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MAVERICK PAC CANDIDATES COMMITTEE
Jim Grace, Chairman, Candidates Committee (Houston)
James H. Lee, Treasurer, MAV PAC (Houston)
Ben Bentzin (Austin)
Chad Sweet (Houston)
Susanna Dokupil (Houston)
Adam Ross (Dallas)
Rob Finney (San Antonio)
Tim Berry (Fort Worth)

Candidates Committee Procedures

MAV PAC has a nine person Candidates Committee appointed by the Chairman of MAV PAC and comprised of the PAC's treasurer and eight other Sustaining Members in good standing.
The Candidates Committee is charged with making recommendations to the PAC membership of what candidates the PAC should support through endorsements or contributions or both.
The MAV PAC board shall inform the Candidates Committee of the total amount of PAC money the PAC can contribute to candidates each cycle. The Candidates Committee shall recommend a candidate budget that is no greater than this amount.
The candidate budget created by the Candidates Committee shall apportion the available PAC money among statewide races and local races. The Candidates Committee shall limit the number of local races it recommends for the candidate budget to no more than three (3), but it is not required to recommend that many. The local races shall be those state senate, state representative or other races that the Candidates Committee determines are the most important to the Republican Party that cycle. Expert opinion shall guide and inform the Candidates Committee's opinion but shall not determine it exclusively.
All PAC members may recommend candidates for consideration for endorsement or the candidate budget. However, only Sustaining Members formally may suggest a candidate for consideration by the Candidates Committee. Individual Members seeking to make recommendations may do so through the Sustaining Member assigned as their sponsor. Candidate recommendations can be made at any time by any Sustaining Member to any Candidates Committee member.
Candidate endorsements and the candidate budget must be approved by more than 50% of the members of the Candidates Committee at a meeting of the committee. Candidates Committee members shall receive twenty-four (24) hours written notice of any meeting at which the committee shall consider candidate endorsements or the candidate budget. Written notice may be provided by e-mail. Proxy voting is not permitted.
The Candidates Committee shall present any candidate endorsements and the candidate support budget at a meeting of the Sustaining Members of MAV PAC. In order to vote on candidate endorsements and the candidate budget, at least 50% of the Sustaining Members must be present either in person or by telephone. Proxy voting is not permitted. Only Sustaining Members of MAV PAC in good standing shall vote on candidate endorsements and the candidate budget.
All Sustaining Members shall receive three (3) business days written notice of any meeting at which MAV PAC shall consider candidate endorsements or the candidate budget. Written notice may be provided by email. To be approved, candidate endorsements and the candidate budget must receive the affirmative vote of two-thirds (2/3) of the Sustaining Members present (either in person or by telephone) at the meeting.