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Monday Update - October 20, 2025
This update is provided to keep you posted on organizational changes and updates. We are issuing this weekly report each Monday that the National Team meets! Information shared can be shared with your teams! Hope you enjoy it. Be sure to read to the end, lots of links and information throughout!!   COS Anniversaries No State Anniversaries In case you were wondering where the custom came from, here is a short write up on the history of Halloween or All Hallows Eve https://www.nypl.org/blog/2018/10/26/brief-history-halloween. Enjoy the cooler air as we move through fall!   Mark Meckler's Comments Mark is on the road so we heard from Rick Santorum discussing the very real threat from Socialism, Communism, and Marxism taking hold in our country. As he speaks to groups, about this risk, he reminds them that COS can help shape our country's future in a constitutional way. His message is nearly always received well. Following a recent speech to a group of young Republicans at Harvard about life and family, many attendees asked Rick how they could get involved with COS and about the direction our country will go. Rick also traveled to Nashua, New Hampshire, this past weekend and spoke to an audience of around 100 people. Following his talk, 45 people signed the COS petition. As Rick said, “Not bad!”   Legislative Activity If you have not had the chance to attend a session on “Apologetics” yet, check out this link and get comfortable with the process. Paul Phillips presents the information in an easy to understand presentation that will be so meaningful for you as you address issues with your legislator. Refer to this information frequently and often. Who better to share information with than your legislator? As fall moves into winter, and District Season into Capitol or Legislative season around the country, let's make sure we take advantage of our last District Season days (when you can find your legislator in their offices at home) and get in touch with them and let them know we are here to work with them.   District Captain Activity KUDOS to the Top Most Active DC teams by % in our Regions - Alaska, Arkansas, Iowa, Louisiana, Oklahoma and Mississippi. All 100% activity! Great Job teams!! District Captain and Volunteer activity is an area we really need to focus on. Those activity/action reports are available to communicate to our donors all the great work each of you are doing out there in the trenches! It only takes a second to file an action report on your phone or computer or go into Citizen Builder and make a note. For those District Captains reading this, we need to strive for 100% activity in Citizen Builder! Remember, an action report will give you activity!   Fun Fact for the Week Amazing but true about the role of sugars and sweets in the Revolutionary War. - Sugars and Sweets played a critical role in the Revolution. In 1764, the Colonists’ refusal to pay the British taxes for sugar and molasses helped spark the Revolution. - As the Revolutionary War loomed, Colonists boycotted British tea, using chocolate instead. When the British cut off chocolate supplies during the war, the Colonists smuggled it with help from Royal Navy sailors. - In 1775, the Continental Army began paying pirates known as “privateers” to raid British ships. By 1781, they employed hundreds of privateer vessels. Among the “rewards” were meats, liquors, and foods such as sugar beets, nuts, ginger, cinnamon, and other spices. The Continental Army sold the goods, gave the pirates a share, and used the rest to fund their efforts. - On land, many soldiers relied on “camp followers,” such as sutlers, licensed vendors who sold an array of goods including stain glass, burnt almonds and other candy. Women and children also followed the troops, helping to cook the paltry meals. - The Revolutionary army raided homes and villages, and foraged, on their own and as directed by Washington in 1778. Among their findings were strawberries, blueberries, and nuts.   Social Media Program Let's all help with the new Social Media Program! Watch for your emails Monday thru Friday; check out the Zulip Leaders Organization of the same days; or use the link below. Takes only about 1-3 minutes to carry out the call to action! It has proven to be one of our most effective tools!! http://www.conventionofstates.com/social As with all new things, a few rules follow - remember: Do NOT tag or message legislators; Do NOT ask others to contact legislators or sign the petition; and Do NOT post on legislator's posts or pages We are getting lots of good feedback from this program, the more who participate, the greater the impact! Let's all get involved!! We have even picked up several very active sites that are following us now and posting about COS. Per Mark Meckler - please tell as many people as possible to participate in the Social Media effort to help us combat negative comments there!   