This week has been a fast, interesting, and stimulating. It began last Saturday, as most of my weeks do, with some pre-celebration of St. Patrick’s Day. It was the first day in several weeks that politics never entered my mind, and it was a welcome vacation, however short-lived.
Sunday and Monday were consumed with more and more drinking, although I was only drunk for a few hours on Monday afternoon. I typically pace myself, with the exception of March 17th, but this year I was so busy with work on College Republican activity it was hard to find time to actually drink. Speaking of College Republicans, that’s where the biggest source of contemplation and action was rooted.
Last week our former State Chairman decided quite suddenly to offer his resignation, and expressed his desire for me to take his place. Thus, the Executive Board named me the temporary Vice Chairman last Wednesday and the former Chairman offered his resignation earlier this week.
This has led to a flurry of activity concerning the planning of our annual convention and development of a website, the latter being something we’ve lacked for quite some time. While I still cannot announce all the details of the convention, because we’re awaiting confirmation from outside groups and individuals, it’s going very well. It’s just taking a lot of time and thought.
The website, unlike convention, was much easier. On Wednesday, after my promotion became official, work on the website took off with unexpected ferocity and ease, thanks in large part to the hard work and determination of Andres Bocanegra, our federation’s Treasurer. It went live around 9pm, and was completed for all our temporary needs around 11:30pm that night.
You can visit the website here: http://www.myTFCR.org
Since then we’ve been focused entirely on convention, which is moving along swimmingly. We should have all the details worked out and confirmed by this time Saturday, which is when I will send out the official notice to everyone in the state.
I’ve been very impressed by everyone’s hard work on this effort, they’ve done a fantastic job. It’s pretty phenomenal, that after a year of little results a few hard working people have been able achieve so many advances. I think that it’s a great sign of things to follow for the Texas Federation of College Republicans as we move forward into our work on campaigns this fall and legislative efforts next spring.
