2016

PCRWC OFFICERS

President

Mary Preble

409-9269

1st VP / Membership

Susan K. Smith

275-3443

2nd VP/ Programs

Gini Crawford

907-3538

3rd VP/ Hopitality

Wendy Reuter

548-1323

4th VP/ Campaigns

Adriana Moerkerken

867-5767

5th VP/ Ways & Means

Tiana Smith

886-3681

Secretary

Lauren Blevins

886-8232

Treasurer

Hon Beth Ford

247-4651

JANUARY 2016January 2014

PIMA COUNTYPIMA COUNTY

REPUBLICAN WOMENREPUBLICAN WOMEN

Thursday, January 28th, 2016

THE HON. ALLY MILLERTHE HON. ALLY MILLER

PIMA COUNTY PIMA COUNTY

SUPERVISOR DISTRICT 1SUPERVISOR DISTRICT 1

DINNER MEETING

La Paloma Country Club, 3660 E Sunrise Dr

Social time 5:30 pm with dinner served at 6:00 pm Entrée Choices are:

Cobb Salad or Oven Roasted Chicken Breast

Cost is $28.00 Please RSVP to Wendy Reuter by phone or text to

520-548-1323 or email to Wendyr60@cox.net.

Make your food selection choices at that time.

Please make your reservation by Monday, January 25th, 2016

PAY AT THE DOOR—MAKE CHECKS OUT TO PCRWC

A RESERVATION MADE IS A RESERVATION PAID

Ally Miller is serving her first term as Supervisor for

Pima County District 1, having begun her term of office

in January 2013. She is happily married to her husband

and campaign strategist, Jeff, who works at Raytheon

Missile Systems. Active in local politics since 2008, she

is a Republican Precinct Committeeman. She is pas-

sionate about honest and fair governance. She came to

the realization that we all need to actively participate in

governance or we will lose all that we have. Ally’s edu-

cation includes a Bachelor of Science in Finance from

the University of Arizona and a Master’s degree in Busi-

ness Administration from the Eller School of Manage-

ment. Ally has many years of business experience in

the private sector, including her years at Honeywell and

Intel Corporation. She hails from Vermont….but she is

NOT feeling the Bern’! She is running for her second

term for Pima County Supervisor in 2016 and she

needs your support.

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2016 ALL HANDS ON DECK We have had two great years of leadership from my good friend, Tiana

Smith. Having big shoes to fill can be a daunting task. How do you follow

that? All I can do to move this organization—which has an identity of its

own might I add—in the right direction is to ask for All Hands on Deck.

More about that in the article about Standing Committees. We had our first Board Meeting of the year last week and I am charged up

with the leaders that are here to represent this club. At the Silver Tea we

met new members who want to see what is happening with our club, too. Gini Crawford has

worked hard in the past to bring us engaging programs and she certainly has a great selection of

speakers lined up during what is going to be a fast moving year, politically. We have put a political

calendar in this newsletter, compliments of Brad Johns, my LD Chairman. If you are a precinct com-

mitteeman (which we will continue to encourage all to be) then you may be heading to Phoenix for

our State Mandatory Meeting this month. The Pima GOP is chartering a bus to make it easier for

PCs to get there. The bus will be staying later in the day this year to ensure PCs get to finish out the

business of the day. It will leave Tempe by 5pm so any marathon meetings will have to be completed

without weary Tucsonans. In late February, AzFRW has its first meeting that we will also be attend-

ing. If you want to attend that meeting with us, please email or speak to us. Go to the AzFRW web-

site to preview that event. Another “All Hands on Deck” plea is being made for the Lincoln Day Dinner committee. We are

looking at two dates in February and could use some help putting this PC appreciation event to-

gether. I am going to work on the Silent Auction tables so maybe a few of us can get this done fairly

efficiently.

Welcome to 2016 - we’re hitting the ground running.

PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE

Ways and Means 2016 It’s time to refill our coffers so we can continue our many activities! In the past few

years, we have had our traditional barbeques, sometimes paired with entertainment.

