2010-2012 Central Committee members who already have accounts on the web site now have access to the secured areas of the web site. If you think you should have access (and you have an account), upon logging in you don’t see the “CC Only” menu at the top of the page, please send an email to “webmaster@polkgop.com”.

Our next Central Committee meeting will be held on Tuesday, October 27 from 7:00p – 9:00p at the Northwest Community Center (5110 Franklin Ave. in Des Moines).

Confirmed Speakers:

• Dave Funk – Candidate for U.S. Congress – Third Congressional District of Iowa
• Gobal Krishna – Republican Party of Iowa, State Central Committee representing the 3rd District.

Kim Lehman is Iowa’s National Committeewoman for the Republican National Committee and she addressed our Central Committee last night.  You can watch video of her message here or below.

Our next Central Committee Meeting will be Tuesday, September 22, from 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM.  Our meeting location will beat the Northwest Community Center located at 5110 Franklin Avenue in Des Moines.  Here’s a map:

Our Agenda for the evening:

1. Pledge of Allegiance
2. Guest Speakers- Kim Lehman, Iowa National Committeewoman for the Republican National Committee
3. Order of Business
4. Review & Approve Minutes – August 25th, 2009 (5m)
5. Receive Treasurer’s Report  (5m)
6. Executive Committee Report (10m)
7. Review and confirm new Executive Committee appointments.  (5m)
8. Review and confirm changes to the Central Committee. (5m)
9. Polk County Republicans activities since last CC meeting. (5m)
10. Committee Reports on Strategic Action Plan (40m)
11. Introduce Central Committee Fall Training Plan (15m)
12. Open Discussion & Wrap Up (10m)

After the Meeting: House District Directors and CC Members – Get to know each other

We look forward to seeing you on September 22!

Our next Central Committee Meeting will be held on Tuesday, August 25th at 7:00p until 9:30p.

Our meeting location has changed.

It will be held at the Northwest Community Center located at 5110 Franklin Ave. in Des Moines.

See the Facebook event page.

Jim Frogue, Director of State Policy for the Center for Health Transformation, will be a guest speaker at our meeting. He will be talking about the Health Care Bill before Congress. This will be a great opportunity to learn more about this bill and what we can do to prevent a government takeover of our Health System!

More information on Jim at this link.

Meeting Agenda:

Pledge of Allegiance

Speakers

• Jim Frogue, Vice President and Director of State Policy for the Center for Health Transformation (CHT) (60m including Q&A)

Old Business

• Review & Approve Minutes – May 26, 2009 (5m)
• Receive Treasurer’s Report  (5m)
• Miscellaneous Updates (5m)

New Business

• Review and confirm new Executive Committee appointments.  (5m)
• Review and confirm changes to the Central Committee. (5m)
• Polk County Republicans activities since last CC meeting. (5m)
• Committee Reports on Strategic Action Plan (25m)

Open Discussion & Wrap Up (5m)

Post Meeting:

• House District Directors – Get to know District CC Members (10m)

The next meeting of the Polk County Republican Central Committee will be held

Tuesday, May 26th, 7:00 PM

Hillside Elementary (map)

713 8th Street

West Des Moines

The Agenda will include:

1. Pledge of Allegiance
2. Special Guest Speaker (15 min)
3. Review & Approve Minutes – March 24, 2009 (5 min)
4. Receive Treasurer’s Report  (5 min)
5. Review and confirm new Executive Committee appointments.  (10 min)
6. Present Strategic Action Plan (45 min)
7. Wrap Up & Open Discussion (10 min)

We look forward to seeing you next week!  Have a great Memorial Day!

The Polk County Central Committee will meet on Tuesday, March 24th at 7:00 – 8:30 pm.  It will be held at Hillside Elementary School located at 713 8th street just south of Ashworth Road in West Des Moines (map).

The Polk Country Republican Office is now open Wednesday from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. 

Please call 515-280-6438 if you have any questions. 

Our website http://polkgop.com/   is operational again.  Please visit it frequently as we continue to post content and improve it’s value to CC members.

Key Activities for this Meeting:

• Regular Business (15 minutes)
  1. Pledge
  2. Review and approve minutes from February 24, 2009 meeting.
• Officers and Executive Committee (30 minutes)
  1. Review and confirm new officers as appointed by the Chairman & Co-Chairman.
  2. Review and confirm the guidelines proposed for establishing an Executive Committee. 
  3. Review and confirm Executive Committee members as appointed by the Chairman & Co-Chairman. 
  4. Sign up for short term committee needs.  Long term committee needs will depend on the strategic plan.
• Strategic Planning Process (45 minutes) 
  1. Review Process Steps and Timeline
  2. Review and confirm questionnaire to be sent to all Central Committee members.
  3. Sign up for small group planning sessions

Future Meetings:

• April – No common meeting but we will hold one small group session every week through April & May.
• May 26th – 7:00 p.m. at Hillside Elementary

We welcome every Central Committee member to attend this meeting and help us improve the performance of the Republican Party in Polk County.

John Bloom, Chairman

Will Rogers, Co-Chairman

At the February 24th Polk County Republican Central Committee meeting, John Bloom of West Des Moines was elected Central Committe Chair.  Will Rogers of Des Moines was elected Co-chair.  Biographical information about both can be found at this link.