[fundraising] Proposal for Party-wide 3 day reginalized group fundraising activity - need vetting, co-sponsor

[Ron Francis]

Hi Merelice and all,
   
  I made the changes tha you suggested and put the proposal on the website.
   
  Unfortunately I will not be able to make the Statecom meeting due to an unavoidable conflict that takes me out of state.  Frustrating... but there is nothing I can do about it.  I can be available by cell phone if needed but I can't really participate.
   
  Therefore a 3rd sponsor will be needed (I think...)
   
  Good Luck with the proposal.  I hope it passes since we need to make the commitment to do fundraising and if everyone pitches in it can become a regular and even fun activity that becomes part of the regular machinery of machinery... just like Brians's efforts became doing staffperson-related fundraising.
   
  Ron

Merelice <merelice at gmail.com> wrote:
  Hi,

Given that we don't have a fundraising director who functions as
Committee Chair, and that committee meetings don't happen, I suggest
that members of this committee respond by email.

The main thing missing from this proposal (which I have agreed to
co-sponsor) is the preparation of followup materials that make a phone
bank effective, along with the costs that are supposed to be part of a
proposal. Given identity-theft concerns, we are not likely to get many
people giving us credit-card numbers over the phone. So each
phone-bank effort needs immediate mail followup. Even when someone
says they will contribute online, the mailing is a good reminder. This
involves postage for both the mailing and return envelopes and a form
that thanks them for their pledge and requests the usual information.

I would also indicate in the proposal that we start with members who
have not been notified of their need to renew, given that renewal
reminders ceased when Brian stopped last summer. That way, callers
will be less likely to get discouraged by lack of results. This effort
is only as good as the telephone numbers we have, so that issue also
needs to be addressed. How do we distribute the calling data to the
different locations?

Merelice

On 1/11/07, Ron Francis wrote:
> Please consider this propsal as submitted for vetting if either the adcom or the fundraising committee is going to meet. If the proposal cannot be vetted then i guess it will have to wait for the next statecom
>
> Ron Francis wrote: Date: Sun, 7 Jan 2007 11:39:54 -0800 (PST)
> From: Ron Francis 
> Subject: Proposal for Party-wide 3 day reginalized group fundraising activity - need co-sponsor
> To: State Committee Official Business 
>
> Text of Proposal:
>
> Proposal asks Fundraising Committee to give highest priority planning of a 3 day Party-wide regionalized joint fundraising phonecalling effort. In the event that the Fundraising Committee is not able to organize a plan by Feb 15th (not meeting or not enough people resources to plan it) the Adcom is instructed to organize this fundraising activity to occur no later than May 15th. 3-day Party-wide regional fundraising is to mean that the fundraising is to occur on 3 consecutive nights in a given week (Funraising Week) and is to include group fundraising activities in homes or offices that are placed around the state to facilitate easy participation. The fundraising days are to be announced two months in advance so that all members of the party have a good chance to participate.
>
> Training of people who need it is to be made available (if this is not done at the january Satecom meeting). Outreach activities can also be planned as part of the phonecall script. Party members will be encouraged to participate 2 out of the 3 days.
>
> Background:
>
> This kind of group fundraising activity has been done by members of the Rainbow Caucus in Roxbury and has met with some success. People who have organized these types of events are encouraged to pool thoughts in order to mazimize success.
> Rational:
> We need to regularize our fundraising effort and also improve our regular contact with members. Our supporters will feel like we have a real party if they hear from a live person more often who has a passion for the party with a long-term strategic plan, that is conveyed by a human voice.
>
> This kind of activity was organized bythe Expcom (not for fundraising but to find out what people thought about statewide activities in early 2006...). The activity reconnected GRP leaders with less active members in the grassroots.
>
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