 5:30 p.m. Steve Munisteri, state chairman for the Republican Party of Texas will be the guest speaker. Carolyn Richmond, Treasurer, reported a balance of $4, as of January 31 st. The meeting adjourned at 12:40 p.m. Respectfully submitted, Fran Urbanovsky

4 The 84th Legislative Session is off to a great start and our office has been busy meeting with various constituents and stakeholders to finalize our legislative agenda. In early February, the Speaker of the House sent out committee assignments. I am honored to have been assigned to serve on the State Affairs, Public Education, and House Administration committees. The State Affairs committee deals with a wide variety of statewide issues, including regulated industries like electricity, energy, telecom, and other utilities, as well as social issues like immigration and right to life. The State Affairs committee has not met yet, but will hold their meetings on Wednesdays. Public Education focuses on Texas' public schools, grades kindergarten through 12. I have been appointed to serve on a subcommittee tasked with reviewing legislation concerning teacher quality. The Public Education committee will also be looking at early childhood education, technology in schools, and school governance. The committee's first meeting was on Tuesday, February 17, where the Texas Education Agency was invited to give testimony on the state of education in Texas. Future committee meetings will take place on Tuesdays. The House Administration is a procedural committee tasked with overseeing the operation of the House of Representatives. Their jurisdiction includes the administration of the general House fund, House employees, House property, and the House rules. The House Administration committee meets on an as-needed basis. So far, I have filed seven bills and joint authored one. We are working to finalize several other bills and I expect that I will carry between pieces of legislation this session. March 13th is the deadline to file new legislation and any legislation filed after that date requires special permission for consideration from the House membership. The Governor gave his State of the State address on Tuesday, February 17th. In his address, he named five emergency items for the Legislature: border security, transportation, pre-k programs, higher education research, and ethics reform. The "emergency" designation signifies what Abbott considers to be his top priorities. These items can be considered immediately and do not need to wait for the 60-day rule to be acted upon. Best, David W. Glenn Legislative Director Representative Marsha Farney (512)

5 February Speaker, TFRW, Vice President, Kim Chambers. TFRW President, Judy Rushton and BCRW President, Gail Teegarden at X1 Meeting in Belton, TX. Photo by Susie Sitton. BCRW Caring for America committee, Carolyn Taplin and Von Brookshire at February meeting. Burnet Republican Party Chairman, Donna Wilcox and BCRW members enjoying the February luncheon. Former Republican Party Chairman, Steve Munisteri, speaking at the home of Mary Jane and Graham Avery at the BCRC March meeting held at MJ and Graham s home in Eagle Nest. Photo by Donna Wilcox Mary Jane Avery and Mom at February luncheon. Burnet County JP, Lisa Whitehead and Doris Graeter at the BCRC March meeting held at MJ and Graham s home in Eagle Nest. Photo by Donna Wilcox **A huge thank you to Jill McAfee for her wonderful photography at all of the BCRW meetings**

6 Quote of the Month The nine most terrifying words in the English language are, 'I'm from the government and I'm here to help. Ronald Reagan

7 Tidbits to Remember Reminder about lunches on meeting days. Our members are providing the food, the price is only $7.00, and if you RSVP and do not attend, you are still responsible for payment of your meal. The lovely building is costing the club $ per meeting. The cost of lunch only pays for the building. Previous meeting places have a built in building charge for the meal. You are getting a bargain for $7.00 and a delicious home prepared meal. Dues structure for TFRW and BCRW are the following: November 1 starts a new year through October 31 st. Our bylaws state the fiscal year for BCRW is January 1through December 31 st. Any dues received after October 31 st will be for the next year. All dues received now are good through the calendar year. UPCOMING EVENTS March 3rd...Llano County Republican Club meets at American Legion in Llano 6:00 PM March 6th...Deadline to register for TFRW Legislative Day (online TFRW website) March 8th...Daylight Savings Time Starts, Spring Forward March 10th...Highland Lakes Republican Women meet at Llano Library 11:30 AM. March 12th.BCRW and BCRC meet at Reed building in Burnet 11:30 AM. Featured Speaker will be Congressman, Roger Williams with a Washington Update. March 17 th..star Republican Women meet at 12:30 at Quail Point, HSB. BCRW DIRECTORY If you have not paid your dues and would like to be in the BCRW Directory, please pay by March 12 th as we are working on the directory now. Thank you!

8 Caring for America Thank you members for the non-perishable items brought to the last meeting. Carolyn delivered them the next day to the Helping Center in Marble Falls. The items were much appreciated and the helpers most grateful. There will be lists on the tables at the next meeting for items needed by the Women's Shelter which you can bring to the April meeting. Carolyn Taplin and Von Brookshire, co-chairs Caring for America MARCH 12 TH MEETING RSVP A light lunch will be served with coffee, tea, and dessert for $7.00 RSVP to Mary at moorefarms@prismnet.com Or Gail at gailtee282@verizon.net

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