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No Attached File: COS_Utah_Newsletter_Jan_2023.pdf COS Utah Jan 2023 newslette Created: 2023-01-11 12:33:10 Updated: 2024-01-11 19:00:00 Published: 2023-01-11 02:00:00 Converted: 2025-04-14T20:09:19.725640884 ---- {{:cb_mirror_public:media:files_18620_pdfto001.png?nolink&918x1188 |background image}}   Page 1 of 8    **January 2023 ** **Utah Pioneer Patriots Newsletter  ** ** ** **Let’s Go Team Utah!! ** **%%__%%%%__%%%%__%%%%__%%%%__%%%%__%%%%__%%%%__%%%%__%%%%__%%%%__%%%%__%%%%__%%%%__%%%%__%%%%__%%%%__%%%%__%%%%__%%%%__%%%%__%%%%__%%%%__%%%%__%%%%__%%%%__%%%%__%%%%__%%%%__%%%%__%%%%__%%%%__%%%%__%%%%__%%%%__%%**    **COS National Update: **   We’ve come a long way.  \\ The Convention of States Resolution has now been \\ filed in a whopping 49 states!  Of those, 30 states \\ have passed through one committee or more. 25 \\ states have passed on the floor of at least one \\ chamber, and 19 states have achieved final \\ passage.  W e’re working around the clock to drive  that momentum into the next legislative season! \\  \\ The map below shows exactly where these major \\ victories have taken place around the country, \\ when each state’s legislative session will \\ commence, and a bird’s-eye view of party control, \\ post-midterms.    Today, over 5.3 million Americans, including tens of \\ thousands of new millennial recruits, have joined \\ the movement as supporters and activists, located \\ in every single state legislative district across the \\ nation. \\  \\ In the coming year, we expect our actively filed \\ resolutions to grow dramatically as 43 legislatures \\ return to session in a couple weeks. \\       Convention of States Action Team  **%%__%%%%__%%%%__%%%%__%%%%__%%%%__%%%%__%%%%__%%%%__%%%%__%%%%__%%%%__%%%%__%%%%__%%%%__%%%%__%%%%__%%%%__%%_ ** {{:cb_mirror_public:media:files_18620_pdfto002.png?nolink&918x1188 |background image}}   Page 2 of 8    **COS Utah January Update: **    \\ [[http://www.eventbrite.com/o/convention-o-states-utah-59018033453#events|http:%%//%%www.eventbrite.com/o/convention-o-\\ states-utah-59018033453#events \\ ]] \\ Please join us at Convention of States as we kick \\ off the New Year with some key discussions and \\ meetings: \\ **Thursday, January 26th ,2023 \\ **6:30 to 8:30 pm \\ Provo City Library \\ 2nd Floor, Room 201 \\ 550 North University Avenue \\ Provo, Utah \\ And \\ **Friday, January 27th, 2023 \\ **3:30  – meet & greet  4:00 to 5:30 pm  – meeting  South Jordan Library \\ Large meeting room \\ 10673 South Redwood Road \\ South Jordan, Utah \\ Space is limited at both locations \\ If you have any questions, contact: \\ [[mailto:Debra.Peterson.Warnas@cosaction.com|Debra.Peterson.Warnas@cosaction.com \\ ]]**%%__%%%%__%%%%__%%%%__%%%%__%%%%__%%%%__%%%%__%%%%__%%%%__%%%%__%%%%__%%%%__%%%%__%%%%__%%%%__%%%%__%%%%__%%_ **  \\ **Utah Redistricting Update: **   What happens when we take a national census? \\ As part of our heritage since 1790, we have done a \\ decennial census.  As a result of this census, \\ population shifts, changes are noted, and \\ adjustments are made within the state and national \\ districts to reflect the current population.  Some \\ come, some go.  District borders change, the \\ district number Well, guess what?  We just did \\ one in 2020 and now we are dealing with the \\ impact of the coming and going.  Utah has new \\ districts, and we need to reflect those in Citizen \\ Builder to link you with the correct legislator and \\ district.  Most of you will be affected.      Check out your new district and alert others that \\ they will have a new district as well.  \\ Communication is key!  Those of you with roles are \\ most affected by the changes.  Citizen Builder is \\ being updated even as we write this.  