00:31:53 Barbara Fiddemon: Ms. Zhao; Thank You for Thursday's info! 00:33:05 Jennifer Zhao: No problem Barbara! =) Nice to see everyone here, happy Saturday! 00:35:41 Claire Ackerman: try closing the video and opening again. 00:43:17 Libby Post: Governor just signed a bill reducing petition signatures by 70%. Petitioning starts 3/2 and end 3/23. 00:44:15 Allegra Edelman: What does a drive up petitioning process look like? 00:44:16 Erin Trombley: That petition window is for which election cycle? 00:44:25 Barbara Turpin: Political calendar dates changed as well. 00:45:12 Libby Post: For all cycles--primary and general 00:45:14 Nancy: We're going to be running a new Democratic candidate for Troy City Council. Libby, is it standard to use VAN for a city council race? 00:45:40 Libby Post: Yes. You need to use the VAN for just about every level race. 00:46:02 Erin Trombley: I thought we had until July for my town to Caucus, how can we petition before that? 00:47:36 Claire Ackerman: Some county Dem Committees pay for VAN and provide access to all the town and county level candidates, so the candidates don't have to pay for it individually. 00:48:33 Claire Ackerman: It's extremely helpful! 00:48:49 Libby Post: My bad--the 3/23 deadline is just for the primary according to the NYS BOE political calendar. Here is the link but it is not yet updated for the bill that just passed. 00:48:50 Libby Post: https://www.elections.ny.gov/NYSBOE/law/2021PoliticalCalendar.pdf 00:49:18 Erin Trombley: Phew! Thank you Libby 00:50:17 Nikita Hardy - (She/Her): Keep the questions coming. There is no question too small, or too big! 00:50:40 Erin Trombley: In response to Denise, I wish we had people who wanted to sign. People do not understand the election process at all here. 00:52:09 Barbara Turpin: First day to sign designating petitions changed to 3/2 (from 2/23) Dates for filing designating petitions changed to 3/22 to 3/25 (from 3/29 to 4/1) 00:52:13 Nancy: what is the standard budget for a local city council race? 00:52:34 Jennifer Mann: Erin, I feel the same way here and you gave me an idea: we should write letters in the newspapers explaining the process and letting people know why we will be coming around...how it fits into the big picture of the process. 00:52:54 Barbara Turpin: Chapter 22 of the Laws of 2021 amended designating petitions and the filing period 00:53:28 Nikita Hardy - (She/Her): That’s a great idea @jennifer mann! 00:53:30 Libby Post: We'll be talking about budgeting a little later. But, there's no hard and fast--it's based on targeting, how much mail, how much social media ads, etc. 00:53:40 Nikita Hardy - (She/Her): And maybe radio ad… 00:53:43 Nikita Hardy - (She/Her): or two 00:56:02 Libby Post: This is the link to the actual bill that was passed https://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2021/A3356 00:57:09 Claire Ackerman: Do you have any thoughts on literature drops vs traditional door knocking. Literature drops were done by some candidates last year as an alternative to door knocking so there was no person to person interaction. Is there any evidence they were successful? 00:58:25 Libby Post: Lit drops v door knocking v mail--you need to reach your voters in all different ways. Nothing beats face to face followed up with mail and social media for a local race. 01:15:47 Libby Post: Relational organizing--can be done through emails, phones, etc. It's having others speak up for you and is very effective. Especially if it comes from folks who aren't traditionally "political." I use it effectively in library vote campaigns--when I get people to raise their taxes! 