19:06:33 From Tasheca Medina : yassss!!!! 19:07:34 From joannedittesyepsen : Welcome Leader! Thank you for being with us tonight. You are a wonderful role model. 19:07:43 From Christine Primomo : Senator! Thank you for taking the time to be here tonight 19:08:10 From Andrea Smyth : Thank you for your leadership, Senator! We are inspired by your own election experience. 19:08:12 From Tasheca Medina : I love your strength 19:08:31 From Barbara Turpin : Thank you!!! 19:10:38 From Tasheca Medina : ok 19:10:47 From Tasheca Medina : omg yassss 19:10:55 From Jennifer Massey : Thank you Senator! 19:11:01 From Erica Goodman : Thank you!!! 19:11:16 From justan foster : Thank you, Majority Leader! 19:11:33 From Nikita Hardy (She/Her) : Thank You! 19:12:02 From Tracy DeRagon : Thank You!!! 19:21:47 From Julie Ruttan : Can you repeat the name of that resource again? 19:21:59 From Kiani Conley-Wilson : It was Topplr 19:22:00 From Andrea Smyth : Toppler 19:22:07 From Julie Ruttan : Thank you. 19:24:48 From Andrea Smyth : Georgia registered 75,000 newly turned 18 year olds between the Genera Election and the Run-offs. Amazing organizing! 19:28:11 From Katy Carroll : I knew about getting the voter count from the BOE; is that where voter contact information comes from as well? (the info harvested for text and phonebanking) 19:29:28 From Libby Post : Katy--the data from the local board of elections isn't the best data. It has who is registered but not robust in terms of phones and emails. You can purchase that data. Let me know if you're interested. The VAN will be very helpful for data management 19:31:13 From Nikita Hardy (She/Her) : If you have any questions, please feel free to share them in the chat or you can private message me as well. 19:31:24 From Libby Post : VAN costs--for example, ward lists in the city of Albany costs $500 19:32:26 From Barbara Turpin to Libby Post(Direct Message) : What’s a ball park price for VAN? I’m in town of waterford with 1,660 registered DEMs 19:32:33 From Andrea Smyth : COVID safe ideas: drive up petitioning, registry like a shower -Zoom fundraisers 19:33:14 From Libby Post to Barbara Turpin(Direct Message) : I think the minimum is $500. Email me at libby@progressiveelections.com and I'll send you the contact info for it. 19:33:43 From Barbara Turpin to Libby Post(Direct Message) : Thanks! 19:33:44 From Christine Primomo : Is there training in how to use the VAN 19:34:19 From Libby Post : There is online information. It's not that hard. I can help. 19:35:04 From justan foster : It is worth noting that County Boards are a great asset in tracking mail-in ballot projections/follow up (if you are able to leverage data management, like MS Access or Excel). 19:35:07 From Christine Primomo : How soon should the VAN be purchased for a campaign 19:35:54 From Libby Post : It's an annual cost. If you're running folks for June or November, you should get it now because petitioning begins at the end of February. 19:36:24 From Sarah Rogerson : Libby - thoughts on the VAN app? I've heard it's useful, too. 19:36:34 From Christine Primomo : Yes. We have the calendar 19:37:37 From Libby Post : The VAN is essential unless you can manage the data in another database like Access. But, the VAN is really the best option because of the infrastructure. 19:39:16 From Libby Post : Here is the link to the political calendar for 2021 https://www.elections.ny.gov/NYSBOE/law/2021PoliticalCalendar.pdf 19:39:53 From Libby Post : Here is the link for the campaign finance filing calendar https://www.elections.ny.gov/NYSBOE/download/finance/FilingSched2020rev.pdf 19:42:25 From Libby Post : The Working Families Party questionnaire is available but, based on a conversation I had tonight, you need to get it in by Monday. 19:43:12 From Christine Primomo : WFP keeps moving the deadline - it was 12/23 then 1/8 so good to see they are extending again 19:43:40 From Christine Primomo : How do you figure out the budget 19:43:55 From Tracy DeRagon : I contacted out local WFP person and asked for an extension, knowing we were getting a later start, and got it. 19:44:07 From Katy Carroll : I served on an endorsement committee for Caring Majority Rising; really good experience. 19:45:39 From Ted Smith : how do you calculate a ballpark figure for a campaign 19:46:00 From Christine Primomo : We already know $500 19:46:53 From Barbara Turpin : First time candidate in a small town info training, please 19:47:09 From Katy Carroll : Do party caucus endorsements really help? Is purchasing lawn signs actually necessary? What are the best ways to ensure volunteers are supported? 19:50:57 From Andrea Smyth : You have to know whether your town allows lawn signs on roadsides or limits them to household yards & businesses. 19:51:24 From Libby Post to Barbara Turpin(Direct Message) : Contact me and I'll help out with that 19:51:42 From Molly Dunn : What about having a campaign that has a no mailers at all (thinking about protecting the environment) 19:51:45 From Andrea Smyth : Some towns have local ordinances about when you can have lawn signs out and when you can't. 19:52:03 From Barbara Turpin to Libby Post(Direct Message) : Will do. Thanks 19:52:08 From Andrea Smyth : I did not do mail in my County Exec race 19:52:38 From Christine Primomo : Denise you were awesome running Upstate NY for Biden 19:53:09 From justan foster : Andrea, please run again! 19:53:59 From Violetta De Rosa : It is important to get Union shop to print materials too. 19:54:45 From Christine Primomo : Should candidates run as individuals or in a group, eg.. 3 town board seats 19:54:51 From Nikita Hardy (She/Her) : Very important with the Union shops 19:55:26 From Andrea Smyth : Running as a team helps with cost sharing. 19:58:00 From Andrea Smyth : Know and reach out to all your town committee members - it's a respect thing! 19:58:08 From Barbara Turpin to Libby Post(Direct Message) : When do those get mailed? 19:58:19 From Abby : Door hangers as palm cards with COVID-19! — I worked on Cooney’s team this past election 19:58:31 From Christine Primomo : Is it possible to get copies of petitions that were signed by votes in the past 19:58:55 From Barbara Turpin : When do the first time mailings go out? 20:00:09 From Jennifer Massey : Thank you and I look forward to Saturday! Stay safe and well 20:00:11 From Erica Goodman : Thanks, all. Looking forward to Saturday! 20:00:13 From brendansavage : Thank you! 20:00:16 From justan foster : Thank you! 20:00:20 From Molly Dunn : thank you ! 20:00:20 From Christine Primomo : Thank you! See yo sat 20:00:26 From Daquetta Jones : thank you 20:00:29 From Jerams of CP : Thank you so much! Look forward to Saturday.