Priorities Process

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Priorities

2019 Priorities

External:

  • #NationalizeTheGrid
  • 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." This is a time for our chapter's members to democratically and intentional decided a few major focuses of our work! It does not exclude other work.
  • 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

Priorities Science Fair at the November GM

December GM Vote

  • Rank choice vote on priorities.