EXECUTIVE COMMITTE MEMBERS - CONFERENCE CALL TONIGHT - 8 P.M.

I know it is short notice but check your emails

Now that I have gotten some sleep...

We are working on several things at this moment, and we hope to be able to announce some specifics here in the next couple of days. But we want to make sure that the information that we put out is correct and accurate.

And NO.... none of the silence has ANYTHING to do with the possibility of Glenn Beck coming to our event. If Glenn wants to come, once we confirm it, all of you will be the first to know.

We are trying to update agendas, committee heads/members, and get more up-to-date information out.

We appreciate everything that all of you have suggested and inputted. We are collating information and making sure that everything is accurate, so please give us time.

A moment to recover, please

Hi Folks. Robin Juhl here. Eric is dead to the world. He's sleeping in tomorrow.

I'm tired but happy--KSLR's Adam McManus is interested in supporting the Tea Party. He offered some good suggestions during our meeting. He gave us over two hours of his time.

Much goes on that you don't see. I spend an hour every morning plus one to two every evening just responding to email. Eric has been bombarded with phone calls. Others you don't see (refer to the Who's Who page) are all scurring about, answering phone calls from the non-Internet crowd and going to meetings. Phone calls take time. Meetings take time. Prep for meetings takes time.

So, if our responses are not instant, please consider that our faces may be planted on our keyboards in exhausted slumber. When we know anything definite, it goes here. Keep an eye out.

hope you like the newest, more non-partisan design! This isn't a partisan thing--BOTH major parties need to wake up and listen. God Bless you all for standing up to make them hear.

Video of the Conversation with Glenn Beck

Video of phone conversation is uploading.

I am up loading the video of my conversation with Glenn Beck. I have a prior committment this evening, so keep checking the youtube page for it. (user name sateaparty) I will be out of pocket for the next couple of hours.

Audio of the Glenn Beck Call

I have posted my call to Glenn Beck from today.

We are working all avenues. Please be patient.

If anyone can get through to Joe Pags toay, that would be great.

I finally need to get some sleep/rest.

ATTN: Executive Committee Members!

All Executive Committee members should check their email right NOW for an important message from Diane Eagan!

Why are you still reading this? I meant NOW, folks! N-O-W!
Robin Juhl

The Glenn Beck Spot

Here is the spot that Glenn Beck played on his show.

EDIT: HIGHER RES Now posted

Again, as a reminder: WE HAVE NO CONFIRMATION OR INFORMATION ABOUT GLENN COMING TO SAN ANTONIO.

Granted, we would love for him to come, and we are working out details and plans for any possible event.

STAY TUNED!!

Captain Raven, I give you the conn...

Guys, this day has been a rush of events and emotions for me. I am going to bed, and while I will be around a little bit tomorrow.. I will be out of pocket until about midnight Sunday. (Wedding video coverage)

So I hand the commanders chair back to one of the original founders out the SA Tea Party, Robin Juhl.

He has access to the email, but not necessarily the voicemail. So continue to use the contact form for emails or email him directly here. (ranten.n.raven@sbcglobal.net) Also keep in mind that he has duties and responsbilities as well (family, kids, personal time), and he is older than me, so don't stress him out too much (Just kidding, Robin)

Just a reminder, Glenn's show with the promo video will rebroadcast at 1 a.m on the FNC (CH 360 on DirectTV).

And we have the meet up as mentioned above at the Lighthouse Cafe off of Stone Oak at 5 p.m..

God Bless... stay strong... and we will prevail.

EDIT - 10:08 p.m.: I just now saw Robin's post below... he pretty much covered somethings I wanted to cover.

The 29 Mar 09 Meeting

Folks, the meeting on Sunday, 5PM, at the Lighthouse Cafe looks to be big. We need everyone to try to come ready to speak when they need to impart information and ready to listen when someone else is speaking. I'm working an agenda for the meeting. If you have an item you want to ensure is on the agenda, please email it to Ranten.N.Raven @ sbcglobal.net (you'll have to edit that a bit to actually email me....)

Everyone just calm down

We have no confirmation - at this time - about Glenn Beck coming to San Antonio for our Tea Party. There are already rumors circulating around the 'net about that.

We refuse to play the rumor game and until we hear from someone directly related to Glenn's staff, I will ask everyone to just calm down. We have settled on Raymond Russell Park for the gathering as long as nothing else happens. More details about that later.

We are honored that Glenn played the promo video which has now lead to the melting of the inbox and phone line, the increased donations, and the expansion of the mailing list. This was totally unexpected and we are so humbled by it.

