Nominate – Vote Joel A Krause For NFRA President
Early Years
Joel Krause grew up on a farm near Webb Iowa that his dad managed raising corn, soybeans, hogs and turkeys. In high school he was chosen to be part of the Youth Adult Hearing at the state capital where he met with the Iowa congress.
Grandma w/ Turkeys (20K)
College Years
Received BS Degree in Engineering at Iowa State University. Joel was President of the Towers Residence Halls, served as a GSB Senator, 2 years served an emcee at the ISU variety show and held several other positions on campus. Joel ran for Ames City Council while attending ISU. Joel was a paid political consultant for Bob Dole’s Presidential Campaign. Joel was also voted Macho Man of the Year at National Residence Halls convention.
Work Experience
1982 – Sales Engineer – Westinghouse – Odessa, Dallas TX
1985 – Sales Engineer – Honeywell – Dallas TX
1986 – Present – Webb Electronics now DBA Coaches Video
Joel started Webb Electronics and is still President and Owner. Coaches Video manufactures video equipment for sports teams. Joel with the help of the Dallas Cowboys invented the Cowboy Remote that has been used by the NFL, Colleges, High School for video control. Products have sold all over North America, Europe, Asia and Africa. Joel is about to semi retire in November. The company is to continue.
Webb Electronics opened and maintained an engineering office in Wuhan China for many years. Joel traveled to China many times to manage this operation.
Office
Joel – 3rd From The Left
Joel traveled to 3 Olympics to help with video/anaylsis for our Olympic Teams
Joel was inducted into the Collegiate Sports Film and Video Hall of Fame
Political
Candidate for Ames City Council 1979
Paid Political Consultant , Bob Dole – Presidential Campaign 1980
3X Candidate for US Congress TX 26 District
Member of Denton Republican Assembly for many years (Denton TX)
Officer Denton Republican Assembly
Vice President of the Texas Republican Assembly
Attended NFRA Convention in AZ
Currently board member of TX Republican Assembly
On Board of NFRA for a short time (Replacing Steve Hollern)
Delegate for TX Republican Convention many times
Worked on many campaigns through the years including:
Traveled to Iowa twice (swing state) to work on Trumps 1st Presidential Campaign – earned hat for making the most calls
Traveled to MO to work on Josh Haley’s Senate Campaign
Started Truth – Accountability – Responsibility in Politics, created Website tarpolitics.com (in infancy) to promote these ideals
The Republican Party needs to be the Party of
Truth – Accountability – Responsibility
I have traveled to 6 continents and more than 68 countries, these experiences have shaped my conservative views
November 1989, I was in Berlin when the wall fell. I was on one of the first trains out of Berlin to West Germany.
I have Traveled to many historical places and have talked to 1000’s of foreigners
Vietnam war museum
I am too big to fit into the viet cong tunnels
Hiroshima Children’s Memorial
I have visited many battlefields of WWI and WII including Normandy
Dachau
“Work makes you free”
I believe in the power of prayer
Through prayer and one heart surgeon I’m here today.
My Vision for adding to the existing solid foundation of the NFRA
- Reduce the political violence in the USA.
A. Stop demonizing individuals, speak of their policies.
B. Be the Party of Truth, Accountability and Responsibilities.
C. We need the ability to quickly enable all members to sign petitions regarding these type of polices and present them to Congress and the President.
2. AI will create many challenges relating to truth and corruption, we need to push congress to act now – Do we need an AI news format?
3. Mission statement needs some work and needs to be consistent across all platforms.
4, Goals need to be discussed and communicated.
5. Need to identify needs of state chapters and local chapters.
6. The NFRA needs to provide a clear path for new chapters and provide resources.
7. Webpage
A. The National webpage could be the page for state and local chapters.
B. The National webpage could handle much of the accounting for state and local chapters.
C. Webpage need to do polling and surveys to engage members.
D. Webpage needs to a source of information to help form new chapters.
E. Webpage needs to be tied to the social media platforms.
F. Webpage needs to be a source of income for NFRA.
G. Webpage needs the ability to facilitate petitions for signatures to demonstrate public support.
H. Webpage needs to a place to share ideas for state and local leaders.
8. The NFRA needs to generate operating capital.
9. NFRA needs to embrace the ideals of Truth, Accountability and Responsibility.
10. NFRA need to present to congress the accountability measures related to elected officials or government employees lying or acting on known falsehoods.
11. NFRA needs to have a library of speakers and videos.
12. I have a long term plan to reduce crime in some areas, and would like to discuss with NFRA leaders and present this partial solution to President Trump.
13. NFRA needs a plan to attract younger members.
14. All members of the assemblies need to hear from the NFRA on a monthly basis at a minimum.
15. NFRA needs to encourage all chapters to vet speakers. Are speakers speaking fact or opinion.
16. Many chapters need help in developing membership, we need to make the advantages more clear and work on creating more advantages.
17. NFRA President and Board members need to be in the field visiting chapters.
18. The NFRA needs to be a prominent voting block to deal with changes that need to be made in congress.
19. The advantage of belonging to an assembly versus other political clubs is the voice of the NFRA.
20. The Republican Assemblies and speakers should not demonize any individual(s), only their policies.
I will semi retire in November and will have a great deal of time to manage this mission. I would plan on visiting many chapters throughout the USA.
I would make a commitment for a 2 year term only.