We’ve had evenings at Gaslight Theatre, Roadhouse Cinemas, and a day at the Sonoita

Races. We will continue our monthly 50/50 raffle and we have some special raffle items

already. Let me know what kinds of fundraisers you’d like to see us do, and if you are

willing to help in any way. We are looking forward to an awesome year!

Tiana Smith

5th Vice Chair

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IMPORTANT DATES TO REMEMBER Thank you to LD9 Chairman, Brad Johns, (and the AZSOS website) for compiling

this helpful list

Mon, February 22

Wed, February 24

Thur, March 3

Tues, March 22

Mon, May 2

Tues, May 17

Wed, Jun 1

Thurs, July 7

Wed, July 13

Thurs, July 21

Mon, August 1

Wed, August 3

Tues, August 30

Thurs, September 29

Mon, October 10

Wed, October 12

Tues, November 8

Voter registration deadline for Presidential Preference Election

Early Voting begins for Presidential Preference Election

Last day to file General Election petitions

Presidential Preference Election

First day to file candidate nomination petitions

Special Election

Last day to file candidate nomination petitions

Last day to file constitution & initiative petitions

Last day to file arguments for or against ballot measures in the Genl. Election

Last day to file as a write-in candidate for the Primary Election

Voter registration deadline for Primary Election

Early Voting begins for Primary Election

Primary Election

Last day to file as a write-in for the General election

Voter registration deadline for General Election

Early Voting begins for the General Election

General Election

MEMBERSHIP REPORT

Susan K. Smith, Membership Chairman

The newly installed Board for the Pima County Republican Women's Club had their first meeting to plan the coming year. What an exciting year it is going to be!!! We have great plans to do all of the things we do:

. Promote an informed electorate through political education

. Promote Republican ideals

. Conduct voter registration drives

. Work on political campaigns

. Support teenage Republicans

. Support U of A College Republicans

. Support Local Charities

. Support our Troops

. Increase the effectiveness of women in government political participation

This is probably the most important election year for our Country, State and County. We have great candidates to support and we want you to be part of this coming year. I am encouraging you to re-new your membership in our club. You do not need to fill out a new membership form if your infor-mation has not changed. If it has changed, please use the form on the back page, fill it out, write a

check for $25 and mail it all to me. Remit to PCRWC.

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JANUARY BIRTHDAYS

Kou Melvin Jan 5

Nohemy Hite Jan 16

Carol Livingston Jan 21

Vicki Cox-Golder Jan 23

AzFRW Winter Meeting in Tempe

February 26-27, 2016 at the Tempe

Embassy Suites, 4400 South Rural

Road, Tempe

HOTEL Rate: $129 plus taxes for King

and $139 plus taxes for 2 Doubles. Block

Code: "AFR" expires on Feb 12th

We may have a few members who want to

attend and are willing to share a room. If

we don’t go up the day before we can also

carpool up on Saturday for the business

meetings. More information in next

month’s newsletter.

HAPPENINGS AROUND PIMA COUNTY The Pima County GOP is sad to announce that the Executive

Director, Matthew Perez, has moved on to a position in the pri-

vate sector. Matt was an organized and friendly staff person and

represented the county well in his duties. We will miss him but

hope that since he is working in Sierra Vista we will still see him

remain active in politics. Good Luck Matt. Later this month the Party will also be moving the office from

the third floor to the first. For those of you who have still not

been to the HQ this won’t impact you but for us who have

spent the last year there it will be just one less elevator ride. If you are interested in working at the HQ please contact Bill

Beard as soon as possible. We are an all volunteer staff and

need your time, experience and help. Thank you —- Mary Preble,

Pima County Executive Committee Member

Calling All State Committemen STATE MANDATORY MEETING

Official Call Letters will be going out to all State Committeemen

Saturday, January 23, 2016

Grace Community Church 1200 E. Southern Avenue

Tempe, Arizona 85282 Registration begins at 7:30 AM

Meeting Call to Order at 9:00 AM

The Pima County GOP bus will leave Park Place Mall at 6:00 am and the Foothills Mall at 6:30 am. Cost is $45 per person. Contact

321-1492 to reserve a seat or email Chairman, Bill Beard at

HELP WANTED Trunklines Editor. Volunteer once per

month to put together our articles into a

readable format for our members. We

have Microsoft Publisher or you can use a software of your preference. Great way

to be central to all club activities. See

any member to volunteer,

Bumper Stickers we have

ordered. Does your car

need one?

