Dave Floyd Official Campaign Site

The official FloydFor5.com site is up.  Please visit it and sign up for the campaign mailing list.

#FloydFor5

Creative Fund "3" Third Anniversary Party

Join The Creative Fund tomorrow night as it celebrates it's third anniversary with the "3" signature event.  We'll also be celebrating the fact that we've sponsored over 50 shows in the past 3 years, and that we're about to give away another round of Q Rental Subsidy Awards.

Buy your tickets now.

Gritness

I've been doing a lot of work with the start-up Gritness for the past year.   Gritness is a network which facilitates the creation and organization of cycling, running, yoga, and group fitness activities.  It's an Austin based start-up founded by two avid cyclists.  The project has come a long way, and I'm pleased to see this great article about Gritness and its founders in the Austin Business Journal.  Also, Gritness was just placed on a list of Top 10 New Android Apps Worth Checking Out.  Don't worry, fellow iPhone users, there is an app for you as well.

Austin City Council District 5

You can now follow/like the Dave Floyd for Austin City Council District 5 Facebook page.   An official campaign website will be up soon.

Austin City Council District 5

Yes, the rumors are true.  I am running for Austin City Council to represent District 5.  I filed the treasurer form with the Austin City Clerk this afternoon.  Nick Laurent, an attorney with McGinnis Lochridge and a Zilker neighborhood resident, is the treasurer of the #FloydFor5 campaign.  Monty Exter, a resident of Shady Hollow, has signed on to be Finance Chair.   Stay tuned for more information.  We'll have a website and Facebook page up soon.  You can follow me on Twitter at @wdfloyd and you can look for the hashtag #FloydFor5

Austin Poll

Check out the results of the Voices of the Austin Community Zandan Poll.  Not surprisingly, traffic/roads/transportation tops the list of concerns.

AYLA Retro Vegas Tickets Are Now on Sale

Tickets for the Austin Young Lawyers Association Retro Vegas Party are now on sale.

Austin Young Chamber Survey

Have you taken the Austin Young Chamber of Commerce Young Professional Survey? I helped develop this survey along with other members of the AYC Economic Development Commitee.  Your answers will help AYC gather unprecedented information about the young professional community in our city. Take it now, then share it with co-workers and colleagues. 

The Creative Fund's Signature Event: "3"

3 is The Creative Fund’s third annual signature event to celebrate more than 50 funded performances and announce the latest recipients of the Q Subsidy Reward Program.

On May 31st from 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm, The Creative Fund will invade Wanderlust Yoga for an evening of food, drink, performances, and games.

Early Bird Event tickets are $50 per person or $90 for two. Members of the Creative Fund get in for FREE. 

Man of the Year

Sara Foskitt and Dave Floyd

Thanks to the hard work of the Fight with Floyd Team, we raised a truckload of money for The South Central Texas Leukemia & Lymphoma Society.

Our team included:

• +Julie Smith (Leadership Austin)
• +Sara Foskitt (Foskitt Law Office & Foskitt Realty Group) 
• Ben DeLeon (DeLeon & Washburn, PC)
• Adam Flagg (Upstream Advisors)
• Scott Thomas (Intelechy Group)
• Scott Lawrence (Real Estate in ATX)
• Amy Welborn Hutchins (Chamberlain McHaney)
• Andy Barclay (Barclay Insurance)
• Eric Hemati (Dynasty Financial Group)
• Katie Hausenfluck (Carr Riggs & Ingram)
• John Rubin (Rubin Law Firm)

We had a great time with our team fundraising events, including trivia night at Dive Bar & Lounge and our Dancing-for-Dollars at Donn's Depot (the latter made possible by generous dance lessons from Go Dance Studios).

The Grand Finale Gala was very fun.  The team and guests filled my table, as well as tables purchased by De Leon & Washburn, PC, and United Health Care.


+Dave Floyd is a lawyer with De Leon & Washburn as well as a possible candidate for Austin City Council District 5.  

#FloydFor5

Austin Bar Trivia Night: 5/22 at The Tavern

Austin Lawyers: Join the Austin Bar Association for another exciting night of trivia action at The Tavern Austin. Amaze your friends and impress your enemies with displays of knowledge as you get quizzed by Dave Floyd and Amy Welborn Hutchins.

Form a team of 3-6. Larger teams are suggested (for people who like winning). Price is $25/person in advance, $30/person at the door. Proceeds go to benefit the Austin Bar Foundation. 

Register online here: https://austinbar.webconnex.com/trivia514

AYLA Retro Vegas is Back for 2014!

The 3rd annual Austin Young Lawyers Association Retro Vegas Party is in the works.  Save the date for 6/21.

AYLA wins TYLA Awards

From the AYLA Facebook page:

AYLA was just named as having the best comprehensive programming for a large city bar association in Texas for the second year in a row by the Texas Young Lawyers Association! AYLA received 1st Place Public Service Project (The Reentry Project), 2nd Place Member Service Project (AYLA Trial Academy), and 1st Place Comprehensive! Congratulations to the Austin Young Lawyers Association, its Board of Directors, and members!

This is great news!  I love working with Austin Young Lawyers Association, and am very happy about becoming the AYLA Board Secretary for the 2014-2015 bar year.   Also, finding out that the Reentry Project won 1st Place in the Public Service Project Category is especially nice considering AYLA just received a grant to translate it into Spanish.

Man of the Year

This is it.  Team Fight with Floyd has until 3p today to collect online donations for the 2014 Leukemia & Lymphoma Society Man of the Year fundraising campaign.  Through online fundraising, live events, and the amazing generosity of our supporters we're raised a truckload of money for blood cancer research.  That being said, we'd like to blow out our fundraising here in the home stretch.  

You only get to run for man of the year once.  If you've been wanting to donate to my campaign, now is your last chance. http://www.mwoy.org/pages/sctx/austin14/DaveFloyd

Donations of all sizes help, and if you have a friend who cares about our cause please forward this email their way.

Thanks for your support! 

+Dave Floyd