Monday, May 20, 2013 Meeting – 7 PM:

Meeting Agenda

• Pledge of Allegiance, Invocation, Introduction and welcome.

• “Education” – Kelly Kohls, Ohio School Boards Leadership Council  

Guest Speaker is Kelly Kohls, President of the  Ohio School Boards Leadership Council

For years we have watched with amazement as part-time people have been elected to school boards, only to be immediately “trained”, co-opted and overwhelmed with “homework” by the well-funded bureaucracies they were elected to oversee.  OLSBC was organized last year by 7 school board members who want to help other conservatives get elected to the school board, establish effective oversight over school districts, reform K-12 education and return power to the parents.

The battle for the future is being waged on a daily basis in our K-12 public schools.  It was bad four years ago.  It is much worse now that Obama has had four years to impose his agenda on our schools.

Please be sure to help us get the word out about this meeting to others who may want to get involved in organized efforts to improve K-12 public education.  We encourage everyone to scrutinize their own local Board of Education members, and invite them to the meeting if they are worth keeping.  If they are not, help us find candidates to run against them.  We understand that candidates may begin filing their petitions in June.  Campaign training will be available.

Dear OSBLC Supporters,

We are excited to announce that the video of our Common Core Debate is now available on our website. Please feel free to visit the site and invite anyone interested in Common Core to view it as well.

http://www.osblc.org/index.php/issues/58-common-core-debate-video

This forum on Common Core is an example of the value that OSBLC provides to its members and the general public. We need people like you who are invested in learning more about education, to partner with us and help OSBLC continue advocating for the issues important to all of us.

Please make it a priority to help us with a $40 annual membership. 

Thank you for your time and enjoy the video.

Jon Lewallen, OSBLC Communications Director

Teacher and Admin Salary data available – check out the links provided by the Claremont Tea Party and Opportunity Ohio.  You can discover lots of information about teachers, enrollment, salaries, total budget, etc. for your school district from 2001 through 2012.

 

General Information
Everyone is encouraged to bring along friends and/or family members interested in joining. Membership forms will be available.

Wayne County Commissioners Meeting Room. Wayne County Administration Building, 428 West Liberty Street Wooster, Ohio 44691 map

Please enter using the Auditor’s Office entrance at  (set of doors to the left as viewed from Liberty Street) which faces Liberty Street, walk straight ahead to the stairs (or elevator) and go to the second floor – Commissioner’s Meeting Room.

Please arrive a little early and if you arrive after 7:00pm and find the front door locked, call Dave Tabaka at 330-835-8027 and I will come down and let you in.

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The Wayne County TEA Party invites you, your family, friends, and neighbors to a free showing of the important documentary, FRACKNATION on Tuesday April 30, 7PM, at the Wooster High School Performing Arts Center.

Here is a link to the web site for the FrackNation Documentary so you can view a trailer.

Copies of this documentary will be available for sale.

Rhonda Reda, Executive Director of Ohio Oil and Gas Energy Education Program, will be at the Fracknation showing. She will bring samples of drilling cores and set up a table before the show with literature about fracking and OOGEEP. She will do a power point presentation for about 1/2 hour before the show explaining how wells are drilled. After the show she will answer questions.

There is an on-line documentary available - TruthLand, the Movie which was produced in order to counter the inaccuracies presented in the movie, “GasLand.”  You might want to take a half hour and watch it before coming.

Time: April 30, 2013 from 7pm to 8:30pm
Location: Wooster High School PACA
Street: 515 Oldman Rd.
City/Town: Wooster
Map: https://maps.google.com/maps?…

Organized By: Wayne County TEA Party

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Tuesday, March 26, 2013 Meeting – 7 PM:

Meeting Agenda

Pledge of Allegiance, Introduction and welcome.

How to Change Your Community,

“Bringing Accountability to Your Local Government in less than 30 minutes a day,” presented by Bruce Edwards, Thomas Jefferson Knowledge Institute.

