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Post by RGirtman on Mar 21, 2020 3:10:43 GMT -6
Select a provisional board-members
-Treasurer is a must-have! Any vacancy must be filled within 10 days. FEC guidelines recommend an Assistant Treasurer identified in case of a vacancy
Determine HQ (physical address)
File for an EIN
File Statement of Organization with FRC
Establish a bank account
Set up email & website
Membership & Donation drive
The bylaws & platform we're putting together *technically* won't be official until they're approved at the first legal convention.
Network!!!!!!! Get other Progressive movements to rally around us. Try to convince EXISTING state-level parties (like the VT Progressive Party or NY Working Families party) to affiliate with us. If we can get them to affiliate with us, they become the state-level party & we don't need to re-invent the wheel & get ballot access there.
Hold the Provisional convention (Goal: Aug 5) -- legally speaking this won't be an official party convention because 1) there are restrictions for creating new parties during an election year & 2) most states require ballot access before they recognize a party
After the General Election ends: Ballot access petition drives (this is what will allow us to have a real, legal convention later)
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a1yola
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Post by a1yola on Mar 22, 2020 11:45:18 GMT -6
Let's assign ourselves roles as founding members. Then we can can get to work on the to do list.
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Patrick Yoshida of Michigan
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Post by Patrick Yoshida of Michigan on Mar 22, 2020 11:54:03 GMT -6
so this is the Bull Moose Party
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a1yola
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Post by a1yola on Mar 22, 2020 11:58:43 GMT -6
so this is the Bull Moose Party The founding members draw inspiration from Teddy Roosevelt's party. This is meant to be a modern recarnation of it. Not an exact replica.
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Post by RGirtman on Mar 22, 2020 12:32:31 GMT -6
Let's assign ourselves roles as founding members. Then we can can get to work on the to do list. First, I think, we need to improve active participation in order to adopt bylaws & platform. Then once we have that, then we can elect a board & begin to delegate assignments. Until that point, everything else is on an individual volunteer basis. That's why my twitter feed for the past 5 days has been almost exclusively promoting this site. But getting people here isn't enough. If they don't get involved with the discussion, we shouldn't just assign positions of authority to ourselves. That's a dictatorship.
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a1yola
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Post by a1yola on Mar 23, 2020 0:24:35 GMT -6
I understand. We should focus on outreach first.
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