RP Booths at Iowa County Fairs

[parocks]

That sounds great. Have you communicated with the official campaign? Have they outfitted you with materials that you might need? You might want you set up a webpage, maybe your facebook, with pictures of current Ron Paul Campaigning at Fairs. I'm not sure exactly what the benefit would be, but it could serve a positive function. Have you seen the Iowa for Ron Paul facebook page? http://www.facebook.com/RP2012IA

Hey my name is lauren and my sister jill and i are traveling around iowa, for now, promoting ron paul hoping he does well at the straw poll. And im in iowa right now! in the wapello county fair and the first day starts tommorow through sunday and if any volunteers want to come by and pass out stuff with us we would be happy so happy to have you. We are working on a site Ronpaulwear and that should be up soon but for now we are hitting the fairs we would love some help gettin him out there since i can see the media already is bombin him and liein about the debate. Anyways just letting you all know where we Thatare and we hope to see you there so stop by if u want, say hello! We are right in front, on the main drag by the farris wheel. We plan on going to other iowa fairs and we will definately keep this thread posted. We are already in for Dubuque county fair and we were also accepted in madison wi while we wait for fairs to get back to us. On the 25th we will be at the Iowa capital for the rally so ill keep you all posted.

 

[BrianH]

Lauren and Jill-- would love some help with Wapello Fair. Am setting up a booth there with a 10' x 10' tent either today or Friday evening, I dont have anyone helping me except friday night and I cannot do all five days as I have to work in Fairfield. I have a box of slim jims from the Campaign, and a banner. We're having a meeting on Friday in Fairfield with the Ron Paul regional director- you're welcome to come. Details at http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=189512121097508 and http://www.meetup.com/Fairfield4RonPaul/

Hey my name is lauren and my sister jill and i are traveling around iowa, for now, promoting ron paul hoping he does well at the straw poll. And im in iowa right now! in the wapello county fair and the first day starts tommorow through sunday and if any volunteers want to come by and pass out stuff with us we would be happy so happy to have you. We are working on a site Ronpaulwear and that should be up soon but for now we are hitting the fairs we would love some help gettin him out there since i can see the media already is bombin him and liein about the debate. Anyways just letting you all know where we are and we hope to see you there so stop by if u want, say hello! We are right in front, on the main drag by the farris wheel. We plan on going to other iowa fairs and we will definately keep this thread posted. We are already in for Dubuque county fair and we were also accepted in madison wi while we wait for fairs to get back to us. On the 25th we will be at the Iowa capital for the rally so ill keep you all posted.

 

[tangent4ronpaul]

Iowa fairs updated

If the fair is bolded, that means we have a active Meetup in that county or orphaned supporters and they are not on our list of fairs that we are doing. These folks could use a nudge...

If peoples names in brackets after a fair are bolded, that means we have people doing that fair. Sometimes that is followed by the word ORPHANED and a link to their waiting list where they can be contacted to get additional help.

The OP hadn't beenupdated in a couple of weeks, so I thought it would be helpful to put things in perspective and we could get working on landing a few more volunteers and fairs.

A leading (A) means we have/had a Meetup in that county.

VAN BUREN COUNTY FAIR Est. Attendance: 1,500 [LibertyIn08] 7/13-17
(A) BLACK HAWK COUNTY 4-H & FFA FAIR Est. Attendance: 2,000
ORPHANS: http://ronpaul.meetup.com/members/us/ia/waterloo/ (64)
ORPHANS: http://ronpaul.meetup.com/members/us/ia/cedar_falls/ (33)

