{"id":10254,"date":"2024-07-11T14:15:45","date_gmt":"2024-07-11T21:15:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/inlandmendodems.org\/WP\/?post_type=document&#038;p=10254"},"modified":"2024-07-11T14:15:45","modified_gmt":"2024-07-11T21:15:45","slug":"chairs-report-07-24","status":"publish","type":"document","link":"https:\/\/inlandmendodems.org\/WP\/document\/chairs-report-07-24\/","title":{"rendered":"Chairs Report 07-24"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pl-10254\"  class=\"panel-layout\" ><div id=\"pg-10254-0\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-no-style\" ><div id=\"pgc-10254-0-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-10254-0-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-image panel-first-child\" data-index=\"0\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-image so-widget-sow-image-default-8b5b6f678277-10254\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t>\n<div class=\"sow-image-container\">\n\t\t<img \n\tsrc=\"https:\/\/inlandmendodems.org\/WP\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/LOGO.png\" width=\"252\" height=\"51\" sizes=\"(max-width: 252px) 100vw, 252px\" alt=\"\" \t\tclass=\"so-widget-image\"\/>\n\t<\/div>\n\n<\/div><\/div><div id=\"panel-10254-0-0-1\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor panel-last-child\" data-index=\"1\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t><h3 class=\"widget-title\">Chair's Report Campaign 2024<\/h3>\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n\t<p>PAC - We need to consider forming a PAC.<\/p>\n<p><strong>County PAC<\/strong>;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>We can donate to local candidates, propositions and state office candidates in our district (2) i.e., Chris Rogers and Mike McGuire.<\/li>\n<li>Not sure if we can donate to Jared Huffman, but I think not as he is Federal<\/li>\n<li>Treasurer - Robin until she leaves after the election. Possibly Juan after.<\/li>\n<li>Initially&nbsp; with $2000 2023-24 dues and $2000 2024-25 dues.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>We may be able to pay for things like rental of place for LDP, and have CC donate to our PAC. Susan Savage is our PAC Guide.<\/p>\n<p>The 2024 election, is threatening to destroy our democracy with unfathomable results for us locally, for the US, and the world - and that is something that we can at least attempt to affect.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>Main Campaign Features<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Events<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>LDP<\/li>\n<li>Redwoo9d Empire Fair<\/li>\n<li>Booneville Fair<\/li>\n<li>PumpkinFest<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>MHQ<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>MORE<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>You have suggested several projects that we can undertake: post card writing, phone banking with one or more national organizations, and of course we have the Mobile HQ, etc.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Kayla suggests we can hold house parties for postcard writing.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li>House parties might be the way to go. Helen and Kayla will gather and brainstorm guest speakers.<\/li>\n<li>Letter writing<\/li>\n<li>Post-carding<\/li>\n<li>Phone-banking<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mobilize.us\/cadems\/\">CADEM provides access to Mobilize events <\/a><\/p>\n<p>It offers several ways to get involved virtually: GOTV, Canvass, Voter Reg, Virtual Phone Bank, NorCal events, post carding, and others. It also coordinates with various organizations.<\/p>\n<div class=\"vector-column-start\">\n<div class=\"vector-sticky-pinned-container\">\n<nav id=\"mw-panel-toc\" class=\"mw-table-of-contents-container vector-toc-landmark\" aria-label=\"Contents\" data-event-name=\"ui.sidebar-toc\">\n<div id=\"vector-toc-pinned-container\" class=\"vector-pinned-container\">\n<div id=\"vector-toc\" class=\"vector-toc vector-pinnable-element\">\n<ul id=\"mw-panel-toc-list\" class=\"vector-toc-contents\">\n<li id=\"toc-History\" class=\"vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded\">\n<div class=\"vector-toc-text\">History<\/div>\n<ul id=\"toc-History-sublist\" class=\"vector-toc-list\"><\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"toc-Political_action\" class=\"vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded\">\n<div class=\"vector-toc-text\">Political action<\/div>\n<ul id=\"toc-Political_action-sublist\" class=\"vector-toc-list\"><\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"toc-Fundraising\" class=\"vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded\">\n<div class=\"vector-toc-text\">Fundraising<\/div>\n<ul id=\"toc-Fundraising-sublist\" class=\"vector-toc-list\"><\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"toc-Vote_Forward\" class=\"vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded\">\n<div class=\"vector-toc-text\">Vote Forward<\/div>\n<ul id=\"toc-Vote_Forward-sublist\" class=\"vector-toc-list\"><\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"toc-Flippable_merge\" class=\"vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded\">\n<div