COS Utah March 2023 newsletter

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March 2023

Utah Pioneer Patriots Newsletter

Let’s Go Team Utah!!

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COS National Update:

Our National COS team has been
crisscrossing the nation for grassroots rallies,
meetings with legislators, and votes on the
COS Resolution across the country.

So much activity is happening, it’d be
impossible to send out updates on every
victory, so we wanted to send out a few key
progress updates.

In the past 7 weeks, we’ve filed the COS
Resolution in eighteen states.

Seventeen states have assigned our resolution
to committee, six states have held committee
hearings with good outcomes for COS.

Keep in mind, in order to fully pass in a state, it
requires

securing sponsors

,

filing

the

resolution, getting

assigned to a committee

,

passing committees

in both the House and

Senate, sometimes including additional

subcommittees

, and then passing the

floor in

both chambers.



It is a long and rigorous process, but we’ve
already secured 19 passed states.  Experience
is on our side.  And more importantly, the
American people are on our side.

As of today, we have over 5.4 million
supporters, with volunteers that span political
parties and every single state house legislative
district in the nation.  That is unheard of.

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Our state teams are organizing

block walking

,

telephone banking

,

yard sign campaigns

,

and

hosting rally days

where activists can

deliver petition signatures and have one-on-
one meetings with their state legislators, and
they are working around the clock to execute
on their individualized state victory strategies.

Meanwhile,

Mark Meckler

,

Mike Farris

, and

Rick Santorum

are traveling from state to

state to provide expert testimony before votes,
rally the grassroots, and have intimate one-on-
one meetings with state legislators.  We are
leaving no stone unturned.

In the coming days,

Kansas

is preparing for an

important vote in the Senate.  Rick Santorum
will fly to

North Carolina

to meet with

legislators.  Next, Mark Meckler and Mike
Farris will head to

North Carolina

for town hall

meetings.

Meanwhile,

Maryland

is preparing for a vote in

the Senate Committee,

Indiana

is hosting a

rally at the capitol, and

Rhode Island

will have

a House Committee hearing.  Things are
looking good in

Iowa

,

North Dakota

,

Oklahoma

,

New Hampshire

, and

Texas

.

For America,
The Convention of States Team

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Coming Up in COS Utah:

COS Utah Team will have a booth

at:

The Firm Foundation Expo

April 6, 7, & 8 2023 - 9:00 am to 8:00 pm

Mountain America Expo Center

9575 South State Street
Sandy, Utah

Please come help us at the COS booth for this
conference.  Our participation in this conference is
under their topic of The Constitution.  Please click
this Sign-up Genius link for the dates and times to
volunteer that works best for you:

https:%%//%%www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0F4AAAAC2\\ CA4FFCF8-firm

We will have 3-4 tickets that we can share for our
booth #60.  You can stay for the full day without
charge if you volunteer.

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Legislative Liaison:

On Friday, March 3, the Utah legislature ended
the legislative session for 2023.  But you can
still, as a self-governing citizen of the state of
Utah, contact your legislators about legislation
that matters to you.
Below we have outlined some bills that our
COS team has been tracking.  If you are
interested in contacting your legislators about
any of these pieces of legislation, you can find
your House Representative and Senator's

contact information here

.

•

H.B. 464 School Materials Amendments

- This bill amends provisions regarding student
access to pornographic or indecent materials
within the public education system.
•

H.B. 467 Abortion Changes

- This bill

modifies provisions related to abortion.
•

H.B. 297 Victim Services Amendments

-

This bill modifies provisions related to certain
victims of sexual crimes including an abortion
based upon rape or incest.
•

H.B. 253 Federalism Commission

Amendments

- Allows the Utah Federal

commission to refer unconstitutional acts to
interim committees.

•

H.B. 21 Open and Public Meetings Act

Amendments

- Freedom of Speech

Amendment:  This bill requires a public body
holding an open meeting to allow a reasonable
opportunity, for the public to provide verbal
comment at the meeting, with certain
exceptions; and requires a public body to adopt
a resolution, rule, or ordinance allowing public
comment in a public meeting.

Thank you for your continued support of
Convention of States in Utah!  If you're
interested in getting more involved with our
team,

please consider volunteering today

For Liberty,
Nichole Klosowiak
Legislative Liaison, COS Utah

Nichole.Klosowiak@COSAction.com

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by Nichole Klosowiak

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Utah Update:

Have you noticed that you might be in a new Utah

House District

?

All United States Representatives and state
legislators are elected from political divisions called
districts.

Redistricting

is the process by which

new congressional and state legislative district
boundaries are drawn.  The states redraw district
lines every 10 years following completion of the
United States census.  The federal government
stipulates that districts must have nearly equal
populations and must not discriminate on the basis
of race or ethnicity.
To look up to see if you have a new Utah House
District and see who your legislator is check out this
site:

**District Map (utah.gov) **

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Last Month Events:

Operation Equip -

With Joanne Martin

The Utah Leadership team went through

Operation

Equip.