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ALL HANDS ON DECK STANDING COMMITTEES TO

BE STAFFED

List of Committees not yet assigned a chairman:: Americanism, Budget, Bylaws, Legislative, Literacy,

Nominating, Publicity, Scholarship

I have given a brief description below.

Americanism—Will lead the Pledge of Allegiance at

our meetings or find a substitute for this privilege..

Will put together some educational piece or project

for our club’s benefit, i.e. lunch program or an article

of interest, or event in which we can participate.

Budget—Work to review prior years and make a

projected budget to present to the members.

Bylaws—Review our bylaws to ensure they still rep-

resent the organization. Make recommendations for

modifications, if necessary.

Legislative—Keep our club updated on current legis-

lative issues. This may be performed by writing an

article in our monthly newsletter recapping what is

going on at our State and Federal levels.

Literacy—Implementing complementary literacy pro-

grams as defined by AzFRW and NFRW. This may

mean finding appropriate books to donate to local

schools or groups.

Nominating—To review, with a committee, nominees

for leadership in PCRWC. This is done once per

year as we look forward to the next year’s officer

placement.

Publicity—Work to broadcast and publicize PCRWC

events in an effort to get more public turnout.

Scholarship—To follow AzFRW and NFRW’s lead on

scholarships to which this club will be contributing.

There are other Standing Committees but these are

the ones still Chairman-less. I will be reaching out to

the members to help fill these roles. We are fortu-

nate to have many experienced women who have

served in many capacities so we are looking for a

good mix of new members and some of us “has

beens” to step up and work side by side. Please vol-

unteer to mentor our next group of women. The

experience is so fulfilling.

Mary Preble

3rd Annual Freedom Expo Friday and Saturday, February 12 &

13th, 2016 LOEWS VENTANA CANYON RESORT

Featuring Best Selling Author

Dinesh D’Souza

Plus a visit from Abraham Lincoln Join us for Friday evening dinner & Satur-

day symposium workshops for 2 days of

unique opportunity with national known

speakers! RSVP to

Jeff.Utsch@CompactForAmerica.org

Or call 520-977-7946

OTHER EVENT ANNOUNCEMENTS

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Mary Preble, President

7201 E River Canyon Way

Tucson, AZ 85750

520-409-9269

marypreble@msn.com

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FUTURE

MEETINGS

Thursday, Jan 28th

Dinner Meeting at

La Paloma 5:30pm

Tuesday, Feb 2. Board

Meeting at Quality of

Life Conf Rm 5:30pm

Thursday, Feb 25th

Luncheon Meeting at

Viscount Hotel

11:30am

Friday/Sat, Feb 26th &

27th, AzFRW Winter

Meeting, Tempe, AZ

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Are you a member of any other Women's Republican Club? If yes-Name _________________________

2016 Membership Application or Renewal Form Today’s Date:____________ PLEASE MAKE CHECK PAYABLE TO: PCRWC MAIL THIS FORM AND YOUR CHECK TO:

SUSAN K SMITH, 8710 N LITTLE OAK LANE, TUCSON, AZ 85704-0967

Name: Home Phone:(_____)_________________

Address: City: _____________

Zip Code + 4___________________________

Birth month & day: Registered Republican? _____ Precinct Committeeman? _____

Renewal

New Member

$25.00

$30.00

Open to any woman who is currently registered as a Republican in the State of Arizona. Includes full voting rights and the oppor-tunity to hold office, dues to club, AzFRW & NFRW.

Associate $15.00 Open to any woman who is currently registered as a Republican in the State of Arizona but holds active membership in another club in Arizona or who is registered as a Republican in another state. Associate members may not vote or hold office.

AUXILLARY $10.00

Open to any man who is registered as a Republican in the State of Arizona and who supports the objectives of the club. Men’s associate/auxiliary members cannot vote or hold office.