class=\"vector-toc-text\">Flippable merge<\/div>\n<ul id=\"toc-Flippable_merge-sublist\" class=\"vector-toc-list\"><\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"toc-Other_activities\" class=\"vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded\">\n<div class=\"vector-toc-text\">Other activities<\/div>\n<ul id=\"toc-Other_activities-sublist\" class=\"vector-toc-list\"><\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"toc-References\" class=\"vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded\">\n<div class=\"vector-toc-text\">References<\/div>\n<ul id=\"toc-References-sublist\" class=\"vector-toc-list\"><\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/nav>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mw-content-container\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<header class=\"mw-body-header vector-page-titlebar\">\n<h1 id=\"firstHeading\" class=\"firstHeading mw-first-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/swingleft.org\/\"><span class=\"mw-page-title-main\">Swing Left<\/span><\/a><\/h1>\n<\/header>\n<div id=\"bodyContent\" class=\"vector-body ve-init-mw-desktopArticleTarget-targetContainer\" aria-labelledby=\"firstHeading\" data-mw-ve-target-container=\"\">\n<div class=\"vector-body-before-content\">\n<div id=\"siteSub\" class=\"noprint\">From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"contentSub\">\n<div id=\"mw-content-subtitle\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"mw-content-text\" class=\"mw-body-content\">\n<div class=\"mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output\" dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">\n<table class=\"infobox vcard\">\n<caption class=\"infobox-title fn org\">Swing Left<\/caption>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"infobox-image logo\" colspan=\"2\"><span class=\"mw-default-size\"><a class=\"mw-file-description\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/File:SwingLeftLogo.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"mw-file-element\" src=\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/en\/thumb\/1\/13\/SwingLeftLogo.jpg\/220px-SwingLeftLogo.jpg\" srcset=\"\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/en\/1\/13\/SwingLeftLogo.jpg 1.5x\" width=\"220\" height=\"240\" data-file-width=\"302\" data-file-height=\"330\"\/><\/a><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th class=\"infobox-label\" scope=\"row\">Established<\/th>\n<td class=\"infobox-data note\">January&nbsp;19, 2017<span class=\"noprint\">; 7 years ago<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th class=\"infobox-label\" scope=\"row\">Founders<\/th>\n<td class=\"infobox-data\">Ethan Todras-Whitehill<br \/>\nMiriam Stone<br \/>\nJosh Krafchin<br \/>\nMichelle Finocchi<br \/>\nMatt Ewing<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th class=\"infobox-label\" scope=\"row\">Legal status<\/th>\n<td class=\"infobox-data\"><a title=\"Hybrid PAC\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hybrid_PAC\">Hybrid PAC<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th class=\"infobox-label\" scope=\"row\">Purpose<\/th>\n<td class=\"infobox-data\"><a title=\"Democratic Party (United States)\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Democratic_Party_(United_States)\">Democratic Party<\/a>&nbsp;victories<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th class=\"infobox-label\" scope=\"row\">Headquarters<\/th>\n<td class=\"infobox-data\">Washington, DC<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th class=\"infobox-label\" scope=\"row\">Website<\/th>\n<td class=\"infobox-data\"><span class=\"url\"><a class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/swingleft.org\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">swingleft<wbr \/>.org<\/a><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><b>Swing Left<\/b>&nbsp;is a&nbsp;<a title=\"Progressivism in the United States\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Progressivism_in_the_United_States\">progressive<\/a>&nbsp;<a title=\"Political action committee\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Political_action_committee\">political group<\/a>&nbsp;with&nbsp;<a title=\"Hybrid PAC\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hybrid_PAC\">Hybrid PAC<\/a>&nbsp;status in the&nbsp;<a title=\"United States\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_States\">United States<\/a>&nbsp;that was created following the election of&nbsp;<a title=\"Donald Trump\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump\">Donald Trump<\/a>&nbsp;in 2016 with a goal of gaining a&nbsp;<a title=\"Democratic Party (United States)\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Democratic_Party_(United_States)\">Democratic<\/a>&nbsp;majority in United States legislatures. The group was founded by Ethan Todras-Whitehill, Miriam Stone, Josh Krafchin, Michelle Finocchi, and Matt Ewing to create ways for&nbsp;<a title=\"Democratic Party (United States)\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Democratic_Party_(United_States)\">Democrats<\/a>&nbsp;to volunteer in their nearest&nbsp;<a title=\"Swing state\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Swing_state\">swing district<\/a>. Its initial mission was to win a Democratic majority in the&nbsp;<a title=\"United States House of Representatives\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_States_House_of_Representatives\">House of Representatives<\/a>&nbsp;in 2018 by building a network of volunteers and donors in targeted swing districts across the U.S. Swing Left uses a margin of fifteen points to determine which seats are considered \"swing seats\", and then concentrates their efforts there.