I am working to raise travel stipends of $300 per person for field staff to come join us. Our goal is 50 stipends. ($15,000) As you know, campaign workers get canned after the election. We need to find a way to support them and get them to the event to share their stories. (also should be a good networking event if you are looking for staff!)
I hope you can help. There are packages for sponsorship companies. and you can see some
of the folks nominated to attend.
Millions of dollars were just spent in online organizing, volunteer coordination, GOTV activities and building an online community to support progressive candidates. hundreds of people were employed this
cycle running campaign web sites, maintaining list serves, creating multi-media, blogging and coordinating fundraising online.
The "hands on the keyboard AND boots on the ground" folks need to sit down swap stories and figure out what worked and what did not. What are the tips and tricks we need to share?
In the netroots age, "high-level" post-election debriefs that exclude the precinct captain, the blogger, the guerrilla ad maker, the Internet security staff, the list managers and the local activist simply don't make sense.
It is important to look for the mandate and agenda but how did we really get here? Is the answer going to come from someone that never used the Internet or only has staff send out email? We want to know the data, the ads, the online tactics the heart of what was effective and what wasted money in online strategy.
New Organizing Institute. ( I am on the Advisory Board of NOI) together with Emerging Progressives have teamed up to host RootsCamp, the progressive post-election debrief for the 21st century.
WHAT: A progressive post-election debrief with a format borrowed from the tech world (barcamp.org) that's actually FUN ? no preset schedule, everyone is a presenter, and you only go to sessions you find interesting.
WHEN: December 2-3, 2006
WHERE: Downtown Washington, DC
WHO: The best and brightest in the progressive community engaged in 2006 campaigns ? from the "netroots" to field organizers to precinct captains to senior political strategists and national message
consultants. Staff from nonprofits, campaigns, etc..
Sponsors make it possible to hold RootsCampDC as a free event. Please help.
