The work of an all volunteer organization by committee

The party would not function without dedidicated volunteers working together. Openings are available on the following committees, contact the chairman if you think you would like to serve.

The Standing Committees of the Central Committee are as follows:

A. THE FINANCE COMMITTEE will develop programs to raise funds for the operation of the Central Committee and for the benefit of Republican Candidates.

B. THE BUDGET COMMITTEE shall present an annual budget at the January regular meeting of the Central Committee. Copies of the proposed budget shall be mailed to members of the Central Committee at least ten (10) calendar days prior to the January meeting. The Central Committee may accept, amend, or reject the proposed budget.
If rejected, the Budget Committee will prepare a new budget report for presentation at the next Regular meeting of the Central Committee. (Note: The Central Committee Treasurer shall be chairman and the Finance Chairman shall be a member of the Budget Committee.)

C. THE RESEARCH COMMITTEE will collect, assemble and disseminate information on current public issues and voting trends for the benefit of Elected Republicans, Republican Candidates and the general members of the Central Committee.

D. THE PRECINCT ORGANIZATION COMMITTEE shall locate and train persons willing to be appointed as Committeepersons in their own or adjacent precincts and organize and oversee registration activities.

E. THE CANDIDATE RECRUITMENT COMMITTEE shall locate persons qualified and willing to run as Republican candidates for public office and shall formulate effective programs for preparing those persons to run for office.

F. THE AUDIT COMMITTEE shall direct that at least once a year, the Treasurer’s records are reviewed according to agreed upon procedures, by a person (other than the Treasurer) selected by the Audit Committee. They may also make recommendations in regards to financial policy or procedure. A copy of their report shall be made available to the Executive Committee and a written financial statement shall be made available to each member of the Central Committee at the next meeting. A complete copy of this report shall be kept at the party’s headquarters.

G. THE EDUCATION COMMITTEE shall develop programs to educate Committeepersons to participate in the political process at all levels.

H. THE PUBLICITY COMMITTEE shall publicize the activities of the Central Committee.

I. THE CANDIDATES ASSISTANCE COMMITTEE (CAC) will be composed of members appointed by the Chairman and an equal number of elected members. The elected members are to be selected by the Central Committee Chairman from those persons elected as Delegates to the ORP Central Committee, other than the Central Committee Chairman.
The CAC will work under a rule whereby they will allocate at least 10% of the funds available for candidate assistance evenly between all the Multnomah County Republican Candidates running in partisan races who present CAC with campaign information with which to make allocation evaluations. The remaining funds will be allocated among specific candidates meeting the above criteria according to the need and viability of each candidate. Need and viability to be determined by CAC.