01:20:11 Libby Post: Great story--when Michelle Ostrelich ran against Tedisco for state senate. The TU endorsed him and said, in print, that he was pro-choice. I got on the phone with Rex Smith and Jay Jocknowitz immediately to tell them he lied. We used the VAN to do a quick mailing to anti-choice folks to tell them Jim was now pro-choice (not) and then the TU withdrew their endorsement. A too little too late but it was a lot of fun! 01:22:33 Libby Post: Libby's rule--Never put anything on social media you don't want your mother to see. 01:23:05 Libby Post: Also no pics of you drinking 01:23:08 Erin Trombley: LOL I wonder if having 1000 Bernie memes and eat the rich jokes will hurt me 01:23:36 Nikita Hardy - (She/Her): I don’t know Libby. It depends on who your mom is hehe 01:23:41 Barbara Fiddemon: SMittens are on Sale! 01:24:09 Erin Trombley: my mother would heartily approve, but most of my town... maybe not 01:24:29 Libby Post: That's true. Mine was born in 1923. Not with us anymore but a good judge of character. 01:25:26 Barbara Turpin: Thank you Denise! 01:25:28 Tiff Winbush for NYC Council: I have a Voter File. I haven’t brought on a Field Director yet, so I’m attempting to comb through the file myself initially. Are there any tips? 01:25:34 Claire Ackerman: Great job, Denise! 01:26:02 Sara Pruiksma: I have a question 01:26:13 Libby Post: What? 01:26:29 Mr. Chaires : Great Job, Ms. McGraw. Thank you! 01:27:01 Jennifer Mann: Fantastic presentation, Denise! So helpful...thank you so much! 01:27:40 Sara Pruiksma: Can you please speak to aligning with voters who might have voted against a team you worked on in the previous local election, but are upset with who they voted in 01:28:16 Tiff Winbush for NYC Council: Thank you, Denise! 01:29:19 Robin Catalano: How many hours per week or month would you estimate you spend on campaigning during the different phases of the campaign? 01:31:03 Nikita Hardy - (She/Her): Great questions everyone! Thank you for your participation :) 01:41:45 Sara Pruiksma: Yes!!! 01:42:27 Tiff Winbush for NYC Council: Yes Denise! I often say in my campaign that I’m leading with empathy! 01:44:55 Erin Trombley: I also would like to reverse the trend toward a kakistocracy 01:45:26 Sara Pruiksma: I love this conservation. So empowering to listen to and be part of this group and discussion 01:45:39 Barbara Fiddemon: Agreed 01:45:56 Barbara Turpin: Send that!! 01:46:00 Barbara Turpin: Second. 01:46:20 Libby Post: It will be posted on the CW website 01:47:13 Libby Post: Zoom=perpetual Brady Bunch and/or Hollywood Squares 01:48:11 Erin Trombley: Ooh ooh can I be Paul Lynde? 01:52:05 Nikita Hardy - (She/Her): Please share your questions! The money talk is important! 01:52:06 Barbara Fiddemon: Fo rlocaleections, any STandard/ General minimum amount? 01:52:13 Barbara Fiddemon: For local* 01:52:26 Dillon Moran: hell to the yeah!! 01:52:49 Libby Post: Not really. It has to do with how much mail, how much you'll spend on social media and the number of voters you need to reach. 01:52:57 Libby Post: That's why targeting and planning is so important 01:56:28 Nancy: In my city, the mailers come all in one stack aat the same time. Is there way to mke your candidates stand out more? ....better way to time it? 01:58:03 Gwen Wright: Can you speak to things like Zoom concerts or other options to consider during the pandemic? 01:58:14 Barbara Fiddemon: scroll up please 01:58:32 Melissa Miller: You may have answered this already. Will all these slides be available to us after training? 