Step-by-Step Organizer Toolkit for the People's Campaign for the Constitution
Forming Committees
You may want to assign certain tasks to subcommittees. Here are some subcommittees to consider:
- Research Committee: Identifies the power bases (funders, voters, other supporters) of the representative (and if before an election, candidates running for office) in your district and explores ways to bring members of those power bases into your local coalition. Researches the voting records and positions of the representative (and challenger candidates). (See Analyze the power bases of your coalition and your representative.)
- Outreach Committee: Establishes relationships with potential allies; identifies people willing to host house parties or other events to support the campaign and helps carry out events; members make public presentations on behalf of the group. (See Reach out to community members and local groups about the PCC.)
- Publicity/Media Committee: Produces posters for events, coordinates mailings, writes and sends out press releases and public service announcements to promote the public forum. Organizes press conferences, if desired.
- Program Committee: Contacts speakers, including representatives and candidates, and organizes public events.
- Sponsorship Committee: Invites businesses, individuals, civic organizations, and nonprofit organizations to endorse the local campaign and contribute financially to various expenses of projects the group takes on (such as organizing a public forum, running a sign-on ad in the local paper, printing campaign literature).
- Refreshments Committee: We all know that food entices people to come to meetings and makes those meetings more enjoyable. This committee coordinates how refreshments will be provided for each meeting or event by soliticiting refreshment donations from local businesses and assigning members to bring refreshments.
- Coordinating Committee: Most useful after campaign gets off the ground; helps set meeting agendas to manage the work of multiple committees; coordinates and runs meetings.
