Open Letter to All Ron Paul Supporters
Submitted by Michael Nystrom on Tue, 08/28/2007 - 10:12Hello, all.. My name is Chris Welton and I am an Assistant Organizer in
the Seattle area...
We have only 4 months before New Hampshire and Iowa... We win or lose with what we do in the next short season... There is only one quarter left before most people make up their minds...
In full knowledge of the dire consequences should we fail, I have, with the full permission of the Wikia administrators, created what I hope to become the largest, fastest growing, and most effective tool ever made for getting people on the internet into boots on the ground. It is both my birthday present to Ron Paul, and my gift to all of you as well.
My secret is simple... I am counting on all good people to contribute, and we will let the chips fall where they may (with moderators, of course). This is the real test of the free market in campaigning, hopefully we will prove up to the task.
We all know Meetup is great for finding people in your local area, but it has absolutely no tools for winning a state... (Let alone 50).
I have all of the states indexed into counties, with sections for strategy, GOP organizations, other organizations, events, etc., at both the state and county levels. Every state has a page where links to the canvassing maps can be posted... There are resources on the front page which can be edited by anyone to help jump start the canvassing brigades. (tabling, letter writing, literature, ect...)
It's time to make this happen... I have been canvassing within the last week, and I can tell you with personal certitude that our name recognition in the general populace is about %5...This will not do.
If you want to use a program like advokit, that is great.. More power to you.. Please use the wiki to tell others how it works and get them involved too. Scared to death of people? Not a problem... Take over responsibility for finding and filing GOP organizations in your state, etc... Something else you think needs doing? Add it.. That is why I made it as a wiki... The editing commands are the same as wiikipedia.
We need to get this done, and quickly... PLEASE tell everyone you know in the campaign to do their part... Add comments to YouTube vids, email your local Meetups, call people and make this explode... We need to be doing everything at once, and that will require Everyon doing their own part.
So, without further ado, I give you
http://ronpaul.wikia.com/... .
I can assure you, there is no reason to feel "overwhelmed"... Just Find your State, Find your County, Share your Knowledge, and Get Involved!!!
Good luck all, and God Bless...
Chris
The ultimate Ron Paul resource
This will soon become the largest resource for Ron Paul information. We in Snohomish County Washington have started adding info and links to our page.
All signed up
My area, Napa and Solano Counties in California, seems pretty bare of organization anywhere I look so I will try to see what I can find that is in place currently and enter it in to draw supporters together and at the very least I hope to find others in my area that can assist me in organizing local efforts. Feeling a tad alone up here!
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I predict future happiness for Americans if they can prevent the government from wasting the labors of the people under the pretense of taking care of them.
Thomas Jefferson
napa and solano have stuff going on
be creative. on the conservative side there is probably an eagle forum as well as full GOP structure. and with ron paul you are also allowed to go knocking on other peoples doors: libertarians, constitutionalists, liberty caucaus republicans, think there is minute man chapter up that way, I know there's NRA up around there and any kind of gun show or county fair that breezes through is easy picking for flyer distribution. Craigs list is a source. You also, it being Cali have the anti war folk be they vets or code pink. Get in touch with the California Republican party and ask what's around, how best to network. Same goes for the local GOP and Eagle forums. Good luck.
Wonderful tool Chris!
Wonderful tool Chris! Particularily for people who support Ron Paul, but live in the 'boonies' and want to find other people in their area willing to get together. Also, once people start sharing their campaign ideas on wikia.com, the really good ones will spread like wildfire! It's like putting millions of heads together. I love it!
jamico
Info for NH
Chris I have tons of NH info for you but no time to enter each one! If you write to me, I will send... and you can add?
- Jane
True!
As I've always said, get to know your GOP groups and events in your area and then, participate! Do not cut yourselves off from the mainstream...you will be welcomed and these people actually vote!
registering as a republican
Also, don't forget you need to register to vote in the primary. Your might have to change political parties to vote in your state. State by state information here.
Crunch Time
This wiki link is so important that it should be placed on the top of all ron paul blogs and made into a sticky on the ron paul forums.
Someone on the forums mentioned that we really only have three months because people will be busy with holiday stuff in December and will likely have already made up their minds by then.
The revolution will happen now or never!