One critical \\ thing identified through the exercise is that \\ assignments are not always as they should be, this \\ is being corrected so some access may change.  If \\ you are a DC or below, we do not assign your   {{:cb_mirror_public:media:files_18620_pdfto003.png?nolink&918x1188 |background image}}   Page 3 of 8     \\ region.  You are in a state region, but it should not \\ be listed on Citizen Builder as you assign people to \\ a role.  The other frequent issues are leaving the \\ Senate District on the assignment, although this is \\ provided by Citizen Builder, we do not use the \\ Senate District and it should be deleted when \\ making the assignment.  This provides a much \\ cleaner record.  If you are on the Follow up team \\ and cover larger areas, you may have Regions in \\ your assignment to allow you to see those people \\ who you are working with.  There are a few roles \\ that require Regions such as State roles but for \\ ease of discussion, I am largely talking about RC’s, \\ DC’s, and VA’s here.   \\  \\ Please forward any questions to (Joyce Berry, \\ ARD) or Jonathan Viaud, RD for Utah.  This link will \\ provide more information for you.   \\  \\ [[https://redistricting.utah.gov/redistricting-overview/|Redistricting Overview - 2021 Utah Redistricting ]] By Joyce Berry,   Associate Regional Director  **%%__%%%%__%%%%__%%%%__%%%%__%%%%__%%%%__%%%%__%%%%__%%%%__%%%%__%%%%__%%%%__%%%%__%%%%__%%%%__%%%%__%%%%__%%_ **  \\ **Legislative Liaison: \\ **     \\ The Utah 2023 Legislative Sessions starts on \\ Tuesday, January 17, 2023 and goes to Friday, \\ March 3, 2023.   \\ We are arranging for a trip to the capital to \\ meet with representatives and/or staff and \\ begin building relationships.  Some of us have \\ relationships with our legislators and others \\ have not had that opportunity.  It will be a great \\ activity.  It will probably be a half-day excursion \\ with maybe lunch or a snack afterwards as we \\ share our experiences.  This will be a good \\ chance for us to find out which legislators are \\ for COS, and which are not so we can start \\ helping to change their thinking, if needed.  \\ This is the first step in a long process. \\  \\ **Date - TBD **     by Nichole Klosowiak  and Barbara Metaxas  **%%__%%%%__%%%%__%%%%__%%%%__%%%%__%%%%__%%%%__%%%%__%%%%__%%%%__%%%%__%%%%__%%%%__%%%%__%%%%__%%%%__%%%%__%%_ ** {{:cb_mirror_public:media:files_18620_pdfto004.png?nolink&918x1188 |background image}}   Page 4 of 8    **Last Month Event: \\  \\ COS Christmas card signing for Utah State \\ House Representatives and Senators** on \\ December 17, 2022, at 10:00 am to 12:00 \\ noon.    With Doug McDowell, Richard Knapp, David \\ Warnas, Debra Peterson-Warnas and Barbara \\ Metaxas. \\         **%%__%%%%__%%%%__%%%%__%%%%__%%%%__%%%%__%%%%__%%%%__%%%%__%%%%__%%%%__%%%%__%%%%__%%%%__%%%%__%%%%__%%%%__%%_ ** **Monthly Spotlight: ** ** ** ** ** Richard & Michelle Knapp  **Name:**  Richard M. Knapp \\ **COS Title:**  District Captain \\ **City raised in:**  Mendham, NJ \\ **City current living in:**  Provo, Utah  {{:cb_mirror_public:media:files_18620_pdfto005.png?nolink&918x1188 |background image}}   Page 5 of 8    **Favorite Hobbies:**  Walking, work out, and \\ writing \\ **What brought you to COS (Your Why):**  After \\ years of looking for a solution to the problems \\ that face this country, I came across the COS \\ website and signed the petition and requested \\ more information.   It wasn’t till months later I  accidentally ran into Mark and Patty at a CPAC \\ event.  They answered my questions and \\ concerns like only the Meckler ’s can and  invited us to the Leadership Summit this last \\ year. After meeting the people and seeing how \\ COS is being run,  I’m a convert to the cause  for life.  