MEETING AGENDA:
1. Tutoring/Mentoring – local organizations – Junior Achievement, etc.
2. City Council – how to hold local officials accountable
3. School District – how to hold school board officials accountable
4. Recruitment
a. Election Registered voters
b. City Neighborhoods
5. Training
a. How the political system works and is corrupted
b. Churches
6.  Running for School Board

General Information
Everyone is encouraged to bring along friends and/or family members interested in joining. Membership forms will be available.

Wayne County Commissioners Meeting Room. Wayne County Administration Building
428 West Liberty Street Wooster, Ohio 44691 map

Please enter using the Auditor’s Office entrance at  (set of doors to the left as viewed from Liberty Street) which faces Liberty Street, walk straight ahead to the stairs (or elevator) and go to the second floor – Commissioner’s Meeting Room.

Please arrive a little early and if you arrive after 7:00pm and find the front door locked, call Dave Tabaka at 330-835-8027 and I will come down and let you in.

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Tuesday, February 19, 2013 Meeting – 7 PM:

Meeting Agenda

Pledge of Allegiance, Introduction and welcome.

Discussion: Follow-up from our last meeting. Considering input from members at our last meeting, we’ll discuss direction for the immediate future. Some topics are:

• Getting involved politically

• Issues relevant to our community

Discussion: Current events. Governor Kasich’s proposed biennial budget…

Highlights_14-15

• Sales tax expansion
• Sales tax rate reduction
• Income tax reduction
• Severance tax increase (on shale exploration)
• Corporate tax reduction
• School funding
• Medicaid expansion
• Bond issues

General Information
Everyone is encouraged to bring along friends and/or family members interested in joining. Membership forms will be available.

Please enter using the Auditor’s Office entrance at  (set of doors to the left as viewed from Liberty Street) which faces Liberty Street, walk straight ahead to the stairs (or elevator) and go to the second floor – Commissioner’s Meeting Room.

Wayne County Commissioners Meeting Room. Wayne County Administration Building
428 West Liberty Street Wooster, Ohio 44691 map

Please arrive a little early and if you arrive after 7:00pm and find the front door locked, call Dave Tabaka at 330-835-8027 and I will come down and let you in.

Notes from OLC leaders meeting in Columbus:

Board members Linda Studer and Craig Curtis participated in the January 19, 2013 .
The meeting was attended by over 150 people, and in four separate sessions, we worked through our goals and strategy and started to identify key priorities.
 
I’ve attached two documents that summarize the results of the meeting:
 
·        An updated outline of possible strategic objectives
·        A list of key priorities identified at the end of the meeting
 
Each member group can use these to identify what priorities make sense for it given its membership, areas of interest and resources.  We encourage you to share these documents with your members and work within your group to identify your priorities.
 
We had discussed possibly distributing a survey to identify a handful of top priorities but have decided not to do that at this time.
 
Instead the Board of the OLC will use these documents to develop a plan on how to help member groups be more effective.  You will hear more about that plan in the future.

Possible strategic objectives.02-10-2013 Key objectives identified.02-10-2013

Notes from the OLC Board Meeting:

Each Board member comes from a different liberty group and members live in a wide array of communities around the state. We talked about many common concerns among our home groups such as building new relationships with those outside our membership, learning how to improve our messaging, learning how to grow our groups, learning how to keep members motivated and involved, and more.

One of the primary purposes of the OLC is to help our member groups work together and become more successful.  After some in depth discussion, we developed a framework for assisting member groups that consists of three parts: “Education”, “Empowerment”, and “Engagement”. Each of these components is intended to help provide tools and best practice information that will help member groups become better at what they do.

“Education” relates to our efforts to provide member organizations with information about current and long-term topical matters related to the liberty movement in our state.  This means,

• Working with think tanks and content experts to provide information relating to important issues.
• Where possible, suggest messaging methods that help achieve a more broad appeal.
• Provide links to pertinent external articles and source material.
• Provide simple graphics about issues for use in social media in order to assist member groups with messaging.
• When possible, invite guest speakers and other content experts to help inform and engage member groups on current topics.
• Make use of technology, conference calls, videos, websites, “Skype”, etc. to give member groups greater ease of access to information.
• Develop a scorecard on how elected officials vote.

“Empowerment” This can be likened to a liberty-tool-chest.  It consists of material made available through OLC to help member groups with the work they do.  This will include “how to” information about initially forming a group, identifying and connecting with new members, sustaining current membership, keeping groups active and fresh, and how to help grow group membership over time.

