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Need HELP! up here in Oregon!
Posted March 10th, 2008 by Rubiebaby
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Hello from up here in the great Northwest! Well, after all is said and done, it looks like our May 20th Primary up here in Oregon makes us matter this year!
I am posting this to ask for some help up here! Oregon has been hard hit with our present economy woes, our local counties probably worst of all. We have a Meetup group here in Cave Junction that is very active -- a LOT of fervent and dedicated Ron Paul supporters living here! We have active precint leaders, precinct committee people, and Delegates coming out of the woodwork. Through our Meetup, we should be able to produce quite a few Delegates just from our little area -- we're having meetings just for this purpose, leading people through the whole process.
This is our situation: We have secured permission for a lot of great sign locations on Interstate 5 (runs North - South from California on up to Washington) and State Highway 199 (runs from Highway 1 in Northern California on over to Interstate 5 at Grants Pass). These are both highly traveled roadways that will have a huge impact. So far, we have had some generous members personally footing the bill for big signs -- 4 x 8's, 6 x 12's all the way up to an 8' x 24' banner. Also, we need smaller signs -- we have locations and people to really blanket Josephine and Jackson County with signs of all sizes. Our problem is that we are having trouble raising funds to purchase more of these signs so we can get them up.
Here are my questions:
1. Are there any signs available, anywhere, that we could obtain at a better rate than what the companies on line are charging. We've been paying $5.00 a sign and $1.00 a bumper sticker so far. Anyone have any to donate to our cause up here?
2. Would it be worth it to start a Chip-In and how would we do that? We feel that to make this work, we really need to BLANKET Southern Oregon with Ron Paul's name. We can get gorgeous signs made for as low as $75 each in 4 x 8 size, which seems to be a great size for most locations. Our goal is to raise $5000 as quickly as possible, but anything we can come up with will certainly be put to good use.
My personal email address is rubies@frontiernet.net. Please know that any help or information will be greatly appreciated!
It's a great feeling to be putting up signs and having folks driving by on the Interstate honking and yelling! And the folks who have let us put signs up on their properties already say they hear horns honking off and on all day. They really do work! I'll try to get some pictures of our current signs and post them to this site so you can see what we are doing up here!
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Does your group want a
Does your group want a conference call from me to explain the delegate and convention process? I will call you on my own dime and educate as many of you as possible if you like.
email me at newspaper4paul@hotmail.com and give me a contact number and we will set this up.
If you have not seen i wrote this article on the delegate process here : http://www.dailypaul.com/...
Dr. Steve Parent
THANK YOU!
Spent 13 hours on the road today -- drove up to Salem (Oregon), picked up Jamie Jackson (our new RP campaign coordinator up here -- great guy!) -- we drove on up to Portland and then to Vancouver, Washington and picked up a whole truckload of campaign materials. Trickle down stuff from Washington State. Also have items being shipped to us from around the US -- folks have been awesome!
Got back tonight in time for our local Meetup here in Cave Junction -- already got lots of things out in hands that will do something with them. Everyone is VERY excited!
Again, thank you all for jumping in to help us up here, and especially, thank you Jamie! You're the greatest!
Go Oregon!
Heroes putting up the signs for freedom!
Hang tough Oregon, every vote counts!
Hey RubieBaby
Our truck is ready for Wednesday anytime you want to pick it up. We'll be poor no more when Dr. Ron Paul is President of the United States.
bumper stickers
A 50 pound box of DVD:S,bumper stickers,flyers,fredom to fascism DVD:s slim jims, and a bunch of other stuff will go out in the mail from Boston tomorrow. Keep up the great work and dont forget about getting all those delegates
UPDATE on OREGON request for campaign MATERIALS!
All I can say is WOW! I am making a run to Portland on Wednesday to meet with our state coordinator to pick up a bunch of BIG signs that came down to them from Washington state. Should also be picking up Slim Jims and other things, too. We have a MeetUp meeting on Wednesday night -- after a long day on the road, I am going to just love pullling in to the meeting loaded up with lots of campaign stuff!
Have had quite a few responses from all over the country -- Ron Paul supporters ROCK! I will assess what we have coming and will keep you informed! What an awesome experience this has been! I was really bummed due to lack of funds -- all I did was ASK and just look what happened!
THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO RESPONDED!
Rubie in Oregon!
that's the way we roll!
:-)
See you Wednesday.
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6400 Ron Paul Liberty Cards
...free to the first person to contact me and also first to pick them up in Seattle.
Rubie
I am In Oregon....and have 10,000 extra Ron Paul Slim Jims that I acquired. I will be traveling for the next few weeks and you are welcome to them!
I am in Portland.....When are you people coming up to pick up the signs?
I will email you my phone#
Thanks!
Looks like I will be making a trip to Portland on Wednesday to pick up signs and lots of stuff there -- could we connect on that day? Please do send me your phone number! and Thank you!
Our Meetup meeting is Wednesday -- I am looking forward to driving ALL DAY and showing up at our meeting that night with lots of materials for everyone to distribute. That will light everyone's fire! Thanks!
What a great response to RubieBaby
Thanks to all you great Ron Paul supporters out there. We have a 50,000 names document (Ron Paul Supporters) and a bunch of us are taking 100 names at a time to call and get some registered to be Precinct Committee Persons (PCPs). The delegates are determined by the PCPs. Only PCPs can vote for delegates and party matters. Our deadline is tomorrow at 5PM. It has been so uplifting to speak to these great Ron Paul supporters. Two have already confirmed they registered today and 3 more doing so tomorrow. I've been e-mailing out the Dr. Steve Parent forum on the Delegate Process and calls are coming in from California to get copies of it. What a day. I know RubieBaby and she is a great and hard worker. She's right, Josephine County is the poorest county in Oregon. Nothing will be wasted, we do post office work, door to door and we are fearless. RonPaul2008.
if you have that many names of all ron paul supporters...
