| First, I hope that those of you who are unable to attend YearlyKos have already attended your Senate District Convention and become delegates. If you didn't, don't worry! You can still come to the convention in Fort Worth as an observer/visitor.
I have decided to take an extended blog hiatus in order to devote time to planning this event. We only have a month and it's looking like this is going to be huge.
Basically, we'd like to keep this event informal. We have decided to hold the caucus at the Flying Saucer in Fort Worth, which not only has wireless internet access, it is also only a few blocks from the convention site (map).
We're inviting all statewide and federal candidates to join us for the meet-n-greet. We've already got a committment from the one and only David Van Os and I've reached out to some local D/FW candidates. I'm going to start making the calls and invitations later this afternoon.
What we are trying to do is work out a timeframe for the event. Here is the tentative convention schedule:
Thursday, June 8
2 p.m. State Democratic Executive Committee Meeting, Hilton Hotel
6 p.m. Convention Kick-Off Reception, Hilton Hotel (Purchase individual tickets for $50 per person by clicking here)
Friday, June 9
9 a.m. Caucus Meetings, Convention Center
10 a.m. Credentials Distribution begins, Convention Center
3 p.m. Senate District Caucus Meetings, Convention Center
6 p.m. Call to Order, Convention Center
Saturday, June 10
8 a.m. Permanent Convention Committees Meet, Convention Center (Rules, Platform, Resolutions and Nominations for SDEC and Party Officers)
8:30 a.m. Blue Star Breakfast, Convention Center (Reserve your seat now! Tickets are $25 per person and can be purchased here)
9:30 a.m. Workshops, Convention Center
11 a.m. Convention reconvenes, Convention Center
Now here is what I'm thinking. We have three options for this event:
First, Thursday eve, competing w/the kickoff reception.
upsides: our event will be FREE and we are much cooler than those stuffed shirts, $50 gets you a lot of beer at the flying saucer
downsides: candidates will probably want to atted the reception, many conventioneers may be arriving late thursday night or early friday morning, crowded at the flying saucer
Friday between 11am and 2pm
upsides: most people will have checked in by then, candidates may have free blocks of time during these hours, flying saucer should not be crowded at this time
downsides: none that i can think of since the FS is right down the street from the convention site
Sunday: noon
upsides: no convention events currently scheduled, so that might mean high attendence
downsides: many conventioneers and candidates may have scheduled return trips home early sunday
I am leaning towards Friday afternoon, but please don't let that influence your vote. What I'd like is some input from this community. When should we hold the Bloggers Caucus?
I'll keep track of the votes cast here and at Texas Kos. I'm also taking input via email. Feel free to chime in, and if you are working with or volunteering for a Texas candidate, please send me their contact information so I can invite them.
Thanks for your input and suggestions! |
