1.  As temporary chairman, Bush will likely preside over at least the first day of activities at the convention before delegates officially choose the permanent chairman.

2.  Bush and Whitman will preside over the convention before turning the gavel over to the permanent chairman, House Speaker Newt Gingrich.

3.  Despite his low popularity ratings, Speaker Newt Gingrich will be a presence at the convention because he is the permanent chairman.

4.  Haley Barbour, the Republican national chairman, said the House Republican leader historically held the title of permanent chairman of the convention.

5.  House Speaker Dennis Hastert was tapped as permanent chairman of the convention.

6.  Newt Gingrich will be permanent chairman of the GOP convention this summer.

7.  Polls show that the permanent chairman of this convention, Speaker Newt Gingrich, is one of the less popular political figures of recent history.

8.  Slosberg led the search for a permanent chairman and chief executive along with fellow director Joanna M. Jacobson.

9.  Traditionally, the speaker of the House is the permanent chairman of the convention, but Gingrich did not plan to begin presiding until Wednesday night.

10.  Traditionally, the speaker of the House is the permanent chairman of the convention, but Gingrich will not begin presiding until Wednesday night.