Then lets set up a money bomb in advance, where people pledge say 20-50.00 each on a website all set up to donate on a single day..(duh) If you need help calling them let us know, ( I mean 50,000 people is alot) or are there email addresses....
We can do say March 25th which is Greek Independence Day-see link for details: http://familycrafts.about...
Or March 30th :Alaska Was purchased from Russia in 1867
Let me know ...
50,000x 20=1,000,000 or 50,000x50= 2.5 MILLION (not counting all the people in America who will donate as well!!!!WE NEED TO LET OUR PRESENCE KNOW!!!
THE MONEY BOMB IS TOINIGHT!!!
TO COMMENSURATE THE COAST TO COAST AM INTERVIEW tonite, GO TO www.coasttocoastmoneybomb... and see links to the website
Live interview with Dr. Paul to over 15 MILLION PEOPLE NATIONAND WORLD WIDE!!!!
PASS THIS ON TO ALL YOUR MEETUP GROUPS, EMAIL LISTS ,ETC...
POST IT ON ALL WEBSITES
THE MONEY BOMB GOES ON FOR 24 HOURS, STARTING ON THE INTERVIEW AT ABOUT 9:00 OR 10:00PM pacific coast time...
Progress . . . .
Sounds like we have an opportunity to pick up some signs ready-made from up in Northern Oregon -- about 6 hours from us. Any chance anyone will be making a trip south from that area down I-5 maybe in the near future? Maybe we could meet up in Grants Pass, or even drive north a ways to pick up. Thanks!
Oregon votes by mail
That is all. Thank you, drive through. :)
signs are here!!!
Rubie, I'm emailing you my ph#. We've got you covered! :-)
Jamie Jackson
Oregon Ron Paul state coordinator
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That's very good news!
That's very good news!
Thanks!
Jamie! You're a Godsend! I will call you this P.M.
Now will need someone to make a run up North to pick up what you have available!
We have great spots ready to rock and roll -- this will be great! Ron Paul is very popular up here -- just look at Washington state!
Best of luck
with your primary. Hope they're paper ballots.
Besides other great ideas...also do this!!!!!!
http://www.dailypaul.com/...
Keep up the fight.
Ron Paul is leaving it up to us folks! So put your creative energy behind the Revolution. We talk about not wanting government in charge, well Ron Paul is giving us a chance to demonstrate how this is done. Don't look to Ron Paul to do all the work, and just throwing money at the problem isn't going to work either!
Be in Washington on the 21st of June as requested by Ron Paul.
If you can't be a delegate, then volunteer at the convention, you will be able to influence undecided voters.
http://www.gopconvention....
http://msp2008.com/volunt...
Oregonians 4 Ron Paul
went to Washington state and brought back signs, etc. Contact them at
www.oregoniansforronpaul....
On another post...
someone had advertised a website that was working as a broker between campaign material donors in states that already had their primary and those that hadn't.....can anyone remember the website?
Please bump!
Need to keep this up so those who go on line in the evening will see it! Thanks!
Oregon says "THANKS"!
Starting to get responses from some great folks with things available for us to use up here in Oregon! Usually, Oregon doesn't really matter because our primary is so late, but it does now!
PLEASE BUMP THIS SO FOLKS WILL SEE IT THIS EVENING!
1. The most pressing need I perceive is raising funds to get some BIG signs made to put up on the highways -- we have great spots available for us to use, but no $$$ to buy the signs! (And we can get them really reasonably!)
2. Would a chip-in be a good idea? How would we set one up? How would we legitimize it?
3. Yes, we can use absolutely any and all Ron Paul promotional materials -- signs, DVD's, Slim Jims, brochures, etc. I absolutely promise that they will be put to good use. There are three nearby Meetups -- Medford, Grants Pass, and here in Cave Junction -- I will get them to folks who will get things circulated.
4. We can use things that are not free, too -- just cheaper than what we have had to pay on line to get materials so far. Will scrounge $$$ for postage, etc. as needed. Just let us know!
Again, thanks to any and all that can help! There is simply not a lot of cash in most folks pockets up here -- that's why it is so easy to get folks listening to Ron Paul's message! We're hard workers up here in Oregon, just broke ones!
Again, my email address is: rubies@frontiernet.net
THANK YOU TO ALL!
#2: Chip-ins are usually
#2: Chip-ins are usually setup via the http://www.chipin.com/ website. I've seen a number of sites using that service to raise funds.
I'll email you in a moment to get your address. Tomorrow I'll have many bumper stickers and liberty cards on the way to you via USPS priority mail. Please make good use of them! :-)
I have many extra bumper
I have many extra bumper stickers. Does your group need any and if I send a bunch would they be distributed and used?
slimjims available
Hi,
I'll contact you for your address and send slimjims I had extra from house-to-house visits.
Gwen Kraft
"Personal Liberty & Personal Responsibility" -- Dr. Ron Paul
"A hero is someone who understands the responsibility that comes with his freedom." -- Bob Dylan
bumper stickers
I have about 200 of them give me your adress and i will send them to you. Do you need dvd;s and brochures i will send them also. they are sitting here wasting away
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