2013/2014 Strategic Plan
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2013
Aug 2013
- Research 2014 election requirements (Lucia)
- Get a list of the colleges in Mass. and what their requirements are to start a Pirate group
- Identify dates and requirements for 2014 Town & 2013 City elections
- Divide Mass. into 27 districts
- 3 districts per US Congress seat
- 1-2 State Senate seats per district
- ~6 State Rep. seats per district
- Colleges in each district
- Make How to Party videos
- What is the Pirate Party?
- Meeting people
- Talking about the Pirate Party
- What are swarms?
- Organizing & sustaining a Pirate swarm
- Develop draft platform / planks ("pirate nights" might help - as a way to get people together and start discussing platform)
- Prepare a solid media strategy
- Live stream our IPMs so that ppl in western Mass can "attend"
Sep-Oct 2013
- Start College Swarms
- Revise platform / planks
- Make How to Campaign videos
- What type of campaign
- Starting your campaign
- Building your campaign team
- Researching your issues
- Developing your message
- Getting on the ballot
- Fundraising
- Meeting with media
- Developing campaign materials / advertising
- Voter identification
- Get out the Vote (GOTV)
- Campaign clean up
- Create candidate recruitment web site
Nov-Dec 2013
- Hold College Tour
- Finalize platform / planks
2014
Jan-Feb 2014
- Add planks for new issues
- Start College Swarms
- 2/1 - Have identified our candidates for State Rep./Senate and ideally, US Congress
- 2/10 - Create campaign web site
- 2/11 - Nomination papers available
- 2/25 - Last day for candidates to enroll as Pirates to run for State Legislative offices
Mar-Apr 2014
- Add planks for new issues
- 3/1 - Have identified our candidates for US Congress
- 3/4 - Last day for candidates to enroll as Pirates to run for US Congress
- Hold College Tour
- 4/29 - Last day to deliver nomination papers for State Legislative candidates to cities/towns
May-June 2014
- Add planks for new issues
- Pirate Conference?
- 5/20 - Towns must certify nomination papers for State Legislative candidates
- 5/27 - Last day to deliver nomination papers for State Legislative candidates to Sec. of State
July-Aug 2014
- Add planks for new issues
- Plan Voter Id strategy and train campaigns
- Update dates and requirements for 2015 Town & City elections
- 7/29 - Last day to deliver nomination papers for US Congress candidates to cities/towns
- 8/19 - Towns must certify nomination papers for US Congress candidates
- 8/26 - Last day to deliver nomination papers for US Congress candidates to Sec. of State
Sept-Oct 2014
- Add planks for new issues
- Focus on Voter Id
- Start College Swarms
- Hold College Tour
- Start identifying candidates for 2015 Town Elections
- Plan GOTV strategy and train campaigns
- Plan Boston-area Election Day party
Nov-Dec 2014
- 11/4 - Election Day
- Campaign review conference
- Hold College Tour
- Start identifying candidates for 2015 City Elections
- Write bills to propose for the upcoming legislative session
Notes
- Lucia spoke to Ramon at Bill Galvin's office July 17th at 3:30. Ramon will also send an email with this information to sutralu@gmail.com
- local offices Check with each town
- District and county offices: Party or "Non-Party" dates are the same. (State Rep is a district office.)
- Nomination papers state wide will be available February 11th at the latest.
- To run for state rep one must live in the given district for at least a year prior to date of election.
- "Non-party" candidates must be unrenrolled (that is not enrolled as D or R!) by February 25th..
- Papers must be certified by towns by April 29th.
- Towns MUST certify by May 20th at the latest, and we have to collect the papers and submit to BG's office by May 27th. Seven days!
- state & federal offices
- Must be unenrolled by March 4th to run "non-party". Residency requirements depends upon office.
- Have until May 6th 5 pm to get certified in each town.
- Town has until 27th to certify and papers must be at Bill Galvin's by June 3rd.
- For non-party July 29th certification and to BG's by August 26th