KEOKUK COUNTY EXPO Est. Attendance: 2,100
OSCEOLA COUNTY FAIR Est. Attendance: 3,000
DICKINSON COUNTY 4-H/FFA FAIR Est. Attendance: 3,500
RINGGOLD COUNTY FAIR Est. Attendance: 3,700
LUCAS COUNTY 4-H ACHIEVEMENT SHOW Est. Attendance: 4,000
GRUNDY COUNTY FAIR Est. Attendance: 4,200
CALHOUN COUNTY EXPO Est. Attendance: 4,300
FREMONT COUNTY FAIR Est. Attendance: 4,500
EMMET COUNTY AGRICULTURAL SHOW Est. Attendance: 4,800
LOUISA COUNTY FAIR Est. Attendance: 5,000
CLARKE COUNTY 4-H FAIR Est. Attendance: 5,000
DECATUR COUNTY 4-H & FFA FAIR Est. Attendance: 5,000
O'BRIEN COUNTY FAIR Est. Attendance: 5,100
TAMA COUNTY FAIR Est. Attendance: 5,200
(A) CARROLL COUNTY FAIR Est. Attendance: 5,500
(A) ADAMS COUNTY 4-H/FFA YOUTH FAIR Est. Attendance: 5,500
WAYNE COUNTY FAIR Est. Attendance: 6,600
WINNEBAGO COUNTY JUNIOR SHOW & FAIR Est. Attendance: 5,700
BUENA VISTA COUNTY FAIR Est. Attendance: 6000
(A)POTTAWATTAMIE COUNTY FAIR Est. Attendance: 6,000 [IDefendThePlatform] 7/26-8/1
Ron Paul 2012 Council Bluffs/Omaha [37] http://www.meetup.com/Ron-Paul-2012-Council-Bluffs-Omaha/

IDA COUNTY FAIR Est. Attendance: 6,500
IOWA COUNTY FAIR Est. Attendance: 6,500
MILLS COUNTY FAIR Est. Attendance: 6,500
POCAHONTAS COUNTY 4-H & FFA FAIR Est. Attendance: 6,850
MONTGOMERY COUNTY FAIR Est. Attendance: 7,000
MONROE COUNTY 4-H & FFA FAIR Est. Attendance: 7,000
SIOUX COUNTY YOUTH FAIR Est. Attendance: 7,500
GREENE COUNTY FAIR Est. Attendance: 7,500
(A) POLK COUNTY 4-H & FFA FAIR Est. Attendance: 7,500
Iowa for Ron Paul [8] http://www.meetup.com/Iowa-for-Ron-Paul/ [UKN]
Ron Paul 2012 Des Moines [16] http://www.meetup.com/Ron-Paul-2012-Des-Moines/ [ACTIVE]
State of Iowa Ron Paul 2012 [88] http://www.meetup.com/IA-CFL/ [DORMANT]
Ron Paul 2012 - Polk County Iowa [165] http://www.meetup.com/PCI-CFL/ [ACTIVE]

PAGE COUNTY FAIR Est. Attendance: 7,500
PALO ALTO COUNTY FAIR Est. Attendance: 7,600 Ron Paul 2012 - Jasper County Iowa [20] http://www.meetup.com/JCI-CFL/
CHICKASAW - BIG FOUR FAIR Est. Attendance: 8,000
UNION COUNTY FAIR Est. Attendance: 8,000
(A) GREATER JEFFERSON COUNTY FAIR Est. Attendance: 8,000
Ron Paul 2012 Fairfield IA Meetup Group [15] http://www.meetup.com/Fairfield4RonPaul/

APPANOOSE COUNTY FAIR Est. Attendance: 8,000
TAYLOR COUNTY FAIR Est. Attendance: 8,500
(A) STORY COUNTY YOUTH FAIR Est. Attendance: 9,000
Ron Paul 2012 Ames [20] http://www.meetup.com/Ron-Paul-2012-Ames/

(A) JASPER COUNTY FAIR Est. Attendance: 9,000
Ron Paul 2012 - Jasper County Iowa [20] http://www.meetup.com/JCI-CFL/

AUDUBON COUNTY FAIR Est. Attendance: 9,500
BENTON COUNTY FAIR Est. Attendance: 9,900
MONONA COUNTY FAIR Est. Attendance: 10,000
HARRISON COUNTY FAIR Est. Attendance: 10,000
(A) DALLAS COUNTY 4-H FAIR Est. Attendance: 10,000
MADISON COUNTY LIVESTOCK SHOW & FAIR Est. Attendance: 10,000
HENRY COUNTY FAIR Est. Attendance: 10,000
DAVIS COUNTY FAIR Est. Attendance: 10,000
CLINTON COUNTY FAIR Est. Attendance: 11,000
(A)CLAYTON COUNTY FAIR Est. Attendance: 11,500
Tea Party Patriots of Northeast Iowa [6] http://www.meetup.com/Tea-Party-Patr...ortheast-Iowa/ (Elkader, IA)

