PDNC Phone conference 8/13/07

In regards to pulling off the Lt Gov Forum we have to consider the drawbacks:
            Not all candidates would be able to be in attendance
            We only have two weeks to get everything mapped out
            Pete and David will be out of town

Looking at the moving ahead:
         Isaac is willing to chair and be the moderator for the event
         David and Chris are working on the hard ball questions
         Susan is offering to email the candidates with the initial invitation and will contact                        
            Delmas to see if he will do the follow up calls
         David will contact Tom Mills who is managing Doughton's campaign
         Helen will look into getting video camera and sound system
         We can probably get 3 out of 4 candidates or at least get some reps from those
            who can't make it. (Smathers may be able to send a rep since he can't attend)
        
It
was decided that Susan will go ahead and send out invitations to the
candidates and we will determine how to move forward once we hear back
from them..hoping to hear back by this Friday.  
David and Chris will continue to formulate questions for the group to review
Heidi
has offered to help and everyone besides Pete and David will be there
to help.  We're hoping to get Mike Sprague to help also.
  We will need signs to put on doors at entranceways, etc. announcing the event.
  
The forum will last from 12:00 pm to 2:00 PM at which time the State
Executive Committee Meeting begins.  The event is in Greensboro this
year.
    We will ask the audience to bring their lunch with them.
    We'll stay in touch with updates via email this week
    Next phone call will be 8/20 at 8:15 PM.