The delegates and alternates to the State Convention shall caucus in fourteen (14) congressional district caucuses to be held at 7:00pm on Friday, May 18th,  2012, in the City of Detroit for the following purposes of:

• electing one (1) Convention Vice Chair (to preside as Chair of the District Caucus)
  
• electing one (1) Assistant Secretary (to serve as Secretary of the District Caucus)
  
• electing three (3) National Convention delegates
  
• electing three (3) National Convention alternate delegates

Each congressional district caucus report shall list the names and mailing addresses of the Convention Vice Chairperson, Assistant Secretary, and the two members of the Rules Committee.

By order of the Michigan Republican State Committee as set forth in the Rules for the Selection of Delegates and Alternates to the 2012 Republican County, State, and National Conventions.

The Michigan Republican State Committee directs that the State Convention of the delegated representatives of the Republican Party of Michigan shall be held in the City of Detroit, on Saturday, May 19, 2012, at 9:00 a.m. Local Time, for the following purposes:

• The election of fourteen (14) National Convention at-large delegates and electing fourteen (14) National Convention at-large alternate delegates
  
• Receiving reports of the election in the fourteen (14) congressional district caucuses of:
  

• 42 National Convention delegates (3 per congressional district)
  
• 42 National Convention alternate delegates (3 per congressional district)
  
• 14 Convention Vice Chairs (1 per congressional district)
  
• 14 Assistant Secretaries (1 per congressional district)
  

• The election of a National Committeeman and National Committeewoman
  
• The transaction of other such business as may properly come before the State Convention

FRIDAY, MAY 18, 2012

5:00 - 7:15 pm:  REGISTRATION OPENS AT CAUCUS ROOMS Cobo Center

7:00pm:  DISTRICT CAUCUSES Cobo Center (Specific room assignments to be announced)

7:00 - 9:30 am:  REGISTRATION OPEN Cobo Center

9:00 am - 12:00 pm:  MICHIGAN REPUBLICAN STATE CONVENTION Cobo Center

12:00 - 12:30 pm:  MICHIGAN REPUBLICAN STATE COMMITTEE MEETING Cobo Center

Call to Order
Invocation
Pledge of Allegiance
National Anthem
Call to Convention
Appointment of Temporary Chair
Appointment of Temporary Officers
Rules Committee Report
Oath of Office to Officers
Issues Committee Report
Congressional District Caucus Reports
Election of:

• National Convention delegates at large
  
• National Convention alternate delegates at large
  
• National Committeeman
  
• National Committeewoman
  

Announcements
Adjournment

We have heard rumors of folks wanting to attend Convention for the purposes of disrupting the proceedings in both the District Caucuses & the General Session.  While we welcome healthy and open debates among our delegates, we will not tolerate outbursts designed to create chaos and cause a disruption.  Please carefully review the following language regarding access to the Convention.

Credentials are a revocable license.  Admission may be refused or credential holder ejected at the sole discretion of MRP.  MRP may refuse admission to, or eject, any credential holder without consideration who is deemed to be disorderly, or who fails to comply with these terms or any and all security measures.  You and your belongings may be searched upon entry into the venue.  If you consent to such searches, you waive any related claims that you might have against MRP. If you elect not to consent to the searches, you will be denied entry into the venue.  Credential holder assumes all risks incident to the convention or related events, including the risk of lost, stolen, or damaged property or personal injury.

Now maybe, just maybe, I'm being a tad over-sensitive, but given all of the shenanigans that the MIGOP has already demonstrated that they're capable of and willing to pull, I think that reading this letter with a suspicious eye is justified.  For starters, what rumors, how credible are they, who heard them, and about whom?  Who is defining the threshold of "disorderly behavior" and when does it cross the line from "healthy and open debate"?  What security measures will be in place and how will they be enforced (and specifically who will be doing the searching and what will they be looking for)?

In other words, the state party seems to be indicating that they would really prefer to avoid the public embarrassment of a convention that doesn't go according to script . . . their script.  Evidently, the MIGOP executive "leadership" has a problem dealing with the natural consequences of them not actively cultivating the trust and respect of the very people that they claim to need every time an election year rolls around.