Categories: Opinion

UVA College Democrats Accidentally Blast Awkward E-Mail

Justin Higgins at JHPolitics has obtained a rather awkward email detailing a meeting of the University of Virginia’s College Democrats chapter. In the email, we reportedly had a woman named Carmen who went nuts, a bad turnout at their phone bank, and a bad turnout canvasing. As Higgins noted, their plan to remedy their unenthused cohorts is to conscript “hotties” from their respective sororities. The first lesson of E-Mail 101 is to be mindful of who is on the recipient list.

UDems Exec Agenda: Sunday, September 22, 2012; 9:00pm; Outside Newcomb Board Room

I.               Highs/ Lows of the Week

II.             Old Business

A.    Meeting

a.     Somewhat competitive

b.     Carmen sounded crazy

B.    Phonebank

a.     Bad turnout

C.    Canvass

a.     Low turnout

b.     Some non-boardies didn’t show up

III.           Current Business

A.    This week’s meeting

a.     Professor Sanders-State Senator Mark Herring, Peter doing GOTV training

b.     Dean Grimes-education policy 10/3

B.    Publicity

a.     PMs will do it

C.    Phone Bank

a.     OFA one in the corner office

b.     Come after 5 PM

D.   Canvass

a.     Switch, make this local

b.     Meet by student health

E.    Program Managers

a.     Happening tonight

F.    Lynchburg Trip

a.     Charlottesville canvas

b.     Do an OFA one

G.   Sorority Forum

a.     Preve is gonna talk

b.     Send ur hotties

H.   Debate Thing

a.     We can do it!

b.     But it’s fall break – BUMMER BRAH

c.     It would be better as a forum and not a debate

I.      White House Updates

a.     Need to remind people they need 10 hours

J.     FIFE event

a.     Reach out for October 24^th meeting with Denise Walsh

K.   Toscano Town Hall

a.     Thursday 6:30-9 PM, we need to be there from 5:20-7

b.     With Toscano and Deeds

L.    Election Night Watch Party

a.     Trinity was all into it

b.     They are fine with people under 21

c.     Just waiting to hear about the best one!

M. Morven Farms Debate Screening

a.     Getting reps from UDems and CRs and be involved in the discussion

b.     ALich will be there, send out stuff to the listserve

c.     Date is 10/16

N.   Reserve Rooms

a.     Board at 9 PM every week

b.     Get Clark 108!

Matt Vespa

I'm a staunch Republican and a politics junkie who was recently the Executive Director for the Dauphin County Republican Committee in Harrisburg. Before that, I interned with the Republican Party of Pennsylvania in the summer of 2011 and Mary Pat Christie, First Lady of NJ, within the Office of the Governor of NJ in 2010. I was responsible for updating his personal contact list. My first political internship was with Tom Kean Jr's. U.S. Senate campaign in 2006.