May 7 Update

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Deb Goodman

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May 8, 2013, 10:46:45 AM5/8/13

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Here are the minutes from last night's meeting. So awesome to see so many new faces.

Reminder: May 19 Biz Viz action at 12:00 p.m. Location = Rainbow Grocery or Safeway @ Church & Market.

Will it be a mock dinner party? A competition or scavenger hunt? Or interviews as people leave the store? Spend one hour with me to help plan the event: http://www.doodle.com/xxyy3qzznqm955d3.

SF Rootstrikers' Meeting Minutes - May 7, 2013

Attendees: Szelena, Carrie, Sara, Aaron, Jeff, Natan, Gabriel, Cameron, Sergei, Ben, Deb

I) About Rootstrikers (Szelena)

Szelena was guest speaker and informed us about the nitty gritty details regarding the organization.

2 staffers

Rootstrikers is project of Fund the Republic

Rootstrikers has no Board of Directors.

Target demographic is 20-44 y.o.

Org as “citizen teachers”

How can volunteers participate in the strategic decision-making of the organization?

Answer: getting involved with the street team. Being active in Rootstrikers translates to increased responsibility and leadership.

Volunteer Dashboard feature of website in Beta. Coming soon.
II) Biz Viz Action, May 19 (Deb & Aaron)

Mobile App allows people to see the campaign contributions of companies by taking a pic of products / brands.

Coordinate action among street teams nationally to use this app May 19

Two ways to engage: filming ourselves looking up product info as we “shop” (in groups); discussing purchases of other shoppers (and potentially filming that).

Other ideas to take advantage of this app / opportunity:

Hold a “Dinner Party” which showcases the campaign contributions for the products / ingredients you’d by to hold a dinner party. (+film)

Competition / Scavenger Hunt (highest contributing Bay Area company to federal elections; largest recipient of local subsidies, etc.) (+film)

Interview people coming out of stores

Details of Action:

Sunday, May 19 at 12:00. Location = Rainbow foods or Safeway in the Castro.

Deb will organize subcommittee meeting to flesh out details.

Doodle (scheduling): Pre Biz-Viz Action planning: http://www.doodle.com/xxyy3qzznqm955d3

III) Disclose Act

Full floor Senate Vote on May 27. Needs ⅔ to pass.

CA Clean Money Campaign will be push phone banking into high gear just before then. Phone banking orientations available weekly. Check their website.

IV) E-Communication Resources

SF Rootstrikers’ “blog” (of sorts) on Rootstrikers.org: http://www.rootstrikers.org/san_francisco_rootstrikers Stay updated by clicking “follow reactions” toward the bottom of the screen.

To post, sign-in and go here: http://www.rootstrikers.org/san_francisco_latest

Street team calendar: http://www.rootstrikers.org/street_calendar

Google group: https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups#!forum/sf-rootstrikers