Message from the Salt Lake County Republican Secretary

Dear County leadership team, This letter is to inform you of the current situation regarding Caucus and Convention due to the Corona Virus (COVID-19).  During our last State Central Committee meeting, the body voted overwhelmingly to give State Chairman Brown the authorization to make adjustments to our Caucuses/Conventions as a precaution if the virus became widespread.  In an effort to minimize the spread of COVID-19, Governor Herbert requests that people across the state limit gatherings of 100 healthy people for the next 2 weeks. He also recommends limiting the size of groups to 20 people who are over 60 years old. Due to the Governor’s announcement, school districts quickly canceled our Caucus reservations. State Chairman Brown followed suit and announced a postponement of our Caucuses.  I believe this was the right thing to do to mitigate the spread of COVID-19. As a result, all of our delegates who were elected in the 2018 Caucuses will continue serving our County and State Conventions in their current capacity.  This is in keeping with our bylaws and is accepted by the candidates and State GOP as a whole. Our County Convention will be conducted as scheduled on April 18, 2020.  Due to the Corona Virus, we will make modifications so we adhere to the Governor and Chairmen's recommendation regarding gatherings of 100 or more.  Our Convention will be virtual and elections will be the only business conducted.  In order to allow everyone to participate, balloting will be open for 24 hours and Convention will technically extend over a period of two, perhaps three days.  More details will follow.  Precinct Chairs   Your Legislative Chairs will be contacting you, providing details on the process of record reconciliation.  You will receive written training and log on information regarding the VETI Technologies App. If you are an active Precinct Chair, please start contacting your delegates immediately and make sure they are able to participate in our modified Convention.  If a delegate is unable to participate or if he or she has vacated their seat, YOU HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO APPOINT a replacement.  If you are replacing a delegate, please enter the replacement information in the VETI app and forward the reason for vacating to your Legislative Chair. These are difficult times.  Please know your leadership team is on top of this situation and we will prevail. Thank you for your time, your efforts, and commitment to keep our principles and party strong. PS.  Due to COVID-19 and the changes to our Caucuses and Convention, our fundraising will be greatly diminished.  I ask each and every one of you to step up and become a member of our E-Club.  This is an urgent ask!  You may make a one-time donation or better yet, become a sustaining member here;  https://www.slcogop.com/e-club.html   Remember, many hands make light work! * The VETI Technologies App has been donated, free of charge, to our county party.