I'm honored to have been selected as the Pennsylvania Young Democrats Delegation Chair for the Young Democrats of America 2005 Convention in San Francisco, California.

I am proud to be leading such a powerful and qualified delgation, consisting of vice-chair Will Anderson, a former PAYD VP, delegation whip Tony Campisi, the immediate past PAYD President, current PAYD Officers and Exec Board Members President Yarone Zober, National Committeeman Josh Pasek, National Committeewoman Christina Stacey, Recording Secretary Don Palesky, Mid-Atlantic YDA Caucus Chair Charles Duncan, YDA Women's Caucus Chair and Candidate for National Executive Vice President Stephanie Strazisar, and PAYD Northwest Regional Coordinator Christopher Seeley - who is poised to make history at 17 as the youngest Mayor in Pennsylvania's history.

PAYD Delegates also include Ken Wolfe, Chrissy Rockwell, Andrew Lewis, Amanda Nowotny, Marvin Bing-Kinard, Robin Sciotto, Jeff Dzamko, Nyota Robinson, Alex McNeill and my wife Stephanie Riede.

This exceeds our required delegation size of 18 delegates by two - ensuring that we will be fully represented no matter what lies ahead.

Also serving on Convention committees at the convention:
- Ken Wolfe as member, Tony Campisi as alternate member of the Rules and Charter Committee
- Don Palesky as member, Andrew Lewis as alternate member of the Platform Committee
- Yarone Zober as member, Nyota Robinson as alternate member of the Credentials Committee

Lots of work to do, lots of fun to have, and some voting to do (maybe on C-SPAN on Aug 6th)!

I'll post from San Fran...
Herb Riede