Indiana Constitutional Republic Caucus

Charter Meeting

Introduction to the Organization

Hello and welcome to the Charter meeting of the Indiana Constitutional Republic Caucus, (ICRC).

My name is Bob Davis and I have served as chairman of the provisional committee over the last year. I am married, a father of two children, and grandfather to three. I own a tool and die business in Elwood, Indiana and I have been a member of the John Birch Society since 1994.

I am posting the entire contents of this presentation on our INCRC.com web site. You can download at your convenience.

I would like at this time to introduce committee members, past and present. As I say your name please stand and be recognize

Bill Hathaway Chairman of Education

Bill Johnson

Bob Davis Committee Chairman

Herbert (Fox) Brown

Jeff Ready

Jerry Titus Chairman of Technology

Jim Martindale (currently in China on business)

Joyce Morrell

Lynette Sherrill

Paul Caudell (posthumously recognized)

Melissa Lineberry

Phil Schmitt

Tim Kerns

Tina Strack

I count it a privilege to have worked with all of these dedicated patriots.

This afternoon we have a presentation of what this committee has been busy working on for the past year. This meeting will be a presentation and will differ in that the opportunity for interaction will be held off to the end for the sake of time. To facilitate this we have supplied you with cards and pencils to write down your questions as we progress through the presentation and all questions will be answered at the end of the program (time permitting) and on our website. All future meetings of the Indiana Constitutional Republic Caucus will be held in accordance with the latest version of Roberts Rules of order. We will collect the cards at the end of the presentation and answer questions as long as time permits.

Most of you know that we are the Ron Paul Delegates to the Indiana Republican Convention. After the Republican Party broke their own rules to silencing us, we felt it would be a mistake to allow the momentum of the movement to stop. We began meeting immediately using the Delegate committee as a provisional committee. Membership in the committee changed a bit through the year but the core group still remains.

What is our primary goal?

Our goal is to return our State and Nation to the Constitutional rule of law, through the election of Constitutionalist legislators by an educated electorate.

Our method is to educate and certify candidates for the task and support them with funds and workers to succeed at the poles. Where candidates are not forthcoming we will raise them from within our ranks. We are not interested in supporting any candidate that will not honor his/her oath of office to protect and defend the Constitution. We do not want to see any political race without a Constitutionalist candidate as a choice. No more choices between the lesser of two evils.

We currently spend a great deal of time trying to stop bad legislation from getting passed. We write letters, to congress, letters to the editor and sign petitions in an effort to prevent bad laws. We go from one attack to the next in a constant battle to hold on to our Constitutional rights. One day they try to take our firearms, the next day they want to control our ability to buy vitamins. Constitutionalist legislators would prevent these attacks from being considered and will work to turn around bad law putting the robbers of freedom on the defensive in both the Statehouse and the U.S. Congress.

The Campaign for Liberty is setup as an educational organization and cannot directly support a candidate. The ICRC has no such limitation. The campaign for Liberty has educational materials that we might make use of but they have no testing procedure for potential candidates. We will have. In order to become a sister organization with the CFL we would be required to become a 401 C4 like them, and that would keep us from supporting particular candidates. It is pivotally important that we remain separate for this reason.

We had initially intended to name our organization the Indiana Conservative Republican Caucus. Our goal to reach all of the citizens, with the message of freedom through the Constitution, forced us to reconsider the use of Republican in the name. Using Republican could turn off any Democrats that we might encounter. This potential elimination of such a large group of Hoosiers demanded we make a change. The Indiana Constitutional Republic Caucus is less polarizing and is in itself somewhat educating since we are indeed a Constitutional Republic, and not a Democracy, as the schools and media would have us believe.

Since we are not a party, we are not limited to supporting just Republicans. The late Congressman Larry McDonald was one of the most conservative Congressmen to ever serve, and he was elected on the Democratic ticket. If the current Republican candidate is well supported by the Republican Party, yet is found wanting in support of the Constitution, we could seek out the nomination of another Party to oppose him with a true Constitutionalist.

Would anyone here be offended if a majority vote to bring us back to Constitutional limits comes from both Democrats and Republicans? Ron Paul taught us that it is the statesman, rather than the political party that really matters. If I had my preference, we would not hold the name of either party since both have soiled themselves with treachery and treason. However, success at the polls with Constitutionalists is our true goal.

