Congratulations in being elected a delegate for Weber County. I appreciate your willingness to serve. Below is the information for the convention. Just a reminder you must be a registered Republican to participate in the convention.
This is your official call to convention
Date:Saturday, April 22, 2006
Place:Roy High School
2150 West 4800 South
Roy, Utah
Time:8:00 to 9:00 AM Credentials and registration **Please bring picture ID**
9:00 AM Convention starts
Any delegate not registered by 9:30 AM will NOT be eligible to vote during the convention.
Thank You,
Matthew Bell, Chair
Weber County Republican Party
mattbell@xmission.com
Enclosures
Please bring ALL information in this packet with you to the convention.
WEBER COUNTY REPUBLICAN PARTY
NOMINATING CONVENTION
Saturday, April 22, 2006 Roy High School 2150 West 4800 South
Roy, Utah
AGENDA
8:00 a.m.Credentials/Registration/Meet the Candidates
9:00 a.m.CONVENTION BEGINS
Welcome and call to order . ..Matthew Bell, County Chair
Presentation of Colors and Pledge of Allegiance Girl Scout Troop 1604 Dee Elem.
National Anthem .. Audience
Adoption of Rules/Agenda . Richard Greenwood, Chair Leg. 12
Credentials Report Bea Cardwell
ELECTIONS
Nomination/Election Matthew Bell, County Chair
Counting of ballots Terry Thompson, Chair Leg. 6
Time Keeper . . ..Cheryl Dearden
Parliamentarian ... Gerry Adair
Sergeant at Arms .. Brad W. Slater, Sheriff
Elections/Nominations Chair ... Matthew Bell, County Chair
Many thanks to each of you for supporting your candidates and the Republican Party.
ELECTIONS
Weber County 2006
Commission Seat A
Gordon Dutch Belnap
G. Michael Lee
L. Nate Pierce
Jana Rae Shaw
Timothy Wayment
Jan Zogmaister
Commission Seat B
Kenneth Bischoff (I)
Frank Maughan
Stephen Seim
Clerk/Auditor Scott Hogensen
Darcy Kruitbosch
Alan McEwan
Recorder/Surveyor Doug Crofts (I)
Ernest Rowley(I)
Assessor Cheryl Madson (I)
Sheriff Brad Slater (I)
Treasurer Nila Dayton (I)
VOTE ON ABOVE RACES
Resolutions: No resolutions were submitted to consider.
Reports:
Weber County Party Chair .. . . .Matthew Bell
Utah State Legislative Report . D. Gregg Buxton, Rep.
Utah Senate Report .. Scott Jenkins, Senator
State of County Report ..Craig Dearden, Commissioner Weber County
United States Senate Report .. . Robert Bennett, Senator
U.S. House of Representative Report Rob Bishop, Congressman
State of State Report .. .. Gary Herbert, Lt. Governor
Weber County Treasurer . . ..Darcy Kruitbosch
Candidates for other offices:
U.S. Senate Senator Orrin Hatch (I)
Ronald Levine
Michael Ridgway
Brian Jenkins
Deposits include: Donations, Interest and Lincoln Day Dinner
Total Expenses $ 11,690.65
Expenses Include: Office expenses and postage, building rental, Web page administration,
donations to candidates, summer BBQ, Lincoln Day dinner and Standard Examiner announcement for caucus meeting.
Ending Balance as of March 31, 2006$ 24,545.88
Both checking and savings are included
Darcy L. Kruitbosch, Treasurer Date: April 10, 2006
LUNCH Provided by Senator Orrin Hatch Meet the Candidates Adjourn to Legislative District Caucus meetings
Areas for each Legislative District Caucus meeting
Legislative District 6 .. Auditorium
Chair: Terry Thompson Vice Chair: Bruce Anderson
Kerry Gibson (I)
Legislative District 7 Auditorium (stage)
Chair: Christie Moore Vice Chair: Ray Pippin
Glenn Donnelson (I)
Fred Oates
Legislative District 8 .. ..Balcony
Chair: Tom Feeny Vice Chair: Suzanne Ellison-Ferre
Gage Froerer
Paul Stockdale
Legislative District 9 .. Auditorium Chair: Charlene Herbert Vice Chair: Robert Miles
James Carrell
Robert Miles
Legislative District 10 . .Lunchroom
Chair: David Waldron Vice Chair: Elwood Powell
Johnathan Aubrey
George Garwood
Legislative District 11 Lunch room
Chair: Paul Skeen Vice Chair: Elizabeth Carlin
Brad Dee (I)
Legislative District 12 . Balcony
Chair: Richard Greenwood Vice Chair: Keith Harrison
D. Gregg Buxton (I)
Weber County NOMINATING Convention Adjourned
WEBER COUNTY CONVENTION RULES 22 April 2006
ORDER OF BUSINESS:The order of business shall be set forth in the agenda approved by the Weber County Republican Executive Committee.
TIME AND PLACE:The convention will be called to order Saturday 22 April 2006 at Roy High School, Roy Utah. Registration 8:00 a.m., Convention begins 9:00 a.m.
ANY DELEGATE NOT REGISTERED BY 9:30 AM WILL NOT BE ELIGIBLE TO VOTE DURING THE CONVENTION. (Any candidate who is required at another convention on the same day may pre-register for the convention.)
