Priorities Process
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 each second can be found below!
- September General Meeting
- Introduction/Motivation for "Chapter Priorities."
- Breakout group brainstorm and "dotocracy"
- Weeks 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.
- 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.