There is so much news to talk about so let's get to it! A new feature we are starting today with every new post is the picture of the day. The picture of the day, today, is President Obama meeting with the Russian President Medvedev.

On August 23rd is the One City Indy Youth rally from 5 to 7 pm. They are needing volunteers to help out with things, and ICCD will be having a booth there that we need people to come and work at, so any volunteers can let me know that they want to help out. It is in the afternoon, and we want everyone club member to show up, and I hope to have carpooling going on from UIndy to the IUPUI track stadium where the rally is taking place. Don't forget, it is going to be the state's largest youth rally and we will be setting 2 world records at it!

Also on August 23 from noon to 4 pm at Garfield Park is the annual Democrats Clubs Countywide Picnic. All of the city's Democrats clubs will be taking part in it along with UIndy's College Democrats Club and hopefully even ICCD. There will be plenty of elected officials there along with many party members and activists, so feel free to come join in on the festivities.

After talking to IUPUI's College Democrats, they are on board for ICCD and the Constitution for it has been written. We are still working on contacting the College Democrats at Butler and Marian Universities to get them involved in it. More information on the details of meetings and such will be posted in the coming weeks when more details have been worked out.

The UIndy College Democrats Constitution has been amended for the first time since 2005, and it has had a major overhaul, that was quite necessary. The Executive Board will be getting together soon to discuss it and then at our first meeting of the new year, the General membership of the club will be allowed to vote on the approval of the amendments.

We are signed up to have a booth at the UIndy Welcome Week Circus on August 21st, we are going to be having a game of Pin the Tail on the Donkey and we will also be recruiting new members, fundraising, and registering Marion County residents to vote. We also are set to have a booth at the UIndy Life Expo, and we will be needing volunteers for both events. Please let me if you are wanting to volunteer.

The National Convention for College Democrats of America is July 23rd through the 26th, and our President, Christopher Jackson, will be attending and representing the UIndy organization at it. He is also a candidate for the CDA Director of Political Affairs, so please wish him luck on this!

There are some details to discuss at the first meeting of the year, along with the amendments to the constitution, including the night of the week that we will be meeting, if we are going to go to a schedule of 3 meetings a month, guest speakers (who I have been hard at work recruiting), and planned activities and functions for the year, the selection of Committee Chairpersons, and much more. The meeting is tentatively scheduled for Tuesday August 25th, and we hope to see everyone there, and free food will be provided at the meeting! I will send out an email to everyone when the date of the first meeting is finalized.