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How do we want to incorporate new members, and when should we bring them in? Should they be part of the organizational group, or brought in as members within the committees? How quickly should we do this, with an eye to the elections 11/2? Do we bring new members in by inviting them to this website? Should one person (? Roger) be the gatekeeper?

Jocelyn suggested: "Suppose we had the smaller, organizational meeting first and then invited interested new people to join the committee meetings? That way new people could participate and the smaller group could hash out the organization."

I agree with this, but do think a few more "organizational members" would be helpful as we lose the students among us. I realize it is difficult without having a completed mission statement, but to be powerful we need to expand soon. Exponentially.
By Elizabeth at 04/26/2004 - 22:16 | DFNH | DFNH | login or register to post comments | previous forum topic | next forum topic

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Expand a organizing task force?

We started with this project to have a mechanism in the state to support the diverse grassroots structures now existing (and that may yet exist in New Hampshire) and to provide the capacity to do together the things that can't be done by the home town groups.

Once we have the mechanics done the next task is to assure agreement by the broadbased grassroots participants who are already involved.

Once they say OK - then they select their person(s) to be part of the core of the State component.

OK most of my comments have been sent previously by email and should be included when reviewing this subject.
By Charles Friou at Wed, 05/05/2004 - 9:35pm | login or register to post comments

Limiting numbers at this stage

IMHO it is early yet to worry about exponential growth, and I don't want to work in any more of a chaotic environment than we have already with these limited numbers in the group! I'd rather go on the "if we build it they will come" model.

Having said that, I am not sure that everyone who came before will be coming back, and I wouldn't assume it's an issue of being students but rather of direction.

Why don't those of us planning to continue with this make that commitment known, so we know what we are dealing with, and then we will know what numbers we are working with. We can sign up on the entry that Roger made for the next meeting.

I'd want to limit numbers at this phase to 30 just to keep it manageable; I don't think we are quite ready to break out into subgroups just yet, but maybe after the next meeting it will open up more.

peace and blessings,
nancy
By ntobi at Tue, 04/27/2004 - 7:59am | login or register to post comments