February 5, 2009 Dear GGRW members, prospective members and friends Please mark your calendar for Monday, February 9, for our next GGRW meeting at O'Charley's Restaurant in Lawrenceville at 7 p.m. 830 Lawrenceville-Suwanee Road Lawrenceville , GA 30043 (770) 237-3788 Topic of the evening: -- Learning about Proposed Legislation and Influencing the Outcome --   Our Rep. Donna Sheldon and Senator Renee Unterman have been invited update us about current hot topics in the session. President Sara Snyder plans to go over some bills that address women's concerns and then discuss ways of lobbying by writing or calling. This is an open meeting and everyone is invited. It is not necessary to purchase a complete meal -- just a dessert or drink would suffice.  However, most of us enjoy having dinner at O'Charley's and thus avoid cooking at home that night ;- ) Click here to read more. . . Hope to see you there!   Greater Gwinnett Republican Women Membership Dues are Due for 2009!   It's that time of the year again when our GGRW annual dues are due.  Click here to download a membership form which you can complete and mail to our Treasurer Adrienne Ellis along with your check.  Remember that Republican men are encouraged to join as Associate Members.  In years past nearly all of our Gwinnett elected officials were associate members and most of their wives were regular members.  Our club very much needs their presence and input.  Please invite your neighbors, relatives and friends to become active in GGRW and the election process by joining our Republican women's club.  Here they can network with other women who share the same conservative ideology.  This year more than EVER, we need to stick together and work to once again gain the majority in Congress.  We also need to grow our numbers in our Georgia Legislature and all local offices.   We must never give up the fight to see that our conservative values continue to grow.   GOP Conventions 2009 Don't be left our of this convention process!  You must attend the precinct mass meetings on Saturday, February 7, in order to be selected as a delegate or alternate to the County Convention, the District Convention and the State Convention. Please save these dates. February 7  - GA GOP Precinct Meetings  for counties over 80,000                       see locations in Gwinnett Co. - Elect delegates/alternates to County Convention March 14 -     County GOP Conventions -  Gwinnett County                      Registration starts at 9am. Meetings begins promptly at 10am.                      Collins Hill High School, Theater                      50 Taylor Road, Suwanee, GA 30024   Read more.                      Election of County GOP Officers and delegates to District and State Conventions. . April 18 -       District GOP Conventions - 7th District  - Gwinnett County                      Collins Hill High School                      B.J. Van Gundy, 7th District Chairman                      Registration starts at 9am. Meetings begins promptly at 10am.                      Collins Hill High School                      50 Taylor Road, Suwanee, GA 30024                        Election of District officers and State Committee Members   May 15-16 - GA State GOP Convention, Savannah www.savtcc.com/   Driving Directions www.savtcc.com/site/index/62 One International Drive, Savannah 31402-0248 Savannah Trade and Convention Center Election of State GOP Officers and other items of business. Our new RNC Chairman Michael Steele will be a featured speaker                    . Click here to visit GA National Committeewoman Linda Herren's website for more on this topic  and Steps to Serving in the GA GOP.  Feel free to print out and distribute.  Start at the bottom and work up.   News Updates at the top of www.GGRW.org   Following are some of the latest updates at the top of our home page in case you missed them: Michael Steele elected Chairman of the RNC on January 31.  Our associate member, GA National Committeewoman Linda Herren, was there at this momentous meeting where our first African-American was elected to serve in this distinguished position.  Our own GA GOP Chairman, Sue Everhart, was also there and had the honor of delivering one of the nominating speeches on his behalf. In fact, Sue made the news on this in AJC Jim Calloway's article.  Read more. . . Michael has been very popular in Georgia especially since last May when he spoke at our state convention.   !! Grassroots Action Alert !! to Congress! -    Vote No On Pork Stimulus Bill See current News from the GA Gold Dome 2009 in Column two of www.ggrw.org  with updates from the Senate by our Senator Renee Unterman     January - April   GFRW, NFRW and GOP 2009   -  Calendar of Dates and Events Conventions, Deadlines and  Important Dates  2/4/09   An Evening of Surprise Tribute to Joan Zellner A Founding Member of GGRW - view photos   Club Achievement Awards Click here to download the new GGRW Membership Brochure by Jennifer Doty CONGRATULATIONS TO Brandon and Jennifer Doty on the birth of their son, Gregory Richard Doty!  We look forward to meeting this young man soon.  Naturally, he is already a Republican.   Hope to see you next Monday evening at our GGRW meeting at O'Charley's in Lawrenceville.     Bettye Chambers GGRW Corresponding Secretary/Webmaster www.ggrw.org     GGRW Officers 2009   Sara Snyder   President   770-841-8388  Peg Murray  Recording Sec.  Bettye Chambers  Corresponding Sec/Webmaster   770-271-259  Adrienne Ellis  Treasurer Paid for by the Greater Gwinnett Republican Women, not authorized by any candidate or any candidate committee. © Copyright 2004. 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