Update Aug 2023
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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