Organizer Headquarters- The Iowa Climate Caucus: Who's a Leader on Global Warming?

Here's the word from Edwards (no)

Dear Mr. Bell,



On behalf of Senator Edwards, we'd like to thank you for your interest and invitation for the Senator.

We appreciate the offer you have graciously extended to us, but unfortunately due to scheduling conflicts, we will be unable to join you on November 3rd, 2007 to speak at the Step it Up event in Iowa City, Iowa. We do plan on looking for a Step it Up event in other cities around the senator’s schedule on that day. Please keep us in mind for events down the road and do not hesitate to reach out to us again in the future.



Sincerely,

Tracey Kennedy

Scheduling Office

John Edwards for President

Please, unless you are a student organization, you may not sponsor a political candidate appearing on the UI Campus per UI rules. Daniel, any speakers you confirm will be sponsored by the Environmental Coalition. Others working with non-student groups are welcome to pursue candidates, just be aware that your organization cannot be listed as a sponsor if ANYONE gets confirmed a political candidate to appear at the Step It Up! events.

Cool Robert,
Another bit o' bad news from Gravel, "Unfortunately, it appears that Gravel has a prior commitment, can't make it to the Caucus." But they did want to thank us for the invitation.

I think the best tack is to get on the phones to the Iowa HQs of the remaining candidates.

I invited Al Franken (the comedian). He may very well be elected to the United States Senate from Minnesota, so his opinion certainly matters. Plus, he is incredibly popular and would bring a HUGE audience.

I also invited Nancy Menning, the individual I told you about who taught a course entitled Nature in Religious Thought & Ethics. It would be great to hear from someone who is not a politician.

The Step It Up national office has confirmed that Governor Richardson will be in Iowa November 3rd.

Confirmed with Collin McDonnell at Hillary's campaign that he got our invite, he was short b/c he seemed busy, but now that we know they got our invite, we can keep contacting and keep the pressure on

Got a response from Grassley's scheduler that he can't make it, but I invited him to record a youtube spot to show his global warming leadership, we'll see if I hear anything back on that, here's the info I got back from them:

Dear Daniel,

Thank you for your kind invitation for Senator Grassley to participate
in Step it Up on November 3. The Senator appreciates you thinking of
him.

Unfortunately, Senator Grassley has a previous commitment on that day
and will not be able to attend. If you have any questions, please feel
free to contact me at 202-224-3744 or email me at
emily_cook@grassley.senate.gov.

Once again, Senator Grassley appreciates your invitation and asks you to
please keep in touch.

Sincerely,

Emily Cook
Iowa Scheduler
Senator Chuck Grassley
p: 202/224-3744
f: 202/224-5136

Obama's IC organizer has RSVPed to our listing on my.barackobama.com: (note, the time's wrong over there, I'll fix it)

This email is to confirm a signup for your event:

Who: Nicole Stickel
Will Attend: Yes

Comment:

# Guests (incl. attendee): 1
Event: The Iowa Climate Caucus: Step It Up 2007
Time: Saturday, November 3 at 4:00 PM - 2 hours

Kucinich's Scheduler has sad she will tell him about the event:

Dear Daniel: I will pass your request along to the Congressman.

Take Care,

Amy

Amy Vossbrinck
Kucinich Campaign Volunteer Scheduler

Hey Robert, got this email from Jason at Step It Up, wanted to check into your level of contact with the Richardson campaign before I responded:

I've had numerous e-mail / phone conversations with Bill Richardson's scheduling team recently, and they will definitely be in IA on the 3rd. This is very exciting, because all of your actions are looking great right now. The head of scheduling in IA is Tiffany Deinzer, and her contact info is as follows:

505 205 4993
tdeinzer@richardsonforpresident.com

She's basing the decision on which event(s) BR will attend on her conversations with you guys. I gave her a quick rundown of the national scene, and gave her a solid amount of info on your events, but she wants more specifics. It would be great if you guys could contact her as soon as possible to chat about your events. She's almost always at her desk, so phone works well.

Daniel,

I am to meet with the people to confirm the Penatacrest reservation. They are going to decide whether or not to grant our request for the use of the space and I'm pretty worried because we don't really have an event as yet.

I would feel a lot more comfortable if we could confirm today or before 1:30 tomorow (central time) a speaker. Can you call the campaigns again and see where they are at?