COS Utah February 2025 newsletter

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February 2025

Utah Pioneer Patriots Newsletter

Let’s Go Team Utah!!

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COS National Update:

2025 has just begun, and the
Convention of States movement is
already off to a strong start.

Several top contenders for passing the
COS Resolution this year have kicked
off their legislative sessions, including
Idaho, Montana, Ohio, and North
Carolina.

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COS National Last Month:

Five more high priority states—

Iowa, Kansas,

South Dakota, Texas, and Wyoming

—will

gavel in their sessions.

Our teams in

Nebraska and Montana just

wrapped up holding massive rallies at their
capitols in January

. At these events,

members of the grassroots flooded their state
capitols and met with their state legislators,
passing out informational brochures that were
custom-designed for each individual legislator.

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Utah

February 2025

Update:

Please join us for our COS
Utah Team Capitol Rally

–

Mark Meckler, COS President

will be there to meet with Utah
Legislators, Senators, and Utah
grassroot supporters:

Date:



Wednesday,

February 12, 2025



Time:



9:00 am to 11:00

am

Location:



Capitol Hill

in the

Beehive room

(here is the link to the beehive room location)

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

Would you like to

meet with

Mark Meckler, COS President

?

We hope to see you all there.

Why:

  To celebrate our constitutional freedoms

and write personal thank you notes to our Utah
Legislators and Senators for supporting COS.

Tentative Schedule:

9:00 am – Welcome grassroot supporters.
9:15 am – Capitol tour
10:00 – Back to Beehive room and write notes.
10:15 – Mark Meckler meet and visit with
grassroot supporters.
11:00 – Leave Beehive room to meet with your
representatives or visit chambers.
12:00 – Leave Capitol

12:30 - Lunch:

  We will be gathering for lunch

after the rally at the SLC Chuck-A-Rama
744 East 400 South SLC Utah 84012

Salt Lake City Chuck a Rama - Search

If you haven’t already signed the COS petition,
we will have some available at the rally.

This will be a group of like-minded people
meeting together to discuss our ideas on how
to progress the COS grassroots movement
here in Utah, utilizing COS volunteers and
Article V of our divinely inspired constitution.

If you have any questions regarding this COS
Capital Rally meeting please contact:  Scott
801-918-9238, Mary 801-518-2290, or Debra
801-971-4534.

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Utah

Feb. 2025

Continued:

Southern Utah February In-Person meeting:

Date:

  Saturday, February 22, 2025

Time:

  3:00 PM MTN

Location:

  Washington City Library

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COS Utah Last Month :

We had a fun evening at our January 2025

In-

Person meeting

signing Thank you and

Congratulation cards to all our state Legislators
and state Senators. We put our COS business
cards and pictures in the cards and got them
all mailed out.  We were also preparing for our
Capital Rally coming up on February 12, 2025.

Scott Pratt, Mary Wenner, Maurine Miles, Stacey Petric,
and James Beer.

Mary Wenner, Maurine Miles, Stacey Petric, James
Beer, and Debra.

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COS Transitioning to Zulip :

COS National is transitioning from Slack to
Zulip.

Here is the link for the Utah Zulip site:

https://utah.zulip.conventionofstates.com/

https:%%//%%rumble.com/v5hzb8l-exploring-zulip-for-\\ efficient-communication.html

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Legislative Liaison:

Be sure to contact your Legislators

–

YOU ARE THE BOSS!!  Act like it!!!

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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Training Events:

We're excited to invite you to our monthly
Grassroots Leadership Focus session,
happening on the

second Tuesday of each

month.
When:



Tuesday, February 11th

Time:

  7:00 PM MTN and 9:00 PM EST

Where:

meetn.com/coswebinar

We'll have great training each month and
provide updates on our transition from Slack to
Zulip— our Chief Technology Officer, Simon
Percival, will be on hand to answer any
questions and offer clarity.

**Submit a question by completing this \\ survey!**

Submitted survey questions will receive
priority!

Click here to join the webinar!

** **

If you get an error on your device when you
click on the link, go to your browser and enter
meetn.com/coswebinar to be connected to the
webinar.
Don't miss this chance to connect, collaborate,
and lead with impact.  We can’t wait to see you
there!  To view past recordings of the Tuesday
Training Webinars, visit the Past Recordings
Link.

For America,
Ginny Rapini

Jason Girard

Joanne Martin

Mike Ruthenberg

Kristen Stanciu

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National

– Basic Citizen Builder

Training

–

We will be restarting Basic Citizen Builder
Training the 3rd Tuesday of January

We welcome you to join us on the

3rd and 4th

Tuesday each month

from

6:30 to 8:00 PM

EST

for an immersive exploration of Citizen

Builder and how it works.

You’re invited to an evening of team building
and Citizen Builder training with
Assistant Regional Directors Joyce Berry and
Al Torres.

Citizen Builder is an essential part of what we
do here at COS, keeping our grassroots teams
engaged, connected, and empowered.
Consequently, it is imperative that every leader
acquaints themselves with this indispensable
tool and fully leverages its capabilities to drive
the advancement of their state team.

Here is the link for more info and how to
register to attend:

https:%%//%%conventionofstates.com/understand-\\ citizen-builder-join-us-for-an-evening-of-\\ training

.

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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.

First Wednesday of each month at 8:00 pm
MTN

–

Welcome to COS Utah

Statewide all

COS Supporters Zoom call:

https:%%//%%us06web.zoom.us/j/8964513535?omn=\\ 87348130689

Meeting ID: 896 451 3535

Third Wednesday of each month at 8:00 pm
MTN

–

COS Utah Business -

Statewide

Leaders

/DC’s and above Zoom call:

https:%%//%%us06web.zoom.us/j/8964513535?omn=\\ 87348130689

Meeting ID: 896 451 3535

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Volunteer Activities:

COS University

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

Volunteer Sign-up \\

Take action - COSAction (conventionofstates.com) \\

Zulp training video:

https:%%//%%rumble.com/v5hzb8l-exploring-zulip-for-\\ efficient-communication.html

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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 \\

Zulip link for Utah:

https:%%//%%utah.zulip.conventionofstates.com/

COS Amateur (Ham) Radio

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

Contributed articles and info.:

•

  Kristin Isham, State Media Warrior

Kristin.isham@cosaction.com

< >

•

  Mary Wenner, State Grassroots Coordinator

mary.wenner@cosaction.com

< >

•

  Nichole Klosowiak, Legislative Liaison

Nichole.klosowiak@cosaction.com

< >

•

  Scott Pratt, COS Supporter

<[email protected] >

Editor:

  Debra Peterson-Warnas, Regional Captain

(RC) 4/5/6/7/8 State Content 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

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

– In Liberty

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