Both Marin and Jones spent a lot of time having paid staffers recruit college Republicans to come to the convention. They paid their airfare and bought them hotel rooms (although sometimes quite a few were packed into each room) and got them to do 'marching' drills, lit drops, sign duty, and sticker patrol.
Sometimes these kids freelanced and did things on their own.
What we found interesting is that these kids were there because they know in the larger battle of Republican ideals and Democrat ideals that they are with the Republicans. But they knew next to nothing about Marin or Jones.
We had Marin and Jones volunteers from the college Republicans who came to our rally and regularly would stop us during the weekend to whisper that (they didn't know much about Jones or Marin, and before this weekend had heard little about Kaloogian, but now they understood that Kaloogian speaks their language and earned their vote). We appreciated that!