OCG's Candidates School this Saturday

Published Apr 07 2008, 06:58 PM by Ian Donnis

One of the big questions facing Rhode Island in 2008 is just how much legislative turnover will be sparked by the state's ongoing fiscal crisis. Gio's psyched about the early outlook, as I reported last week, but a lot needs to happen between now and November. Operation Clean Government is holding its latest Candidates School this Saturday, which leaves plenty of time for prospects to mull it over before the June filing deadline.

Here's the details:

Operation Clean Government

Candidate School 2008

April 12, 2008

Quonset 'O' Club

220 Lt. James Brown Road, North Kingstown

Registration: 7:30 AM   Program: 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM

Registration Fee: $95 (includes meals)

To download a registration form or to register online, go to:

http://www.ocgri.org/candidate.html

2008 Candidate School Program

The Morning Session:

7:30 AM    Registration and Sign in

8:00 AM    Breakfast

8:40 AM    Welcoming remarks, Introduction to OCG, Chuck Barton

9:00 AM    Elections Deadlines, Reports, Procedures, Lobbyist laws & Gift laws

               Secretary of State A. Ralph Mollis

9:45 AM    Political Fundraising, Smart Spending & Utilizing the Internet

               Marshall Votta

10:30 AM The hard work: Person to Person Campaigning

               Arlene Violet

               Fausto Anguilla

11:00 AM Spreading the word: Mail, Media and Advertising

               Mike Guilfoyle

               John Howell

11:45 AM   Lunch and Speaker - Honorary Candidate School Chairman, Bob Weygand

The Afternoon Session:



1:00 PM    The Importance of Addressing Financial Issues - A roundtable discussion

               Moderator: Bob Weygand

               Gary Sasse

               (one more participant to confirm)

1:45 PM    Why I ran, What I learned, What I would have done differently, Would I do it again?

               Moderator: Betty-Jo Cugini

               A roundtable discussion with Paula McFarland and former

               candidates Bill Harsch, Arlene Violet, Kirk Mc Donough

2:30 PM    Lobbyists and Special Interests: How to use them effectively - advantages and disadvantages.

               Moderator: Bob Weygand

               David Carlin

               Harry Staley

               Ed Quinlan

               Dan Beardsley

3:15 PM    Break

3:30 PM    Effective leadership regardless of party - After you win - accomplishing your goals as a member of the

               minority party.

               Moderator: Steve McDonald

               Mayor Scott Avedisian (R)

             Jean Ann Guiliano (D)

               State Rep. Carol Mumford (R)

               Dr. Mark Schwager (D)

4:00 PM    Importance of Educational Issues

               Moderator: Dan Yorke

               Justice Robert G. Flanders, Jr.,

               Valerie Forti

               Mike Trafficante

               Bob Walsh

4:45 PM    Wrap up, review, and closing, Chuck Barton