eydaimon
10-18-2007, 11:09 PM
The Ron Paul Meetup $15M year-end effort - A proposal
Efforts to raise money for Ron Paul are lagging behind goals at an alarming
pace. At the same time, one knows that with more than 50000 meetup members,
raising $15M by the end of the year is perfectly feasible.
One reason efforts are failing is the lack of organization. The meetup groups
provide this organization naturally, and that can and *should* be put to use.
Here's what there is to be done:
GOAL: Get every meetup group to donate $100 per member, per month. That would
lead to a year-end total of more than $15M.
HOW TO:
* Form a leading group of people that will be responsible for making this
happen. These people will:
* Setup a website showing the groups, in a map or whatever, indicating
which groups have met their monthly quota, which have not, etc.
* BUG meetup group organizers every now and then, but at least twice weekly,
to make sure action is taken by them. Get reports from them. Update the
web site from the reports.
* Each meetup group organizer is "responsible" (no jail time for missing the
goal, of course) for meeting the $100/person quota per month. The organizer
will bug members often (twice a week) to make sure the quota is met. Members
that do not want to participate shouldn't be harassed, of course. Members
that can't afford $100/month, but want to participate, should make their
quota by convincing other people to donate.
Remember, $100/month is $25/week. Constant organized effort *will* make this
happen. Sitting down and waiting for a pledgebank pledge of 1000000 people to
fill up won't do it. The current hapzard efforts (money bomb, pledges, etc)
are *not* filling up lady liberty. Let's get organized, and let's get serious.
Efforts to raise money for Ron Paul are lagging behind goals at an alarming
pace. At the same time, one knows that with more than 50000 meetup members,
raising $15M by the end of the year is perfectly feasible.
One reason efforts are failing is the lack of organization. The meetup groups
provide this organization naturally, and that can and *should* be put to use.
Here's what there is to be done:
GOAL: Get every meetup group to donate $100 per member, per month. That would
lead to a year-end total of more than $15M.
HOW TO:
* Form a leading group of people that will be responsible for making this
happen. These people will:
* Setup a website showing the groups, in a map or whatever, indicating
which groups have met their monthly quota, which have not, etc.
* BUG meetup group organizers every now and then, but at least twice weekly,
to make sure action is taken by them. Get reports from them. Update the
web site from the reports.
* Each meetup group organizer is "responsible" (no jail time for missing the
goal, of course) for meeting the $100/person quota per month. The organizer
will bug members often (twice a week) to make sure the quota is met. Members
that do not want to participate shouldn't be harassed, of course. Members
that can't afford $100/month, but want to participate, should make their
quota by convincing other people to donate.
Remember, $100/month is $25/week. Constant organized effort *will* make this
happen. Sitting down and waiting for a pledgebank pledge of 1000000 people to
fill up won't do it. The current hapzard efforts (money bomb, pledges, etc)
are *not* filling up lady liberty. Let's get organized, and let's get serious.