President's Corner My message is a little more lengthy than usual. For the NvFRW Spring Board meeting I was asked to present a summary of Club activities and accomplishments for the last quarter of 2012 through Spring 2013. I thought you should know what a wonderful job our club has done. So, here's my report to the Nevada State Federation of Republican Women. It is quite an honor to be involved with such an active, caring and dedicated group of women, and men, dedicated to strengthening and supporting the Republican Party. All committee positions were filled and the Chairs are busy at work with their various projects. We continue to follow the theme of "Preserving the Constitution," however, we have also spent considerable time on educating our members how to reach out to our legislators and impact the votes on bills before congress. Out Constitution Committee is one of the most active committees at this time. As well as meeting once a month to discuss relevant topics affecting our rights and issues that are infringing on Constitution intentions and laws. Our committee members continue to distribute Constitution handbooks to all 5th graders at each of the elementary schools in Douglas County, as well as put on assemblies at each school. Expanding on education, the committee held an essay contest at the high school level, with the topic: Electorate College, Failure or Failsafe. We had a tremendous response, and awarded $250 in awards. The emphasis of our club (which is a PAC) has always been to raise funds for our State and Local Republican candidates. Our major fundraiser is our annual St. Patrick's Dinner. We had another very successful dinner this year, and are well on our way to having significant funds to support our Republican candidates in the next election. Senator James Settelmeyer did an outstanding job as auctioneer once again this year, helping to make this a most profitable event. The corned beef was cooked by our members, and the potatoes, carrots, onions, were cooked by former Assemblyman Kelly Kite and his crew, and the dinner was served by the Douglas County Commissioners, as well as other elected officials. The Membership Committee has a goal to increase our membership to 100. We have a ways to go, but we are reaching out to as many as we can. Our Program Chairman, Shari James, is doing a marvelous job and we have had terrific speakers: Sean Cary, freelance writer, talk show host and political columnist; our Commissioners on issues they are following; and John Wagner and Janine Hansen, political lobbyists and more to come. University Regent Ron Knecht was the May speaker, as well as Sherry Dilley on women in politics. Douglas County Assessor, Doug Sonnemann, spoke in June and our July speaker will be State Assemblyman Jim Wheeler. We are in the planning phase of our annual Commemorative 9/11 Dinner, which is always such a touching event. We have an outstanding speaker lined up and will be inviting some members of the Armed Forces to attend as our guests. The first Dinner was held Sept. 12, 2001. Nancy Jarvis, 2013 President August 2013
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President's Corner
My message is a little more lengthy than usual. For the NvFRW Spring Board meeting I was asked to
present a summary of Club activities and accomplishments for the last quarter of 2012 through Spring
2013. I thought you should know what a wonderful job our club has done. So, here's my report to the
Nevada State Federation of Republican Women.
It is quite an honor to be involved with such an active, caring and dedicated group of women, and
men, dedicated to strengthening and supporting the Republican Party.
All committee positions were filled and the Chairs are busy at work with their various projects. We
continue to follow the theme of "Preserving the Constitution," however, we have also spent
considerable time on educating our members how to reach out to our legislators and impact the votes
on bills before congress. Out Constitution Committee is one of the most active committees at this time.
As well as meeting once a month to discuss relevant topics affecting our rights and issues that are
infringing on Constitution intentions and laws. Our committee members continue to distribute
Constitution handbooks to all 5th graders at each of the elementary schools in Douglas County, as well
as put on assemblies at each school. Expanding on education, the committee held an essay contest at
the high school level, with the topic: Electorate College, Failure or Failsafe. We had a tremendous
response, and awarded $250 in awards.
The emphasis of our club (which is a PAC) has always been to raise funds for our State and Local
Republican candidates. Our major fundraiser is our annual St. Patrick's Dinner. We had another very
successful dinner this year, and are well on our way to having significant funds to support our
Republican candidates in the next election. Senator James Settelmeyer did an outstanding job as
auctioneer once again this year, helping to make this a most profitable event. The corned beef was
cooked by our members, and the potatoes, carrots, onions, were cooked by former Assemblyman Kelly
Kite and his crew, and the dinner was served by the Douglas County Commissioners, as well as other
elected officials.
The Membership Committee has a goal to increase our membership to 100. We have a ways to go,
but we are reaching out to as many as we can. Our Program Chairman, Shari James, is doing a
marvelous job and we have had terrific speakers: Sean Cary, freelance writer, talk show host and
political columnist; our Commissioners on issues they are following; and John Wagner and Janine
Hansen, political lobbyists and more to come. University Regent Ron Knecht was the May speaker, as
well as Sherry Dilley on women in politics. Douglas County Assessor, Doug Sonnemann, spoke in June
and our July speaker will be State Assemblyman Jim Wheeler.
We are in the planning phase of our annual Commemorative 9/11 Dinner, which is always such a
touching event. We have an outstanding speaker lined up and will be inviting some members of the
Armed Forces to attend as our guests. The first Dinner was held Sept. 12, 2001.
Nancy Jarvis, 2013 President
August 2013
August 14 — Sierra Nevada Republican Women’s Membership Lunch Meeting, guest
speaker Lt. Governor Brian Krolicki. Join us at our August luncheon/meeting at Tahoe Ridge