Save the Caucus held a conference at the Colorado Capitol as a follow up to the defeat of Amendment 29 in 2002. It's been suggested that another be held now, as soon as possible while memories of last Tuesday are fresh.
Here's the release that was just made:
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
March 6, 2014
Contact: John Wren cell (720)495-4949
2nd COLORADO CAUCUS CONFERENCE AT THE CAPITOL BEING
PLANNED.
Gov. Hickenlooper and Secretary of State Gessler
expected to make a joint statement announcing the date.
Denver-- John Wren announced today that a conference is being
planned to allow those who participated in the Colorado Caucus to make a
statement about Tuesday's gatherings and to make suggestions for improving the
process. A similar meeting was held as a follow-up to the defeat of Amendment 29
in 2002 which would have ended Colorado's caucus-assembly system for nominating
to the primary ballot.
Making the announcement Wren said, "Last Tuesday some 6,000 meetings were
held across the state, since voters approved the system in 1912 it has served us
well. But as times and technology change, so must the way we select our elected
representatives.
"For that reason we will ask that those with an interest in our Colorado
Caucus be invited to gather at the Capitol once again, and that additional
information, opinion gathering, and analysis be applied to this time-honored
Colorado institution, now rather than later while it is fresh on our
minds.
"Governor Hickenlooper and Secretary of State Gessler have been
invited to make the announcement of the meeting once a date has been set. The
Small Business Chamber of Commerce, I'm CEO, will be surveying local chambers
through our membership in the Colorado Association of Commerce and Industry,
across the state as we set a date and finalize the methodology for data
gathering prior to the conference, and the hope is that CACI may decide to
become a sponsor.
"We are actively looking for sponsors and volunteers. For more
information call me at (303)861-1447," said Wren, "but do it now, this is on a
short fuse."
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John Wren (303)861-1447, 960 Grant St. #727, Denver, CO is a
long-time community activist who was one of the founders of Save the Caucus
which defeated Amendment 29 in 2002 which would have brought an end to the
Colorado system of nominating to the primary ballot both by petition and through
a caucus-assembly process. Save the Caucus held a Caucus Conference at the
Capitol in 2003 and produced a PSA with then Mayor Hickenlooper and Gov Owens
urging Colorado voters to attend their 2004 neighborhood caucus. They also
oversaw the distribution and posting of 5,000 yard signs promoting the 2004
Colorado Caucus, the signs were paid for by Rutt Bridges who had initiated
Amendment 29. Wren has been personally managing an education website
COCaucus.org