(A) HUMBOLDT COUNTY FAIR Est. Attendance: 12,000
WRIGHT COUNTY DISTRICT JUNIOR FAIR Est. Attendance: 12,000
GUTHRIE COUNTY FAIR Est. Attendance: 12,000
FAYETTE COUNTY FAIR Est. Attendance: 12,750
LYON COUNTY FAIR Est. Attendance: 13,000
BOONE COUNTY FAIR Est. Attendance: 13,000 [iowamichelle (7/14-15) needs help 7/15-17]
CRAWFORD COUNTY FAIR Est. Attendance: 13,400
MARSHALL - CENTRAL IOWA FAIR Est. Attendance: 13,500
POWESHIEK COUNTY 4-H & FFA FAIR Est. Attendance: 13,500
CASS COUNTY FAIR Est. Attendance: 13,500
HARDIN COUNTY FAIR Est. Attendance: 13,700 [Bruno?] 7/6-10
SAC COUNTY FAIR Est. Attendance: 14,000
MITCHELL COUNTY FAIR Est. Attendance: 14,500
CERRO GORDO - NORTH IOWA FAIR Est. Attendance: 15,000
LEE COUNTY FAIR Est. Attendance: 15,000 [LibertyIn08] 7/6-10
WORTH COUNTY FAIR Est. Attendance: 15,500
ALLAMAKEE COUNTY FAIR Est. Attendance: 16,000 [BadgerPaul (21st), chmst1999] 7/20-24
FLOYD COUNTY FAIR Est. Attendance: 16,500
HAMILTON COUNTY FAIR Est. Attendance: 17,000
ADAIR COUNTY FAIR Est. Attendance: 18,000 [Jill 4-8 on 7/20, 9-1 on 7/21, and 9-1 on 7/22]
WASHINGTON COUNTY FAIR Est. Attendance: 18,000
(A) DES MOINES COUNTY FAIR Est. Attendance: 18,000 [LibertyIn08] 7/27-8/02
ORPHANS: http://ronpaul.meetup.com/members/us/ia/burlington/ (61)

BUCHANAN COUNTY FAIR Est. Attendance: 20,000
MAHASKA - SOUTHERN IOWA FAIR Est. Attendance: 20,000

The official campaign said they were going to do the 25 county fairs with the largest attendance, so we can focus on the first half of the list. The campaign is promicing to do these:
CEDAR COUNTY FAIR Est. Attendance: 20,500
KOSSUTH COUNTY FAIR Est. Attendance: 21000
CHEROKEE COUNTY FAIR Est. Attendance: 21,000
WEBSTER COUNTY FAIR Est. Attendance: 21,600
BUTLER COUNTY FAIR Est. Attendance: 22,000
JACKSON COUNTY FAIR Est. Attendance: 23,000
(A) LINN COUNTY FAIR Est. Attendance: 24,000
Ron Paul 2012 Cedar Rapids [4] http://www.meetup.com/Ron-Paul-2012-Cedar-Rapids/

(A) HANCOCK COUNTY JUNIOR FAIR Est. Attendance: 24630
SHELBY COUNTY FAIR Est. Attendance: 25,000
MUSCATINE COUNTY FAIR Est. Attendance: 27,000
http://ronpaul.meetup.com/members/us/ia/muscatine/ (158)

WAPELLO COUNTY REGIONAL FAIR Est. Attendance: 30,000 IDefendThePlatform, BrianH, lauren&jill] ORPHANS: http://ronpaul.meetup.com/members/us/ia/ottumwa/ (44)

(A) WARREN COUNTY FAIR Est. Attendance: 31,000 [Booths sold out]
WINNESHIEK COUNTY FAIR Est. Attendance: 32,500 [chmst1000] 7/12-16
MIGHTY HOWARD COUNTY FAIR Est. Attendance: 34,000
BREMER COUNTY FAIR Est. Attendance: 40,000 July 31-Aug 6 http://www.bremercountyfair.com/ [Jill noon-4 on 8/4, and 9-1 on 8/5]
DELAWARE COUNTY FAIR Est. Attendance: 42,000 July 11-17 http://www.delawarecofair.com/
(A) FRANKLIN COUNTY FAIR Est. Attendance: 50,000 July 13-17 http://www.franklincountyfair.com/ (Charlie Daniels is scheduled)
(A) JOHNSON COUNTY 4-H & FFA FAIR Est. Attendance: 50,000
ORPHANS: http://ronpaul.meetup.com/members/us/ia/iowa_city/ (122)

