Saturday, April 26, 2008

Young Democrats of America Spring Conference



The Young Democrats of America will hold their 2008 Spring Conference in Nashville, Tennessee.

The YDA Rural Caucus meeting is tentatively scheduled for 10:30 a.m. on Sunday, June 1.

Starting Our Second Year


Founding Texas Young Democrats Rural Caucus Chair Daniel Melder presides over the TYD Rural Caucus meeting on Sunday, April 13, 2008, from the bed of his pick-up truck during the 2008 TYD Convention. Photo Courtesy of Erica Contreras

With the 2008 Texas Young Democrats Convention now one for the history books, the TYD Rural Caucus is moving into our second year. In true Rural Caucus style, we held our meeting around a pick-up truck outside the facility that housed the Convention's general session.

Among other business was the election of officers for the coming year. The results of the election are as follows:

Arika Kulhavy, Chair
Daniel Melder, Vice Chair
Jasmine Bruns, Secretary
Justin Hudspeth, Treasurer

Our new Chair has outlined some bold and exciting goals to be accomplished over the next year. Look for a lot of great things from this Caucus in the coming months.

Wednesday, April 9, 2008

Join Us For The TYD Convention



The Texas Young Democrats will hold their 76th Annual Convention this coming weekend, and the TYD Rural Caucus encourages every interested Texan to take part.

Join us in Austin as we meet with fellow young Democrats from across our great state. Take part in committee meetings that will set the course for our dynamic organization. Meet with other young people that share your interest in a variety of issues by joining one of the many caucus groups.

The convention gets started Friday evening. Complete details are available on the TYD website.

The TYD Rural Caucus is currently scheduled to meet at 9:00 a.m. on Sunday, April 13, at the Savage Vanguard Theater, located at 2803 Manor Road in Austin. We have a lot of important business to handle, so plan to be there on time. In addition to formally adopting the governing documents of our Caucus, we'll also be electing officers for the coming year.

We hope to see you there!

Show Your Support For The Caucus




The TYD Rural Caucus is proud to offer our supporters a chance to show that support wherever they are.

Show the world that you support the TYD Rural Caucus by purchasing one of the many items available at our new on-line store!

We are the first Caucus group of the Texas Young Democrats to launch our own on-line store. Keep that in mind the next time you have any doubts about the ability of people in rural areas to utilize technology.

Howdy!

As the TYD Rural Caucus approaches the end of our first full year, we're working to expand the ways in which the Caucus and its members can keep in touch. We hope this blog will be just one part of that effort.

We welcome your suggestions on how to improve this blog and anything else you think the TYD Rural Caucus should be doing.

Democratically yours,

Daniel Melder, Chair
Jasmine Bruns, Vice Chair
Omar Gonzalez, Secretary
Casey Norman, Treasurer