So I would suggest that everyone step back, take a deep breath, and be patient. I - Eric - haven't even seen what Glenn has done yet, but I will know by tommorow morning (he is repeated at 1 a.m. CST on FNC [Channel 360 on Direct TV]) , and I will post it here.

Just as an FYI - I will be doing my "main job" tomorrow and will be doing video coverage of a wedding, so I will probably not be back in action or able to respond to emails or voicemails until Sunday.

Featured on Glenn Beck?

Did the promo video get featured on Glenn Becks TV Show?

I am trying to confirm this becuase the sweet Tiffany called me, and said that it was. I was so busy working on things, that I didn't DVR it.

If someone has it...PLEASE YOUTUBE IT or at least WMV it and contact us!!!!

This has greater implications than you can think!!!

Venue Selection Close

We are very close to a venue selection. I am contacting as many members of the executive committee as possible.

STAY TUNED!!

Venue Questions

I have been getting slammed with Venue Ideas, WHICH IS APPRECIATED!

This is getting huge (THANKS GLENN IF YOU ARE READING!!), and we have got to have four things:

1. Space
2. Facilities (Bathrooms, etc)
3. Parking
4. Location

We don't want people being squeezed in like sardines.

We gotta have restroom facilities.

We got to have parking.

And we don't necessarily need to be in the Downtown Area. (However, all signs are pointing that that's where we are going to be)

We have many feelers out there. We are working diligently. STAY TUNED

T-Shirts

I took the liberty of making a few t-shirt designs.

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They are marked up only by $2, and all proceeds will go to the Tea Party.

Featured on Glenn Beck's 9/12 Project

The Promo Video has been featured on the 9/12 Project Website!!!

Updated Site

We have updated the site, and there may be a few kinks, but overall I think it has been tested well enough..

All of Robin's older posts have been put here.

Robin is going to be very busy over the next week. So I am going to assume control of much of the website communications.

1. We are getting close to nailing down a site. We had a conference call (thanks Eric & Eric & Paula!) and prioritized what locations we will try to get. Slight chance of good news by tomorrow, definite news (good or bad) by Sunday's meeting. I hope. Sigh.

2. I am SWAMPED with emails. Sent 11 responses this morning before work and 39 more this evening. Plus the conference call, plus life. I add each email to the mail list for sending the eventual good news updates. BE PATIENT, please, if I have missed yours.

3. Look over the Things That Need Doing page and decide how you can help. When I get those "I want to help with X" emails, I forward them to the appropriate committee head. Please do NOT send me a "keep me informed" email. Them I have in a plenty from those who don't know about the web site.

4. Kudos again to Eric for setting up the conference call and to the Paula and the other Eric for taking the time to call in and make thoughtful and WISE comments.

5. Just wait until you see Eric's video! (Coming soon to a web site near you!)

6. The mighty Eric has set up SATEAPARTY.INFO to point to this site. Easier to remember and pass on--you do tell people about this, don't you?!!

7. (a morning-after update--I was tired last night) For those who don't know Julia (AKA: Sgt Mom), see her lastest post at NCObrief.com: I'll Take Mine with a Splash of Schadenfreude on the Side. Julia--ever done any speech writing? I call dibs! Also know that the mighty Eric is spending a lot of time on this to the detriment of his business, Micha-Angel Productions.

The other Eric is working hard today to secure a site. The other Eric is a lawyer -- I told you there were good-guy lawyers.

Paula and friends have been living on the phone lately. There's a lot of activity you don't see, but it IS happening!

Sorry -- It will NOT be at Alamo Plaza Sorry, folks. Alamo Plaza belongs to the Fiesta folks. If I were them, I don't think I'd let some protest group use it. We are working on securing a site HARD.

We should have it nailed by the meeting Sunday, 29 March. That's at 5PM.

By the way -- since The Lighthouse Coffee and Cafe (the one on 1604) has been kind enough to allow us to meet there, do come hungry. The cinnamon scone and hot Darjeeling tea I had (of course!) were both scrumptious.

Executive Committee Meeting Report

My most profound thanks to the folks who managed to drop everything for a last-minute meeting. It was VERY productive. We made the following decisions:

VENUE: The Alamo Plaza is out. If we were on the Fiesta committe, we wouldn' allow a protest in our area. Therefore, in priority order, we are trying for (1) The IRS office on Tesoro Drive; (2) The Immigration Office at 410 & I-35; and Brackenridge Park in, like Brackenridge Park. Other ideas if we get are the Main Post Office on Perrin Beitel (???--not familiar with it myself) and asking Cornerstone Church for permission to use their parking lot.

