"Amendment II Democrats" - Coming to DemocracyFest in Austin

[derby378]

If all goes well, I'll set up under the tent at DemFest at 5pm Friday afternoon and we can have a short bull session on activism and organization to start defeating gun-interdiction initiatives in the Democratic Party on a grass-roots level. Nothing real fancy, but let's put our heads together and see what we come up with.

Website to follow soon - hopefully by the time DemFest is up and running. Will keep you posted!

[benEzra]

1. Awesome. (n/t)

[derby378]

2. Look for me at the Big Tent on Friday @ 5pm

Big Tent will be next to the Jackson-Moody Building at Huston-Tillotson. Hope to see y'all there!

[Xela]

3. Sharing invite...

Have you tried sharing this invite with Pink Pistols?

http://pinkpistols.org/index2.html

They seem to have a Central Texas chapter that just might be interested...
http://www.geocities.com/volcano_cbe/

I took the liberty of sharing this with Gun Toting Liberals at geocities/yahoo-groups. Hope you don't mind.

And thanks for your efforts,

Xela

[derby378]

4. Don't mind at all

And welcome to DU!! :toast:

[Xela]

5. No problem..

derby,

Thanks for the welcome. Great to be here.

Unfortunately, I won't be able to make it. I'm in the Dallas/FW area.

But at least one buddy at Gun Toting Liberals is in Austin, and he would like to check it out. Try the group for a possible get together...

GTL group:
http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/guntotingliberals/

Gun Toting Liberals:
http://www.geocities.com/guntotingliberals/

All the best in this enterprise,

Xela

P.S. Sorry for the plug, I hope it's not too bad. But I guess it could help us keep off topic chat out of DU. Please edit as necessary if I've done a no no.

[derby378]

6. Even though the site's not up yet...

You can start buying "Amendment II Democrats" stuff here:

http://www.cafepress.com/stuff4a2dems

At least a starter site will be up by Friday - I promise!

[Romulus]

7. awesome!

Any plans for hats?

[derby378]

8. Possibly...lemme check

Not too crazy about their hat choices, but let me see what I can do. I'll probably have a cap of some kind listed tomorrow on the site. Thanks!

On edit: There will also be a dog shirt. Also coming tomorrow, so please check back.

[derby378]

17. There's a trucker hat listed on there now...

...as well as a dog shirt. Hey, you never know.

[Romulus]

18. how about one like the Air America hat?

I.e, the "black caps?"

http://www.cafepress.com/cp/browse/Ne-1160_pv-airamericaradio.13173587_N-1281_bt-1

[derby378]

19. Let me try to work one up tonight

Check the store again tomorrow for a black cap design. I'll try to come up with something nice. Thanks for your interest!

[Wickerman]

9. nice work

:thumbsup:

[Xela]

10. One concern

Derby,

I have one concern.

I know of the previous existence of a group named Second Amendment Democrats, the even had a website for a while.

I've attempted to reach their current/former members thru ceasefear (Seattle, WA) to make sure you guys don't have any conflicts.

Ceasefear:
http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/ceasefear/

I hope you don't mind, as I'm NOT trying to undermine your efforts at all.

Xela

-------------email sent-------
Greetings ceasefear,

I'm trying to reach the people associated with the Second Amendment Democrats group and their former website.

Currently there's an initiative by fellow pro-2nd liberals to start using the name "Amendment II Democrats" at Democratic Underground.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=118x106784

I'm NOT trying to start a war between the two groups, I'm simply trying to bring you all together, as there might be a possibility of copyright infringement or whatnot.

Of course, my fears could be absurdly baseless, but thought I should let you know none the less.

If there are any Second Amendment Democrats PLEASE join us at Democratic Underground to clear any questions.

Xela

[Xela]

11. Correction: http://www.d2a.org/

Correction

Democrats for the Second Amendment.

They used to be at: http://www.d2a.org/

Xela

[Xela]

12. Nevermind Xela's "concern"

Sorry for the alarm.

I have received direct communication from our fellows at d2a.org that there is no problem whatsoever.

"The more the merrier", says Don Baldwin, formerly of Democrats for the Second Amendment (d2a.org).

Ceasefear:
http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/ceasefear/message/621

My initial concerns proved unfounded.

Let the party continue.

My apologies,

Xela

[derby378]

13. No problem

It was my understanding that D2A folded a while back, and I'm really trying not to step on people's toes.

This project is still in its infancy, so we're all in a learning process at this point. Let's just see where this crazy thing takes us.

[donbcivil]

14. D2A

I appreciate the consideration in checking with us. The deal is
that a few of us were working on this (D2A) when I lived in
California. I moved to the MidWest (briefly - 3 years) and then
Seattle (where I remain) but buried in work, our lead guy died of a
heart attack and another member suffered a personal loss. Between
work, family and trying to have a little free time I have time to
participate in stuff like this but not be lead guy.

So count me in. :)

Don

[donbcivil]

15. caveat

I said:
<<So count me in>>

This is assuming that the group isn't around to endorse
"reasonable" new gun controls...

DB

[derby378]

16. Welcome to DU, Don!

Oh yes, I know about those "reasonable" new gun controls - they just worked so well for us in the recent past.

[Xela]

20. Do share...

The day is here...

Don't forget to tell us how it goes.

Xela

[derby378]

21. Ack!!

Sorry it's not up yet - between tweaking code and attending classes at DemFest under the Austin sun, I haven't been able to get the thing on-line yet. Plus, I'm waiting to hear back from my ISP on what it takes to upload my pages, or if I have to use their pre-fab templates instead (which will add a little more time).

Please hang in there, folks - we're gonna get this yellow dog barking on-line real soon!

Here's the link when it's finally up and running:

http://www.a2dems.net

[Xela]

22. Cool

Thanks for the update derby.

Hang in there,

Xela