April Rose handles the administrative details for the Maryland delegation at the Republican National Convention in Minneapolis St. Paul

April Rose handles the administrative details for the Maryland delegation at the Republican National Convention in Minneapolis St. Paul

September 1, 2008

This is the first national convention I have attended for either party; so perhaps I have nothing with which to compare my current experience here at the Republican National Convention.

Then again, maybe I could draw from experiences from past Maryland Municipal League conferences and other national conferences for my wife’s work. All of which are well organized.

The Republican National Convention and the coordination with the Minneapolis St. Paul city officials, appeared from my level of participation, to go like clockwork.

It was well organized and coordinated and everyone was very nice. There were reports that there were 10,000 volunteers for the event and every one of them was wonderfully pleasant.

I was especially impressed with how well the activities of the Maryland delegation were coordinated and organized. Much of the credit goes to Chris Cavey, Don Murphy, Justin Ready and Jim Pelura – and April Rose, from Carroll County, who seemed to handle the administrative details with extraordinary efficiency.

In the series of pictures above April Rose is handing out credentials and taking care of questions, requests, and other assorted administrative details. It seemed like she was everywhere – perhaps her twin was helping.

20080901 April Rose handles the administrative details