SPEAKERS: We have decided NOT to have any sitting politicians as speakers. (My apologies to those approaching folks like Cornyn and Corte on our behalf). We are approaching some media folks. If you know of a NON-POLITICIAN speaker, please let us know!

$$$ & PATRONS: We may need support from someone with deep pockets. Eric and Jeanette will approach some possible sponsors. Eric & Robin (me) will work up using a Pay-Pal link where folks could shoot a small donation to us using a credit card. We may also need to set up a 503-C corp. Jeanette will look into that, plus a lawyer (yes, there ARE "good-guy" lawyers!) who just popped up, so I'll be pointing him to her. We also need a letterhead. We are "The San Antonio Tea Party."

SOUND SYSTEM: Both Eric and Ryan know folks with sound systems who may possibly be interested in helping. Any others?

TELECONFERENCING: Eric will get the committe set up so we can do phone meetings, What a GREAT idea!

SAFTEY: Paula and Dee know some Fierman who may be willing to be on hand for the event.

NEXT COMMITTE MEETING: 5 PM, Sunday 29 March at the same location (The Lighthouse Coffee and Cafe)

. . . and of course,I probably forgot something. If so, will one of the committee members please let me know?

Letter of the Day

Christine writes:

I'm glad to see someone has stepped up to start the planning of the Tea Party. I'm a wife of a retired active duty Air Force member. We proudly served our country for over 21 years and certainly don't agree with how things are presently going. I believe if we start making definite plans for the Tea Party on April 15th we can get the support. . . . However, at the present time we are missing the four most important elements to make our Tea Party successful: how, when where, and what. We are understand all too well the reason why. I would suggest we plan on meeting on the grounds of the Alamo downtown, the cradle of Texas Independence at about 4:00 p.m. If we need a permit for the gathering I'm willing to volunteer to pick it up at City Hall.. I would like to see if we could arrange the re-enactment of the fall of the Alamo by the actors. We need to see if we can get some speakers for the gathering. We need to get some churches interested in helping us out for the gathering because they can provide the microphone system. Maybe we could arrange some singers and bands for the gathering. I'm also thinking the VFW and the American Legion are two organizations that would probably be willing to help us out. However, the first things we need to decide on are the place and time to meet, and then we can start advertising for the support of the organizations. We should have a meeting sometime this week at a restaurant for anyone interested in being in on the organization of the major events.

In a follow-up note, she added:

I went ahead and made the following post on Facebook early Saturday morning. I'm a wife of a retired active duty Air Force member. We proudly served our country for over 21 years and certainly don't agree with how things are presently going. I believe if we start making definite plans for the Tea Party on April 15th we can get the support. However, I've noticed the activities on Facebook are listed as TBN. As of Sunday, we will have one month to plan our activities. At the present time we are missing the four most important elements to make our Tea Party successful: how, when where, and what. We all understand all to well the reason why. I suggest anyone interested in helping organize the major Tea Party meet at the Asia Kitchen, 1739 S.W. Loop 410, Suite 201-204, San Antonio, Texas 78227 (210) 673-0662 (http://www.asia-kitchen.com/location.html ) on Tuesday evening at 5:00 p.m. I'm suggesting this restaurant because the owner is a retired Air Force Chief.

So, boys and girls, it's coming--time to decide what you will do. Will you pitch in and help or will sit back and watch others. Let me translate that to what I really mean: Do you want to help or do you want to watch the corpulent pigs in government enslave your great-grandchildren with the yokes of crushing debt and soul-searing socialism? CHOOSE! Sharing Chinese food on Tuesday evening with those who will step up sounds good to me.

You have got to go to http://www.pagetutor.com/trillion/index.html and see for yourself what just $1 Trillion looks like. That was just the"Stimulus!" The total obligations they're racking up is several $Trillion!

From Facebook's Description Join us in our 2nd Tea Party against the rampant spending of our elected politicians in Washington. Let's let them know we won't sit silent while they spend away our children's and grandchildren's future. Bring your best sign, dress in Red/White/Blue, make creative things with tea bags: hats, necklaces, bracelets, earrings, etc.

Let's have a BIG turnout!

Not everyone wants to join Facebook. I started this blog as a place to advertise the San Antonio Tax Day Tea Party. I hope it proves useful!

Our self-appointed "Masters" have decided to squander all in the name of their power. They would beggar our great-great-grand children so that they might have a bit more money and power today.

(They really have too much power as it is!)