Chapter News

RA Costa Rica was involved in the American Colony Committee's 44th Annual Independence Day Celebration on July 3rd. The Board of Directors Meeting will be held on July 20. In February they were involved in the 2004 Pura Vida Weekend, featuring by RNC Co-Chairman Ann Wagner.

RA El Salvador El Salvador Radio: Chairman Lori Novoa being interviewed:

RA France RA France's most recent member newsletter is now here! (Click here to read)

Voter registration event organized around the avant premier sponsored by RA of "Ronald Reagan Remembered" a film pruduced by Cyril Viguier and directed by Claude Brovelli which has been since been distributed to 25 countries. Members depicted in the photo are R. Pingeon, Emoly Pingeon, Claude Broveli, Cyril Viguier, Matt Leum, RA France voter Registration Chair, Fred Yeterian. Two hundred people attended this event:

RA Germany was involved in Overseas Citizens Voters Week throughout Germany (June 27-July3). On July 4 they celebrated Independence Day at Bundes Presse Strand in Berlin. In April they hosted a luncheon with keynote speaker Vice President Dan Quayle, and in May RA Germany hosted the RA European Regional Conference with former Governor of Virginia, James Gilmore.

Berlin July 4:  An Independence Day event at the Bundes Presse Strand in Berlin:

Gov. Gilmore and Gunter Nooke:  at an event in Germany (Gunter Nooke is a German Member of Parliament):

Voter registration drive in Munich:

RA Israel is working on a direct mailing campaign, targeting Ohioans living in Israel. This new RA Chapter is hard at work getting the vote out, as Israel is home to some 250,000 U.S. citizens. They have held several voter registration drives and are working with the Republican Jewish Coalition in Washington, DC to find untapped resources to help fund their efforts. RA Costa Rica was involved in the American Colony Committee's 44th Annual Independence Day Celebration on July 3rd. The Board of Directors Meeting will be held on July 20. In February they were involved in the 2004 Pura Vida Weekend, featuring by RNC Co-Chairman Ann Wagner.

Chairman Kory Bardash with Senator Norm Coleman (Coleman met with RA Israel earlier this month):

RA Israel members (including Chairman Kory Bardash) with Congressman Jim Gerlach of PA's 6th district:

RA Japan, in several of their recent political drives, has seen a number of Americans living there who are very prepared to not only vote but get involved in political activity. They have had several voter registration drives at local events resulting in a number of voters receiving applications. Some of the most successful have been at the Tokyo American Club with guest speakers such as Ambassador Baker and Mrs. Baker. Another success has been their participation at the Embassy's 4th of July events which attracted several thousand Americans and resulted in large numbers of voter registration applications in the past. They have worked with local groups to allow them to register voters at American sporting events such as the ML Baseball at Tokyo Dome.

RA Korea has written and mailed about 1,000 letters to the potential voters asking for their contribution and registration. They operated desks for the registration at the July 4th events. Members of RA will attend the US Embassy Seminar for the voter registration class. They are holding monthly meetings until November to plan and operate the vote registration and absentee voting program in Korea. They plan to make local advertisement in August. US Military Commanders are appearing in their broadcasting stations urging the service men to register and vote.

RA Luxembourg helped organize a 4 July party where RA sponsored voter registration tables. RA Luxembourg encourages the local community to participate and thus increase the cultural understanding of the USA.

RA New Zealand is working hard with voter registration. Chairman Bill Bailey attended the U.S. Embassy Independence Day reception as the New Zealand Republicans Abroad representative. He has also scheduled a local meeting, in concert with a visit to Palmerston North by the US Consulate, on July 16.

RA Norway will participate in a debate with DA Norway on August 27. The debate, which will be held at the University of Oslo, will be more educational than political. The main focus will be to provide University of Oslo students with insights into American presidential politics and the electoral process:

Voter registration drive:

RA Spain has a new Chapter Chairman, Cynthia Dillon. She owns two small companies, The Hudson River Artisans, Inc. in New York and Artesanias Tajo, S.L. in Madrid, specializing in the design, manufacture and production of jewelry and accessories. She has helped continue a strong Chapter in Spain, which holds meetings every 2 weeks at Hard Rock Café Madrid. They reserve the back room and have (in the back room, with banners, a bar, and a DJ). They have also made contact with the Popular Party (Conservative) in Spain and will be holding events in the Fall with well known speakers to get media recognition.

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