On the last few weeks…

The last few weeks have been really hectic, with hardly any time available to post anything.

I’ve got the Executive Board working on two items, building a chapter contact database and recruiting volunteers to help at the Texas Republican Convention. It’s pretty standard fare, really, we need to have a way to contact chapters in the state (Facebook isn’t going to cut it forever) and most College Republicans want to attend the convention in any capacity they can.

On my own, I’ve been using (maybe abusing) every avenue possible to obtain donor lists. From local candidates all the way up to the state party, I’m asking whomever will talk to me. So far we’ve got a pretty decent list of prospective donors, but there’s more to get a hold of. Those lists are for direct mail, of course, so I’ve been working along other channels to gain access to “trophy” donors, who I’ll meet with in person.

We’ll need the cash this fall, when we start working on campaigns and deploying volunteers all over the state. It’s a pretty big undertaking, but I’m confident we’ll be successful.

On that note, I’ll mention that I’ve only been watching four races: John McCain, John Cornyn, and the Congressional races in CD 22 & 23. Other than those, I haven’t been paying attention to much of anything. I should probably feel guilty about that, but I don’t. If the Republican wins in all four, then I’ve done my job.

On the school front, I had a ton of fun last week re-writing Sophycles’ Oedipus with a “California/Surfer” overtone. It’s for a production project in an Intro to Theatre class, which has been the highlight of my academic endeavors this semester. If you know Oedipus, you’d probably enjoy my version. Maybe.