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Committee Members
Winning Presentations

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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 2015

     Arrive in Gainesville      Check-in to the Holiday Inn Gainesville – University Center      Arrive at Pugh Hall
6:00pmWelcome      Dr. Joe Glover, Provost, UF      Dr. Sheila Dickison, Bob Graham Center      Natalie Martinez, Student Organizing Committee
6:30pmDinner;  Presentation of Case Materials      Paras Saxena, Florida Blue Key Speech and Debate Chairman
7:15pmRoundtable Group Discussion
8:00pmOptional Social      Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zero’s on Flavet Field

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 2015

9:00amBuffet Breakfast, Pugh Hall
9:30amWelcome and Overview of the Day      Frances Chapman, Student Organizing Committee
9:45am Room:  OcoraHistory of On-Line Voter Registration and the Need for Reform      Dr. Michael McDonald, Associate Professor of Political Science, University of      Florida and Non-Resident Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institute
10:30am Room:  170Getting People to Vote:  The Mechanics of the Supervisor of Elections Office and the Challenges of Technology      Chris Chambless, Clay County Supervisor of Elections      Will Boyett, Alachua County Chief Deputy Supervisor of Elections
11:15am Room: 170Picking the Right Words:  Communications and Advocacy      Ann Vanek-Dasovich, Communications Coordinator for the Florida AFL-CIO
12:00pm Room:  OcoraLunch and Panel Discussion, Pugh Hall      Michael Burns, National Director for the Campus Vote Project Fair Elections Legal      Network      Vinny Foster, State Director of Generation Opportunity
1:00pm Room:  170Voter Registration as Public Policy: Two Contrasting Analysis Models      Deirdre Macnab, President of the Florida League of Women Voters      Kamal Latham, Vice President of Public Policy of the Gainesville Area Chamber of      Commerce
2:30pm Room:  170Begin Case Competition
4:30pmStudent Presentations      (There will be an intermission at the halfway mark)
6:30pmAwards Ceremony      Paras Saxena, Florida Blue Key Speech and Debate Chairman      Ryan Garcia, Florida Blue Key, and UF Student Panel
7:00pmDinner, Pugh Hall
9:00pmOptional Social      Meet up at The Swamp Restaurant, 1642 W. University Ave.  352-377-9267

SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 2015

9:00amBreakfast, Pugh Hall
9:15amSenator Jeff Clemens, Senate District 27-D (Skype-in)
10:00am – 11:25am Room:  120 Room:  Ocora Room:  210 Room:  2011st Round of Breakout Sessions      From Ideas to Actions and Transforming Moments into Movements:  How to Create      Sustained and Meaningful Change through Grassroots Organizing           Victoria Kirby, National Regional Hub Director for Organizing for Action           (OFA) Florida       Engagement on the Local Level           Michael Burns, National Director for the Campus Vote Project Fair Elections           Legal Network      Online Advocacy and Activism Ray Seaman, Online Director of Progress Florida       Advocacy as a Process and Effective Lobbying Strategies           Kamal Latham, Vice President of Public Policy of the Gainesville Area Chamber of            Commerce
11:25am – 11:35amSnack and Coffee Break
11:35am – 12:50pmRoom:  201 Room:  120   Room:  Ocora Room:  2102nd Round of Breakout Sessions      Advocacy as a Process and Effective Lobbying Strategies           Kamal Latham, Vice President of Public Policy of the Gainesville Area Chamber of            Commerce       From Ideas to Actions and Transforming Moments into Movements:  How to Create       Sustained and Meaningful Change through Grassroots Organizing Victoria Kirby,  National Regional Hub Director for Organizing for Action (OFA) Florida      Coalition Building and Outreach: Bringing Diverse Groups Together Pegeen Hanrahan, Deputy Campaign Manager for the Amendment 1            Campaign (Florida Water and Land Conservation Initiative)      Advocacy and the Media: Dealing with the Press Nathan Crabbe, Editorial Page Editor, Gainesville Sun
1:00pm – 2:00pmLunchHearts and Minds: Craft and Deliver Bipartisan Messages that Win Wes Jones, Vice President and National Canvass Director for Grassroots           Campaigns
2:10pm – 3:30pm Room:  Ocora Room:  120 Room:  2103rd Round of Breakout Sessions      Engagement on the Local Level           Michael Burns,  National Director for Fair Elections Legal Network’s Campus            Vote Project      Limitations of Online Voter Registration and the Need for Further Reforms Lia Merivaki, Doctoral Student, UF-Department of Political Science      Online Advocacy and Activism Ray Seaman, Online Director for Progress Florida 
3:30pmEnd of Summit