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Hello all;

   I want to share a few things from the GOP meeting that was held  
last Saturday in Montpelier.  There were four of us active Ron Paul  
supporters there in a crowd of about 25 people and at the beginning of  
the meeting, the chairman Rob Roper made a point of recognizing us  
having done so much work before the primary for Dr. Paul, for which we  
got a large round of applause.  We were not expecting this, but people  
were quite enthusiastic and afterwards many came up individually to  
ask about our efforts and the meetup group.

Now, it is interesting that the chairman made such a point of  
recognition, and more than it has to do with Ron Paul, it has to do  
with the fact that we were the first new faces at such a meeting in a  
long time.  It was openly discussed throughout the meeting that the  
VTGOP is shrinking and has very few young people involved.  They're  
stretching for new ideas about getting the word out; for example they  
had made two 60 second commercials that comedically put down the  
democrats, one of which had a guy taking his shirt and pants off to  
get attention while holding up a 'legalize marijuana' sign on a  
sidewalk.

I don't think people were really too impressed or excited about such  
tactics, what they really want is a growing party, so the point of  
this email is that this is absolutely the time for us to get involved.  
  To make a real difference, we can't keep completely separate from  
the actual party and this is a time where they are looking for people  
to run for district representatives amongst other positions; the most  
notable being the congressional seat against Welsh.  As of now they  
have no one, and some people were so discouraged that they suggested  
not even wasting resources to platform a candidate who would probably  
lose; most, however, do want to put forth a competative candidate.

If anyone has ideas, wants more info or potentially wants to run for a  
position, contact Rob Roper.  He is very approachable and like I said,  
starved for new ideas and people, so our presence can be strongly  
felt.  The number to reach him is 802-223-3411, or by email at  
[address removed]

-Marek