Program Bank
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Welcome to the King County Democrats "Program Bank."
This is a location for public sharing of ideas for
Democratic activism. If you have an idea to
submit, please write a short but detailed (~1-page)
description and email to
ProgramBank@kcdems.org.
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Progressive Dinner
Submitted by Bill Elder, Fundraising Chair,
36th District Democrats
>The idea is an old one: get friends and neighbors
together for a common
>dinner and the socializing that inevitably goes with
such an event.
>Rather than any one household having to bear the
expense and labor
>involved in hosting the entire affair, spread the work,
and fun,
>around. Progress from one house to another for a
different part of the
>meal, while visiting and enjoying each other along the
way.
>
>The 36th District Fundraising Committee took that fine
old idea and
>updated it in the spirit of the old-fashioned
get-together but with an
>eye to making some money for the District's activities.
At the same
>time it was designed to be an outreach, a membership
tool to draw in
>sympathetic Democrats who for one reason or another are
not regular
>participants in District activities, except at election
time.
>
>In hosting a part of the Progressive Dinner at his or
her own House
>Party each host/hostess gets to make several important
contributions
>all at the same time. Each gets to make an in-kind
donation (of the
>cost of hosting a dinner for friends of their choice),
to act as agents
>for the District in collecting donations at their
parties ($36
>suggested--- but not limited
>to--- donation per person in our case, which also gets
you into the
>Grande Finale, or $36 to get into the Grande Finale if
you didn't
>attend a House
>Party--- your choice), to draw in, in an easy homey
way, potentially
>new members for the District, and at the end of the
evening, each House
>Party becomes a natural lead-in to a culminating
collective event or
>Grande Finale. At the Grande Finale guest are invited
into a single
>gathering, where they have dessert and wine, and rub
shoulders with
>newly-declared candidates, who are ready to kick off
the election
>season. Not all make the progression, but most do.
>
>The Fundraising Committee has only to provide desserts
(all donated)
>and buy (we're working on this) champagne--- and of
course find hosts
>for the House Parties. Expenses are minimal. The
donations come from
>the House Parties directly and whole, that is with no
expenses
>deducted. The scope of the event depends upon the
number of House
>Parties undertaken, a freely expandable model. Each
host is free to
>determine who and how many people are invited
(generally 6-12+), what
>the format of the dinner is to be (backyard BBQ, pool
party, or
>sit-down show-off), when are the best hours, usually
just before the
>Grande Finale, held 7-9 PM, and how guest get from the
House Party to
>the Grande Finale. (Renting or getting donated a party
bus or two has
>been talked about--- but only talked about so far.)
>
>
>The 36th is fortunate in having a tradition where Larry
Phillips, King
>County Council, has hosted the
>closing-of-filing/beginning-of-campaigning
>event, now called the Grande Finale. The turn out of
Democratic
>candidates and office-holders was--- and usually is---
excellent. In
>our initial outing we had five House Parties and the
Finale, with 92
>attendees, and grossed nearly $3,000. Our goal for
election-year 2007
>is at least a dozen House Parties. We may need a bigger
Finale venue.
>
>Bill Elder, Fundraising Chair,
36th District Democrats
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How
to Manage VoteBuilder PCO Accounts
Submitted by Hank Thomas, Chair,
5th District Democrats
> Here are the directions on adding/editing PCO
Accounts in VoteBuilder:
>
> Log onto
www.VoteBuilder.com
>
> In the left-hand column, drop down the
"Users-Committee Menu" and select
> "Users"
>
> You may not see accounts you believe to exist for your
Legislative
District.
> There are two types of accounts - Active and Inactive.
You can select the
> type of accounts to view with the pull-down menu next
to the "status"
> window. By selecting the blank at the top of the list,
all account types
> will be displayed.
>
> Add a new PCO Account:
>
> To add a new PCO Account, click on the button "Add New
User"
>
> Fill in the information required by the blank data
entries and click the
> "next" button in the lower right corner
>
> At this point one of two things will occur.
>
> 1. You will probably get another data entry screen
which allows you to
> select the limits of the account access within the
Voter File Database.
>
> 2. You will be taken back to the Users List. If this
happens, select
> the new PCO account from the list and open the account
details to Edit the
> remainder of the account parameters.
>
> Edit a PCO Account:
>
> Click on the User Account you wish to edit
>
> Fill in the information such as address, phone number,
etc.. in the data
> fields
>
> Click on the "Save User" button in the lower right
corner.
>
> Some of the data entries are accessed by clicking on
the "Edit" button or
> the "Remove" button to open the related data field for
editing.
>
> The whole thing is pretty self explanatory.
>
> Have a great day,
> Hank
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