RULES AND ORDER:All procedures, other than those specifically adopted by the Convention, shall be in accordance with Roberts Rules of Order.
CONVENTION OFFICERS:The officers of this Convention shall be:
Convention ChairMatthew Bell
Convention SecretaryDebbie Deem
Rules and Order of BusinessRichard Greenwood
ParliamentarianGerry A. Adair
CredentialsBea Cardwell
Nomination/ElectionMatthew Bell
Sergeant at ArmsSheriff Brad W. Slater
TimekeeperCheryl Dearden
MOTIONS:Only duly elected delegates, convention officers, and members of the executive committee shall be eligible to make or second motions. Any Republican in attendance shall be qualified to speak to a motion, but only duly certified delegates shall be eligible to vote. A person shall be eligible to speak once to a particular motion and the time shall not exceed two (2) minutes in making, seconding, or speaking to a motion. The timekeeper will ask speakers exceeding the allotted time to relinquish the floor.
CANDIDATE RULES:Only Republican Candidates who have properly filed for elected public office as required by law shall be considered by the Convention.
NOMINATIONS:Any Republican attending the Convention shall be considered eligible to nominate or second the nomination of a candidate for an elected office. A nominating and seconding speech is the candidates option but shall be considered part of the candidates allotted time.
CANDIDATES ALLOTTED TIME:Time allotments shall be as follows:
State and CountyThree (3) minutes each
Time allotments shall be three (3) minutes each as follows:
U.S. Senate
U.S. House of Representatives
Where there is more than one candidate for an individual office, candidates will speak in alphabetical order and incumbent candidates will speak last.
BALLOTING:Balloting procedures shall be as follows:
1.Balloting shall be by secret ballot. Unopposed candidates shall be elected by acclamation by the convention.
2.Only duly-elected, authorized and certified delegates shall be eligible to vote. The vote of a non-attending delegate is forfeited and can not be cast by an alternate.
3.Delegates shall present their credentials, obtain a ballot, vote and deposit their ballot in the ballot box.
4.Multiple Republican candidates for the same office:
A.Any candidate receiving 60% of the votes cast shall be the Partys candidate in the General Election.
B.In the event that three or more candidates are nominated for the same office, the Convention shall use multiple ballots to choose Party nominees.
C.In multiple ballots, the first ballot shall be used to reduce the number of candidates to three, if more than three candidates participate, or by one if three or fewer participate. Each of the following ballots shall drop the lowest vote getter until two candidates remain. A final ballot shall be cast between the last two remaining candidates.
D.A candidate for an office who received 60% or more of the vote at any point in the balloting process shall become the Partys nominee.
E.If any two candidates for the same office receive the same number of votes and a winner is required, the tie shall be broken by a flip of a coin by the Convention Chair.
STATE DELEGATES:The Weber County Republican Party has been allotted 260 Delegates to the State Convention. Most State delegates were elected at the precinct meetings. Any unfilled state delegate positions will be allocated to the appropriate House and Senate district and may be filled during the legislative district caucuses at the convention using the following guidelines:
1.Only registered Republicans are eligible to run for State Delegate. Credentials will be certified prior to the beginning of the convention.
2.Nominations for State Delegates shall be accordance with the Convention rules.
3.Each Candidate shall be allotted 30 seconds to express qualifications to the caucus.
4.Each candidate may nominate him/herself.
5.A nomination does not require a second.
6.Balloting is by secret ballot.
7.Only certified county delegates may vote, but any Republican of voting age by the General Election may be nominated.
8.Each delegate shall be allowed votes equal to the total number to be elected.
9.Any ballot with more votes than the total number allotted shall be invalid.
10.The persons receiving the most votes shall be duly elected state delegates. All ties will be decided by the flip of the coin.
11.The number of State Delegates not filled are as follows:
Legislative District # 6Has 1 State Delegate opening, (1) Senate 19
Legislative District # 8Has 1 State Delegate opening, (1) Senate 19
Legislative District # 9Has 6 State Delegate openings, (4) Senate 19, (2) Senate 20
Legislative District #10Has 2 State Delegate openings, (2) Senate 18
Legislative District # 11Has 1 State Delegate opening, (1) Senate 20
CAUCUS:Caucus areas are provided by the Republican Party for each Legislative District. Any special Interest Group will provide its own caucus room and will not be considered a part of the Convention. In caucus, any Republican shall be qualified to speak to a motion. A person shall be eligible to speak once to a particular motion.
Representative candidates shall be allowed three (3) minutes to speak.
PRINTED MATERIAL:Printed material other than those materials made available by filed candidates or their representatives, must be approved for distribution by the Convention Chair prior to the Convention, unless the material has the authors name and address on the material. The materials may be distributed to the delegates before, during, or after they erect posters, banners, or displays which comply with the regulations required for use of the building. No food or drink items (except bottled water) are allowed in the auditorium or stages area. No banners or materials may be placed on the walls of the auditorium or the stage area. Any person or candidate distributing material or erecting displays shall remove their material and displays from the building at the conclusion of the Convention. Candidates will be given additional instructions on the use of Buildings/grounds.
PLATFORM:The Convention shall adopt the tenets set forth in the Platform of the Republican Party.
Nominations and Voting for State Senate District 18 and State House District 11 will be held at the State Convention. Senate District 18
Jon Greiner
David Thomas
