Invitations Sent Out

Today I am sending out a second set of letters to the candidates and invitation letters to all of the officials mentioned in the "Invited Section". You can help this effort go forward by telling your elected officials --- State Reps, State Senators, Judges, City Councilmen etc etc --- That you will be attending the event and would like for them to also support East Texas's effort to have it's voice heard.

Getting Involved

Here is where you take that first step to getting involved in this event in East Texas. Sign up to attend, Sign up to help sponsor the event or sign up to help work the event.

The Picnic will Be July 28th 2007. We will need lots of folks to cook.

At this point the single most important thing you can do to help this event happen is committ to attend it here where the candidates can see that we are going to have a large group. Then send a copy of the sample letters to one of the candidates to let them know you will be attending and you would like to hear from them. Send it to the candidate that you personally think would be the best President.

Please contact me directly for more info on how you can help
Bill Hocutt
Bill@BHocutt.com

2007 Picnic Proposal

1) Basic Proposal
2) Groups to be contacted
3) Projected costs
4) Proposed Financial Solutions
Attachment 1: Emails Sent
Attachment 2: Letters Sent
Attachment 3: Responses received
Attachment 4: 2nd Set of Letters Sent Out.

Basic Proposal:

Objective: Encourage One or several of the conservative candidates for President to visit East Texas prior to the Labor Day Straw Poll Method: Sponser an event that would draw at least 150-200 Conservative Grass Roots voters

Suggested Event: The 2nd Annual Hunt County GOP Club Family Fun Picnic is scheduled for July 28th (Saturday) 2007. That is exactly 34 days prior to the Straw Poll. If the Hunt County GOP Club and several other East Texas County Organizations banded together we could (possibly) pull together enough conservative grass roots voters to entice these candidates to come talk to us. Realisticly no one single county or group in East Texas is large enough with enough votes to catch the attention of one of these Presidential candidates. They will visit Dallas, Ft Worth, San Antonio, Houston and the other “BIG” cities and bypass our smaller communities for logistic reasons. They can speak to more voters at a single setting in one of the larger cities. However, by several of us banding together to co-sponsor the event we can (I think) catch their attention.

Projected Costs:
Picnic Price Out Based on Last Years

Picnic Price Out

Estimates based on 100 people attending: 150 Attending

50 pounds of Hamburger ($2.50 a pound) $ 125 $200
200 Burger Buns (8 to a pack = 25 packs) $ 40 $ 60
200 Hot Dogs (8 to a pack = 25 packs) $ 60 $ 90
200 Hot Dog Buns (6 to a pack = 33 Packs) $ 40 $ 60
17 Cases of Soda's (@ $7 a case) $ 120 $155
8 Cases of Water (@ $5 a case) $ 40 $ 60
25 Bags of Chips (@ $3 a bag) $ 75 $120
20 Bags of Lettuce (@ $2 a bag) $ 40 $ 60
Tomatoes $ 50 $ 60
Pickles (5 Jars @ $3) $ 15 $ 15
Condiments $ 30 $30
Paper Plates $ 50 $ 60
Napkins $ 20 $ 20
Porta Potty's $ 250 $250
Band $ 350 $350
Cheese $ 25 $ 40
Onions $ 20 $ 20
ICE $100 $150
The Money Lake Rental $100 $100

Subtotal $ 1550 $ 1900


Attatchment One: Emails Sent Sent to Hunt County GOP Club Board Hi Guys Here is a copy of the letter I just sent out to Delta County, Kaufman County, Garland GOP, Rains County. If we jump on this we can bring one or more of these Canidates into Hunt County this July.

-----------------------------------------------------------------------Email sent to: ---- Delta County Men’s Club
Garland Republican Club
Kaufman County Republican Party Chairman
Garland Republican Club
Hunt County Republican Party Chairman
Van Zandt County Republican Club
Rains County Republican Party
John Cooke ---- SRC Man
Cindy Burkett -- SRC Woman

OK Folks Here is a copy of the Letter that I am sending out Monday Morning to the Hunter Campaign, Tancredo Campaign, and the Romney Campaign. As soon as I find an email or snail mail address for the Huckabee Campaign I will send them a copy of the same invitation. Here are the Basic Facts: What: Hunt County GOP Club PicnicWhen: July 28th 2007 all day eventWhere: Money Lake Greenville TexasCost: $5 per person or $10 per family (To cover cost of food, band etc) What we need: Letters from all of our groups Delta County Clubs, Hunt County Clubs, Kaufman County Clubs, Garland Clubs and others that I will contacting in the next few days to go to these canidates inviting them to this event. If they get multiple invites to the event ---- telling them that there will be grass roots workers and VOTERS in attendance shortley before the Staw Poll I think we can convince them to come down and talk to us. What do yall think?----------------------------------------------------------------------- Attached was a copy of the Three “Candidate” Letters

Attachment 3: Responses Received


Responses So Far:

John and Angie Ford of Garland

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Hi Bill,

I just got on the computer and got your E-Mail. Your letter and Invitation
sound GREAT to me. John & I will plan to attend your Picnic--It sounds like
a lot of fun. where is this Park & how do we get there from Garland. I can
get to Greenville, but where do I turn off of I30 and go from there. See
You Soon!!!

Angie Ford

Jerry Derr of Delta County


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Jerry Derr
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Subject
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Re: Picnic Invitation
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Tue, Feb 27, 2007 04:16 PM

Bill, Thank you so much. I just got the letters ready to go. I hope they will take you up on it. If they do we will have sooo many people who will attend, which I stated in my letters. I will mail them tomorrow. Jerry should get his done tonight. I will let you know if I get a response. Pam----- Original Message -----