COS Utah August 2023 newsletter

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August 2023

Utah Pioneer Patriots Newsletter

Let’s Go Team Utah!!

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COS National Update:

August 2-4, 2023

,

Convention of States

Foundation

will be hosting an Article V Simulated

Convention in Colonial Williamsburg, Virginia!

After an incredibly successful simulation in 2016
with representatives from all 50 states, one couldn't
foresee another simulation would be in the cards.
However, with the huge turnover in the state
legislatures since that event, this event will provide

a special opportunity for a new generation of
statesman to test-run this constitutional process
and paint a vision of what's possible.

From hearing their representatives introduce their
constituents' own amendments, watching live
debate on these amendments take place, and
seeing these amendments' passage, attendees will
have the firsthand opportunity to witness the
Founders' vision for a functioning republic play out
in real time.

Volunteers are encouraged to host watch parties
for the August 4 livestream.  After the big event, we
are inviting COS teams to host town halls with the
commissioners so that they can share their
experience.

This Simulation will be remembered as a turning
point in our history and the Convention of States
Foundation movement, so we hope you'll join us!

Click here to register!

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Utah Update:

We will be holding an

In-Person

Salt Lake County

COS multi-Utah House District (HD) and Regional
meeting at:,,

Location:

  South Jordan Library,

10673 South Redwood Road, South Jordan, Utah

Date:



August 9th

(the 2nd Wednesday of each

month)

Time:

  7:00 to 8:00 pm

–

We want to be respectful of your time and just keep
it to an hour, but if you would like to stay longer and
chat that would be great.
This will be a group of likeminded people meeting
together to discuss our ideas on how to progress
the COS grass roots movement here in Utah,
utilizing COS volunteers and Article V of our
divinely inspired constitution.  We will have some
lively

conversations about freedom and the love we

have for our country and constitution.
How can you help?
If you have any comments or questions regarding
this please feel free to contact:

debra.peterson.warnas@cosaction.com

< >

We will be holding our first

Utah County COS

monthly meeting:

Location

:   American Fork

library, 64 South 100 East, upstairs in meeting
room. ,

Date:



Wed. Aug. 30

.

Time:

  Meet & greet

at 6:30, informational meeting 7-8:00.  COS
volunteers, please come and learn more about
COS, and bring interested friends!  Questions?
Contact Lara at 617-233-8208, Barbara at 385-201-
6839, Nichole at 210-307-8026, or Maurine at 801-
636-8659

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Utah Voter Integrity:

My anxiety about voter integrity led me to call the
Utah County offices and make some inquiries about
their voting security measures.  I learned some
interesting facts that were helpful to me, and I
share them for whomever might be interested.
Utah is one of only a few Red States that still has
mail-in ballots.  Our election is primarily done by
mail.
Here are some of the procedures that Utah has
implemented that minimize the risk of monkey
business.
1.

Ballots are only mailed to registered voters.

Same-day unregistered voters, must go through the
registration process and provide necessary
documentation to be given a ballot.
2.

Remote ballot boxes have surveillance

cameras 24/7.  Most ballets are returned via USPS.
3.

Signature verification is employed, along

with other correlation measures between ballots
and envelopes, etc.
4.

The ballots are counted by machines not

connected to the internet.
5.

The ballots are counted in each separate

county, so no aggregating of ballots for counting at
a central location.
6.

The counting machines are tested for

accuracy prior to the elections, and there is an
auditing process to make sure the ballots and ballot
tallies match up, both on election day, and for the
pre-election test.
If individuals are interested, the county offers Tours
of the voting offices with explanations of the
process.  At:

www.utahcounty.vote

Information is provided about the dates and times
of the tours.  Location is 100 E. Center, in Provo.
(Utah Co. Admin Bldg.).  For those interested in
examining the ballot testing process, a
demonstration will be conducted at the Utah Co.
Admin Bldg. on

August 11th

at 10:00 am.

Apparently, the demonstration takes 2 hours, but
an observer can leave anytime.
The voting office number is 801-851-8128 if there
are more questions.  I feel more comfortable about
our voting system in Utah after my research.

by Rich Fairbanks

District Captain HD-54

Highland, Utah

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Utah Last Month:

In-Person recurring monthly meetings:

Debra Peterson-Warnas held a multi-House District
(HD) and Regional meeting on July 12th:

Mary & Tom Wenner, Scott Pratt, Rich Fairbanks,
Maylynn Hughes, James Beer, and Debra.

