Priorities Process

The priorities process has been designed to help our chapter's members democratically and intentional reflect on our work as socialist. Please iterate on the design below and add observations and suggestions.

Priorities

Note about priorities winners: As the priorities were designed, they do not exclude other work chapter work or campaigns. The process of reflecting on priorities is possibly more important than the result of the final vote. Losing priorities can still be taken up and executed upon by members. The vote is at most a collective agreement to lend more resources towards the chapter priories for the following year. Based on experimentation and practice, the execution of the priority might not follow the original proposal to the letter.

2019 Priorities

External:

• #TakeBackTheGrid
• Medicaid For All

Internal:

• Membership Mobilization
• Childwatch

Priorities Process

Timeline

Please organize in advance of each deadline/period of time. Advice for organizing or running events can be found below!

Deadlines/Time Range	Things To Do
September General Meeting	Introduction/Motivation for "Chapter Priorities." Breakout group brainstorm and "dotocracy"
Weeks between September GM-Ocotober GM	Each working group and committee meeting should have the priorities process on agenda for discussion. Neighborhood group meetings for the discussion of priorities should be scheduled.
October General Meeting	Deadline for the "first draft" of priority
Weeks between October GM-one week after November GM	Encourage/help members get feedback on their priority
November General Meeting	Priorities Science Fair
One week after November General Meeting	Final draft of priorities is due
December General Meeting	Rank choice vote on priorities.

Advice

Introduction at September GM

• Introduction/Motivation for "Chapter Priorities."
• Suggestion of activities at this GM:
  • Breakout group brainstorm of potential priorities resulting in sheets of paper with brainstormed priorities listed. Then a "dotocracy": all posters put on wall, members can walk around and put their 10 allocated stickers near the priorities they are the most interested in.

Group discussions/brainstorms/outreach between September-Ocotober GMs

• Each working group and committee meeting should have the priorities process on agenda for discussion.
• Neighborhood group meetings for the discussion of priorities should be scheduled.

Priority Draft Submission at November GM

• Deadline for the "first draft" of priority

Feedback period

• Encourage/help members get feedback on their priority

December GM Vote

• Rank choice vote on priorities.