2009 Summit Agenda

2009 SUMMIT AGENDA

FRIDAY, May 1st

7:30 – 9:00 May Day Reception – Monteagle Winery hosted by Executive Committee members Bill Owen & David Upton

SATURDAY, May 2nd

8:00 - 9:00 Registration (Smokehouse Conference Center)
9:00 - 9:30 Welcome: Opening / Pledge of Allegiance / Prayer / Acknowledgements & Recognition
9:30 - 10:30 Panel Discussion : "What Unites Us As Tennessee Democrats"
10:45 – 11:45 Panel Discussion: "How to Win in Rural Tenn. & How to Protect Seats in Rural Tenn."
12:00 - 1:00 Lunch
1:00 – 2:00 BREAKOUT TRAINING SESSIONS: VAN Training, New Media Outreach, Grassroots
Organizing, Fundraising 101/FEC, Precinct Organizing, Training on Youth Outreach, Computer Skills, Opposition Research
2:30 - 5:00 Afternoon Activities: Historical Tours, Hiking, Recreational Sports (Monteagle area)
2:30 - 4:00 Executive Committee Meeting (University of the South at Sewanee Women's' Center at
Bairnwick's Cushman Room)
4:00 - 5:30 County Chairs Meeting (University of the South at Sewanee Women's' Center at
Bairnwick's Cushman Room)
5:30 – 6:00 Legislative Meet & Greet, "Meet Your Legislator" (Smokehouse Lawn)
6:30 - 9:30 Social "BBQ-Bluegrass-Bonfire" (Smokehouse Lawn) - KEYNOTE Speaker TBA

SUNDAY, May 3rd

8:30 - 9:30 Prayer Breakfast: Led by Ordained Legislators (Smokehouse Conference Center)
9:30 – 10:30 Panel Discussion "Gubernatorial Candidates"
10:30 – 12:00 BREAKOUT TRAINING SESSIONS: VAN Training, New Media Outreach, Grassroots
Organizing, Fundraising 101/FEC, Precinct Organizing, Rural Issues- How to win in Rural
TN, Training on Youth Outreach, Computer Skills, Opposition Research
12:00 - 1:00 OFA Luncheon: "Moving Forward to 2010"
1:00 - 2:00 Breakout Training Sessions: VAN Training, New Media Outreach, Grassroots Organizing,
Fundraising
101/FEC, Precinct Organizing, Rural Issues- How to win in Rural TN, Training on Youth Outreach, Computer Skills, Opposition Research
2:00 - 5:00 Afternoon Activities: Historical Tours, Hiking, Recreational Sports (Monteagle and
surrounding area) / Optional Breakout Training Sessions Continued (Smokehouse
Conference Center)