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[edit | edit source]

Note about priorities vote winners:

If a priority wins, then BDSA collectively agrees to lend more chapter resources towards that priority for the following year. The Steering Committee will priorities the priories in general meeting and membership mobilization, for example. If the priority process was good, then members will be easily rallied to volunteer and organize toward the priorities they helped set.
Setting priorities does not exclude other work or campaigns. Losing priorities and existing campaigns can still be worked on by members and given chapter resources.
Based on experimentation and practice, the execution of the priority might not follow the original proposal to the letter.

Voted on Priorities[edit | edit source]

Year	External Priority/Campaign	Internal Organizing Priority
2019	#TakeBackTheGrid Medicaid for All	Membership Mobilization Inter-generational Organizing and Childwatch

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.

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.

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.