<sup id=\"cite_ref-:0_1-0\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Swing_Left#cite_note-:0-1\">[1]<\/a><\/sup>&nbsp;Swing Left cast a broader net in 2019, when they began putting effort toward maintaining a Democratic majority in&nbsp;<a title=\"State legislature (United States)\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/State_legislature_(United_States)\">United States State Legislatures<\/a>&nbsp;after merging with another organization, Flippable.<sup id=\"cite_ref-:1_2-0\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Swing_Left#cite_note-:1-2\">[2]<\/a><\/sup>&nbsp;Swing Left focuses on training volunteers to register voters, phone bank, fundraise, and engage in door-to-door campaigning for Democratic candidates.<sup id=\"cite_ref-:02_3-0\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Swing_Left#cite_note-:02-3\">[3]<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h1><a href=\"https:\/\/swingleft.org\/?home_experiments=%257B%2522jumbotron%2522%253A%2522photo%2522%257D\">Vote Forward<\/a><\/h1>\n<h2 class=\"textStyle_heading mt_8 fs_xl text_sl.darkBlue\">Who we are<\/h2>\n<p class=\"fs_lg text_sl.darkBlue\">Vote Forward is a 501(c)(4) nonprofit organization that empowers grassroots volunteers to send handwritten letters encouraging fellow Americans to vote.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"textStyle_heading mt_8 fs_xl text_sl.darkBlue\">What we do<\/h2>\n<p class=\"fs_lg text_sl.darkBlue\">Vote Forward\u2019s flagship voter contact program trains and supports volunteers writing personal, heartfelt letters to potential voters with an easy-to-use online platform. The majority of our letter-writing campaigns are nonpartisan campaigns, supporting our core 501c(3) and 501c(4) social-welfare mission, which focus on mobilizing potential voters in communities that have historically been marginalized in the political process\u2014such as people of color, women, and young voters. We also support 501(c)(4) partisan campaigns to encourage likely-Democratic voters to turn out in strategic states and districts.<\/p>\n<p>=====================================================<\/p>\n<p>We should pick just one of these as a club and concentrate our club efforts on that.<\/p>\n<p>We are limited in what we can do with our funds unless we become registered as an unconnected PAC - see links in the agenda - <em>New Business<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_price":"","_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_header":"","_tribe_default_ticket_provider":"","_tribe_ticket_capacity":"0","_ticket_start_date":"","_ticket_end_date":"","_tribe_ticket_show_description":"","_tribe_ticket_show_not_going":false,"_tribe_ticket_use_global_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_global_stock_level":"","_global_stock_mode":"","_global_stock_cap":"","_tribe_rsvp_for_event":"","_tribe_ticket_going_count":"","_tribe_ticket_not_going_count":"","_tribe_tickets_list":"[]","_tribe_ticket_has_attendee_info_fields":false,"footnotes":""},"document_category":[45,103],"document_tag":[],"class_list":["post-10254","document","type-document","status-publish","hentry","document_category-imdc","document_category-imdc-exec-imdc","post"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/inlandmendodems.org\/WP\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document\/10254","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/inlandmendodems.org\/WP\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/inlandmendodems.org\/WP\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/document"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inlandmendodems.org\/WP\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inlandmendodems.org\/WP\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10254"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/inlandmendodems.org\/WP\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document\/10254\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10256,"href":"https:\/\/inlandmendodems.org\/WP\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document\/10254\/revisions\/10256"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/inlandmendodems.org\/WP\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10254"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"document_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inlandmendodems.org\/WP\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document_category?post=10254"},{"taxonomy":"document_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inlandmendodems.org\/WP\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document_tag?post=10254"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}