New Happenings! Take the time to look at the new video featuring Michael Rilee - **The Michael Rilee Story** - The Quiet Strength of a Patriot! You will be inspired and energized!!!! Please Note: The issues created by the bad guys attacking our email system have been fixed. Your Tech Team is working diligently to keep us all up and running with the tools we need readily available. Feel free to use your .us email address now! You can now start using your COS email address with the .us ending. Your COS action email will work but we will be moving toward the .us ending over the next year. Everything else remains the same except for the .us instead of .com! Your old .com address will forward to the new address. If you purchase business cards or any other material with your email address on it, please use the new cosaction.us. Spoiler Alert - you will still need to sign into Citizen Builder with whatever email address you have used in the past!  Zulip News Are you having difficulty getting your teams on Zulip? If you need help, reach out to your RD and they can hook you up with assistance! We have dedicated Grassroots leaders who understand the system available to help get you and your team ready to go. Want to look around on your own? Check this out! Let's get our teammates on so we can make it the great communication tool it can be. We would like to see a more robust participation with this new format. Using the Zulip App is much easier than trying to work in a browser. Help your teams use the platform in the most effective way, have them download the app here: Zulip App. The COS Leaders organization is open and active - if you aren't in yet, jump in, the water and dialogue are great! If you aren't in check with your SD or SIA to get an invite. Zulip COS Leaders organization takes the place of many of the Slack workspaces (such as DC and other leader workspaces). Looking forward to seeing you all on there!  Petition Roundup  As of Tuesday the 14th, 2,757,405 people have signed the Convention of States petition so far. You could build three medieval castles with 2.7 million bricks! Weekly Total: 1929. This is an average of 276 signatures per day (21% below the weekly total average) * Top States: 1. SC (20.6%) 2. KY (12.0%) 3. IN (7.9%) * Top Support Sources: 1. State or Country Fair (13.7%) 2. Social Media (10.5%) 3. Gun Show (8.7%) * Top Dates: 1. 10/12 (20%) 2. 10/6 (19%) 3. 10/7 (15%) * Tags: Social Media Ads (10.9%) Organic Social Media (9.2%) Events (69.1%) Blogs (0.7%) Lots of Fairs and Festivals around the country! Thanks to all of our great grassroots for working so hard!!  Copyright and Image Use Information We need to be diligent in following best practices in terms of use of other peoples' information. In that light, please be sure you communicate that we are seeing increasing violations. Be sure to share this important policy on Copyright and Image Use with your teams.   Artificial Information (AI) and YOU! Check out this article/video (don't forget, subject changes weekly) on how to use AI in the workplace. Be safe. Be prudent. Be successful!   The Writers' Desk Be sure you catch the Writers' Desk call tomorrow night, October 21st at 5:00 PM. Brianna Kraemer will be joining us, you don't want to miss it!! Here is the link for the call. If you missed the Writers' Desk call on August 19 don't dismay, here is a summary with the link to the recording. The guest was Mark Meckler, who discussed the benefits and pitfalls of artificial intelligence in writing and communicating for COS. You don't want to miss all the exciting insights.   If you missed the October Grassroots Leadership Focus Webinar, check out the summary and recording! Join us on November 11, 2025 at 9:00 PM EST for Power in Gratitude! Be sure you register - you will no longer have to register for each session after you register this time!! Hope to see you there!   COS at Home was great with our own Jonathan Viaud and Rick Green of Patriot Academy. If you were unable to attend, don't miss the recording. Mark your calendar for the upcoming event on November 3rd at 8:00 PM ET featuring our own Rita Peters!!  Wondering where that document is located? Wondering how to get someone opted in for COS emails? The answers are there for you in this tool - Passed States Webpages.   Citizen Builder Training Check out the Citizen Builder training - Taming the Tech - Unfortunately circumstances dictated that we cancel our September classes but we are back tonight, October 20th tomorrow evening October 21st at 6:30 PM ET. **Come join us! Register Here** If you have attended the class in the past, you will receive a thank you note not the registration link. If this is the case, just drop an email to [email protected] with your name, email address, phone number and state as well as the class you plan to attend and we will make sure you are notified of the class.  Need some Convention of States Swag? Check our Article V Outfitters for the latest COS swag and sales!! They have a new Charlie Kirk line now as well as other great things. Check them out!   Words from our Founding Fathers “Give me liberty or give me death.“ [From a speech given at Saint John's Church in Richmond, Virginia on March 23, 1775 to the Virginia House of Burgesses; as first published in print in 1817 in William Wirt's Life and Character of Patrick Henry.]” ― Patrick Henry   We must not, we cannot, let their sacrifice be in vain! |
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