Our next Central Committee meeting will be held on Tuesday, June 22, 2010 from 7:00p – 9:00p at the Northwest Community Center (5110 Franklin Ave. in Des Moines).

Confirmed Speakers:

• Matt Strawn, Chairman of the Republican Party of Iowa
• Kim Lehman, Iowa National Committeewoman for the Republican National Committee
• Emily Lofgren, President, Drake College Republicans

Agenda

• Pledge of Allegiance
• Guest Speakers
• Recognize all Republican candidates present.
• Order of Business
  • Recognize new activists or those returning after a long absence
  • Review & Approve Minutes
  • Receive Treasurer’s Report
  • Executive Committee Report
  • Review and confirm new Executive Committee appointments
  • Review and confirm changes to the Central Committee
  • Polk County Republicans activities since last CC meeting
  • Committee Reports on Strategic Action Plan
• Open Discussion & Wrap Up

Our next Central Committee meeting will be held on Tuesday, May 25, 2010 from 7:00p – 9:00p at the Northwest Community Center (5110 Franklin Ave. in Des Moines).

Confirmed Speakers:

• Rod Roberts, Candidate for Governor
• Jim Gibbons, Candidate for 3rd District, U.S. Congress
• Dave Funk, Candidate for 3rd District, U.S. Congress
• Dave Jamison, Candidate for Iowa State Treasurer

Agenda

• Pledge of Allegiance
• Guest Speakers
• Recognize all Republican candidates present.
• Order of Business
  • Recognize new activists or those returning after a long absence
  • Review & Approve Minutes – March 30th and April 27, 2010
  • Receive Treasurer’s Report
  • Executive Committee Report
  • Review and confirm new Executive Committee appointments
  • Review and confirm changes to the Central Committee
  • Polk County Republicans activities since last CC meeting
  • Committee Reports on Strategic Action Plan
• Open Discussion & Wrap Up

Update: Speakers and Agenda added.

Our next Central Committee meeting will be held on Tuesday, April 27, 2010 from 7:00p – 9:00p at the Northwest Community Center (5110 Franklin Ave. in Des Moines).

Confirmed Speakers:

• Scott Batcher, Candidate for 3rd District US House
• Mark Rees, Candidate for 3rd District US House
• George Eichhorn, Candidate for Iowa Secretary of State
• Wes Enos, Candidate for Iowa Senate District 21

Agenda

• Pledge of Allegiance
• Guest Speakers
• Recognize all Republican candidates present.
• Order of Business
  • Recognize new activists or those returning after a long absence
  • Review & Approve Minutes – March 30th, 2010
  • Receive Treasurer’s Report
  • Executive Committee Report
  • Review and confirm new Executive Committee appointments
  • Review and confirm changes to the Central Committee
  • Polk County Republicans activities since last CC meeting
  • Committee Reports on Strategic Action Plan
• Open Discussion & Wrap Up

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, January 19 2010 from 7:00p – 9:00p at the Northwest Community Center (5110 Franklin Ave. in Des Moines).

Agenda

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)