Meeting Report
Tonight, the Grinnell Campus Democrats met, and here’s what we discussed:
- We’ll be holding satellite voting for the primaries 28 April. We’re postering campus with issue grids for the gubernatorial candidates, and, if possible, democratic candidates for other offices.
- We’re also coordinating volunteer opportunities from the campaigns. We passed around signup sheets for volunteers that we’ll forward on to our contacts with the campaigns.
- Campaigns are probably going to make stops on campus before our primaries. We’ve heard back from both Blouin and Fallon, and we expect to hear from Culver, too. It looks like Blouin will probably come on the evening of the 23rd.
- Our blog (this site) is doing well, with a lot of visits every day. The Fallon and Blouin campaigns have agreed to do interviews. We might get promotional materials.
- We have a lot of volunteer opportunities. In particular, Eric Palmer’s new campaign manager (who seems impressive) is already looking for interns and volunteers for the summer. (We already passed around the signup sheet.) Danny Carroll, his opponent, likes to think that we’re hippy “East Coast Liberals” who are all pinko activists. Let’s show him.
- We’ll be hosting a GOTV workshop to make sure that we’re a well trained force for the party during this election season. The date of it hasn’t been determined.
- We passed around a signup sheet for students who will be around during the summer doing other things. We’ll use the list to random requests for volunteers when extra people are needed. And maybe for parties.
- The administration might let us install a “Student Activism Center” in the new campus center. There are planning meetings for the next two nights: 10:20PM in the Coffeehouse on Wednesday; 7PM in the North Lounge on Thursday.
- And, finally, it looks like the father of a current student is running for governor of South Dakota. We may have some opportunities to help that campaign, too.
Just a reminder: Grinnell College Campus Democrats’ meetings are intended to help us coordinate efforts to cause progressive change. Anyone from the community who would like to raise a concern or promote a cause is welcome to attend on Tuesday nights at 7:30PM in the Forum Coffee House. Email democrat@grinnell.edu if you’d like to join us.
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