1. The Precinct Convention - Norm Mason PRECINCT CONVENTION GUIDE OBJECTIVES AND GUIDELINES 2014 Precinct Convention Guide Norm Mason

2. The Precinct Convention - Norm Mason OBJECTIVE 1 To Elect At Least A Majority Hopefully Much More Than Majority Of The Allowable (Fixed) Delegates And Alternates From Your Precinct Convention To Your Senatorial District Convention My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge Hosea 4:6a Precinct Convention Guide

3. The Precinct Convention - Norm Mason OBJECTIVE 1 (Continued) To Elect Delegates And Alternates Who Are  Pro-Life  Pro-Family  Biblical Worldview  Willing To Participate  Can Be Counted On Precinct Convention Guide

4. The Precinct Convention - Norm Mason OBJECTIVE 2 To Adopt Resolutions Pro-Life Pro-Family Reflect Your Values To Be Submitted To Your Senatorial District Convention Defeat (Vote Down) Resolutions Contradicting Your Values Precinct Convention Guide

5. The Precinct Convention - Norm Mason REMINDER Precinct Convention March 4, 2014 Your Political Party @ Your Primary Election Voting Place on Election Day (Not your early voting location) After Polls Close at 7:00 PM. Starts @ 7:30pm (Schedule is for Fort Bend County TX. Your County/State may be different) Senatorial District Convention Your Political Party in Your County Saturday March 22, 2014 Time And Place: 8am Registration, Convention Starts at 9am @ Old Gym @ Sugar Creek Baptist Church (Schedule for SD 17 & 13 in Fort Bend County TX. SD 18 in Fort Bend County TX meets at Travis High School & your County/State will be different) Precinct Convention Guide

6. The Precinct Convention - Norm Mason Summary Of Objectives 1.Attend Your Precinct Convention 2. Elect Yourself & Like-Minded Friends As Delegates And Alternates to your Senatorial District Convention 3. Adopt (Only) Good Resolutions To Send to your Senatorial District Convention Precinct Convention Guide

7. The Precinct Convention - Norm Mason How? By Having A Majority In Attendance »(Super Majority Is Better)  At Each Precinct Convention Who Are Like-Minded And Who Are ♦Fully Informed & ♦Fully Prepared To ♦Fully Participate Precinct Convention Guide

8. The Precinct Convention - Norm Mason GUIDELINES Identify Qualify Potential Participants »Resident Of Your Precinct »Like-Minded »Voting In March 4 Primary Election Of Your Political Party Enlist  Contact In Advance  Discussed The Purpose  Plan The Action Get Committed To Show Precinct Convention Guide

9. The Precinct Convention - Norm Mason Mobilize Call Or Email “The List” Afternoon Of March 4 Starting About 3:00 p.m. Remember and Emphasize All Eligible Family Members Attend Only Numbers Count Because You Only Count Numbers  The Name Of The Game Is Voting Strength Present And Voting Precinct Convention Guide

10. The Precinct Convention - Norm Mason TIPS Before You Start Be “Prayed-Up” If We As Christians are Going To Be Involved then Let God Lead #This Is A Spiritual Undertaking with A Spiritual Purpose and Should Be Undertaken with A Spiritual Perspective  Tongue + Temper = Trouble Precinct Convention Guide

11. The Precinct Convention - Norm Mason TIPS Come Early And Stay Late... And NEVER, NEVER LEAVE before the Convention Is Adjourned However Those Who Come Late Are fully Entitled To Participate in any Remaining Business  This Applies To You and Others Precinct Convention Guide

12. The Precinct Convention - Norm Mason TIPS Be On Time Or A Little Early Usually 7:15-30 PM ish  Convention starts at 7:30pm Be Informed Study This Entire Handout - Check Online @ www.FaithAnd FreedomTexas.com Review Roberts Rules Of Order Precinct Convention Guide

13. The Precinct Convention - Norm Mason TIPS Be Prepared Have Three Copies Of any Resolutions You Intend To Submit Bring Pen And Paper For Notes Copying lists, etc. Precinct Convention Guide

14. The Precinct Convention - Norm Mason TIPS Size Up The Situation Stop, Look, And Listen before You Declare Don't Give The Opposition the Information They Need to Defeat Your Objectives Don’t Overplay Your Position  Don’t Reveal Too Much Too Soon Precinct Convention Guide

15. The Precinct Convention - Norm Mason TIPS Volunteer To Be Chairman (If Necessary) or Secretary Be Fair To Others... And Stand Firm For Fairness with Respect To How You Are treated Precinct Convention Guide

16. The Precinct Convention - Norm Mason TIPS If You Have A Majority: Pass All Your Resolutions Reject Objectionable Resolutions Accept No Less Than your Proportionate Share Of delegates And Alternates from The Number Allowed »You Can Take Them All but that is A Questionable Strategy Precinct Convention Guide

17. The Precinct Convention - Norm Mason TIPS Memo Number Of Allowable Delegates/Alternates from Precinct Convention To Senatorial District Convention are Pre-Determined Don’t Let The Slots Get Filled before Your Team Gets Going  Beware The Fast Filling Of Delegates Precinct Convention Guide

18. The Precinct Convention - Norm Mason Memo Delegates And Alternates from The Precinct Convention to The Senatorial District Convention must Be Elected by Those In Attendance at The Precinct Convention  Not Appointed by The Precinct Convention Chairman Precinct Convention Guide

