Starting the Ball Rolling for 2022

Hey Techies!

Thanks for your patience. I have recently assumed the leadership of this group, and I would like to build on the great ideas and work that started in 2020.

As we face 2022, many of us are concerned about the continuing attacks on the institutions of democracy in this country.

This is from an email from Moveon.org:

"Thanks to safeguards in our electoral process that Trump allies are aggressively dismantling, Trump's coup failed. We might not be so lucky next time.
Right now, Trump and his allies are methodically enacting a plan to place some of Trump's most ardent supporters in key offices, including secretaries of state, tasked with overseeing elections at the state level. In most states, secretaries of state oversee the counting of the votes, have the power to certify—or decertify—election results, and declare the winners and losers of elections."

...and this is from Atlantic magazine:

"If Trump's plot succeeds, the ballots cast by American voters will not decide the presidency in 2024. Thousands of votes will be thrown away, or millions, to produce the required effect. The winner will be declared the loser. The loser will be certified president-elect."

https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2022/01/january-6-insurrection-trump-coup-2024-election/620843/

Many of us thought Trump losing on November 3 would make him go away. We were wrong.

I am reducing some of my other obligations and starting to donate money to various groups fighting for democracy.

I plan to start rolling with Techies Turning Texas Blue right after Christmas... December 26th to be exact.

Agenda to follow - - it'll mostly be brainstorming.

I'll look forward to seeing many of you on Zoom next Sunday. Let me know you're coming, and I'll send out the Zoom link before the meeting.

Regards and Happy Holidays to all,
Ted Herr