Bryan in Iowa
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Hello to all out-of-staters coming to Des Moines for the June 30th rally. A few notes to help plan your time in Des Moines.
We had a meetup meeting tonight and discussed the stategy for this coming Saturday's rally. Joe Seehusen was not in attendence, he is traveling and could not make the meeting. Several things were discussed in regard to our visitors coming from different parts of the country and we are very excited you will be experiencing Des Moines first hand. There are many things to do next weekend, and I want all of you to be aware of the different activities you could take advantage of. But first, the rally.
I am aware some of you do not feel members of the Des Moines meetup have any authority regarding the activities of non-Iowa visitors, but once you understand our strategy I think you'll agree it is the best approach. Before the forum begins at 1:00 PM members of our group, and other Ron Paul supporters from Iowa will be handing out a prepared flyer informing the attendees Ron Paul will be speaking at 4:30 PM. We will have a few members posted at the entrances to hand out the flyers and we want to keep it fairly low key. Hy-Vee Hall is connected to the Iowa Events Center which is connected to downtown via a skywalk system. Many of the attendees will be entering the venue through the skywalk, and this is considered public space. Our members will be in these spaces to hand out the flyers. Needless to say the skywalk is not extremely wide..approximately 12 feet, so having several people handing out flyers/literature would not be productive. The main purpose is to inform the attendees Ron Paul will be speaking after the forum is over, so keeping our numbers unintrusive is important.
Some of you may have indicated you will attend the forum. I don't know how many this is, but you are welcome to attend if you reserved a seat through the forum's website. If you do attend, please be respectful and responsible for your actions. It would again be counter-productive to be offensive to the forum attendees by asking why Dr. Paul was not invited, or chanting Ron Paul's name, etc. If there is a question and answer period, by all means confront the participating candidates with their views on taxes. We are instructing our members to do the same. It would also be beneficial to video the event if at all possible. We think it will be interesting to compare the other candidates responses to that of Ron Paul.
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The time for staging is flexible, but we were thinking in the 12:00 PM time frame. This would be a good, public site away from the rallying point to organize and pass along instructions for the afternoon. This would also be a good place to purchase signage from those who bring it. Hopefully Joe Seehusen will be there, but at this time I can't promise anything. Joe will be very busy making sure the venue for Dr. Paul's visit is in order. As we get closer to the event hopefully I will have more info from Joe.
As far as passing out literature to Iowans while you're visiting the city. The Event Center/Hy-Vee Hall is located on the north side of downtown, the Capitol is on the east side. The largest event happening during the day downtown will be the Des Moines Arts Festival (http://www.desmoinesartsfestival.org), and will have thousands of people in attendence. This is where I get to spend my weekend. The weather forecast is calling for sunshine, so I expect large crowds.
On Friday night, the renowned Joffrey Ballet will give a free 1 1/2-hour-long outdoor performance that is open to the public at 8 p.m. The performance will take place on 12th Street between Grand and Locust street. There is also an Iowa Cubs baseball game at Principal Park on Friday night, with fireworks! If you attend the ballet, you will also see the fireworks...kinda.
On Saturday morning (8:00 AM - Noon) the Des Moines Farmer's Market is held on Court Ave. between 5th and 2nd Aves. This event is also attended by large crowds, especially in good weather.
Other local attractions include the State Historical Building (http://www.culturalaffairs.org/shsi/museum/index.html) located near the State Capitol, The Science Center of Iowa (http://www.sciowa.org/), and the Downtown Des Moines Art Center (http://www.desmoinesartcenter.org/downtown/index.html). All of these attractions will be open on Saturday, June 30th...and will offer bodies to hand out literature to!
For other events happening around the city, check out this site: http://www.dmjuice.com
I know there won't be a ton of time between the start of the forum and the beginning of the rally back at the Events Center, but perhaps when meeting at the Capitol groups can decide where they want to go and attempt hitting all of them. The arts festival will definitely be the biggest thing happening, but I don't know how it will look with a few hundred rEVOLutionaries descending upon the event handing out Ron Paul literature. There's also the option of hanging out at the Events Center until the forum is over, but that might be a bit boring.
At 4:30 when the rally begins we are going to open the doors to the Iowans who attended the ITR/ICA presidential forum. It has been requested, and we feel it is most productive if these people have first dibs on seats and food. We have no idea how many will be filing into room C, but we hope it's the majority. Once this is accomplished, everyone is more than welcome to join the fun. It has been stated by the staff at Hy-Vee Hall that a partitioning wall can be moved once the tax forum is over. Hopefully this wall will be moved and everyone will have a seat during Ron Paul's speech. Once the speech is over I have no idea what's going to happen. We haven't got that far yet. Hopefully I will know more in the next day or two.
I'm not sure how this would work, but is there anyone who would be interested in being the video coordinator for all videos shot during the weekend? I know this will be a tremendous undertaking, but perhaps someone has tackled this task in the past and would be willing to coordinate it somehow.
I think that's enough for one posting. If you have specific questions, please don't hesitate to ask. If I can answer, I will. If I can't, I will attempt to find the answer. I have been charged with keeping you informed, and I will do my best to do just that.
Again, we are excited you are coming, and we will make every effort to make your visit to our wonderful city enjoyable and worth your while.