• Training on websites, social media (i.e. Facebook & Twitter), email service providers (i.e. Constant Contact & Mail Chimp), YouTube, and more.
• How to better use technology to impact local media, grow local coalitions, disseminate liberty-minded material, and mobilize activists and voters.
• Help with regional event calendars.
• Help with message delivery protocols among our network of member groups.
• Provide training on how to start a group in nearby areas to help grow our movement.
• Help on with fund raising.
• Help with recruiting candidates.
• Help with calls, letter writing campaigns, post cards, and other forms of outreach to politicians.
• Training on “precinct organizing” and precinct central committee engagement.
• Arrange for legal advice to local groups, including advice on how to become a 501c3 or 501c4 organization.
• In time, provide training and access to web tools to analyze election data and help groups with micro-targeting and voter i.d. programs (i.e. and beat the left at their own game).

“Engagement” This final category is where we put all the pieces together.  The modern liberty movement was founded on the three core principles: fiscal responsibility, Constitutional limited government, and free markets.  This category combines the elements mentioned above to spur activity to “enact public policy that is accordance with our fundamental principles and beliefs”.

• This means: (1) influencing currently elected officials, (2) electing or un-electing politicians as needed, and (3) utilizing the ballot initiative process to change policy (i.e. End the Estate Tax, Healthcare Freedom, Workplace Freedom, Taxpayer Bill of Rights, etc.).
• Our three core values will help guide us to where we can best make a difference. However, some policy areas will be best left to more specialized groups.
• When warranted, we can state a principled position on a particular issue and guide members to entities with a better capacity to respond.

Over the coming months, look for more information from OLC as we begin rolling out the elements of this structure.  We are planning our next statewide meeting for some time in April. We will reach out to you once the date is set.

In spite of the disappointing outcome in 2012, the fact remains that we are a stronger movement today than many may realize.  We are wiser, more battle-hardened, and more experienced.  Importantly, we possess a clearer vision of what is needed to enact the changes we wish to see.  With persistence and the right tools, together we truly can take back America.
Yours in Liberty,

Ted Stevenot
President
Ohio Liberty Coalition

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To: All WCTP members
Re: Annual Organizational Meeting/election of Directors
Meeting Details
Date: Tuesday, 12-4-2012
Time: 7:00PM
Place: Wayne County Commissioners Meeting Room. Wayne County Administration Building, 428 West Liberty Street Wooster, Ohio 44691 (maps attached)

Meeting Agenda

• Election of Directors  – Two Directors positions are up for election. Members will hear brief statements from the nominees, receive ballots and vote.
• Discussion – Election 2012  – Directors will conduct member discussion of 2012 general election outcome. Discussion to include:
•    Why did conservatives lose?
•    How do we win in the future?

Please come prepared to contribute to the discussion and remember: there is no such thing as bad ideas or questions – we need all thoughts on the table.

General Information
Since we are electing Directors, this is a members only meeting; however, new members may join (2013 dues payment required) prior to meeting start. If you are bringing a new member, please arrive at least 15 minutes early. Refreshments will be made available.
Please enter using the Auditor’s Office entrance which faces Liberty Street, walk straight ahead to the stairs (or elevator) and go to the second floor – Commissioner’s Meeting Room.
Please arrive a little early and if you arrive after 7:00pm and find the front door locked, call Dave Tabaka at 330-835-8027 and I will come down let you in.

The Wayne County TEA Party, Inc. will hold a member’s meeting with featured speaker event October 17th at 7:00pm in the Commissioner’s Meeting Room at the Wayne County Administration building. This event is open to WCTP members and the general public. Please refer questions to David Tabaka at: 330-835-8027 or DTabaka@neo.rr.com.
Release Content:
Wooster – The Wayne County TEA Party, Inc. proudly presents Matt A. Mayer, …will discuss his new book, “Taxpayers Don’t Stand a Chance: Why Battleground Ohio Loses No Matter Who Wins and What to Do About It” followed by discussion and book sale/signing.