Having spent my entire life working for \\ myself as a true entrepreneur at heart, I now \\ believe that what is needed is for government \\ to be run more like a business.  We need more \\ entrepreneurs and fewer bureaucrats.   Let’s  remake our government in the image of the \\ free man. \\ **Inspirational thought:**    “Work like few people  are willing to work when you are young, and \\ live like few are able to when you are  old.”  **More about You:**  Richard grew up in New \\ Jersey, one of the most liberal states, to come \\ to Utah to attend BYU, one of the most \\ conservative colleges in the country.  After \\ getting a BA in Economics, Richard stayed to \\ complete a JD/MBA while he built his own real \\ estate investment and management \\ business.  Millionaire by age 26.  Met Michelle \\ and raised 5 children with her. \\ Richard has spent the last 30 years self-\\ employed, but now sees the federal \\ government as public enemy #1, soaking up \\ the wealth of our country through excessive \\ taxes, regulation, and irresponsible spending. \\ We must unite to reestablish a government “of, \\ for, and by the people” so that our children and \\ grandchildren can enjoy the same \\ opportunities we’ve had.  by Richard Knapp  **%%__%%%%__%%%%__%%%%__%%%%__%%%%__%%%%__%%%%__%%%%__%%%%__%%%%__%%%%__%%%%__%%%%__%%%%__%%%%__%%%%__%%%%__%%_ ** **Utah Veterans Update: \\ **  ** ** **Welcome to all our Veterans! \\ **Thank you for your service to all our citizens \\ and our beloved country! \\      \\   Tony Galvez, SVCD  Gold Star Father of  Cpl. Adam Galvez USMC.  WIA 07-29-2006, KIA 08-20-2006.    **%%__%%%%__%%%%__%%%%__%%%%__%%%%__%%%%__%%%%__%%%%__%%%%__%%%%__%%%%__%%%%__%%%%__%%%%__%%%%__%%%%__%%%%__%% ** {{:cb_mirror_public:media:files_18620_pdfto006.png?nolink&918x1188 |background image}}   Page 6 of 8    **Calendar Events: \\ ** \\ Citizen Builder (CB) Training \\ 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]] \\ **First Wednesday of each month at \\ 7:00 pm MTN** – COS Utah Statewide \\ Leaders/Volunteers Zoom call:  \\ [[https://us02web.zoom.us/j/5439732886|https:%%//%%us02web.zoom.us/j/5439732886 \\ ]] \\ **Second Wednesday of each month at \\ 7:00 pm MTN** – Regional Captain (RC) \\ meeting with their District Captains (DC) check with \\ your Regional Captain for details. \\  \\ **Third Wednesday of each month at \\ 7:00 pm MTN** – District Captain (DC) meeting \\ with their Volunteers - check with your District \\ Captain for details. \\  \\ On any Wednesday evening that you do not have a \\ meeting  – Please work on your Citizen Builder (CB)  Follow-ups (FUT), take some additional Convention \\ of States University (COSU) \\ [[https://cosuniversity.com/|https:%%//%%cosuniversity.com/ ]]courses. \\ Write letters to your Representatives, attend a \\ school board meeting, attend your city council \\ meeting, etc., etc. [[https://conventionofstates.com/take_action| Take action - COSAction \\ (conventionofstates.com) \\ ]]           \\ [[http://www.eventbrite.com/o/convention-o-states-utah-59018033453#events|http:%%//%%www.eventbrite.com/o/convention-o-\\ states-utah-59018033453#events \\ ]] \\ Please join us at Convention of States as we \\ kick off the New Year with some key \\ discussions and meetings: \\ **Thursday, January 26th** ,2023 \\ 6:30 to 8:30 pm \\ Provo City Library \\ 2nd Floor, Room 201 \\ 550 North University Avenue \\ Provo, Utah \\ **Friday, January 27th**, 2023 \\ 3:30  – meet & greet  4:00 to 5:30 pm  – meeting  South Jordan Library \\ Large meeting room \\ 10673 South Redwood Road \\ South Jordan, Utah \\ Space is limited at both locations \\ If you have any questions, contact: \\ [[mailto:Debra.Peterson.Warnas@cosaction.com|Debra.Peterson.Warnas@cosaction.com \\ 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