A successful outreach is needed for us to win this battle to save our State and Nation. Education on the U.S. Constitution almost always brings about support for the Constitution. Today we will present methods to improve our ability to convince others of the timeless nature of our Constitution, as well as, how it still protects our liberty if it's enforced. We will be discussing ways to improve our ability to educate our neighbors, co-workers, friends and family. We will talk about tactics to improve our ability to push proper legislation, as well as, resist unconstitutional bills.

Our organization is dedicated to the protection of Indiana from dangerous legislation as the Kernan Shephard report would support. We will be vigilant and ready to respond to these attempts to take our elected officials and replace them with appointees.

Political power is the power to be influential with the largest number of citizens. We intend to be a significant influence through smarter activism and focused efforts by well educated and informed members. With only a small group of delegates to the Indiana Republican Convention, we decided who the next Attorney General would be to the chagrin of our Governor.

ICRC Supporting Constitutionalists!

· Constitutional Education Programs

· Tactics for success

· Leadership structure

· Singular Focus on adherence to State & Federal Constitutions

· Identifying TRUE conservative statesmen

We are all quite busy, and the organization is producing materials to help with the tasks ahead. This will reduce educational preparation time by giving you the key information you need to be effective in the fight.

We are wary of the double edge sword of the "NON-Profit" organization. Non-Profit means the government gets a list of all your members, as well as, a record of donations. There are other ways to structure this so we are not opening up our organization to the government. The John Birch Society is structured as a business. The business makes no money, so it pays no taxes. There are issues with that for us in that a business cannot support a political candidate either. We will need to do much more study of this situation in order to select the best structure.

We want no shackles on our efforts to support Constitutional candidates.

*Should you join the ICRC

Why should you join?

You CAN be a member of both the ICRC and the Campaign for Liberty.

Though the goals are the same, the methods and capabilities are different.

The two organizations complement each other because they are not connected.

The IRSclassification of the CFL prevents them from directly supporting a particular candidate. We will be doing exactly that.

*The Vine

I took my family on a vacation to Florida when my children were smaller. We stayed at a small hotel somewhere in Alabama. Eating breakfast the next morning in the attached restaurant we were taken back by the appearance of the hillside across the street. The hillside was cut away for railroad tracks and railroad cars were parked there but covered with vines. Only the shape of the vines told us there were railroad cars underneath. The trees on the entire hillside were covered with the vines. Limbs were broken and appeared as stubs hanging with vines. I had never seen anything like it before. The tenacity of the small vine in overcoming trees that were well over 100 feet tall was amazing. The railcars were completely useless. I searched the internet looking for a photo that would portray what we saw and I found this one. This image is only mildly impressive at first, until you realize that the block shape in the middle is actually a two story house! What is my point in all this? One vine can do impressive things! Many vines taking advantage of every opportunity can be unstoppable.

You are the vine of freedom.

You are the beneficiary of something precious. You received it, paid in full, by the blood and sacrifice of our forefathers. This precious gift of freedom can only grow if you care for it correctly. As a vine grows, it embraces every obstacle and raises itself above it. The height, length, width, texture, or color of the obstacle is of NO concern to the vine. The vine sees the obstacle as only a support for its growth. The vine will overcome unbelievable obstacles as long as it stays properly rooted. In time the vine smothers its adversary.

It's time to grow some freedom.

Fertilize it with education and truth.

Water it with love and kindness.

Cultivate it with diligence and patriotism.

The vine must continue to grow even though we win an election. Freedom demands our continuous involvement or it will wither and die. We must become effective educators, if we are to save our nation.

*We intend to accomplish the following

We intend to accomplish the following;

· A Constitutionalist Majority in the Indiana Statehouse and the US Congress. Start preparation for the 2010 elections NOW!

· Educate large numbers of Indiana citizens in the US & Indiana Constitutions.

· Accomplish this through the creation of opinion molders.

· Empower them to succeed through excellent tactics and improved communications skills.

Why yet another organization? How can the ICRC do this better than some other group? These are good questions and now you know why it has taken a year of preparation.

We have discussed our;·

· Primary Goal

· Relationship with the Campaign for Liberty

Over the next hour or so we will get into the

· Outreach programs

· Tactics

· Education

· Presentation of by-laws.