COS Utah September 2023 newsletter

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September 2023

Utah Pioneer Patriots Newsletter

Let’s Go Team Utah!!

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COS National Update:

At Convention of States, we have 5,410,562
supporters and activists, 2,502,275 petition
signers, and 239,302 highly engaged activists
and activist leaders.  These are not just
numbers; Every supporter, every signature,
every activist believes that our Constitution is

worth fighting for and that our nation's future
should be shaped by

“WE the people,”

not the

political elites.

Perhaps even more impressive, those 2.5
million petition signers I mentioned above -
They're spread across every single statehouse
district in America and span every nationality
and political orientation.

In the midst of this crucial battle we're in, COS
is actively educating and nurturing
relationships with state legislators, vigilantly
tracking resolutions through the legislative
process.  We participate in state and even
national conference calls.  We rally grassroots
supporters and encourage everyday patriots to
amplify their voices and call for an Article V
Convention.

Mark Meckler

President

COS Action

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COS National Last month:

On August 2-4, 2023, Convention of States
Foundation hosted an Article V Simulated
Convention in Colonial Williamsburg, Virginia!
This event provided a special opportunity for a
new generation of statesman to test-run this
constitutional process and paint a vision of
what's possible.

Volunteers are encouraged to host watch
parties to watch/listen to the recordings:  In
case you missed it, here is the 2023
Simulation!

https:%%//%%www.youtube.com/watch?v=YeJACprcA\\ FQ



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!

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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.

George Washington, as president of the
Convention, signed the Constitution first,
followed by the other delegates, grouped by
states in progression from north to south.

James Madison, America's fourth President
(1809-1817), made a major contribution to the
ratification of the Constitution by writing The
Federalist Papers, along with Alexander
Hamilton and John Jay.  In later years, he was
referred to as the “Father of the Constitution.”

“We the People of the United States, in Order
to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice,
insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the
common defense, promote the general
Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to
ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and
establish this Constitution for the United States
of America

…

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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:

  Sandy Library, 10100 Petunia Way,

Sandy, Utah

Date:



September 13th

(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 be Celebrating Constitution week!!!

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

In-Person

Utah County

COS

monthly meeting:

Location

:  American Fork Library Study Rm 2

Date:



Sept. 27th

. (the 4

th

Wed 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.

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Utah Last Month:

In-Person recurring monthly meetings:

We held a multi-House District (HD) and
Regional meeting on August 9

th

.

We

watched the “Stand” video – Here is the

link if you would like to watch it or share with
your family, friends, and associates:

Time to stand up

—The Radical Left has our

country Under Siege! - COSAction \\ (conventionofstates.com)

We discussed

COS’s Core Values.  Did you

know COS had Core Values?  Do you know
what they are?  Here they are for your review
and to share with your family, friends, and
associates:

We discussed contacting your local state
Legislator and letting them know you support
Convention of States.  Do you know who your
local state Legislator is?  You can click on the
link below, put in your home address and it will
show you.
Utah State Legislative District Maps

District Map (utah.gov)

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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:

  Maylynn Hughes

COS Title:

  District Captain HD 25 & 40

City raised in

:



”.

I moved around a lot as a

child and spent some time in California, Idaho,
Missouri, Arkansas, and Utah.  My father was
born and raised in Arkansas, and my mother
was born and raised here, so we always came
back here to mom's home base.  We moved
every 6 months to a year, but I did graduate
from High School and the Salt Lake City
Community College, Skills Center Division,
here in Utah.

City current living in:

  Murray, Utah

Favorite Hobbies

:



Gardening in the summer;

reading and writing poetry, articles, and short
stories; learning new software; hanging out
with my two adult daughters; listening to
political podcasts; and camping in our beautiful
mountains when I get a chance.

What brought you to COS (Your Why):

  My

boyfriend actually brought me some brochures
about COS, but I really started to get involved
this year because of the shape that our current
President is driving our nation to.  Our society
seems to have lost their history, and we
desperately need to get it back.

Inspirational thought:



“In a Universe of

Justice, the Eyes of Truth are Always Watching
You!”–Enigma
“I pledge allegiance to the flag: our standard,
old glory, a symbol of freedom, wherever she
waves, there's respect, because your loyalty
has given her a dignity that shouts 'Freedom is
Everybody's Job!' – Red Skelton
“Human as to Human, the Future is No Place
to Place your Better Days.” – Dave Matthews
Band

More about you:

  At 19, in 1982, I married my

first husband and moved to Chicago, IL then
relocated to Syracuse, Indiana. I was divorced
by 1987, and attended college in Ft. Wayne,
Indiana from 1987 to 1989.  I met my children's
father in 1989 and relocated to Phoenix,
Arizona.  I was married in 1996, had my
children and divorced again in 2001.  Then
about 6 years ago, in 2017, I decided to move
back 'home'

– Utah.



I went from receptionist, to secretary, to
purchasing and buyer, to job cost accounting,
in the 30+ years of Business Management
experience.  I always seemed to set up
systems and work myself out of a job.  I was
made to retire early after a diagnosis of Bi-
Polar I in 2003, as the powers that be told me I
could no longer work.  I am currently collecting
disability, and occupy myself online in Affiliate
Marketing, to help supplement my income.
And now I do this as well.  It feels great to have
a purpose again.

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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:

  Sandy Library, 10100 Petunia Way,

Sandy, Utah

Date:



September 13th

(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 be Celebrating Constitution week!!!

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

In-Person

Utah County

COS

monthly meeting:

Location

:  American Fork Library Study Rm 2

Date:



Wednesday, September 27th



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 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

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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!!!

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

:

We will be holding our

In-Person

Utah County

COS

monthly meeting:

Location

:  American Fork Library Study Rm 2

Date:



September 27th

.

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.

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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:

•

  Maylynn Hughes, District Captain HD 25 & 40

maylynn.hughes@cosaction.com

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•

  Joyce Berry, Associate Regional Director

jberry@cosaction.com

< >

•

  Muarine 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

– For Liberty

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