J Free
11-06-2007, 10:30 PM
We really need to make voter registration a big deal for all those states with closed primaries or caucuses - and NOW.
My idea is that people will compose an email endorsement/reason (or pick from 20-50 well-composed common ones which can each be tracked) why they are becoming Ron Paul Republicans. They will ask their friends to join them in becoming RPGOP.
There is some open source software that can make this viral, competitive, visual, and where personalized hotlinks can be placed all over the web so that people can see how their own friends-of-friends-of-friends network can mushroom.
Here is an example of an implementation.
http://speakup.oxygen.com/campaigns/neworleans/
Here is the open source software itself:
http://forwardtrack.eyebeamresearch.org/
I need some people with php/mySQL skills to get it installed and set up. It will need some tweaking in installation in order to set up the database schema. But it was designed to visually track political activism using the "six degrees of separation" type of model.
This could seriously be HUGE. The more people visually see the momentum building, the more people will want to climb aboard. And this is truly so necessary for us to be able to win in many states. But we really need to do it now.
Plus it can be used AFTER voter registration cutoff dates in order to virally market to our current GOP friends right up to the primaries.
Further, the results of this could - if successful - really help drive lower-level GOP into the RP camp. Because we will be able to PROVE that Ron Paul is expanding the base of the GOP and thus is VERY electable.
Is there someone out there who wants to help put this thing together? What do people think of the idea? Any ideas for a great domain name? I can provide testing/database capacity on my site too.
My idea is that people will compose an email endorsement/reason (or pick from 20-50 well-composed common ones which can each be tracked) why they are becoming Ron Paul Republicans. They will ask their friends to join them in becoming RPGOP.
There is some open source software that can make this viral, competitive, visual, and where personalized hotlinks can be placed all over the web so that people can see how their own friends-of-friends-of-friends network can mushroom.
Here is an example of an implementation.
http://speakup.oxygen.com/campaigns/neworleans/
Here is the open source software itself:
http://forwardtrack.eyebeamresearch.org/
I need some people with php/mySQL skills to get it installed and set up. It will need some tweaking in installation in order to set up the database schema. But it was designed to visually track political activism using the "six degrees of separation" type of model.
This could seriously be HUGE. The more people visually see the momentum building, the more people will want to climb aboard. And this is truly so necessary for us to be able to win in many states. But we really need to do it now.
Plus it can be used AFTER voter registration cutoff dates in order to virally market to our current GOP friends right up to the primaries.
Further, the results of this could - if successful - really help drive lower-level GOP into the RP camp. Because we will be able to PROVE that Ron Paul is expanding the base of the GOP and thus is VERY electable.
Is there someone out there who wants to help put this thing together? What do people think of the idea? Any ideas for a great domain name? I can provide testing/database capacity on my site too.