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Before the meeting, please review the following documents:
Before the meeting, please review the following documents:


* [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1ihbWQnA260AwezInna1U6pmp8hQDs7V9ugDTYhrvakk/edit#gid=975501247&vpid=A1 Election Dates, Requirements, Stats]
* Rick Falkvinge's [https://falkvinge.net/files/2013/04/Swarmwise-2013-by-Rick-Falkvinge-v1.1-2013Sep01.pdf Swarmwise]
* Rick Falkvinge's [https://falkvinge.net/files/2013/04/Swarmwise-2013-by-Rick-Falkvinge-v1.1-2013Sep01.pdf Swarmwise]
* [https://www.lp.org/files/crm.pdf LP's Candidate Recruitment Manual]
* [https://www.lp.org/files/crm.pdf LP's Candidate Recruitment Manual]

Revision as of 10:09, 4 December 2015

Participants

Attending:

Discussion

Before the meeting, please review the following documents:

Why Run as a Pirate?

Quick review to see if there are any addtions to the Why run as a Pirate? question.

Tasks & Who will do them

Election Schedule

  1. Nomination papers available:
    1. State: 2/16/2016
    2. Federal: 2/16/2016
  2. Last date to unenroll from a party
    1. State: 3/1/2016
    2. Federal: 5/31/2016
  3. Last day to submit signatures to registrars
    1. State: 5/3/2016
    2. Federal: 8/2/2016
  4. Last day for registrars to complete validating signatures
    1. State: 5/24/2016
    2. Federal: 8/23/2016
  5. Last Day to ask registrars to review non-certified signatures
  6. Signatures due at Elections Division
    1. State: 5/31/2016
    2. Federal: 8/30/2016
  7. Last day to register to vote: 10/20/2016
  8. Election Day: 11/8/2016

What are our tasks, when are they due, who does what?

Working backwards from Last day to submit signatures to registrars a rough selection of tasks are:

  1. Review how this phase of the campaign worked
  2. Setup rally when dropping off ballot signatures
    1. Publicize
    2. Setup logistics
    3. Invite media
    4. Hold event
    5. Talk with media
    6. Review progress
  3. Have all candidates hand in enough signatures
  4. Post how many signatures candidates have gathered weekly
  5. Contact candidates weekly to check on their progress and get them help
  6. Setup site where people can see who our candidates are so they can contact them
  7. Train candidates and their campaign teams to gather signatures
    1. Every candidate gets a mentor / go to person for questions
  8. Publicize that we are looking for candidates and what we expect of them
  9. Identify candidates from within the party and allies and their campaign teams
  10. Organizers call our supporters to invite them to regional meetings
  11. Make list of supporters available to organizers
  12. Work with organizers to setup regional meetings
  13. Identify the organizers
  14. Setup quick how to publicize and run a regional meeting
  15. Email our supporters to ask for candidates and regional organizers
  16. Identify potential organizers among members and allies
  17. Setup simple page for people to volunteer to be regional organizers / candidates / supporters
  18. Post videos on:
    1. why run
    2. how to get on the ballot

When is the 1st January meeting?

Summary

Next Meetings

The next meetings will be Saturday, Dec. 19th at Regina Pizzeria in Allston, 3-5pm.