Ditchmen • NUCA of Florida July/August 2019 | Page 6

NUCA ADVOCACY COMMITTEE
MAKES Recommendations
FOR THE COMING YEAR
Scott Jenkins
On Thursday, July 18th, during this year’s annual
conference in Clearwater Beach, the NUCA
Advocacy Committee met to discuss the coming
year. This discussion included recommendations
to the local chapters, recognition for contributors
to the Advocacy Fund, and recommendations for
giving to current candidates to office. It was a lively
discussion that received input from members from
throughout the state. by the association. The Committee recommended
to institute a better reporting process to the
state association by the local chapters in order to
ascertain a list of who had contributed. Recognizing
contributors in the Ditchmen magazine, stickers
on association event name tags, recognizing
contributors at the annual conference, and the
possible creation of an award for top contributors
were all recommended by the committee.
The Committee recommended setting an
encouraged goal for the local chapters to contribute
to the Advocacy Fund. While our association’s local
chapters all have different costs, membership
bases and tools for raising money for the fund, the
Committee recommended that each chapter raise
at least $5000 each. This recommendation does not
prescribe any specific processes for raising these
funds. By setting the recommended amount, the
Committee hopes to raise more than we have in the
past in order to help make NUCA more influential in
the political and elections processes. The Committee discussed a short list of initial
contributions for state legislative candidates in
the 2020 election cycle that we are currently in.
Candidates for the legislature are allowed to receive
to $1000 prior to the August 2020 Primary Election
and after $1000 for the November 2020 General
Election. The Committee approved a $13,250 slate
of contributions that were recommended by the
NUCA government relations team with member
input. This first slate of contributions is in $1000,
$500 and $250 increments. These contributions
were focused on current legislators in leadership
positions and support of NUCA issues.
The Committee deliberated that contributors to
the Advocacy Fund need to be better recognized
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DITCHMEN • JULY/AUG 2019