Anyway, on to more important things:

• CPAC! Yall will be leaving around 6P on Wednesday 2/17. Please check CPAC’s website for a full list of speakers. If you have any questions please contact Gary or Brenden.
• T-Shirts! We should be getting them by the end of the month. Cost is $12. Bring your money or give it to an e-board member to get your shirt! Yay!
• Next Week: NO MEETING! Instead on Wednesday 2/10 we will be having a debate with the other political clubs on campus. The debate will be about education in the U.S. and Matt Gilson will be representing us since he’s running for Board of Education. Duffy Grad Lounge @ 8:30P!

At tonight’s meeting we went over everything CPAC related. By this point everyone should have had their money turned in and their forms signed. CPAC is from February 17-20. If you have any questions/comments/concerns about this please feel free to email me or another e-board member.

Other news after the jump:

• Looking for an internship? Let us know! Gary has interned/has connections almost all over NJ and would have no problem setting up an internship for you. Political Science majors could probably get course credit for this!
• Congrats to freshman member Matt Gilson for running for Board of Education in Rutherford! Woo! If you haven’t already, become a fan of Matt on Facebook!
• We discussed potential upcoming speakers, t-shirts and charity work that we can do to boost our image as a club.
• New meeting time: Tuesdays @ 8:30P. Same location: Fahy 124
• Education Debate between other political clubs: February 10th. Our rep will be Matt Gilson.

Okay, I hope everyone has a wonderful rest of their week!

Ron Paul speaking @ CPAC 2009.

CPAC (Conservative Political Activist Conference) will be February 18-20th 2010 in Washington DC.
We are putting in a program proposal for $2K from the Finance Committee/SGA. The main expenses are going to be food, transportation, hotels and registration. If we can get most of it covered (aka hotels) by the school then you’re looking at spending around $125 total. If we don’t get it covered the price will go up considerably since hotels are going to be pricey. Either way we will fundraise and this is going to be a great event. Gary and Brenden have lots of connections for tours and anyone interested in politics at all will really get a lot out of this!

Important: In order to ask for money from the Finance Committee we need a list of people who are seriously committed on going…meaning you MUST register for this event BEFORE Thanksgiving Break. Once you register please forward your registration info to brenden.higashi@student.shu.edu.

Important CPAC links:
Register: http://www.cpac.org/registration.html
Apply for Scholarship: http://www.cpac.org/student.html
Follow CPAC on Twitter: http://twitter.com/cpacnews

More meeting news after the cut!

Other news:

T-Shirts! Yay! The design is really cool and I think you guys will like them a lot. We have already been approved for $700 to put towards the shirts so we should have them before the end of the semester. We will sell them for $12. Before we sell them to the general public we will sell them @ 2 CR meetings so you guys can get first dibs and wear them to pique interest!

(Potential)Fundraisers:

Toys for Tots (co-sponsored w/ Allies) -We would do this the week after Thanksgiving Break, but publicize it before hand so everyone has a chance to get a toy over break.

USO (United Service Organizations) Concernt In case you’re not familar with the USO here’s a little blurb:
“The USO is a congressionally chartered, nonprofit organization, and is not a part of the federal government. Since 1941, the USO mission has remained the same: to provide morale, welfare and recreation-type services to service members and their families.”
This would be our big fundraiser for the year, bring in a bunch of local bands and sell tickets for $5 and have all proceeds go to the USO.

The point of all these activities is to boost our image on campus and do something good!

Other news:

Anyone intersted in any sort of political internship? Email Gary: glaspisa@gmail.com
Huckabee Show- might go see him sometime this semester or next semester in NYC
Slavic Club is hosting a Fall of the Berlin Wall  event tomorrow (11/12) @ 6P in Fahy 236
Interested in writing for the Liberty Bell, SHU’s only political newspaper? Email: editors.libertybell@gmail.com


Have a great weekend everyone and feel free to email me or any other e-board members if you have any questions/comments/concerns!