Mr. Mayer, has served as…

• President of Provisum Strategies
• President of Opportunity Ohio (as a Visiting Fellow with The Heritage Foundation)
• Research Fellow at the Oklahoma Council of Public Affairs
• President of the Buckeye Institute for Public Policy Solutions
• A senior official at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security

This event will be held October 17th at 7:00pm in the Commissioners meeting room at the Wayne County Administration Building, 428 West Liberty Street Wooster, Ohio 44691.
Please don’t miss this rare and informative event!

Thank you and best regards,
David Tabaka
Publicity Committee Chairman
Wayne County TEA Party, Inc.

Sept. 7, 2012 – PRESS RELEASE

Meeting Details
Date: Wednesday, September 19, 2012
Time: 7:00PM
Place: Wayne County Commissioners Meeting Room. Wayne County Administration Building, Meeting Details, 428 West Liberty Street Wooster, Ohio 44691

Meeting Agenda – “Meet the Candidates”
The following candidates have been invited to address attendees on their experience and intentions in office followed by Question & Answers from attendees.

• Ron Amstutz (R), candidate for Ohio House District 3 – confirmed attendance.
  • John Maglio (D), candidate for Ohio House District 3 – invited, no confirmation.
  • Roger Terrill (R), candidate for Wayne County Engineer – confirmed attendance.
  • John “Andy” Long (I), candidate for Wayne County Engineer – confirmed attendance.

General Information
This is a members/public meeting. Members are encouraged to bring along friends and/or family members interested in joining. Membership forms will be available.

Please enter using the Auditor’s Office entrance (set of doors to the left as viewed from Liberty Street) that faces Liberty Street, walk straight ahead to the stairs (or elevator) and go to the second floor – Commissioner’s Meeting Room.

Flyer 8-21-2012

Meeting Details
Date: Tuesday, August 21st, 2012
Time: 7:00PM
Place: Wayne County Commissioners Meeting Room. Wayne County Administration Building, Meeting Details, 428 West Liberty Street Wooster, Ohio 44691

Meeting Agenda – Meet Your Wayne County Officials
Wayne County officials discuss their duties and challenges followed by Q&A. Speakers include: Jara Underwood, Auditor; Dawn Zerrer, Treasurer; and, Roger Terrill, Engineer.

General Information
This is a members/public meeting. Members are encouraged to bring along friends and/or family members interested in joining. Membership forms will be available.

Please enter using the Auditor’s Office entrance (set of doors to the left as viewed from Liberty Street) which faces Liberty Street, walk straight ahead to the stairs (or elevator) and go to the second floor – Commissioner’s Meeting Room.

 

The Wayne County TEA Party, Inc. will host a public information seminar.
Thursday June 21, 2012, 7:00pm, at the Wayne County American Red Cross located at 244 West South Street Wooster, Ohio 44691.

Key speakers include:

• Wayne County Commissioner Scott Wiggam who will discuss how county granted tax abatements are vital to attracting new businesses to our county.

• Sharon Ealey, the Northeast Ohio Team Leader for the Ohio Voter Integrity Project, who will discuss vote fraud and efforts to prevent it.

 

Member meeting

Wednesday, 5-23-2012: 7:00PM at the Wayne County Commissioners Meeting Room. Wayne County Administration Building,
428 West Liberty Street Wooster

Meeting Agenda Introductory Remarks
Board will discuss organizational status and developing goals and share recent news from other Ohio liberty groups.
2012 General Election What should WCTP be doing this Summer and Fall (e.g. precinct organizing) to affect this election?
 Who should we be supporting and how (member input forum)?
 How can WCTP members get involved, who can volunteer and when? General Discussion Members are encouraged to share ideas and suggestions.
General Information

This is a members-only meeting; however, everyone is encouraged to bring along friends and/or family members interested in joining. Membership forms will be available.

Please enter using the Auditor’s Office entrance (set of doors to the left as viewed from Liberty Street) which faces Liberty Street, walk straight ahead to the stairs (or elevator) and go to the second floor – Commissioner’s Meeting Room.

Please arrive a little early and if you arrive after 7:00pm and find the front door locked, call Dave Tabaka at 330-835-8027 and I will come down and let you in.