COS Utah February 2024 newsletter

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February 2024

Utah Pioneer Patriots Newsletter

Let’s Go Team Utah!!

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COS National Update:

The past few weeks have been a whirlwind, as
Mark Meckler has been on the road speaking at
Capitol Days across the country and meeting with
state legislators as they prepare to vote on the
Convention of States Resolution.  With votes on
COS quickly coming down the pike, our COS teams
are working around the clock to lay the groundwork
for victory.  With so much in motion we wanted to
give you a list of the state where our legislation is
currently active:

1

– Delaware

2

– Illinois

3

– Iowa

4

– Kentucky

5

– Massachusetts

6

– Minnesota

7

– New Jersey

8

– New York

9

– North Carolina

10

– Ohio

11

– Pennsylvania

12

– Rhode Island

13

– South Dakota

14

– Vermont

15

– Washington

by Mark Meckler, President

COS Action

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COS Nat

’l Last Month:

The 2024 Legislative Season Kicks Off with
numerous States Filing the COS
Resolution:

As the 2024 legislative season ramps up, state
legislatures are lining up to consider
Convention of States Action's resolution that
calls for an Article V convention to rein in the
federal government.

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By January 4, the COS Resolution was
introduced by 15 more states:

The Convention States Resolution has already
passed in 19 states, and just 15 more are
needed to trigger the first-ever Article V
convention.  To support the grassroots effort,
please sign the petition below.

Take action - COSAction \\ (conventionofstates.com)

Get the full scoop here:

34 Trillion Reasons, 2024 Legislative Kickoff| | \\ COS NOW EP01, 2024 (youtube.com)

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Utah February 2024 Update:

Please join us for our annual
COS Utah State Capitol Rally

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Date:

Tuesday, February 13

th

, 2024

Location:

  Utah Capitol Hill in the Seagull

room

(here is the link to the Seagull room):

https:%%//%%utahstatecapitol.utah.gov/capitol-event-\\ spaces/seagull-room-2/

Time:

9:00 am to 12:00 noon

at the Capitol

Lunch:



We will be gathering for lunch after

the rally at the SLC Chuck Arama,
744 East 400 South, SLC, Utah 84012:

Salt Lake - Chuck-A-Rama Buffet

And directions:

Google Maps

Hope you can all join us!  If you have any
questions regarding any of this information,
please contact:
Scott Pratt, SD

– 801-918-9238

Mary Wenner, SGC

– 801-518-2290

Nichole Klosowiak, LL

– 210-307-8026

Debra Peterson-Warnas, SCC

– 801-971-4534

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Utah Last Month:

COS Utah team attended a live Patriot
Academy event featuring: Rick Green, Mike
Schultz-Utah House Speaker, Congressman
Burgess Owens, and Ken Ivory-Utah Rep.

Rick Green



Mike Schultz

Burgess Owens



Ken Ivory

Rick, Scott Pratt, and Burgess.

Maurine & Mary: Heidi, Sean, Debra, Dave, Stac,& Scott

Dinner after

– Heidi, Nichole Maurine, Scott Tom, Mary

Debra and Dave.

And Utah Rep. Ken Ivory wrote a letter for
COS National newsletter detailing why it's
necessary for the American people to realize
they are “The Boss” to reclaim self-
governance.

Read The Full Story Here

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Legislative Liaison:

Be sure to contact your Legislators -

Contact Your Government Official| | Utah.gov

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

Utah State Legislative District Maps

District Map (utah.gov)

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Message from our State Director
(SD), Scott Pratt:



I would like to tell you

about the wonderful Convention of States (COS)
folks that I am privileged to associate with every
day.  They are indeed the people that Joe Walsh
referred to when he penned Ordinary Average Guy.
Just ordinary people willing to stand for what is
good and right. Their efforts, however, are
extraordinary.  Everyone has a story, and I could go
on for hours but here are just a few gems:

There is the brand-new volunteer from southern
Utah that despite physical challenges, dedicates a
goodly portion of her young life to the preservation
of Liberty.  I wished you could meet the great
grandmother in Utah County that will never ever
quit, even in 104-degree heat when the rest of us
retreat into the shade of the exhibit canopy.  I am
so inspired by the young woman barely out of her
teens who somehow, someway, finds the means to
take an active role from her remote family
subsistence farm in the Basin.  There is the veteran
whose 20 years of service and multiple
deployments were “just not enough”.  I work with a
two-time cancer survivor who absolutely will not
tolerate the tyranny being thrust on his young
daughter.  There are so many who are just trying to
keep a roof over their head and food on the table.
A good percentage of the team are retired and
have worked a lifetime so that they could just relax
and “go fishin' ” in their twilight years.  Yet here
they all are

– volunteering to save our country!!!

We all come from different places with diverse life
experiences and varied religious/philosophical
traditions, but it occurs to me that the glue that
binds us all together is Love.  Love of life and that
which created it.  Love of family and friends.  Love
of liberty and the document in which it is enshrined.
Yeah, I'm just gonna put the “man's man” thing
aside and say it:  I really Love these “ordinary
average guys.”  If you are looking for a good home
for your patriotism, I cannot recommend a finer
place than here with the welcoming COS Utah
family.

“It's the singer not the song That makes the

music move along.  Come on and join together with
the band.

