Update Aug 2023

August 2023 Monthly Update

A few directors & strategic advisors will be available for Office Hours this Saturday evening, September 9th.

Director & Teams Updates

Sam - Program Director

Recently Completed:

• New contracting pipeline for PV
• New financial relationship established with major progressive funder Way to Win
• New detailed budget for 2024 under design

Current Work:

• Approaching MORE content creators who could serve as the foundational members of our core group and working together on a shared set of expectations for partnership. More to come REALLY soon!!

Okami - Infrastructure Director

Recently Completed:

• Aug 25: Phone verification added for those not joining the Discord server, aiding the recruitment team via Action Network tags.
• Aug 31: Wiki is now public-ready with basic protections and an improved landing page.
• Aug 7: Events interface initiated for volunteer sign-ups on the website, inclusive of an admin panel.
• Aug 18: Addressed display issues across various browsers.
• Aug 31: Initial version of the volunteer profile page developed, with further improvements pending.

Current work:

• Scaling the website and backend for enhanced user consumption and task delivery.
• Developing a feature for state leads to temporarily create event-centric channels.
• With the wiki launched, the next step is implementing MVP tasks, with related notes and documents available.
• Filling in state pages with voter registration details.
• Data report in progress to determine the bounce rate.
• Efforts on-going to scale similarly to the main website.

Jay - Public Media / Comms Director

Recent Completed Work:

• Assisted Brianna Wu in leading the AFC streamer team, onboarding new members and getting content made!
• AFC team GOP debate coverage!
• AFC team pro contraception content!
• Established talking points for media promotion of PV.
• Approved Language for Accountability measures.
• PV Infrastructure Doc - Master
  • These will be posted on the wiki as a part of our Infrastructure and procedure information

Current Work:

• More AFC project work!
• More GOP debate coverage work!
• Prepping PR strategy for the end of the month! Big things SO SOON its crazy!

A/V Team - Jay

Completed Work:

• AFC Recap Montage:
• GOP Debate coverage clips

Current Work:

• AFC content
• GOP Debate content
• Continue Current Priority 2 projects

PR Team - Jay

Completed Work:

• Blusky codes handed out to leads
• Promotional Pipeline established, needs scaling

Current Work:

• Scaling the team for a better promotional pipeline for our content
• Scheduling routine posts and engagement for 3 major platforms

Design Team - CTRL

Completed Work:

• Generic banner design for use in irl engagements
• Graphic celebrating Ohio victory.

Current Work:

Cam - Engagement Director

Recently Completed:

• Reviewed, adjusted, and approved several state level proposals
• Facilitated recruitment efforts for Ohio effort
• Continued to train new Action Builder users and develop the system for use by volunteer organizers
• Oversaw the SOC during relaunch of existing states leadership

Current Work:

• Integrating the events team into the engagement department, including building the team, developing a schedule, and maintaining consistent events
• Supporting SOC as they scout new state leads and develop these states
• Upcoming organizing efforts in Virginia surrounding the fall elections
• AFC-related organizing including events surrounding contacting your representative and researching current trends

Strategic Advisors

• Removed legacy & inactive Advisors
• Onboarded New Strategic Advisor! Heading up the Discord Bot Coding team!
  • Mafia [NY-25]
• Discussed and planned out our end of year plans

Organizing Teams Updates

State Organizing Committee

Completed Work:

• Our new coalition structure has set up weekly coalition meetings to further develop our state leads and bolster communication and collaboration
• Onboarded 2 new state leads in high priority states: PA and AZ
• Trained state leads on discord outreach techniques for states who are at that stage of infrastructure development

Current Work:

• Getting all states with leadership plugged in to action builder to facilitate member outreach and organization
• Welcome threads to create a welcome space in each state channel to catch all our new members
• Created plan to find a develop state leads for states without leadership