(A) WOODBURY COUNTY FAIR Est. Attendance: 55,000 Aug 3-7 http://www.woodburycountyfair.com/
Ron Paul 2012 Sioux City [8] http://www.meetup.com/Ron-Paul-2012-Sioux-City/

(A) DUBUQUE COUNTY FAIR Est. Attendance: 64,000 July 26-31 http://www.dbqfair.com/ [lauren&jill] ORPHANS: http://ronpaul.meetup.com/members/us/ia/dubuque/ (26)

MARION COUNTY FAIR Est. Attendance: 75,000 July 15-21 [iowamichelle]
http://www.knoxvilleraceway.com/

(A) PLYMOUTH COUNTY FAIR Est. Attendance: 93500 July 27-31 $115-160 (indoors), $125-150 outoors, tables and tents available for rent. http://www.plymouthcountyfair.org/
Ron Paul 2012 Sioux City [8] http://www.meetup.com/Ron-Paul-2012-Sioux-City/

GREAT JONES COUNTY FAIR & FOOD FEST Est. Attendance: 100,000 http://www.greatjonescountyfair.com/
(A) SCOTT - MISSISSIPPI VALLEY FAIR Est. Attendance: 265,000 (Fair site says over 300,000) Aug 2-7 http://www.mvfair.com/ [Mallory?]
QCA SuperLiberty Group [81] http://www.meetup.com/SuperLiberty/

CLAY COUNTY FAIR Est. Attendance: 326,500 Sep 10 - 19 $255-$675 indoor, $5.70 - $25.60 per foot of frontage outdoor (price is for whole fair), must carry insurance. http://www.claycountyfair.com/

 

[Badger Paul]

I won't be able to do Winneshiek but I can do Allamakee on the 21st.

 

[tangent4ronpaul]

updated, thanks

-t

 

[iowamichelle]

Marion Co.

I just talked to Marion Co, and he said he got an email from somebody re: a Ron Paul booth yesterday... is that anybody from here?? The fee is only $100 for the entire week (July 15-21). They sent me an application form. The official campaign said they could help with registration fees, but then all the merchandise we use must then come from the official campaign. So I'll email them next. Anyway, it's in Knoxville and has 75,000 attendance! So that's pretty good. I could handle two full days out of 7/18, 7/19, 7/20 and 7/21, but obviously we'll need lots more volunteers! Anybody willing?

 

[tangent4ronpaul]

I put you down for it.
This is sounding like they are not going to come through with the promise to do the 25 county fairs with the largest attendance. Annoying about the their stuff only rule, but at least we now know they are supplying stuff for the fairs. Could you ask when you talk to them how the top 25 thing is going? Also, they have never told us if they are doing the State fair. Someone had a application - I think it was IDefendThePlatform.

-t

 

[iowamichelle]

Also, they have never told us if they are doing the State fair. Someone had a application - I think it was IDefendThePlatform.

-t

I thought I heard that they won't allow it at the State Fair? I thought somebody said they don't allow booths for individual candidates, but they have booths for the parties. I volunteered at the Republican booth last year and hope to do it again this year and make sure Ron Paul's literature is out in front. It's a good location too, right at a main entrance of the building. Hopefully campaign representatives will stop by a lot too and even Ron Paul himself! I think there might be sort of a straw poll at the state fair too -- or a corn kernel poll or something. Don't quote me on that though.

 

[iowamichelle]

How do we deal with this insurance requirement thing at a lot of fairs? Is that something the official campaign needs to take care of?

 

[tangent4ronpaul]

How do we deal with this insurance requirement thing at a lot of fairs? Is that something the official campaign needs to take care of?

Ask the fair to refer you to a company that covers that sort of thing. It should be pretty cheap, but yes, ask the campaign to cover it. Do make an inquiry to find out how much it costs before taking that to the campaign. There is simply not that much bad that can happen in a 8x10 booth where you are not selling swords or doing fire eating...

-t

Here is a place that sells it - more expensive than I remember...

http://www.insurevents.com/Vendor.htm

 

[iowamichelle]

Does this mean we already have a booth reserved for Hardin county? I called them today but it was just a message. It's pretty far for me, but I'd be willing to help out there if needed.

