Blog: Des Moines

I visited Des Moines, Iowa for the first time last weekend to attend the Drinking Liberally national conference, a weekend of planning and strategy for leaders of chapters around the country. It was terrific to meet such dedicated, energetic organizers from Reading, Pennsylvania to Lafayette, Indiana to Salt Lake City and many more.

The Des Moines team did an amazing job of organizing a great conference and being wonderful, welcoming people from the moment we stepped off the plane to find a DL member waiting to pick us up. They put on a terrific party with a brief appearance by Presidential candidate Bill Richardson, and we had a great time at the Harkin Steak Fry, twelve thousand people and six Presidential candidates in a balloon field. Jesse Rubin of San Diego wrote more about the weekend and about DL at Calitics.

I took many pictures, so here are just a few. To see the rest, click through to the complete pages for the the conference, Des Moines iteself, the party with Richardson, and the Steak Fry.