2012 First Congressional District Convention

New to the presidential year convention process?Learn more about the typical scenarios and this year’s First District Convention. 

First Congressional District Republican convention, Glynn Academy Auditorium, Brunswick, GA 31520.
Registration fee:  $25 for Delegates, $20 for Alternates, and $10 for guests.

Registration opens 9:00 am, convention to order at 10:00 am by First District Chair Ruby Robinson.

Who can participate? The delegates and alternates elected from March 10 conventions in these counties:

Bryan; Camden; Charlton; Chatham; Effingham; Glynn, Long, Liberty, Lowndes, McIntosh, Ware, Wayne and perhaps a few others I missed or that might not have held County Conventions. It appears from 150-200 delegate and alternate slots were allocated; not all were filled.

What is the convention business? To elect 3 delegates and 3 alternates to the national convention in Tampa in August. Any eligible Georgia voter can be nominated and elected as delegate or alternate; rules do not require you be present to be elected.  Those elected from the Ga First District will be bound by the State GOP rules and election laws that allocate delegate votes proportionally to Newt Gingrich (2) and Mitt Romney (1) on the first two ballots.

How are delegates selected? They are elected at the convention by all district delegates and it is normally highly competitive. This is the ultimate role from the congressional district. Note delegates are not chosen by the nominating committee. There are several steps from temporary nominating committee, to permanent nominating committee, to the approval of rules to elect by “slate” or by individual post. Generally,

PRIOR TO THE CONVENTION

·        The district chairman appoints a temporary nominating committee.

·        The names of all temporary nominating committee members are “public” and known by all delegates. Delegates from the counties receive info on whom to contact, how, and when.

·        The temporary committee solicits names of those who want to go to the national convention as national delegates. They may request resumes. They may schedule telephone interviews. Or they may ask the candidates to appear early at the District Convention for interviews with the Committee.

·        Often your County Chairman will also assist leading Republicans in your county in getting support to become a national delegate.

The DAY of the CONVENTION

·        The temporary nominating committee meets on-site during the registration period.

·        The convention starts and after credentials are established, the delegates vote to accept or change the temporary nominating committee.  If the delegates approve the Chairman’s temporary committee, it becomes the permanent committee. If not, new members are selected.

·        The convention is in recess (and usually hears speeches) while the committees meet.

Convention 2012 contacts:

·        First Congressional District GOP chair is Ruby Robinson.

·        Temporary nominating committee chair: Sheila Miner Galbreath, 23756 Highway 144, Richmond Hill, Ga. 31324 (912)727-2109 fish1@clds.net Sheila says to send your request and resume to her by April 6.
She says she’s not disclosing the other members of the committee – to protect their privacy.

·        Other committees – Resolutions, Sergeant at Arms, Arrangements – haven’t been named as of April 1. If you have suggestions please contact Ruby Robinson 912-266-0466

(Yours truly has attended these conventions during TEN presidential cycles and was elected alternate national delegate from the First District in 1980. In addition to prior years of volunteer campaign work and leadership in different GOP organizations, it really helped that I was a young female at a time when most GOP activists and delegates were men in their 40’s – 70’s.)

From Glynn County:District delegates 

12 Dist	Prec #	Precinct Name	LastName	FirstName
D1	5193	City Rec	BELT	STEPHEN
D2	2293	St Williams	BOLAND	JANIS
D3	1273	Sterling Elementary	CHAPMAN	JEFFREY
D4	1273	Sterling Elementary	Chapman	Lyndon
D5	2293	St Williams	COOK	JOANN
D7	2393	Oglethorpe Point	COX	Wesley
D6	2393	Oglethorpe Point	COX	DEIRDRE
D8	2293	St Williams	KELLY	WILLIAM (Harry)
D9	4193	Beverly Shores	KILGORE	JEFFREY
D11	1273	Sterling Elementary	LYNCH	LARRY
D12	4193	Beverly Shores	Massari	Pasquale (Pat)
D13	4193	Beverly Shores	MASSARI	PAULA
D14	4193	Beverly Shores	MCVEIGH	PATRICIA
D15	2493	Jekyll Island	Murphy	Jane
D16	2293	St Williams	PETERS	MARJORIE
D17	2293	St Williams	PROVENZANO	DALE
D18	4393	Ballard Rec	REYNA	REBA
D19	4193	Beverly Shores	ROBINSON	RUBY
D20	2293	St Williams	ROZIER	LISA
D10	2193	First Baptist SSI	SANDERS	ANTHONY (Mike)
D21	2493	Jekyll Island	STOCK	RONALD
D22	2293	St Williams	TROBAUGH	KENNETH
D23	2393	Oglethorpe Point	Truett	Thomas
D24	4393	Ballard Rec	WATSON	NOEL
D25			White	Ray
D26			Wilson	Tim
D27	1173	Sterling Church of G	WRIGHT	SAMUEL

From Glynn County District alternates

12 Dist	Prec #	Precinct Name	LastName	FirstName
A1	5293	Burroughs Molette	Chancey	Linda
A2	1273	Sterling Elementary	CHAPMAN	ANGELA
A3	5193	City Rec	DEAN	SANDRA
A26	3173	Christian Renewal	DIETERMAN	BARBARA
A25	3173	Christian Renewal	GOUGH	KEVIN
A16	3173	Christian Renewal	JONES	JEFFREY
A15	2193	First Baptist SSI	KACOS	MARK
A4	2193	First Baptist SSI	LEWIS	CHARLES
A12	4393	Ballard Rec	LIPTHRATT	JACK
A5	2293	St Williams	LOUPEE	PAUL
A6	1273	Sterling Elementary	LYNCH	SHARON
A7	3173	Christian Renewal	MARTINEZ	KRISTINE
A8	4193	Beverly Shores	MCVEIGH	NORMAN (Shaw)
A9	4193	Beverly Shores	MONTGOMERY	DONALD
A24	4193	Beverly Shores	NELSON	LANA
A27	3173	Christian Renewal	PARMLEY	MARLENE
A10	1303	Satilla Marsh	PRICE	RICHARD
A11	2493	Jekyll Island	ROBINSON	SUSAN
A13	1373	Marshes of Glynn	ROSS	LINDA
A14	1373	Marshes of Glynn	ROSS	VICTOR
A17	4193	Beverly Shores	Stoddard	Edwin
A18	2293	St Williams	TAYLOR III	CHARLES
A19	5193	City Rec	TUBBS	THOMAS
A21	4393	Ballard Rec	Wallace	William
A20	4393	Ballard Rec	WALLACE	PATSY
A22	1373	Marshes of Glynn	WENDEL	SUSAN
A23	1173	Sterling Church of G	WRIGHT	LYNNE

 Postscript:
Delegates elected: Ann Mueller (Chatham); Ruby Robinson (Glynn); Steven Lambeth (Chatham? )
Atlernates elected: Kay Godwin (Ware?); Wes Cox (Glynn); Carl Smith (Chatham?)
These were results I gathered from different people attending the convention. I have seen nothing officially communicated by first district chair Ruby Robinson or anyone else