01:58:59 Justin Chaires : Yes Ma'am 01:59:03 Libby Post: Yes all the presentations will be on the CW website and I'll send the link out 01:59:12 Melissa Miller: Thank you 01:59:20 Gwen Wright: Sounds good. Happy to wait 01:59:41 Sheba Simpson: will the PowerPoint be made available after the training 02:00:17 Nikita Hardy - (She/Her): In the virtual world, there are so many fun Zoom fundraisers I’ve been seeing. It’s quite beneficial because you can get a far reach :) 02:01:34 Claire Ackerman: For Zoom events, recommend getting someone who is extremely comfortable and knowledgeable with the program or hire a professional. There are other platforms that may be better to use depending on the type of event you want to do. Hiring a professional to do the tech portion is extremely cheap compared to the usual costs of a venue, food/drinks, labor, etc. and really brings the event to the next level (vs the usual Zoom event). 02:02:22 Barbara Fiddemon: Is it taboo to have financial donors outside of your locale/ voter base? 02:02:26 Libby Post: For your campaign treasurers--the NYS Board of Elections is moving to a web-based reporting system. They are doing trainings.https://www.elections.ny.gov/CFaboutWebBasedEFS.html 02:03:06 Erin Trombley: @ Barbara Fiddlemon, I was wondering that too. How much the GOP could make an issue of that 02:04:46 Claire Ackerman: If a donor has more than one address - use the local address on the campaign filing report. 02:04:51 Dillon Moran: seems to work fine for stefanik 02:05:22 Erin Trombley: I have a huge network but most outside this district 02:05:37 Libby Post: If you have larger donors from out of the district, get those donations late in the game--although know you can bank on the $$--so that the reporting on those donors comes late 02:13:51 Barbara Fiddemon: Thanx! 02:14:26 Barbara Fiddemon: ACLU? 02:14:34 Melissa Miller: Does Act Blue keep any percentage of donations? 02:14:36 Claire Ackerman: We've had a lot of trouble getting town level candidates set up with ActBlue. It sometimes takes weeks of back and forth to get the account set up. Once it is set up, it's a great system. 02:14:59 Barbara Fiddemon: Got it 02:16:15 Allegra Edelman: What portal can a judicial candidate use? 02:17:01 Libby Post: Donorbox. 02:17:08 Allegra Edelman: Thanks, Libby! 02:19:37 Jennifer Mann: I had my town’s Facebook account taken down months ago and it hasn’t been reinstated, no info about why it was taken down. So, if I put posts on my campaign Facebook account that are *not* boosted, but that promote my campaign, ask for donations...will that be considered an ad and risk my account being taken down? 02:20:32 Libby Post: No it won't risk your account-or shouldn't. You have no idea why the other page was taken down? 02:21:00 Erin Trombley: text banking is wonderful IMO 02:22:38 Jennifer Mann: no, none. it was our town democratic committee page and I am the chair, so I did most of the posts...there was no information given about why it was removed. 02:22:58 Barbara Turpin: Thank you Joanne 02:23:07 Jennifer Mann: Thanks, Libby. 02:26:32 Nikita Hardy - (She/Her): You can also PM moderators questions. 02:32:27 Jennifer Mann: I did go through all the hoops and did go to Facebook support. they said they were understaffed and would take longer than usual to respond. 🤷🏻‍♀️ 02:34:05 Jennifer Zhao: what happens when there is money left over after a campaign? can it be used or future campaigns? 02:34:07 Nikita Hardy - (She/Her): No caviar for campaigns :) 02:34:14 Jennifer Zhao: used for* 02:35:04 Claire Ackerman: Thank you!! 02:35:14 Sara Pruiksma: thank you! 02:35:17 Barbara Turpin: Thank you Caroline 02:35:38 Jennifer Zhao: what happens when there is money left over after a campaign? can it be used or future campaigns? 02:36:17 Dillon Moran: leftover campaign money? Im not familiar 02:37:09 Jennifer Zhao: thank you! 02:52:07 Claire Ackerman: I LOVE the Star Wars reference!!!! 02:52:28 Dayonna Bowles: example: "Build back better" 02:52:54 Suzanne Cecala: You said to be ready to volley with your opponent, but isn't it sometimes better not to engage with a bully? 