It started the last Wednesday in January

and went thru February!

Class #1

– Was on Slack (the internal messaging

system COS uses) Basics and the COS App.

Class #2

– Was on the Follow-Up Tools.

Class #3

– Was a conversation with Ginny Rapini

and Rick Santorum on “How to best communicate
with your Legislators”.

Class #4

– Was on Communications in Citizen

Builder.  Messages/ Notifications /Email Blasts, and
Text Blasts.

Class #5

– Was in the Leader Management Tool

(LMT) on

“How best to on-board a Volunteer

Activist.

”

And we always had time for Questions & Answers.
These classes were designed to sharpen our skills
as an activist and train us on the tools that Citizen
Builder offers.  As a District Captain, Regional
Captain, Legislative Liaison, or any other leader,
these tools are incredibly valuable for us to use in
our pursuit of liberty.

In our effort to preserve the integrity of the
Constitution, let's develop our skills as activists and
become the self-governing citizens we are intended
to be!

If you missed any of these classes, they have been
recorded and placed on COS Utah Slack on the
Channel - Operation Equip.

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Monthly Spotlight:

Name:

  Jeff Wiener

COS Title:

  District Captain HD-08, Reg-01

City raised in:

  Bethpage, NY

City current living in:

  Huntsville, UT

Favorite Hobbies:

  Skiing, Hiking, Biking, &

Kayaking

What brought you to COS (Your Why):

  I

have been watching the increase in
government corruption over the past years,
and no longer recognize the country in which I
was born.

Inspirational thought:

  COS appears to me,

as one of the few peaceful alternatives that we
have left to bring back the Constitutional
republic in which I was born.

More about You:

  I lived most of my life in

Georgia, where I married and had two sons.
After graduation from Emory University, I
worked for 5 1/2 years for the Federal Reserve
Bank, as a bank auditor, and later as a
Financial Analyst in the Planning department.
In 1984 I left the Fed. and became a
Registered Stockbroker and Certified Financial
Planner which was my career for the past 38
years.

Jeff Wiener and wife, Emily

In 2017, I sold my business, then my wife
Emily and I moved to Utah where we could
enjoy many outdoor activities.  We enjoy living
out in the country away from the urban sprawl.

by Jeff Wiener

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Calendar Events:

DC Training by Joyce Berry:

Monday, 3/13/23

at 4:30 - 6:00 PM MST

Will be on LMT and Email and Text Blasts.

Monday, 3/20/23

at 4:30 - 6:00 PM MST. Follow-

Up Tool (FUT) and District Dashboard.

Monday, 3/27/23

at 4:30 - 6:00 PM MST.  Will be

LMT and Email/text blasts again - and so on and so
on.  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

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Every Tuesdays at 7:00 pm MTN

–

National - District Captains (DC) / Volunteer
webinar call:

Register here.



Call Recordings.

First Wednesday of each month at
7:00 pm MTN

– COS Utah Statewide

Leaders/Volunteers Zoom call:

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

Third Wednesday of each month at
7:00 pm MTN

– COS Utah Statewide

Leaders/Volunteers Zoom call:

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

COS Utah Team will have a booth

at:

The Firm Foundation Expo

April 6, 7, & 8 2023 - 9:00 am to 8:00 pm

Mountain America Expo Center

9575 South State Street
Sandy, Utah

Please come help us at the COS booth for this
conference.  Our participation in this conference is
under the topic of The Constitution.  Please click
this Sign-up Genius link for the dates and times to
volunteer that works best for you:

https:%%//%%www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0F4AAAAC2\\ CA4FFCF8-firm

We will have 3-4 tickets that we can share for our
booth #60.  You can stay for the full day without
charge if you volunteer.

If you want more info regarding the

Firm

Foundation Expo

check out their website:

April 2023 Expo| | Book of Mormon Evidence

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New Volunteers:

Region 2:

Carolyn Anderson, District Captain Team HD-16,
Layton

Region 6:

Mary E. Wenner, District Captain HD-44, South
Jordan

Region 7:

Klark (Barry) Ellis, District Captain HD-56, Orem

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Volunteer Activities:

COS University

Menu of Volunteer Activities

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) \\

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Contributed articles and
information:

•

  Jeff Wiener, District Captain HD-08, Reg-01

Jeff.wiener@cosaction.com

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•

  Joyce Berry, Associate Regional Director

jberry@cosaction.com

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•

  Lara Christensen, District Captain HD-61,

laraloischristensen@gmail.com

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•

  Nichole Klosowiak, Legislative Liaison

Nichole.klosowiak@cosaction.com

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Editor:

  Debra Peterson-Warnas, Regional Captain

(RC) 5/6/7 Volunteer Activist

(VA) 5 STAR.



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 10

th

of each month.

Thank you

– For Liberty

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