Delegation Bulletin - It's November!

ADDED 11/2/12: ATTENTION!  PLEASE CLICK HERE TO READ THIS IMPORTANT CONFERENCE UPDATE FOR CHANGES TO OUR DEPARTURE AND RETURN SCHEDULE.

NOTE 1: We have added a bonus meeting this coming Monday, November 5, at 6:30 at the Y.  That is in addition to Bill Hearing Night which is still scheduled for Wednesday, November 7 from 6-8pm (see attached reminders).  Bill Hearing Night IS ABSOLUTELY MANDATORY. Parents are encouraged to attend as well.

Here's what you need to know for the week ahead:

1.) Here is the Parent/Delegate Info letter and pack list for the first conference. We will leave from the lower parking lot of the YMCA at 6am on Saturday, November 10. Be there by 5:45am. If you're late, you're going to be asking your parents for a LONG ride. 

Here are the most important pack-list items (with some additional details)
What to Pack
- Sleeping bag (must be rated +30° or better)
- Tent (It should be waterproof, and someone should know how to set it up)
- Tarp for the tent to go on.
- Something soft (air mattress/ foam pad) to put your sleeping bag on.
- Backpack. You’ll need to bring your daily supplies with you, since you won’t be able to return to the sleeping area until the end of the day.
- Flashlight
- A water bottle. Drinking fountains are few and far between.
- Snacks
- Note taking stuff (pen, paper, hi-liter)
- Baby wipes, hand sanitizer. There will be no shower facilities available.

****We're looking for volunteers to bring tents. Ideally, they will be 6-10 person tents so that we can have all our girls in one tent and all our guys in another (advisors will be in their own tents).  Please let me know ASAP if you can bring a tent and how many people the tent sleeps. If you have a tarp or ground cover, please let me know as well.   Lastly - take a moment to figure out your sleeping bag situation and to what temperature your bag is rated. If you have extra, cold-weather sleeping bags you can lend to delegates who might only have warmer weather ones, please let me know if you're willing to share.****

Please pack layers, plenty of socks, and keep checking the weather forecast. We'll back in Barracks land for our January conference.

SEE THIS LINK FOR UPDATED INFORMATION

2.) Bill Hearing Night is Wednesday and we'd like you to attend in "Sac Attire." The Dress Code is here. If you have questions about the code, please let us know.

3.) If you're wanting to attend this first conference and join our delegation, we should have your paperwork already and payments totaling $600 OR a competed financial aid application with supporting documentation. And you should have completed the online registration process. If you haven't done any of these things, please get to the Y this week to get your materials in. We want you to come to the first conference!

4.) Reading this? Thanks! If you're a delegate, send Christiana an email saying "may I have a prize please" and you'll get one. We reward readers ;)

5.) GOTV/Election Day:  This weekend marks the final push for campaigns at every level. All campaigns will be looking for volunteers and will be happy to put you to work. If you want to see what it really takes to get elected to office or to pass a ballot measure, there's no better way then participating first hand. (Didn't we also have a scholarship to reward campaign volunteering? Why yes we did!) Get out and volunteer for any race you like! If you'd like to be matched to a campaign, just let us know who/what you'd like to volunteer for: presidential? congressional? legislative? ballot measure? city council? school board? We know people at pretty much every campaign in the region.

6.) Delegation of Distinction - we'll talk more about this next week, but for now, check out the criteria by which we'll set ourselves apart from the average delegation! It's here.

See you all next Monday and Wednesday!  Keep up your bill research - you're all doing great work!