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Yes, both days, inside.
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Yes, one day, inside.
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Yes, both days, outside.
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Yes, one day, outside.
19 26.76%
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October 8th, 2019, 09:49 AM #1111
Re: ****PAFOA Representation**** Harrisburg Capitol Building, 9/24 and 9/25
We are already working with FOAC and GOA and others.
I don't want to compete with any of the existing 2A groups large or small.
I want to facilitate communication and political cooperation between every 2A group in PA.
This discussion about a name is because we need to identify as something when we connect with everyone.
The big tent concept is not about control, it's about communication and cooperation.
It's about 2A group xyz making something happen, and us making sure every other 2A group knows about it so they can jump in and lend a hand.
I don't want to repeat the same tired formula we are all familiar with.
I want to do something that as far as I can tell has never been done in PA.
We are in a position here to fill a communication gap to help protect the 2A in PA.
It's a specific function we can do well without making it unnecessarily complicated.
The idea of putting our 2A people in the Capitol is really just an extension of the existing FOAC initiative.
Our participation gives it new energy allowing it to go next level and fight the current threat to the 2A in PA.
Our implementation of the 2A Capitol project is just our people lending a hand to FOAC.
Much the same as we and others can lend a hand to any 2A group making something happen for the 2A in PA.
-How can you have any cookies if you don't drink your milk?
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October 8th, 2019, 10:20 AM #1112
Re: ****PAFOA Representation**** Harrisburg Capitol Building, 9/24 and 9/25
I'm a bit confused. What you describe is us being a communications service to promote events, that also has some people in it who will support/attend these events, that has a name but no real structure except that it would likely be a PAC. Why would a communications organization need/want to be a PAC?
The question above is rhetorical. I'll be patient and wait for this whole thing to develop further.Help us restore election integrity in PA. Join PA Voters United
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October 8th, 2019, 10:38 AM #1113
Re: ****PAFOA Representation**** Harrisburg Capitol Building, 9/24 and 9/25
We don't need to become a PAC to do any of the stuff we are talking about.
The PAC discussion is related but unnecessary.
Were I to theoretically acquire PAFOA I would make it an LLC instead of a PAC for maximum flexibility.
Neither is necessary, and a "Friends" designation is enough for us to do our thing recognizably and efficiently.How can you have any cookies if you don't drink your milk?
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October 8th, 2019, 10:05 PM #1114Active Member
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Re: ****PAFOA Representation**** Harrisburg Capitol Building, 9/24 and 9/25
I agree. First there is "friends of PAFOA" then others will decide they want to start something a little different and then we have "Friend's Cousin of PAFOA" then we have "Sister's Brother's cousin Friends of POOFA".
Let POOFA remain an on line forum for information and coordinating events in specific thread/forums...and let it continue to offer all the other good stuff and threads/forums.
Let's throw our financial and time support to an existing org..like FOAC.
I also have seen and experienced the "let's start another org" with Libertarians and III%'ers. It divides our forces.
YMMV
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October 8th, 2019, 10:12 PM #1115
Re: ****PAFOA Representation**** Harrisburg Capitol Building, 9/24 and 9/25
How about the Popular People's Front of Judea?
Rules are written in the stone,
Break the rules and you get no bones,
all you get is ridicule, laughter,
and a trip to the house of pain.
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October 8th, 2019, 10:36 PM #1116
Re: ****PAFOA Representation**** Harrisburg Capitol Building, 9/24 and 9/25
Wth is pa2a?
We need an online calendar, members start filling in days they can attend thw capitol. Alonw or with friends.
Start there with volunteer attendance. If you see a bpank and can fill it, do your damndest.
Ianal im drunk and typos cuz phone and drunk. Well not drunk but 5 shots of bourbon in.There is no way to make it out alive...
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October 8th, 2019, 11:32 PM #1117Senior Member
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Re: ****PAFOA Representation**** Harrisburg Capitol Building, 9/24 and 9/25
There is definitely a lot of value in having a way to quickly disseminate information in a meaningful grassroots way. Growing membership in orgs like FOAC and GOA is certainly one part of the puzzle, but we can do more. Email blasts out to membership are great, but a forum like this where we coordinate and each spread information through our own network/contacts is vital as well. It's one of the things that can give us a huge advantage over the astroturf anti-gun groups. We have a large well of people who may not be members of an organization or on a mailing list, but have a personal stake in protecting the 2A.
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October 8th, 2019, 11:42 PM #1118Senior Member
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Re: ****PAFOA Representation**** Harrisburg Capitol Building, 9/24 and 9/25
I think the best/most valuable thing we can do right now as defenders of the 2A in Pennsylvania is to work for/with FOAC (whether it be officially or unofficially). I am not opposed to calling it something like "friends of pafoa" but I think that should primarily be to direct people here for organizational purposes. I don't know that it has to be anything more than a name (ianal) for members of this forum working to organize in support of FOAC's initiatives.
It could be a good gateway for getting more people involved as well. People who are not currently involved in activism may be much more likely to read/join a forum than jump right in and join a group like FOAC.
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October 8th, 2019, 11:43 PM #1119
Re: ****PAFOA Representation**** Harrisburg Capitol Building, 9/24 and 9/25
The original plan was to go with Bob's Second Cousin's Neighbor's Pennsylvania Pet Chihuahua, or the BSCNPAPC, but it was already taken.
We don't want to start another 2A organization, we want to work within the existing framework, we are just figuring out the details but there are rules, like in the thunderdome.How can you have any cookies if you don't drink your milk?
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October 8th, 2019, 11:47 PM #1120
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