Mary Wenner held her House District (HD)-44
meeting mid-July:

Mary & Tom Wenner, Scott Pratt, Jolene Phelps
and numerous of Jolene’s friends attending this
meeting

– Great Job!!!



COS Utah had a booth July 15

th

and 16

th

at the

Sandy Expo Center.  We had some great
volunteers attending and helping.

Debra, Mary Wenner, Maurine Miles, and James

Beer.

Jim Scopac, Maylynn Hughes

Mary Wenner and James Beer.

Sorry we didn’t pictures of all the volunteers – those
not pictured would be:  Scott Pratt, Lisa Louder,
Lara Christensen, Jolene Phelps, and Dean
Klingler

– A big Thank you for Scott Pratt

coordinating it all and all the volunteers help!

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Legislative Liaison:

Be sure to contact your Legislators -
Elected officials represent our community and
our interests, so let them know who you are
and what you care about!  Take time to
introduce yourself and your organization to
public officials serving your community

–

including both federal and state
representatives.
Make an appointment and discuss:

1-   Their stance on Convention of States.
2-  What Bills they are working on that COS

could possibly get behind and support.

3-  Notify your District Captain, or Regional

Captain, or Legislative Liaison with the
results after contacting them.

Contact Your Government Official | Utah.gov

Contact the House| | Utah House of \\ Representatives (utleg.gov)

Utah State Legislative District Maps

District Map (utah.gov)

by Nichole Klosowiak

Legislative Liaison Utah

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Utah Veterans Update:

Welcome to all our Veterans!

Thank you for your service to all our
citizens and our beloved country!

Rodney Huckleberry

National Veterans Coalition Coordinator

rhuckleberry@cosaction.com

< >

314-709-0327

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Monthly Spotlight:

Name:



Richard Fairbanks, I go by Rich.

COS Title:



District Captain (HD)-54

City raised in

:

  I grew up on the east bench of

Salt Lake City during the “happy days”.

City current living in:



Highland, Utah

Favorite Hobbies

:

  I enjoy reading philosophy,

psychology and religion, playing golf.

What brought you to COS (Your Why):



A

friend introduced me to COS and I saw it as a way
for me to get involved in politics, and be an
influence for good in turning things around.

More about you:



I went to BYU, I played

baseball for BYU, minor league baseball for 2
years.  Ended up in Minnesota for 34 years, then
returned to live in Highland.  I was a financial
consultant for 44 years.
I am married, have 4 children, 20 grandchildren and
3 great-grandchildren.

Inspirational thought:



In life, at any moment,

on any issue: it is the worst of times, and, it is the
best of times.
There are problems, and opportunities.
What I see is what I get.  What I focus on becomes
my reality.
Ultimately, and always, it’s my choice.

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COS Utah Recurring In-
Person Meetings:

We will be holding an

In-Person

multi- Utah

House District (HD) and Regional meeting at:

Location:

  South Jordan Library, 10673 South

Redwood Road, South Jordan, Utah

Date:



August 9th

(the 2nd Wednesday of

each month)

Time:

  7:00 to 8:00 pm

–

We want to be respectful of your time and just
keep it to an hour, but if you would like to stay
longer and chat that would be great.
This will be a group of likeminded people
meeting together to discuss our ideas on how
to progress the COS grass roots movement
here in Utah, utilizing COS volunteers and
Article V of our divinely inspired constitution.
We will have some lively

conversations about

freedom and the love we have for our country
and constitution.
If you have any comments or questions
regarding this please feel free to contact:

debra.peterson.warnas@cosaction.com

< >

We will be holding our first

Utah County COS

monthly meeting:

Location

:   American Fork library, 64 South

100 East, upstairs in meeting room.

Date:



Wed. Aug. 30

.

Time:

  Meet & greet at 6:30, informational

meeting 7-8:00.  COS volunteers, please come
and learn more about COS, and bring
interested friends!  Questions? Contact Lara at
617-233-8208, Barbara at 385-201-6839,
Nichole at 210-307-8026, or Maurine at 801-
636-8659

If you have scheduled your House District (HD) In-
Person meetings and would like me to announce
them in the COS monthly newsletter just let me
know.  Thank you -Debra

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Calendar Events:

National - Battle-Cry with Mark
Meckler

.

