[cvn-developers] Pestering task

[Seb Bacon]

Hi,

Currently, 27% of candidates have responded to our request for them to
do the survey. Pestering by DC volunteers works really well. Each
time a candidate receives a pester email, they seem to be about 25%
more likely to answer it.

However, there are 1361 candidates who've never received a pester.
Many of these are in constituencies that have already been pestered,
as they're late additions to the candidate list. In fact 625
constituencies have at least one person who's never been pestered.

I suppose the best thing to do, therefore, is just send out another
email to absolutely everyone begging them to pester again.

Thoughts about how to word it are welcome. I am thinking extremely
short and sweet, e.g.:

Subject: URGENT: which of your candidates aren't answering our survey?:
An amazing 28% of candidates have now responded to our survey.
However, the other 72% have been too busy, or think it's not
important, or haven't noticed our invitation.

A survey like this, created by volunteers and sent to every candidate,
has never been done before. We need YOUR help to convince them that
this is important. Please follow the "Start task" link below to help.
It'll take you less than 5 minutes, and will help you learn much more
about the people who want your vote.

P.S. If you've already done this task, do it again anyway -- we've
still not got responses from 100% of candidates in any constituency.
P.P.S. We'll be letting you know as soon as we've put the first survey
results online for you to view.

Seb

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[Richard Pope]

One thing that looks worrying form the outside is the percentage of
Conservatives who are responding.

The impression I am getting form the leaflets is that they have very
tight control over new and marginal candidates. I wonder if they have
either anticipated this and are all waiting for the answers from on
high, or have been told not to take part?

Richard

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[Seb Bacon]

Yes. The Tory Party HQ is definitely aware of the survey and some
direction has definitely been given, I'm sure of that. It's either
"don't do it" or "we suggest you don't do it", I'd say.

Seb

[Tim Green]

Well, we can't do much about that apart from hoping our volunteers can
persuade them anyway. For the actual data display I suggested we just
take the average party response for missing candidates (though present
it as the party position, not the candidate position).

I suggest we try again and then send our own pestering email to
candidates who haven't been emailed/pestered yet.

-t

[Seb Bacon]

On 25 April 2010 19:30, Tim Green <timoth...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Well, we can't do much about that apart from hoping our volunteers can
> persuade them anyway.

I'm working on trying to open up some kind of dialogue with the Tories
to try to change the situation. Unlikely to lead anywhere but it's
worth a try.

> For the actual data display I suggested we just take
> the average party response for missing candidates (though present it as the
> party position, not the candidate position).

I totally agree, but yet. For now, it's better for pestering people
if we have "this data is missing, click here to make it happen", I
think.

> I suggest we try again and then send our own pestering email to candidates
> who haven't been emailed/pestered yet.

Francis sent a second pester last week. I'll email volunteers
tomorrow morning, and then perhaps Francis can do it again on
Wed/Thurs?

Seb