Folks, I’m honored to see that we’re just about to top $1000 in donations — in just seven days since the campaign was created, that’s pretty amazing. (We’re at $988 — so close!) That’s enough to pay for the pizza for my volunteers at two campaign meetings, the two runs of buttons we’ve made, and […]
Just had a nice chat with a rep. from CrowdPac who had asked to set up a time to talk about how my fundraiser was going. Kickstarter / Indiegogo — take note — this is a nice service, and should pay for itself if you can help people raise more money. He approved of
Okay, so I’ve figured out how to use CrowdPac’s partner with Democracy Engine to generate CSV (Excel) reports, which will make tracking contributions much easier, yay. We should start sending out thank you notes and getting out donors rewards this week. Bookmarks and buttons and books for all! 🙂 Next step, make sure the
So, tonight I went to observe a library board meeting, wanting to see what, exactly, I had signed up for. (One might argue that I should perhaps have done this BEFORE running for office as trustee, but the timing between my deciding to run for office and getting the petitions in was very tight, so
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Went to observe library board meeting. It was fun! And interesting! I admit, I am GREATLY relieved. If I ever think about running for a different office, I hope I will be smart enough to find out in advance if I would actually enjoy the job. I actually had to sit on my hands a
Hey, folks, I’m realizing today that with my local election a little over two months away, my time is going to be noticeably crunched. In good ways, often — lots of meeting locals, which is fun and interesting. But that means I’m going to say no to a lot of other things. So if you
Someone asked me yesterday why I couldn’t just use free digital avenues to build support for my campaign, instead of asking for money. I thought it might help if I explained some of the costs, which frankly kind of shocked me after I started my run. This may also be helpful in understanding why money
Yesterday, Kavi asked if she could take some of the buttons she designed to class for her four best friends and her teacher. I said sure, but her teacher might not want to wear one. But she could offer it. As it turned out, her friends were thrilled, her teacher immediately put it on, and
Look at the awesome button Jenn Reese designed for me! I asked her to do a stylized version of my photo. Campaigning is fun.
