So, you wanna be a Community Organizer. A GOTV kind of guy or gal. You're in the right Diary! (as much as I suck at writing them) 2014 is now Open for Biz! If you're a member of Drinking Liberally, the Coffee Party or another of a dozen such activist orgs, great! Keep doing what you're doing! All of those efforts make a difference! We're just offering one more to add to your bag of tricks. One that we think will not only make a difference but very likely be the difference maker in winning us some elections!
Now, some on here will know I've been all about this for at least 2, 3 years now, with efforts such as this one at Herding Cats. What makes this new effort different? This guy. AnotherMassachusettsLiberal. What makes him so special? Well, I'm sure there are dozens of things, but the one pertaining to 2014, 2016, 2018 and well beyond is his software. What makes this effort different than my other efforts is AML (AnotherMassLib) and his software. They're both winners.
What AML needs is you. Activists willing to kick the tires and run the software to fine tune this beast to get it up and running like a Swiss watch when 2014 really gets cooking very soon after the first of the year. We're looking for 435 of us. Or 438. One for each Congressional district. We need a bunch of you to Beta Test this beast! Included in the duties is marching down to your City / Town /County Clerk's Office to request and receive Election materials from 2012. So, yeah, there's some shoe leather and gasoline involved. You know, activism as opposed to reading about it. We'll show you how to gather that stuff. After that, it's pretty much running the software and reporting back to AML what works and what sucks. What needs to be changed. Beta testing.
And, after that... well, after that we get down to the business of organizing your Congressional district right down to the street corner. District / County / Town / Precinct / Neighborhood / Street Corner. That's where AML's software comes in to help us do that. It is the difference maker. It is the magic we've needed to accomplish this party organizing thing.
So, the question to readers is who's in? If you're in please join our G.O.S. Group on here at Organizing 538 for more info to get you started Beta testing. I've got NY-21 covered, but if there are other NY-21ers out there reading this Kos Mail my butt and I'll show you how this works. So, there are some 433 Districts to go. AML has his District covered. You in? You should be. This takes some work, but very well could be the magic we've needed to send the TeaPublicon party packing.