Sundays at 6:00 pm MT.

Tune in here.



National - Intro to Convention of
States

.

Daily at 5:00 pm MT:

Register here.

National - Every Tuesdays at 7:00 pm
MTN

– National - District Captains (DC) /

Volunteer webinar call:

Register here.



Call Recordings.

National - Citizen Builder Training

–

with Anne Aycock

. Mondays at 6:00 pm MT -

beginning in April and ending in October.
Each week of the month covers different topics
regarding Citizen Builder.
•

Week 1 Citizen Builder Accounts

•

Week 2 People

•

Week 3 Messaging

•

Week 4 Tools

Register in Advance

Anne Aycock, COS Technical Training

aaycock@cosaction.com

< >

615 347-0866

DC Training with Joyce Berry:

Mondays

at 4:30 - 6:00 PM MST.  2 Sessions

- Session 1 covering FUT and District
Dashboard, and Session 2 covering LMT,
email and text blasts.  If you are a District
Captain (DC) and would like to join this training
- you need to send Joyce your email address
so you can get on her list for email messages.

<[email protected] >

Joyce Berry, ARD's Zoom Meeting

Time:

4:30 to 06:00 MST

Join Zoom Meeting

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/3892964946

Meeting ID:

389 296 4946

Utah - First Wednesday of each
month at 7:00 pm MTN

– COS Utah

Statewide Leaders/Volunteers Zoom call:

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/5439732886

In-Person SL County COS meeting

–

2

nd

Wednesday of each month at 7:00

pm MTN -

We will hold a multi-House District

(HD) and multi-Regional meeting.  Hope you
can join us!!!

Utah - Third Wednesday of each
month at 7:00 pm MTN

–

COS Utah

Statewide Leaders/Volunteers Zoom call:

https:%%//%%us02web.zoom.us/j/5439732886 \\

In-Person Utah County COS meeting

:

Location

: American Fork library, 64 South

100 East, upstairs in meeting room. ,

Date:



Wed. Aug. 30

.

Time:

  Meet & greet at 6:30,

informational meeting 7-8:00.  Questions?
Contact Lara at 617-233-8208, Barbara at 385-
201-6839, Nichole at 210-307-8026, or
Maurine at 801-636-8659

COS Utah will have a booth at this gun show:

Saturday, November 11th

at

9:00 am to 5:00 pm

Sunday, November 12th

at

9:00 am to 4:00 pm

Mountain America Expo Center
9575 South State Street
Sandy, Utah

If you would like to volunteer at the booth, please
contact: < >

Debra.Peterson.Warnas@cosaction.com

< >

Thank you

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Volunteer Activities:

COS University

Passed States Activities & Resources - \\ COSAction (conventionofstates.com)

Volunteer Sign-up \\
Take action - COSAction \\ (conventionofstates.com)

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Other Useful Links:

COS Help Center

COS University

Convention of States Resource Center

COS Presentation:

https://conventionofstates.com/presentation

www.ConventionofStates.com/Stand

COSAction (conventionofstates.com) \\

Intro to Convention of States

.  Daily at

5:00 pm MT:

Register here.

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Contributed articles and
information:

•

  Mary Wenner, District Captain HD-44,

marywenner@protonmail.com

< >

•

  Joyce Berry, Associate Regional Director

jberry@cosaction.com

< >

•

  Nichole Klosowiak, Legislative Liaison

Nichole.klosowiak@cosaction.com

< >

•

Rich Fairbanks,

District Captain HD-54

richfairbanks@gmail.com

< >

•

  Scott Pratt, District Captain HD-42,

spratt302@gmail.com

< >

Editor:

  Debra Peterson-Warnas, Regional Captain

(RC) 4/5/6/7/8 State Communication Coordinator

.



If you have any articles or information you would
like to share in our COS Utah monthly Newsletter,
please contact Debra Peterson-Warnas:  801-971-
4534 /< >

Debra.Peterson.Warnas@cosaction.com

<.>

Please submit to me by the end of each month.
Thank you

– For Liberty

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