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| Me? Why should I get involved? |
If not you, who? If not now, when? The world is run by those who show up. Your time, money and support make all the difference.

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| How can I make a difference? |
Politics is a numbers game. The group that can get their voters to the polls wins. Even a few hours of your time can help us to make a few more phone calls, place a few more lawn signs, or just interact with your neighbors and let them know you're a Republican.

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| OK, I'm Sold. How do I get involved? |
Easy. Contact one of the people on our leadership team. There's probably someone close to you. You can also join the SD32 yahoo group and get email about our activities. To join, click here.

| | What kind of leadership positions do you have available? |
Co-Chair (2 positions)
- Attend the Leadership Workshops
- Know the district geographically and politically. Study maps and previous voting records
- Conduct BPOU Committee meetings on a regular basis
- Plan and develop a BPOU calendar, setting goals in harmony with the rest of the Republican Party
- Develop a BPOU budget
- Cooperate with other BPOUs in our legislative district/s and congressional district/s.
- Appoint standing committees to seek out and recruit legislative candidates/or support incumbents
- Promote Republican endorsed candidates and elected officials
- If a delegate, attend conventions
- Oversee party functions in your BPOU
- Work with the rest of your committee to effectively get the work done
- Train other leaders in your BPOU
- Plan and organize activities to support the Republican Party
- Read all your Party mail and please fill requests in a timely manner
- Do your work in such a way as to bring respect to the Party, its issues and people
Secretary
- Attend BPOU Meetings
- Keep minutes of the BPOU meetings and provide copies of them at next meeting for all officers
- Prepare and mail meeting notices for the BPOU meetings
- Help with other projects
- Develop roster of leadership
Treasurer
- Keep accurate financial records for the BPOU
- Provide a report to the BPOU at regular meetings
- Provide a year end report to the BPOU Committee
- Provide the Campaign Finance Board with reports as required by law
- Attend all BPOU meetings
- Provide reports to State Party as required
Vice-Chair (10 positions)
- Attend BPOU meetings
- Carry out jobs you volunteer for faithfully
- Work with the committee to accomplish the various jobs of the BPOU. Take your part in the work
- Serve as a proxy for the BPOU Chair(s) when needed
- Be available with enthusiasm and energy
- Delegate duties
State Central Delegate
State Central sets budget and provides direction to Republican Party of MN Executive Committee and also elects the state chair, vice-chair and secretary/treasurer
- Attend State Central meetings (typically beginning of June & December)
- Assist with Republican Party activities by serving on committees, giving money, working on lit drops, get-out-the-vote phone calling, lawn sign work, etc
- Support your Republican candidates through letters to the editor, etc
- Be available with enthusiasm and energy
Third Congressional Full Committee
- Attend Third Congressional District Full Committee meetings ( approx. every other month Sept - May)
- Assist with Republican Party activities by serving on committees, giving money, working on lit drops, get-out-the-vote phone calling, lawn sign work, etc
- Support your Republican candidates through letters to the editor, etc
- Be available with enthusiasm and energy
State Convention Delegate (held once a year)
CD3 Delegate (held once a year)
- Attend all conventions to which you are a delegate
- Assist with Republican Party activities by serving on committees, giving money, working on lit drops, get-out-the-vote phone calling, lawn sign work, etc
- Support your Republican candidates through letters to the editor, etc
- Be available with enthusiasm and energy
Senate District Delegate
- Attend all conventions to which you are a delegate
- Assist with Republican Party activities by serving on committees, giving money, working on lit drops, get-out-the-vote phone calling, lawn sign work, etc
- Support your Republican candidates through letters to the editor, etc
- Be available with enthusiasm and energy

| | What kind of other positions do you have available? |
Politics is a volunteer driven effort - no Republican gets elected without the tireless work of volunteers. Here are a few of the many volunteer needs of the Senate District, you can either volunteer for one of the coordinator positions or help with one or more of the following areas. Please contact Gwen or Greg if you are interested.
Volunteer Coordinator
- Maintain list of volunteers
- Contact new volunteers from state party website etc
- Work with Executive Committee to recruit volunteers for each activity
Letter Writer Coordinator
Letters to the Editor are a good way to get the Republican message out to the public and support our Republican-endorsed elected officials at all levels. The coordinator will work with Executive Committee and state party to get letters to the editor published in local papers by:
- Writing letters or finding others to write them
- Finding others to submit to the local newspapers
- Maintain list of people willing to write and/or sign letters
Activities Coordinator
Organize the Ice Cream Social and/or Maple Grove Days Business Expo booth.
Coalition Coordinator
Work with groups in the Senate District with similar goals to coordinate efforts and recruit volunteers.
Phone Bank Coordinator
Set up and staff phone banks for GOTV, Voter ID, Fundraising, issue awareness, volunteer recruitment. Maintain list of possible locations and good relationship with the office managers of these locations.
Lit Drop Coordinator
Coordinate literature drops as needed, maintain maps.

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