02:53:39 Cynthia Farmer: Absolutely! 03:02:53 Sara Pruiksma: Do you have samples for slats of candidates? 03:03:20 Nikita Hardy - (She/Her): Slats or slates @Sara? 03:03:30 Sara Pruiksma: Slates... 03:06:09 Nikita Hardy - (She/Her): Good questions! Keep them coming. 03:15:50 Nikita Hardy - (She/Her): We will close with questions from all four presentations. If you have any final questions, now is the time… 03:20:44 Erin Trombley: How do we find or generate enough content for all the social media accts. Even if you share across media... should post frequently, right? 03:22:37 Sarah Rogerson: For folks asking for contact info for Nikita and I, we'll place that in the chat. We're happy to talk with anyone! 03:22:58 Sarah Rogerson: Sarah - sarahhillrogerson@gmail.com 518-698-9972 (cell) 03:23:23 Caroline Boardman: For social media, I would also be sure to post for every significant holiday/national/world event 03:23:52 Sarah Rogerson: Nikita Hardy, MPA - NikitaLHardy@gmail.com 03:23:54 Sara Pruiksma: Can you post the contact info for Libby again please? 03:24:10 Libby Post: libby@progressiveelections.com 03:24:20 Libby Post: 518/857-788 03:24:31 Chuck: This was very, very helpful. Thank you for the training and for the trainers very valuable Saturday tine! 03:24:48 Denise McGraw: dmurphymcgraw@hgmlobby.com 03:25:02 Sarah Rogerson: Libby's phone: 518-857-6788 (she was missing a digit above) 03:25:05 Jennifer Zhao: thank you so much to all the presenters and organizers!! 03:25:24 Jennifer Mann: To find campaign treasurer, always try going to your town or city’s democratic committee and ask them if anyone on the committee already is a treasurer who will help you too 03:25:28 Angelina's iPhone: great presentation! thank you. 03:25:55 Barbara Turpin: Thank you Libby 03:26:00 Libby Post: oops right 518-857-6788 03:27:44 Barbara Turpin: Can my treasurer use 03:27:51 Joanne Yepsen: BOE has training for treasurers as well 03:28:10 Barbara Turpin: A P.O. Box for their address? 03:29:04 Sara Pruiksma: Thank you. I will be calling you! We need help and direction in Coeymans 03:29:32 Sheba Simpson: I need help and I’m thankful for all the information provided today! 03:32:55 Jennifer Mann: This has been so incredibly helpful. I am so amped now. I’ve been furiously taking notes with all of my inspirations and now I am ready to get to work!! Thank you ALL so much for the inspiration and knowledge, including all the people who organized this behind the scenes. This was *well* worth the time. 🙏🏼 03:34:36 Barbara Fiddemon: Thank You SO Much for this session. Extremely helpful. 03:34:40 Dayonna Bowles: This has been a wonderful experience. I should've paid $$$ for all this valuable information. Great speakers and moderators. Thank you, ladies! 03:35:03 Cheryl Mugno: This was great, learned a lot, very empowering, many thanks 03:35:19 Claire Ackerman: Thank you! Very informative! 03:35:23 Dillon Moran: thank you so much Capital Women. This was a great experience 03:35:41 Deborah Kearns: Thank you!!! 03:35:42 Natarsha Waklatsi: Thank you! 03:35:47 Nancy: Thank you! Amazing! 03:35:50 Tiff Winbush for NYC Council: My deepest thanks to all of today’s presenters. Thank you, thank you! 03:35:53 Sara Pruiksma: Thank you so much. I look forward to hearing from you. 03:36:01 Melissa Miller: Thanks so much ladies :) 03:36:12 Sarah Rogerson: I can speak from personal experience, that it is worth the investment to give to CW!! 03:36:25 Janice Brown: Thank you all. This was very informative. 03:36:28 Sheba Simpson: Thank you so much! 03:36:53 Dayonna Bowles: I love how forthcoming Denise is! 03:37:11 Barbara Turpin: Thanks!!! 03:37:14 Gwen Wright: Thanks to everyone. This was wonderful. Looking forward to hearing more.