MO COS Strategy Meeting 2019 Presentation

Attachment: 1502/Strategy_Meeting_Presentation_Notes.docx

====== Convention of States Missouri ======

Strategy Meeting for Volunteers with Assigned Roles

Date: TBD (Last update: 9:22:19)

====== 2019-20 Goals ======

* Eliminate the Sunset Clause
* Pass the Faithful Commissioner Resolution
* Grow the Grassroots

====== How will we achieve these goals? ======

* It’s a group effort – you are not alone.
* Act, Learn and Adjust

====== Actions you can take to achieve your goals: ======

* Contact your representatives now and in 2020
* Contact the supporters in your district and ask them to contact their representative
* Write letters to your local newspapers

====== Learning resources: ======

* Legislative Liaisons can help you with advice about interacting with your representatives
* The State Communications Team can assist in writing email blasts to your district.
* The State Director or your Regional Coordinator can help with any other concerns or needs you may have.

====== Adjust: ======

* As you learn, teach. Meet with and help other volunteers in your area.
* Get to know your local government and the opportunities for promoting the Convention of States.
* Recruit petition signers to be volunteers and then recruit volunteers to become your core team.

====== The Sunset Clause and the Faithful Commissioner Resolution ======

* Spearheaded by the State Leadership Team and the Legislative Liaisons.
* You play an auxiliary role but you are the ‘eyes and ears’ in your district.
* If you see it or hear it, share it.

====== Growing the Grassroots ======

* This is where you take the lead.
* The Grassroots Coordinators and the Regional Coordinators are there to help you…you are not alone.
* The District Captains in your, if any, can also be a valuable resource.

====== Any questions? ======

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====== Tools available to help you achieve your goals: ======

Ok…now let’s focus on the tools available to help you achieve your goals. The Missouri State Leadership Team is available to help. Please refer to Handout No._____{Whom Do I Ask?}

====== Citizen Builder and COS University ======

* Logging in.

- What is a ‘confirmed account?’ It means you have set up a password on Citizen Builder using the email you provided when you signed the petition.
- I can’t log in. What do I do? See Handout No.____{Whom Do I Ask?
- My Citizen Builder account doesn’t look like what I see on webinars or COS University. That is because your visual will depend upon your designated role. Most District Captains and their team members will have access to:

- Dashboard:People:Users
- Dashboard:Tools:FUT
- Dashboard:Tools:District Dashboard
- Dashboard:Help
- Login:Leaders Directory
- Login:Melissa Search and Detailed Lookup

- Where does COS University fit in? You must have set up a confirmed account.

- Am I allowed to take courses? Are they free? Yes and yes.
- What courses are available? It depends upon your volunteer role with the Convention of States. If you can see the course, you can take the course.

====== Slack ======

- How many channels are there? Depends on your responsibilities. Most common are:

- MO_COS – For Missouri only.
- COSDC – Open to District Captains and their D.C. Team Members country wide. A good place to learn from others in your peers.
- COS Passed States – Open to volunteers from Missouri. A good place to learn from and help others in Passed States.
- COS Coalitions Directors – if you have also volunteered as a Coalitions Director, i.e. Veterans – VCD, you should be on this channel.
- COS Comms – if you are also a Social Media Warrior, a Media Liaison, State Content Writer or State Communications Coordinator, you should be on this channel.

* Hand-out Number _____TBD provides useful information for using Slack. {This will be Michael Alexander’s notes.}

====== RoundCube (the COSAction email account) ======

* When do we use it?

- To communicate with other COS volunteers.
- If necessary, to communicate with individual supporters; however, a copy of your communication should be added to their profile.
- If you send an email to a supporter from their profile and they respond, it will arrive in RoundCube, not their profile. It is best to make a copy of same by highlighting their response, and copying and pasting it into their profile notes.

====== Patriot Games ======

* {Ask Brett to provide info}

====== Any questions? ======

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