Below is the final Massachusetts Federation of Young Republicans ("MFYR") 2007 Republicans Helping Republicans ("RHR") schedule. Please review, and forward to as many people as possible. We had many requests for help, and we tried to accommodate as many local candidates as we could throughout the state. This schedule supersedes any other, and there are a few changes we had to make to accommodate candidates' and our own busy schedules.

I am writing to ask Republican activists, young and old, to come help us if we are coming to your area. The Democrats bring in people from all over to work on local elections, and we should also. Please email me if you want to help, and if you are on a city or town committee, please forward, or consider joining our efforts. This is especially true if there are no Republicans running in your area. The message needs to go out that we can be effective if we pool our resources.

I am also attaching a PDF of the upcoming MFYR/MASS GOP day on September 29 in Chelmsford. Our MFYR State Convention will be from 9am - 11am, and then the MA GOP will be offering any interested activist voter vault training, which we will use to help in the 5th Congressional District Race. The cost is $20 to help defray our costs, and the education is worth the price. If anyone is interested in being a delegate or guest to the MFYR State Convention, please get in touch with me. We have a great group going, but we want new blood to participate, so we hope if you haven't been involved before, you will come see why 2007 and 2008 are the best time to join.

We have been working hard this weekend also. On Saturday, the Greater Boston Young Republicans volunteered at Saturday's Bread (SB), the local soup kitchen we have been involved with for six years. The Brookline TAB did an article about the work we do at the soup kitchen, focusing on myself and my predecessor, Meredith Myers. I am including a link to that article (http://www.townonline.com/brookline/homepage/x1359806538).

On Sunday, six (6) YRs were at MA GOP headquarters helping get out a 2000 piece mailing, and today fifteen (15) of us marched with Paul Ferro in the Marlboro Labor Day Parade.

I hope many of you will come out to join our RHR efforts this fall, and come to the Activist Conference/State Convention on September 29. If anyone needs to reach me, you can contact me via email here, my yahoo email (richardhwheeler@yahoo.com), or via phone @ 617 872 0096. Thanks very much, and again, please look below for when we are in your area, and join us.

Regards,

Richard Wheeler Acting Chair MA Federation of Young Republicans

Date	Town	Candidate	Candidate	Candidate	Candidate
September 1st	Marlborough	Paul Ferro
September 8th	Chicopee	Adam Lamontagne
September 15th	Springfield/Agawam	Bob Magovern	Bruce Stebbins	John Lysak
September 23 rd (Sunday)	Newton	Greer Tan Swiston
September 29th	Lowell, State Convention	Jim Ogonowski
October 6th	Marlborough	Paul Ferro	Arthur Vigeant	Steve Levy
October 13th	Melrose	Monica Mederios
October 20th	Weymouth	Colin McPherson	Victor Pap	Pat O'Connor	James Parker
October 27th	Braintree	Sean Powers	Matt Sisk
October 28 th (Sunday)	New Bedford/Fall River	Linda Morad	Al Alves
November 4th	GOTV Phone banking

Pursuant to the MFYR Constitution, which requires Amendments be submitted to the Executive Committee and Club leaders sixty days before a State Convention or Special Meeting, attached is the Constitution with proposed changes in red, and present parts stricken out. Please review. Changes to these amendments, and any other new amendments may be made at the Special Meeting on September 29. If anyone has additional amendments, or changes they would like to see, please let the Executive Committee know so they can be distributed and discussed.

• MFYR Constitution with Amendments

The MFYR Convention has been rescheduled. The details are as follows:

Date: Saturday, September 29, 2007 - 10am 5pm.
Where: Radisson Hotel and Conference Center Merrimack Room
10 Independence Drive
Chelmsford, MA 01824
Description: MFYR State Convention - Election of Officers for 2007 - 2009, Adoption of New Constitution, and Jim Oganowski Campaign Activities

The MFYR Convention for this Saturday has been postponed, and will be rescheduled at a date to be announced.

At more than three dozen, the Republican activists who gathered yesterday in a hotel conference room to resuscitate their political party exceeded the number of Republicans in the state Legislature, where the GOP now claims a mere 24 of the 200 seats....

Continue reading the Boston Globe story on our Open Forum.

Congrats to Steve Crowely, Tim Gillespie, and Unnamed Man #3, for making the photo.

An open forum hosted by the Massachusetts Federation of Young Republicans in order to place all good ideas in public debate for Party Building.

Saturday, December 9th 2:00PM - 5:00PM

Boston Marriott Long Wharf, First Floor Conference Area
296 State Street
Boston, Massachusetts 02109

This venue was chosen to allow activists from everywhere easier access and a spouse or family member can shop in Faneuil Hall or Downtown Crossing while the activists attend. It is also to ensure a better attendance by the media.

Message from the Chair:

As you know, the MFYR board has been without an Immediate Past Chair since Karl Burns stepped down in August. I have decided to appoint Tim Gillespie as my Advisor to the Chair in his stead. I think most of us know what a superb race that Tim ran this year, and someone with his drive, energy and ideas is a fantastic addition to the board.

So welcome aboard, Tim!

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Meredith Myers
Chair, Massachusetts Federation of Young Republicans

The Massachusetts Federation of Young Republicans held a special convention on September 17, 2006 to elect a State Chair for the remainder of the 2005-2007 term. Meredith Meyers, GBYR Chair, was elected unanimously to serve. She promised to continue reaching out to candidates and new groups, such as women and Latinos, while strengthening YR clubs across the state. She promised 8 months of energy. Check back for details about our Reagan Day event and Casino Night for Veterans!

Chair: Meredith Meyers
Vice Chair: Rob Eno
Treasurer: Ryan Boehm
Secretary: Tina Penman

More details at: http://www.bostonyr.com

U.S. Senate Debate; Canceled for April 20, 2006

The debate of Ken Chase and Kevin Scott set to take place at Suffolk University at 8:00 P.M. has been canceled. Below is a statement from Chairman Karl Burns.


"We are a party of ideas, and the Young Republicans have worked hard to provide an arena in which both candidates could present their ideas and let the voters decide."

"It's unfortunate not all parties are willing to participate in this event, as this would have provided the best media coverage opportunity to date for both Ken and Kevin."

"In fact, we have the technology to not only re-broadcast the debate, but to provide copies to each candidate for distribution to prospective voters, and delegates at the State Convention on April 29th."

"We wish both candidates the best in their campaigns but will remain neutral per our Constitution, and so we can sponsor events like this in the future."

Karl Burns
Chairman, Massachusetts Federation of Young Republicans.