”  P. Townsend.

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Message from our new State
Grass Coordinator (SGC):

My name is Mary Wenner, and I am an American
freedom fighter!  I have been a patriot my whole life
but when Covid hit, we were locked down and
masked without the proper authority.  I was
determined to protect our freedoms as Americans.
I joined the COS movement with the Intent to spend
my free time holding my elected officials
accountable to their oath of office.  I began getting
educated at COS University and the Patriot
Academy, where I was introduced to Article V.
When I met the COS Utah team, I knew I had found
my volunteering home.  The Utah team became my
immediate friends.  When I learned Utah needed a
Grass Root Coordinator I volunteered.  I still have a
lot to learn but I am enjoying the process and will
fight for our constitutional rights and try to be part of
the solution instead of the problem.  Utah has a lot
of freedom loving patriots.  We just need to unite
under a common cause and remind our elected
officials that they work for us.  By doing this we will
provide a future for our kids and grandkids.  I don't
want to leave them a large debt and a broken
government but a balanced budget with term limits
for our elected officials and stop the government
overreach into our personal liberties.  Let's spread
the good news about COS and let our friends and
family know that Article V has the power to return
balance between the federal government and state
governments.  Let’s do this together!  God bless
you all and God bless America!

by Mary Wenner,

State Grassroots Coordinator

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Monthly Spotlight:

Name:



Jolene Phelps

COS Title:



District Captain HD-44, and SGC

Team

City raised in:



Mesa, Arizona

City current living in:



South Jordan, Utah

Favorite Hobbies:



I am completely in love with

Jesus!  Studying about him in the Bible and in
various books is my most favorite thing to do!

What brought you to COS (Your Why):



I homeschooled our boys and a couple of years
ago we did the Constitutional Literacy class with
Michael Farris.  It was amazing!  I fell in love with
the Constitution.  The course really opened my
eyes to see that our government has been corrupt
and off the rails for a very long time.  I felt so
convinced that I had been asleep while our country
was being taken over by corrupt politicians and that
very soon our children would be the ones to pay the
price.  At the end of the course, he spoke about
Convention of States.  I was so excited that there
was a possible peaceful solution that I knew I had
to be part of this solution!

Inspirational thought:



I love the quote

attributed to Edmund Burke, “The only thing
necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to
do nothing.”

More about You

:

  I have the blessing of having a

wonderful husband of 21 years and three amazing

kids!  Our oldest daughter was recently married to a
wonderful young man. Then we have two boys, 18
and 16.  God has blessed me with the chance to
homeschool our two boys and that has taken most
of my time over the last 10 years.  I have a degree
in accounting and was a CPA in AZ for many years
before I started to homeschool.  My mom is
originally from Cuba.  I was privileged to hear her
many stories of what it was like to grow up in a
communist country.  I will never again take for
granted the freedoms we enjoy in the United
States!  I will do all I can peacefully to help our
country stay free!  I am so grateful to be working
with Convention of States, alongside such
passionate men and women who also care greatly
about keeping our country free!

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New Volunteers:

Region 2:

Sean McKenzie, District Captain HD-9, and
Regional Captain, Northern Utah

Region 10:

Kristin Isham, District Captain HD-72, and
Social Media Warrior (SMW)

District Captain

- you will help recruit,

welcome, and educate other volunteers in your
local area, and be proactive in raising
grassroots support. We need you!

Volunteer Activist

-

you are the engine that

drives the movement forward, and we’re
honored to work with such passionate,
dedicated American patriots.

Take Action Today:

Take action - COSAction \\ (conventionofstates.com)

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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

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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

First Wednesday of each month at
7:00 pm MTN

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Welcome to COS Utah

Statewide all COS Supporters Zoom call:

https:%%//%%us02web.zoom.us/j/3261341350?omn=865657\\ 61465

In-Person SL County COS meeting

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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!!!

In-Person Utah County COS meeting

-

2nd Wednesday of each month at
6:30 pm MTN

Location

:  American Fork Library Study Rm 2

Questions?  Barbara at 385-201-6839, Nichole at
210-307-8026, or Maurine at 801-636-8659.

Third Wednesday of each month at
7:00 pm MTN

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COS Utah Business -

Statewide Leaders

/DC’s and above Zoom call:

https:%%//%%us02web.zoom.us/j/3261341350?omn=865657\\ 61465

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Volunteer Activities:

COS University

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

Volunteer Sign-up \\
Take action - COSAction \\ (conventionofstates.com) \\
Contact the House| | Utah House of \\ Representatives (utleg.gov) \\

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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) \\
pro-COS memorandum \\
'Last best hope': Dr. Kevin Roberts, Heritage \\ Foundation President, announces \\ groundbreaking endorsement - COSAction \\ (conventionofstates.com)

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Contributed articles and
information:

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  Mary Wenner, District Captain HD-44

mary.wenner@cosaction.com

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  Joyce Berry, Associate Regional Director

jberry@cosaction.com

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  Nichole Klosowiak, Legislative Liaison

Nichole.klosowiak@cosaction.com

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  Scott Pratt, State Director (SD)

scott.pratt@cosaction.com

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Editor:

  Debra Peterson-Warnas, Regional Captain

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

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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

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

– In Liberty

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