Formation of the Arizona Committee of Safety

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From: hunt@outpost-of-freedom.com
To: committeeofsafety@oneamericanpatriot.com
Date: Wed, 25 Jan 2012 09:57:54 -0800
Subject: [Committees of Safety] Formation of the Arizona Committee of Safety



Formation of the Arizona Committee of SafetyGary Hunt
Outpost of Freedom
January 25, 2012 This past October 21st, a number of concerned citizens of Arizona got together to form a group that was originally billed as the Border Patriots Advisory Committee. That name, however, limited their purpose to strictly border matters. It failed to recognize that such a group could have an expanded role based upon the revolutionary history of the United States of America.Having some foresight into consideration of this expanded purpose, one of the members brought to that meeting some "propose by-laws" for a Committee of Safety (see Introduction to Committees of Safety). The expanded purpose, from those by-laws:Purpose:  The Purpose will be to provide for the Safety, Protection and Security of the lawful inhabitants of Arizona, especially in those areas where the federal and state government have failed to provide such protection.  All activity is to be in adherence to the Arizona Constitution and the Constitution for the United States.The by-laws established a leadership structure along with rules that were written to maintain discipline amongst the members, during meetings, establishing an executive board and a general association (see Committees of Safety and the General Association), and even establishing how the Committee would related to Militia.During that meeting, it was decided to pursue the Committee of Safety approach and that the nest few meetings would be devoted to reviewing the by-laws, making recommendations for changes, and then adopting the by-laws and establishing the first Committee of Safety in Arizona's history.Two meetings later, on December 2, 2011, the Arizona Committee of Safety became reality when 22 members subscribed to the General Association, signed the Secrecy Oath, and adopted the by-laws, with mostly minor changes. The significant change in the proposed by laws went from an Executive Board comprised of 5 members elected from the General Association, and additional members being added at one per County Committee of Safety as they joined the state Committee to an Executive Board comprised only of two delegates from each County Committee, once established, the only other voting member being the Chairman of the Arizona Committee of Safety who would have only a tie-breaking vote.The General Association will handle the general administrative functions of the ACoS while any decision of importance would required a vote of the Executive Board. The Executive Board, being comprised of people who have been sent up from the County Committee is, truly, grass roots -- all significant decisions will be made by those who have not come from nowhere, rather, those who have worked their way up, one step at a time, through the ranks, as the Founders did.Their next meeting was held on January 13, 20012. By meeting's end, they had 30 subscribers, a 36% increase, in their first month. At this meeting, they made some necessary changes to the by-laws -- to deal with circumstances that they realized needed to be addressed before any problems. They had a raffle and a donation can (there are no charges for membership or participation in meetings) and raised $89.Some highlights of the accomplishments achieved, to date, by the Arizona Committee of Safety:Established sub-committees on Militia; Fund Raising; Field Shoot (see below); Intelligence; and, Membership.The Field Shoot sub-committee has a Patriot Day Shoot planned for February 18, 2012, the first event sponsored by the ACoSNearly 1,000 flyers announcing the Field Shoot were handed out at a Phoenix Gun Show on Saturday, January 21, and the recipients often asked for an explanation of the Arizona Committee of Safety (as sponsor of the Shoot), to which the were cordially educated on both history and purpose of the Committees of Safety. Many expressed interest and will be attending the next meeting.Arrangements are being made to allow "virtual attendance and participation" at Arizona Committee of Safety meetings via Skype, since there are many who are interested though unable to afford the time and/or expense of traveling hundreds of miles to attend. The ACoS is optimistic that this approach will open the ACoS up to people who would otherwise not be able to participate in this historic event, and encourage them to establish a county or local Committee of Safety in their own communities.At least three counties have had initial meetings to establish Committees of Safety. Whichever County first establishes and sends delegates to the Arizona Committee of Safety meeting will have the honor of signing the County Delegate Scroll in the manner of John Hancock on the Declaration of Independence. The first three counties to send delegates will, forever, be honored as the Charter members of the Arizona Committee of Safety. These records, as well as all of the minutes and other documents, will be bound for permanent record -- a message to our Posterity that those who participated in the Arizona Committee of Safety were determined not to pass the problems prevalent in this country on to their children.* * *Too stay current on the remarkable and rapid growth of the Arizona Committee of Safety, john either of the following mail lists:Committee of Safety mail listArizona Committee of Safety mail list  Gary Hunt
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