http://momocrats.typepad.com/momocrats/2008/03/democracy-inact.html

Really I could have written a lot more about the organizational issues at this meeting (and probably will at some point).

For instance, I know it’s a fact that some of the people there who said they hadn’t been given the F form paperwork at their ward/township meetings were telling the truth, because there were no F forms at my township meeting. I happened to figure out I needed to file that paperwork by talking to some other delegates who had attended other meetings. And I give props to Matt Robinson, my township meeting chair, because he actually went to the delegates’ houses after discovering the proper paperwork hadn’t been given to him at our township meeting, to drop said paperwork off before the deadline (this was after I had already secured a copy of the form myself, though). But even he didn’t know at our original meeting that the F forms were necessary. And in fact, when I emailed Kris Stock to ask about the forms, she told me I wouldn’t have to fill them out beforehand but could get them at the Congressional District meeting. I ignored her advice to wait until the meeting and filled them out before the deadline anyway, which turned out to be the right thing to do.

By the by, my husband John was going to nominate Matt Robinson for a national-level spot, but the meeting chair refused to let him speak. Because I had nominated John, the chair said he thought John was planning to nominate me, and refused to let him make a nomination. But that makes so sense since it wasn’t even time to nominate the women yet. John was going to nominate Matt Robinson because Matt impressed him by coming by our house with that paperwork to make sure we could run. Matt was helping out his own competition for the national spots by making sure we got those forms on time.

If other meeting chairs weren’t as on the ball as Matt was, I am sure a lot of people never even knew they had to file form F to run for a national-level position.