Looking forward to 2015, our club elections are coming up at our February meeting. If you are interested in running for one of our 4 elected officer positions, please be sure to submit your Intent to Run on or before our January meeting. This must be a one page document listing the office being sought, your qualifications for this office, and why you should be elected to that position. In order to run for office, you must be an active member who is:
- a registered Republican under 40
- a resident of Kings County, NY
- a member in good standing having paid annual dues
- a member having not missed 3 or more consecutive meetings
The letter of intent can be sent to our club email, bklynyrs@gmail.com, or handed to/emailed to any member of the Election Committee (comprised of Diana Sepulveda, Gene Berardelli and Jacob Bard) before the start of our January meeting. If you have any questions about the election process, please do not hesitate to reach out to me at the email address above.
As a reminder, our next Brooklyn YRs meeting will be on January 20th, 2015 at 8 pm.
At this meeting, we will be having mock debates where members of our club will take the pro and con stances on several issues and the audience will provide feedback for debating skills. The topics available for debate are the following:
- Gay Marriage
- Obama's Immigration Executive Order
- Bipartisanship in 2015 Congress
- America's role in the Middle East
- Race in America after Ferguson/Staten Island Grand Jury verdicts
If you are interested in participating in one or more of these debate topics, please email me at bklynyrs@gmail.com by January 11th so each topic can be assigned.
