Registered Republicans in Stephens County are being urged to attend the GOP monthly meeting for February to participate in the local county convention and precinct meetings.
 The process of selecting delegates for District and State Conventions will be discussed. The Oklahoma State Convention will take place in Oklahoma City on May 3-4. The District Convention date has not been set but will be scheduled prior to the State Convention.
 The District and State Conventions select delegates to attend and vote for the presidential candidate for the party and electors are selected who actually vote on the Electoral College proceedure.
 The local Precinct and County Convention will begin at 6:00 pm at Faith Church, 1404 West Main in Duncan. Anyone attending must show ID and Voter Registration to participate.
 Former District Senator Anthony Sykes will serve as Convention Chairman. Any one running for political office will be given three minutes to speak to the crowd and information regarding the upcoming GOP Fish Fry Fundraiser that is scheduled for May 18th will be announced.
 Keynote speaker for the event will be local author and professional speaker Mike Conn.
 Conn has over 1,300 paid speaking presentations to his credit.
 His new book “Communication Culture: A Playbook to End Division at Work and Turn Team Members to Teammates” is a resource book to help people communicate better at work. These lessons are a result of over 580 in person workshop sessions with business and nonprofit leaders and their teams.
 Mike’s business, Mike Conn Coaching and Consulting, LLC partners with organizations to cultivate a strong, healthy team culture, reduce employee turnover, boost employee engagement and team morale while guiding teams to leverage their strengths to make the maximum impact on their organization.
 Mike has been married to his bride Jeana for 24 years. They have 3 wonderful kids and a fantastic son in law. Raylee and Aiden live in Edmond, OK. Jackson and Jacob both live at home and attend Duncan High School.