 

[IDefendThePlatform]

I'll try to keep this organized:


Michelle:
Yeah, that was me that emailed Marion county, but if you are getting the app and want to take the lead on it please be my guest! I think having the campaign pay the fee and supply the lit would be great, personally.

And yes, we have a space reserved for the Hardin fair, so if you can come that would be great! Also please let me know if you are able to recruit any other volunteers!

Tangent:
Yes, I applied for the state fair and was turned down cuz they don't allow individual candidates. But I called the state Republican office and they said we would be allowed space to display Ron Paul literature at the Republican party booth as long as we send them the literature ahead of time so they know what it says. I'm forwarding that on to the official campaign as well, and will let you know what I hear. Michelle, if you volunteer for that again this year that would be awesome.

Badger Paul I've got you down for Allamakee, but at this point we definitely need more help before we are able to commit to a space, IMO. If anyone else can help with that, please let me know.

Wapello Fair started today. 30,000 attendance. BrianH is doing the organizing and pretty much everything for that one, so I'm sure he'll let us know how it goes.

 

[Badger Paul]

"Wapello Fair started today. 30,000 attendance. BrianH is doing the organizing and pretty much everything for that one, so I'm sure he'll let us know how it goes. "

Excellent. Glad to see us off to a good start.

 

[tangent4ronpaul]

Is everyone else good on their slots?
Any other volunteers?
As to orphans where we lack staffing or lack doing the fair at all, anyone willing to do some coordinated contacting?

-t

 

[iowamichelle]

Got an email from the campaign:

"Michelle,

The campaign can cover any registration costs or fees but be sure to pass along that information to Steve Bierfeldt. He holds the power of the purse and could probably reimburse you for Boone County fair if you have already paid. On second though, you could probably take any Ron Paul stuff you want, both FEC approved and other. However, when you display items at the booth, just makes sure its the FEC approved items. Then you can distribute both items, but if anyone asks you about it, just say you're a grass roots supporter. Before you go to the fair, check in with us and you can borrow one of our large banners or a few of them. banners are expensive and I wouldn't want you to take on any extra costs. As long as they are treated well, which I'm sure they will, all will be fine.

As far as republican registration goes, that's totally cool. I think the GOP would be thrilled, but again, not necessary for our purposes, but feel free to do so. It's peachy keen with the campaign and the party. We can print out some website info for you to distribute as well. Most likely it would be a screen shot of the website printed on paper, but it should provide all the info they would need. We also have yard signs availaible at the office. Feel free to come by whenever and grab whatever materials you'd like. I'll be sending out a mass email tonight reminding everyone of upcoming events."

Sounds pretty good, huh? I'll go ahead with Marion county's app and Poweshiek county's. Hopefully we can get enough volunteers for both of those though... I did have 3-4 people willing to help out possibly, but they aren't sure about dates/locations yet. One I think is going to take care of Adair county because it's her hometown. Still not sure about insurance though, and some of the fairs require you to bring your own tables/chairs -- is there any way to get a table??

I hope Wapello county posts pictures and updates.

 

[tangent4ronpaul]

Got an email from the campaign:

"Michelle,

The campaign can cover any registration costs or fees but be sure to pass along that information to Steve Bierfeldt. He holds the power of the purse and could probably reimburse you for Boone County fair if you have already paid. On second though, you could probably take any Ron Paul stuff you want, both FEC approved and other. However, when you display items at the booth, just makes sure its the FEC approved items. Then you can distribute both items, but if anyone asks you about it, just say you're a grass roots supporter. Before you go to the fair, check in with us and you can borrow one of our large banners or a few of them. banners are expensive and I wouldn't want you to take on any extra costs. As long as they are treated well, which I'm sure they will, all will be fine.

As far as republican registration goes, that's totally cool. I think the GOP would be thrilled, but again, not necessary for our purposes, but feel free to do so. It's peachy keen with the campaign and the party. We can print out some website info for you to distribute as well. Most likely it would be a screen shot of the website printed on paper, but it should provide all the info they would need. We also have yard signs availaible at the office. Feel free to come by whenever and grab whatever materials you'd like. I'll be sending out a mass email tonight reminding everyone of upcoming events."

