The propositions are coming May 19; Wanna phone bank?

With California's six budget propositions on the ballot May 19, member James Williams invites V4CF members to take action early by undertaking an activity many of us performed during the Obama campaign: phone banking. From James:

We talked about the six budget propositions at our meeting; let's do something about them now. Let's have phone banks on the weekends starting in two weeks.

We would need:

• An event lead, to get the entire effort under way and moving forward;
• A phone banking host, willing to host callers most likely at the host's home;
• Volunteers equipped with their own cell phones; and
• A script and a call list.

People would bring their own cell phones and chargers, and the host would let us know how many callers they could host at their house. Refreshments could be done as a snack-food potluck.

The lead on this project could develop the script, and we would use the Voter Activation Network (VAN) software -- the same stuff we used in the Obama election -- to enter in the phone bank results and pull the "voters to call" list.

Two weeks is enough time to get the phone list developed and host homes picked. Phone bank volunteers would be familiar with the issues by then. Goals could be set for each phone bank site and a good time will be had by all.

Respect the people enough to ask for their vote, Empower them with information on the issues and Include them in the democratic process by getting them to vote, just like we did in the Obama campaign.

Interested in helping, or calling, or leading this project? Contact V4CF member James Williams via e-mail. And right away, too... May 19 will be here sooner than we think.