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Register for the 9/12 Leadership Summit

Details: Written by Todd Phillips; Category: Sno-Isle 9/12; Published: 22 April 2013; Hits: 20

At the end of June we will be hosting a meeting where the leaders of various conservative groups can discuss the issues that are most important to their individual groups and share their expertise with each other. The 9/12 Leadership Summit will be held on June 29th, 2013 in Lake Steven Washington. We are asking that the invited groups limit the number of attendees to no more than 10 so that we can fit everyone in the hall. The tickets are $12.00 to cover the cost of the hall rental and the catering.

You can register for the event using the Leadership Summit menu at the top of the page, or by clicking here.

There will be speakers, but the majority of the time will be used for roundtable discussions so you can meet with like-minded people to build contacts for your own groups. By the end of the day, we hope establish a list of contacts for all of the group0s in attendance, along with notes on the group's area of focus so that all of our groups can build on our strengths rather than reinventing skills.

Password Woes

Details: Written by Todd Phillips; Category: Sno-Isle 9/12; Published: 01 April 2013; Hits: 36

I've had a few people contact me lately with problems they encountered during registration for the site. I've done some investigating and wanted to let everyone know what is happening and why.

It's Confusing

Sorry for that. When you register for a enw user account on the site there are some helpful popup messages when you hover your mouse over the required fileds. Like the message that says your password needs to be at least 4 characters in length. That is true of the default Joomla installation, but it's not true of this site. Because we have a separate forum installed and connected to the site, and that forum requires more complex passwords, the site actually requires a password that is at least 6 characters long and that must contain both letters and numbers.

It Will be Fixed...

As soon as I can figure out where the bit of code is that I need to change, I will update the description to tell you exactly what you need for a password. But honestly, it is just plain smart on the Internet to use a more complex password that is difficult to guess. We've already had issues with people registering with the sole purpose of spamming the forum (and a few of the messages they posted were rather vile).

What You Need to Do

Create a password that uses good security. A secure password:

Uses more characters (we require at least 6)
Uses mixed case (upper and lower case)
Uses numbers (and not in sequence such as 123456)
Is NOT written down
Is easy for you to remember but hard for anyone else to guess

Passwords are the first line of defense in the battle against computer hackers. No one else should know your password.

If you have trouble logging in to the site, creating a new account, or if you have forgotten your password, I can help. If you have questions that aren't answered on the site, feel free to use the contact form to send me a message and I will get back to you as quickly as I can.

Thanks for being part of SnoIsle 9/12.

Mayors that Favor Gun Control

Details: Written by Todd Phillips; Category: Politics; Published: 26 March 2013; Hits: 39

This week saw the beginning of a new media blitz campaign by NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg to bully lawmakers into passing stronger gun control laws. Of course, anyone following the news is familiar with the ways that Mayor Bloomberg tries to infringe on individual liberty to promote his view of how we should live, but did you know that this new media campaign is backed by his Mayors Against Illegal Guns group? This group claims to have more than 300 mayors from cities across America that support the anti-2nd Amendment positions of Mayor Bloomberg.

The first TV ad features a man we are supposed to believe is a hunter somewhere in rural America, sitting on the tailgate of his pickup truck, and holding a shotgun. The NRA has been quick to point out, as have many others, that this alleged gun proponent in the ad violates at least two of the three fundamental rules of safe gun handling: he is pointing the shotgun toward children (or at least in their general direction, we don't really know who is off-screen, but we see his kids) and he has his finger on the trigger. Of course, with the bolt closed we can't tell if the shotgun is loaded, but anyone who has gone through safety training knows, there is no such thing as an unloaded firearm. There is a lot of speculation that this alleged mid-American hunter is nothing more than a New York actor who has most likely never held a gun before and yet professes to speak for the many millions of Americans who legally own and safely use guns.

You can find out if your city's mayor is part of the illegal effort to restrict you 2nd Amendment rights by visiting the Mayors Against Illegal Guns site and looking up the members for your state.

Senator Cantwell Responds on Gun Control

Details: Written by Todd Phillips; Category: Politics; Published: 07 February 2013; Hits: 87

I wrote a heartfelt plea last night to our federal representatives from the President on down to Rick Larsen. I have to give props to Senator Maria Cantwell for responding today. Each time I have written to her office, I have received a prompt, well-written response. This one fits the same mold. In my plea (as a note to all activist sites, send a copy of the email to the sender for their records) I asked our representatives to uphold their oath to defend the Constitution and to vote against any anti-gun measures that came up. Here is the reply I received from Senator Cantwell: