who's going to the Nashville conference?

[keepthemhonest]

http://www.freepress.org/conf.php

Some of us are going from georgia we'll meet you there! It is coming up next weekend already and there are going to be many people that are well known to the DU world ,that will be speaking there.

[fooj]

1. Wish I could make it...

Hey lady- how ya doing? Its been a while...

Peace!

[keepthemhonest]

2. Hey you

Yeah I think that it is a little bit too long for a weekend drive for you. Good to hear from you. I am still fighting the fight on the home front.

[rigel99]

3. hey lady!

hey, wanna help me speak at one of the workshops?
The one on doing open records requests??? its' all yours.. I'll ask them to make that one saturday...

if you're open....

up late.. too much work to do.. this is a pain in the you know what!

[keepthemhonest]

4. but

you are the queen of open record requests.If you need me to help I certainly will but how many people would I have to talk in front of?

[demodonkey]

5. I will be there from PA

Am speaking Friday Night about the Election in PA and current situation in The Keystone State.

MB in PA

www.votePA.us

[rigel99]

6. will love to meet you in person!

NASHVILLE OR BUST!
let's all party in Nashville...

[KaryninMiami]

7. I will be there! Flying in via ATL from Miami

Where is everyone staying? I'm at the Loews.

Maybe we can have some identifying ribbons or something so we know we are all from DU.

[rigel99]

8. WHEN YOU GETTING IN/Karyn?

I'll be driving arriving Friday with hotel rooms
for Fri/Saturday... probably have a whole GA crew of folks! fun!

not sure where staying, maybe Loews.. would like some
one on one time with you so will just try to suggest we call each other
at the conference..... you have my details , yes?

[KaryninMiami]

10. I get in sometime mid-morning.

PM your cell phone number and I'll do the same and when I figure out where I left my flight schedule, I'll send you exactly when I arrive. Definitely Looking forward to meeting you in person!

[bettyellen]

9. i just talked to Andy S, and he says he's going.....

says he is compelled to and will sched his surgery around it. Can you believe it? Take good care of him, guys.

[johnaries]

11. I live here, so I'll be attending. Can we get DU'ers to wear arm-

bands or something so we can recognize each other?

[KaryninMiami]

14. Agreed-or perhaps someone can make up ssome DU Buttons?

Anyone feeling creative? IF not, let's pick a color (maybe blue?) and wear blue armbands or ribbons to identify ourselves. Any other ideas?

[keepthemhonest]

16. what about the

stop fraud hand remember from the protests?

I'll see if I can find an example

[Kip Humphrey]

23. How about these?

or



Get yours a The Protest Store here: http://www.cafepress.com/theproteststore/483962

[keepthemhonest]

25. yep that will work

[Kip Humphrey]

24. ... or this:

Also available at The Protest Store here: http://www.cafepress.com/theproteststore/552149

[Kip Humphrey]

22. How about these?

or




Get yours at The Protest Store here: http://www.cafepress.com/theproteststore/552149

[demodonkey]

12. Anybody Going to be there through Sunday Night?

Let's all go to Writers Night at The Bluebird Cafe... starts 8 PM Sunday night, no cover, and I hear the owner of the club is a Davidson County Dem (correct me if I am wrong, but that's what some Nashville Dems told me the last time I was there!)

Last time I went, the music was GREAT (and I'm not a big fan of Country, either, but this was good!) :-)

http://www.bluebirdcafe.com/

[LatePeriduct]

13. Well you guys have the conferences down..

Theres so many conferences and united groups that can do something, that's good.

But I don't think anyone is preparing for war....And people in Ohio better be prepared for war caus' its just about done brewing.

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/03/27/politics/27OHIO.html

"We're very confused that you have a Republican Party platform, and yet people running for higher office pay no attention to it," said Phil Burress, the leader of the Issue 1 campaign, who is also helping organize the Restoration Project. "Why don't they just become Democrats?" he asked"

The Dominionists are here, and they want to elect fraud based Blackwell, king of Votergate Ohio, to become Governor and ruler of the state. And they are going to pull out all stops to make it happen.

[Fly by night]

15. Wow. Two threads on the Nash-ional conference ...

... and I didn't start either one of them. Thanks, guys. We are swamped here getting all the logistics in place. We're looking forward to the conference and to meeting all of you.

I posted the most recent speakers' list on the other Nashville thread (started by kevin_pdamerica), so I'll post the (partial) list of supporting organizations and individuals here. (Tomorrow, I expect to add a half dozen labor unions to this list.) I sure hope we can convince all mid-South DUers to join us -- it will be a historic gathering.

A NATIONAL ELECTION REFORM CONFERENCE
NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE, APRIL 8-10, 2005
PARTIAL LIST OF SUPPORTING INDIVIDUALS AND ORGANIZATIONS
(in alphabetical order: 3/28/05)

51 Capital March
Alliance for Democracy
Barbara Jones
BradBlog
Citizens’ Alliance for Secure Elections -- America
Citizens’ Alliance for Secure Elections -- Ohio
Coalition Against Election Fraud
Columbus Institute for Contemporary Journalism
Common Cause (National and Tennessee)
Count The Vote
David Cobb
Davidson County (TN) Democratic Party
Democratic National Committee
Democratic Underground
Election Fraud and Reform Center
Fisk University Civil Rights Institute
Freepress.org
Gathering To Save Our Democracy
Green Party of Tennessee
Help America Recount
Illinois Ballot Integrity Project
Information Impact International
J30 Election Coalition
Jonathan Simon
Justice Through Music
Kate Thurmond
Kip Humphrey
Larry English
Left.org
Libertarian Party of the United States
NAACP (Tennessee State University chapter)
National Ballot Integrity Project
Open Voting Consortium
Paper Ballots Hand Cast Hand Counted
People For The American Way Foundation
Progressive Democrats of America
Ray Beckerman
SolarBus
Tennessee Democratic Party
Thelma Kidd
US Count Votes
Vanderbilt University Black Cultural Center
Velvet Revolution
Voter Choice Coalition -- Georgia
Voter Standardization Group
Voters Unite
Where’s the Paper

Before we're done, we will have 60+ supporting organizations. Hope to see all y'all soon.

[Andy_Stephenson]

17. A late entrance speaker...

Andy Stephenson

:)

[gkhouston]

18. drama queen...

:loveya: gotta make that big entrance, doncha? ;-)

[Andy_Stephenson]

21. They don't call me

DQ fer nothing. :hi:

[elehhhhna]

19. You're going after all? EXCELLENT!

[Andy_Stephenson]

20. Yes...

after I talked to you...it just sort of came together.

[KaryninMiami]

26. Kicking this back up to see who is coming from DU!

[keepthemhonest]

27. see you there n/t

[janedoe]

31. Does anyone need a ride to Nashville?

I'm planning to drive there, leaving later today.
I'm near Greenville, SC, and will go through Atlanta,GA.

[althecat]

28. Not me... but wish I was... will be here for the virtual version...

[davidgmills]

29. Am thinking about coming from Memphis for Saturday

Would kind of like to put some faces on the names of the DUers.

Would be coming for moral support only as this lawyer is out of his league.

But I did give one of our prominent judges a copt of USCountVotes article today. Kind of raised his eyebrows when I told him what it was about.

Maybe I can be a messenger boy.

[keepthemhonest]

32. great keep up the good work

maybe we should all be direct messengers that is a fantastic idea.
See you there

[berniew1]

30. I'll be there from Florida; others too

[keepthemhonest]

33. Great

see you there!