COS Utah October 2023 newsletter

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October 2023

Utah Pioneer Patriots Newsletter

Let’s Go Team Utah!!

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COS National Update:

When we launched Convention of States, our goal
was clear:  to create the most formidable
grassroots army in America, strategically positioned
in every state and congressional legislative district.
Today, we proudly stand as America's largest
grassroots network, covering every legislative
district in the nation.

But with this honor comes a

great responsibility:  to advocate for and pass
crucial state-level legislation that aligns with
our grassroots values.

  Unlike political parties that

only mobilize volunteers before elections, we
recruit, train, and deploy activists year-round,
committed to long-term action.
Here are some examples of what our dedicated
activists have achieved:

Louisiana:

  Our grassroots team championed

legislation to protect children from life-altering sex
change surgeries.  When the governor vetoed the
bill, our team rallied, and the veto was overturned.
Thanks to COS activists, the children of Louisiana
are now safe from irreversible, experimental
procedures.

Texas:

  We stepped up when Harris County

needed election judges to oversee polling locations
that were known to have discrepancies.  Our
activists swiftly recruited hundreds of election judge
applicants and then lobbied for election integrity
bills to secure free and fair elections.  Now we're
replicating this project in Ohio, where we know it’s
needed, proving that the grassroots can bring real
change to election integrity across the nation.
These stories barely scratch the surface.
We've played vital roles in securing victories on
school choice, election integrity, border security,
and more.  We've turned out the vote in various
elections, including school board races and
primaries.
And perhaps most importantly, we’ve passed the
Convention of States resolution through 19 states
— with many more preparing to file and vote in the
coming months.
With unwavering determination,
Mark Meckler
President
Convention of States Action

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COS Nat

’l Passed States:

Some of the Passed States came together for a
Regional Summit in Kansas City, MO. on Saturday,
September 30, 2023.  We had some great COS
passed States Leaders there sharing ideas on how
to best help our states and our beloved country.

We had breakout sessions on:

-

Building and Sustaining Success

-

Responding to rescission efforts

-

Recruitment

Where we shared some great ideas and did some
good brainstorming.

Debra, Joyce, Nichole and Jonathan

Dave, Debra, Debbie, Jim, and Ramona

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Utah October Update:

COS Utah will be attending in partnership with
Patriot Academy -

Constitution Coach Training

Just Say

KNOW

,

YOU

Are the Answer to what

Ails America
With Rick Green and Rep. Ken Ivory

Location:

  Paradigm School, 11577 South

3600 South, South Jordan, Utah

Date:



Saturday, October 7

, 2023

Time

:

1:00 to 4:00 pm

Please click this link to register:

https:%%//%%www.patriotacademy.com/coach/registe\\ r/7171

(

https:%%//%%www.patriotacademy.com/coach

/register/7171

)

And

Fireside - How to Defend Our Divinely
Inspired Constitution

With Rick Green and Rep. Ken Ivory

Location:

  Paradigm School, 11577 South

3600 South, South Jordan, Utah

Date:

Saturday October 7

, 2023

Time:



7:00 to 8:30 pm

Please click this link to register:
UT

https:%%//%%www.patriotacademy.com/coach/regi

ster/7177

(

https:%%//%%www.patriotacademy.com/co

ach/register/7177

)

And

Here is the link for the 7-week class that is

starting October 11, 2023

:  Please click this

link to register.

https:%%//%%www.patriotacademy.com/coach/registe\\ r/7170

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Utah Last Month:

At the

Salt Lake County

meeting last month

–

Wednesday, September 13, 2023

– We had

good discussions on the Constitution and
writing cards/letters to our state/local
Representatives and letting them know how we
want them to represent us and our values.

Can you write your state/local
Representative?

Here is a link to help you if you

don’t know who

it is - Utah State Legislative District Maps

District Map (utah.gov)

We even had a great surprise visit from Ken
Ivory, Representative of HD 39, here in Salt
Lake County.

Ken Ivory currently has 316 constitutes that are
COS supporters, so we are a good
organization that he knows he needs to go talk
with.

We would like to challenge

ALL

of our Utah

state/local Representatives to come and visit
with their COS constitutes at our COS In-
Person meetings.  Feel free to email me and
we can get it scheduled:

debra.peterson.warnas@cosaction.com

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Jared Lyman, District Captain in HD 70 participated
in the Fall Festival in Redmond, Utah by having a
COS table.  Jared did a great job at this event!
Thank you Jared!!!

Jared Lyman, District Captain HD-70

If you are having an In-Person meeting or have a
COS table at a local event you are helping with
please let us know so we can get it on everyone

’s

calendar, and in our state newsletter.  Be sure to let
me know the dates and please send me pictures.
Thank you!

Constitution Day

– Sept. 17th

Each year, on

September 17th

, Americans

celebrate Constitution Day!
The Constitution was written during the
Philadelphia Convention

—now known as the

Constitutional Convention

—which convened

from May 25 to September 17, 1787.  It was
signed on September 17, 1787.

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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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The Federalist Papers:

Discover the Genius of the Constitution

–

Thomas Jefferson described The Federalist Papers
as “the best commentary on the principles of
government, which ever was written.”

You will gain a deeper understanding of the
purpose and structure of the American Founding by
studying the arguments of America’s most
influential Founders.  Written between October
1787 and August 1788, The Federalist Papers is a
collection of newspaper essays written by James
Madison, Alexander Hamilton, and John Jay in
defense of the Constitution.

Explore the major themes of this classic work of
American politics, such as the problem of majority
faction, the importance of separation of powers, the
nature of the three branches of government, and
the argument concerning the Bill of Rights.

This will help you examine the greatest Constitution
ever written.

This is an urgent study of the Constitution and what
has been lost by the modern assault on it.

James Beer, District Captain in HD-35 selected this
quote from James Madison in Federalist #51:

“But what is government itself, but the greatest
of all reflections on human nature?  If men
were angels, no government would be
necessary.  If angels were to govern men,
neither external nor internal controls on
government would be necessary.  In framing a
government which is to be administered by
men over men, the great difficulty lies in this -
you must first enable the government to control
the governed; and in the next place oblige it to
control itself.”

Thank you James!!!

We will learn more about the Federalist Papers
in future newsletters.

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COS Utah Recurring In-
Person Meetings:

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:



October 11th

(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

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We will be holding our

In-Person

Utah County

COS

monthly meeting:

Location

:  American Fork Library Study Rm 2

Date:



Wednesday, October 25th

(the 4th

Wednesday of each month)

Time:

  Meet & greet at

6:30

, informational meeting

7:00 to 8:00 pm

.

COS volunteers, please come and learn more
about COS, and bring interested friends!  Our focus
will be on the Constitution, particularly Article V.
Questions?  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 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

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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!!!

October 20

th

and 21

st

we will be holding State

Strategy meetings with our COS Utah Leaders to
help plan the strategy and events for the coming
year.  If you have any questions regarding this,
please feel free to contact Debra:

Debra.Peterson.warnas@cosaction.com

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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

-

4th 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.

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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:

•

  James Beer, District Captain HD-35

james.beer@cosaction.com

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•

  Jared Lyman, District Captain HD-70

jared.lyman@cosaction.com

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•

  Joyce Berry, Associate Regional Director

jberry@cosaction.com

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•

  Maurine Miles, District Captain HD-57

Maurine.miles@cosaction.com

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•

  Nichole Klosowiak, Legislative Liaison

Nichole.klosowiak@cosaction.com

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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

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

– In Liberty

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