19. The Precinct Convention - Norm Mason TIPS If You Are In The Majority: Don’t Let Opposing Resolutions be Passed Without Voting  Or No Resolutions Be Sent Using Excuse... “It Is Going To Be Done All Over Again, Anyway” Reminder: Have Three Copies of Your Planned Resolutions Precinct Convention Guide

20. The Precinct Convention - Norm Mason TIPS If You Are In The Minority You Will Have Another Chance at The Senatorial District Convention But only If You Are Elected as a Delegate Or Alternate to Your SD Convention Therefore… Your Election As A Delegate to The Senatorial District Convention Is The Priority!!! Precinct Convention Guide

21. The Precinct Convention - Norm Mason TIPS Selecting Delegates And Alternates You Don’t Have To Fill All Your Slots It Is Very Hard To Leave People Out if Space Is Available Attendance Not Required to be elected but must Be Otherwise Qualified Bring A List Others Will Size Up List Adding Precinct Convention Guide

22. The Precinct Convention - Norm Mason TIPS At A Senatorial District Convention (Saturday March 22, 2014 – Your County) In The Absence Of Full Delegation Alternates Are Seated In The Order Elected At The Precinct Convention Therefore........ Precinct Convention Guide

23. The Precinct Convention - Norm Mason TIPS Therefore..... At The Precinct Convention when Nominating People To Be Alternates To The SD Conventions Try To Get Your Names At The Top Of The Alternate List If They Don't Make It As Delegates Be Sensitive To Attempts To Move Conservatives Lower On the list Precinct Convention Guide

24. The Precinct Convention - Norm Mason TIPS At The Precinct Convention You Cannot Add Names to The Delegate/Alternate List After The Convention Is Adjourned You Might Never Know Until SD Convention Safeguard by Making Your Own List by taking a picture of the list with your cell phone Typically this Occurs With Unfilled Slots Precinct Convention Guide

25. The Precinct Convention - Norm Mason TIPS Precinct Convention Tactics Normally Not Important To Try To "Take Over" A Convention And Elect "Your" Convention Chairman You Should Be Prepared To accept The Opportunity If No One Is There who Wants To, Or knows what to do Precinct Convention Guide

26. The Precinct Convention - Norm Mason TIPS Precinct Convention Forms The Election Judge may have all The Precinct Convention Material and may Not Know It How To Chair The Convention? Get The Forms Read The Script Fill In The Blanks Follow Through  Deliver Material to County Chairman Precinct Convention Guide

27. The Precinct Convention - Norm Mason NOTE Precinct Convention Permanent Chairman Required By Law To See That the Minutes of the Convention are filed with the local Party within The Required Timeframe ♦(usually within 3 days) As Per The Instructions If You Are The Permanent Chairman This Means You Precinct Convention Guide

28. The Precinct Convention - Norm Mason TIPS Before You Leave The Convention Write Down Information On the Elected Delegates And Alternates »Name, Address, Phone Number Contact Information For  Permanent Chairman  Secretary Convention Rules Require Precinct Convention Minutes be Made Available For 30 Minutes Precinct Convention Guide

29. The Precinct Convention - Norm Mason TIPS Hold A Precinct Convention Even If You Are The Only One Who Shows Up  Elect Yourself To All The Offices  Elect Yourself (And Your List) as Delegates And Alternates to The SD Convention  Pass All Your Resolutions Deliver The Minutes Per Instructions The Election Judge may have All The Materials Including Instructions Precinct Convention Guide

30. The Precinct Convention - Norm Mason Crisis Management VERY, VERY HIGHLY UNLIKELY But If You Are Wrongfully Excluded from Fully Participating in Your Precinct Convention Process call Attention To It in front Of Everyone  Make Detailed Notes In Most Severe Cases:  Hold Your Own Convention  Turn In Your Minutes  Challenge At The SD Convention Precinct Convention Guide

31. The Precinct Convention - Norm Mason Crisis Management Serious Infractions Of Rules Examples »Not Allowed In »Not Allowed To Participate »Not Allowed To Nominate »Not Allowed To Run For Delegate and/or Alternate »Not Allowed To Submit Resolutions »Wrongly Removed »Meeting Moved/Started Early Precinct Convention Guide

32. The Precinct Convention - Norm Mason Conclusion Plan Now To Attend your Precinct Convention In your Neighborhood In your Political Party of Preference »Democratic Or Republican  Tuesday, March 4 (About 7:30 PM)  At Your Polling Location »Check For Posted Time Be Elected As A Delegate To Your Senatorial District Convention Precinct Convention Guide

33. The Precinct Convention - Norm Mason Conclusion Plan Now To Attend Your Senatorial District Convention  Saturday, March 22  Of your Political Party  In your County Information On Time And Place Is available At Precinct Convention Make Plans Now To Attend Your Senatorial District Convention by First Attending Your Precinct Convention Precinct Convention Guide

34. The Precinct Convention - Norm Mason Conclusion (Really) Final Reminder »Come Early »Focus Intently »Participate Fully And Never, Never, Never Leave Before The Convention Is Adjourned WHY??? Because If You Leave early, Everything You Did - Can Be Undone With a Motion To Reconsider Precinct Convention Guide

35. The Precinct Convention - Norm Mason THANK YOU AND GOD BLESS YOU Precinct Convention Guide