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

December GM Vote

• Rank choice vote on priorities.