Sounds pretty good, huh? I'll go ahead with Marion county's app and Poweshiek county's. Hopefully we can get enough volunteers for both of those though... I did have 3-4 people willing to help out possibly, but they aren't sure about dates/locations yet. One I think is going to take care of Adair county because it's her hometown. Still not sure about insurance though, and some of the fairs require you to bring your own tables/chairs -- is there any way to get a table??

I hope Wapello county posts pictures and updates.

This sounds like good info! - who sent it? I posted some info on folding tables earlier in the thread. We need to buy a few.

Also about insurance - which from that company is more expensive than booth rental. Depending on fair.

We need more volunteers and to focus on that! On many we only have one person - and that equals burn out.

-t

 

[iowamichelle]

This sounds like good info! - who sent it? I posted some info on folding tables earlier in the thread. We need to buy a few.

Also about insurance - which from that company is more expensive than booth rental. Depending on fair.

We need more volunteers and to focus on that! On many we only have one person - and that equals burn out.

-t

Ryan from the campaign sent it. I'll have to go back and check the info about the tables. I can't afford to spend much more though and don't really want to have a table I won't use for anything else... There's also a lot of overlap between fairs -- why do they all have to be at the same time??

As for insurance, Steve B just emailed me back and said the exact same thing (that it's more than the booth!). The person in charge of Poweshiek co's fair said that it's usually businesses and they already have their own. She suggested checking with a local insurance company so I'll try that tomorrow. Not sure if she means in the town of the fair or locally as in Ankeny (where the campaign headquarters -- and I -- are). I'll try getting some information tomorrow.

I agree on the volunteers. I can send out another email, and maybe we could post something on the Facebook groups?? (e.g. Iowa for Ron Paul; Ron Paul 2012) Ryan also told me to let him know if I need help and he can email supporters. But I wanted to have a definite list of the fairs we will have booths at before I did that... I guess we can always cancel and apologize later. So which fairs should I request volunteers for? Boone, Hardin, Marion, Poweshiek....?? Thanks!

 

[BUSHLIED]

Is there ONLY one HQ in Iowa? If so, that is woefully insufficient, there needs to be at least 3 HQ in the top three population centers...in and around Des monies, Cedar Rapids and Davenport...maybe even Sioux City cause it is one city on the very west side of Iowa...anyone know?

The same with NH, is there only HQ in NH?

 

[tangent4ronpaul]

I agree on the volunteers. I can send out another email, and maybe we could post something on the Facebook groups?? (e.g. Iowa for Ron Paul; Ron Paul 2012) Ryan also told me to let him know if I need help and he can email supporters. But I wanted to have a definite list of the fairs we will have booths at before I did that... I guess we can always cancel and apologize later. So which fairs should I request volunteers for? Boone, Hardin, Marion, Poweshiek....?? Thanks!

As to the ones where we have volunteers names after them, it should be the volunteers that know what's set. Best to contact them. They should all be go's.

The campaign said they were going to do the 25 with the highest attendance. It's sort of sounding like they are not doing this, but that needs to be verified and if not, the grassroots should make a push to do the more populated ones. The campaign hasn't said anything more about this so maybe they are fully staffed and paid for and maybe they have done nothing. That you are doing one of those and the campaign is willing to help you this way, suggests they have done nothing.

Then there are the ones on the list where the fair name is bolded meaning that we either have a Meetup there or orphaned supporters. These are ones that the local Meetup may be doing and we just don't know about, or where they could do it with a little nudging.

When next you talk to Ryan, could you also ask if they are only willing to help with fair costs and materials if the fair is on the top 25 list? as well as which of the top 25 ones they have confirmed and staffed?

Also, Lauren and Jill said they had applied to a number of fairs and were waiting to hear back from them, but didn't indicate which fairs.

The only fair where it looks like we have good staffing is Wapello. We could use additional people everywhere else.

So I guess the best answer to your question is fetch a blindfold and some darts and...

-t

 

[tangent4ronpaul]

Ron Paul FLIX is sending out free cards promoting that site - contact and ask for more than 50 because you are doing a fair:
http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showth...rds-being-printed-right-now-Orders-yours-FREE

2'x6' IowaForRonPaul.com banners are available here:
http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showthread.php?298640-Banners-for-IowaForRonPaul.com

-t