| 1 | Materials Development |
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| 3 | We need new materials which update information on our activities and perspectives. |
| 4 | |
| 5 | Prepare the following materials: |
| 6 | |
| 7 | 1 -- On-line Q&A about MF/PL, updating what we have and combining everything about us into one document. |
| 8 | |
| 9 | 2 -- PDF Package: |
| 10 | |
| 11 | a - About MF/PL |
| 12 | b - Resources Available |
| 13 | c - Activities (USSF, etc) |
| 14 | d - Why Join? (5 or six points) |
| 15 | |
| 16 | 3 -- On-Line videos: |
| 17 | |
| 18 | The Pitch video -- viral distribution |
| 19 | |
| 20 | Alfredo On videos (distribute to more places) |
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| 23 | |
| 24 | The Pitch List |
| 25 | |
| 26 | Our regular outreach list which would be replenished as people from it join. |
| 27 | |
| 28 | 1 - compile a list of 200 website contacts |
| 29 | |
| 30 | 2 - "informative" email on an issue with link to an online presentation emailed to these people every month. |
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| 33 | |
| 34 | The Five Campaign |
| 35 | |
| 36 | This is a specialized membership drive campaign to get about 100 members. We're gonna ask each LC member to make a list of five people as new potential contacts and then contact them using our materials. |
| 37 | |
| 38 | 1 - Call all LC members from 5 new potential members to reach out to |
| 39 | |
| 40 | 2 - Prepare email and a mini-script for an exchange between LC member and the recruit |
| 41 | |
| 42 | 3 - Send Q&A (above) to LC members as a backgrounder on the organization |
| 43 | |
| 44 | 4 - Add "referred by" field to our Join form. |
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| 48 | The Blog Campaign |
| 49 | |
| 50 | An attempt to keep our leaders in the public eye |
| 51 | |
| 52 | 1 -- Weekly blog -- Jamie and Alfredo contribute blogs weekly on various topics of their choosing. Timing is essential -- weekly. |
| 53 | |
| 54 | 2 -- General article contributions -- a monthly article or column contribution to Huffington, portside, alternet and/or similar mass distribution outlets. |
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| 58 | Monthly Presentations |
| 59 | |
| 60 | "May First at the Brecht" |
| 61 | |
| 62 | Monthly presentation by our leaders, members and/or techies about major Internet topics of general interest (like FOSS, Social Networking, etc.) and specific topics like court cases or mass arrests or a new software concept. |
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