We had a meetup meeting tonight and discussed the stategy for this coming Saturday's rally. Joe Seehusen was not in attendence, he is traveling and could not make the meeting. Several things were discussed in regard to our visitors coming from different parts of the country and we are very excited you will be experiencing Des Moines first hand. There are many things to do next weekend, and I want all of you to be aware of the different activities you could take advantage of. But first, the rally.
I am aware some of you do not feel members of the Des Moines meetup have any authority regarding the activities of non-Iowa visitors, but once you understand our strategy I think you'll agree it is the best approach. Before the forum begins at 1:00 PM members of our group, and other Ron Paul supporters from Iowa will be handing out a prepared flyer informing the attendees Ron Paul will be speaking at 4:30 PM. We will have a few members posted at the entrances to hand out the flyers and we want to keep it fairly low key. Hy-Vee Hall is connected to the Iowa Events Center which is connected to downtown via a skywalk system. Many of the attendees will be entering the venue through the skywalk, and this is considered public space. Our members will be in these spaces to hand out the flyers. Needless to say the skywalk is not extremely wide..approximately 12 feet, so having several people handing out flyers/literature would not be productive. The main purpose is to inform the attendees Ron Paul will be speaking after the forum is over, so keeping our numbers unintrusive is important.
Some of you may have indicated you will attend the forum. I don't know how many this is, but you are welcome to attend if you reserved a seat through the forum's website. If you do attend, please be respectful and responsible for your actions. It would again be counter-productive to be offensive to the forum attendees by asking why Dr. Paul was not invited, or chanting Ron Paul's name, etc. If there is a question and answer period, by all means confront the participating candidates with their views on taxes. We are instructing our members to do the same. It would also be beneficial to video the event if at all possible. We think it will be interesting to compare the other candidates responses to that of Ron Paul.
[Admin Edit: Location Changed - Please see: http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showthread.php?t=4790]
The time for staging is flexible, but we were thinking in the 12:00 PM time frame. This would be a good, public site away from the rallying point to organize and pass along instructions for the afternoon. This would also be a good place to purchase signage from those who bring it. Hopefully Joe Seehusen will be there, but at this time I can't promise anything. Joe will be very busy making sure the venue for Dr. Paul's visit is in order. As we get closer to the event hopefully I will have more info from Joe.
As far as passing out literature to Iowans while you're visiting the city. The Event Center/Hy-Vee Hall is located on the north side of downtown, the Capitol is on the east side. The largest event happening during the day downtown will be the Des Moines Arts Festival (http://www.desmoinesartsfestival.org), and will have thousands of people in attendence. This is where I get to spend my weekend. The weather forecast is calling for sunshine, so I expect large crowds.
On Friday night, the renowned Joffrey Ballet will give a free 1 1/2-hour-long outdoor performance that is open to the public at 8 p.m. The performance will take place on 12th Street between Grand and Locust street. There is also an Iowa Cubs baseball game at Principal Park on Friday night, with fireworks! If you attend the ballet, you will also see the fireworks...kinda.
On Saturday morning (8:00 AM - Noon) the Des Moines Farmer's Market is held on Court Ave. between 5th and 2nd Aves. This event is also attended by large crowds, especially in good weather.
Other local attractions include the State Historical Building (http://www.culturalaffairs.org/shsi/museum/index.html) located near the State Capitol, The Science Center of Iowa (http://www.sciowa.org/), and the Downtown Des Moines Art Center (http://www.desmoinesartcenter.org/downtown/index.html). All of these attractions will be open on Saturday, June 30th...and will offer bodies to hand out literature to!
For other events happening around the city, check out this site: http://www.dmjuice.com
I know there won't be a ton of time between the start of the forum and the beginning of the rally back at the Events Center, but perhaps when meeting at the Capitol groups can decide where they want to go and attempt hitting all of them. The arts festival will definitely be the biggest thing happening, but I don't know how it will look with a few hundred rEVOLutionaries descending upon the event handing out Ron Paul literature. There's also the option of hanging out at the Events Center until the forum is over, but that might be a bit boring.
At 4:30 when the rally begins we are going to open the doors to the Iowans who attended the ITR/ICA presidential forum. It has been requested, and we feel it is most productive if these people have first dibs on seats and food. We have no idea how many will be filing into room C, but we hope it's the majority. Once this is accomplished, everyone is more than welcome to join the fun. It has been stated by the staff at Hy-Vee Hall that a partitioning wall can be moved once the tax forum is over. Hopefully this wall will be moved and everyone will have a seat during Ron Paul's speech. Once the speech is over I have no idea what's going to happen. We haven't got that far yet. Hopefully I will know more in the next day or two.
I'm not sure how this would work, but is there anyone who would be interested in being the video coordinator for all videos shot during the weekend? I know this will be a tremendous undertaking, but perhaps someone has tackled this task in the past and would be willing to coordinate it somehow.
I think that's enough for one posting. If you have specific questions, please don't hesitate to ask. If I can answer, I will. If I can't, I will attempt to find the answer. I have been charged with keeping you informed, and I will do my best to do just that.
Again, we are excited you are coming, and we will make every effort to make your visit to our wonderful city enjoyable and worth your while.
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