Rita's Reflections
February 2012
Rita Parrish, CFRW President
February it’s becoming apparent that this year is already busy and with the primary coming up soon it will just keep building. Our members are getting ready to do their part in making sure that this election goes to the Right candidate of the Right party. We must work hard to insure that a Republican gets elected in every race on state and local levels as well as the national level.
I hope all of our members attended our Republican Candidate Forum last month. If so then I hope you took really good notes on the candidates who spoke and have made your decision on who to vote for. Even though the primary is a couple of months away you can use these notes to follow the candidates in the remainder of their campaigns and further confirm your selection. We also have members attending the TFRW Leadership Day on February 4, 2012. Our group consists of Millie Alford, Barbara Buxton, Joy Gregory, Rita Parrish and Melissa Ronquillo. And of course Jan Ott in her role as Secretary with TFRW will be in attendance. There will be some great workshops for us to attend that are designed to give clubs the chance to develop better skills in managing the offices and committees of their clubs. As I have said so many times, these out of town trips make our relationships so much stronger and this in itself improves our interaction with each other. I know that as our friendships grow so does our enjoyment of working together as a team. I hope more members join us in the future by taking a role in our club which is of course your club.
Our next effort to get Republicans elected will be the Voter Registration Drive on February 15 at Lone Star
College located on Barker Cypress. Put on your red shirt and your denim over-shirt and come on out with us to
sign up new voters on the college campus. It's really fun talking with the students and helping them to get ready
to vote in the primaries in the spring and then in the general election in the fall. It's really nice to have a good
number of members so that we really stand out. So come join us, we have ladies who are certified to sign up
voters but we need workers to greet the students and get them excited about the chance to sign up to vote for
the first time.
Hopefully the primary date will be set soon and we can all plan to encourage our friends and family to get to
the polls and vote. If you have met a candidate or two that has impressed you then spread the word. This is a great opportunity for you to promote your candidate with your circle of friends and family who may also pass your recommendations along to their friends and family. Just remember this - an informed voter is a much better voter.
Plan to help your Precinct Chair by volunteering to work at the poll on Election Day. Most of the things that you would be doing are not hard and would really help out. can find out on the Harris County GOP website. If you don't know who your Precinct Chair is you can find out on the Harris County GOP website. There you will find a list of precinct chairs by precinct number (your number is on our voter card). Look up your voting precinct number and you should find the name of your precinct chair unless the position is vacant. Well then, if you are interested in becoming a precinct chair, here's your chance. On this same website is information explaining the duties of the precinct chair and how to register. If you are still interested then download the form and send it in.
Please renew your membership with Cy-Fair Republican Women if you haven't done so already. If you have visited our meetings as a guest then you will receive the newsletter for 3 months and then be taken off the list.
Please consider joining the CFRW so you can stay informed and be a part of our team. It's going to be an
exciting year with lots of interesting speakers, many twists and turns in the candidates running for all the various offices and fun times working together for our Republican Candidate after the Primary has been concluded. If we all do our part then our candidate has a much better chance of winning this Election for President. Let’s get behind whoever the candidate will be in the General Election in November and get our Republicans back into office.
~Rita Parrish
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