Purpose
This procedure is intended to assist Milwaukee DSA in effectively responding to and promoting actions and events when there is not time to meet beforehand.
Procedure Steps
- Within two days of notification of a new event:
Someone (in membership) alerts the rapid response body (Outreach Officer), who will determine whether we will promote DSA attendance or decline to promote.
If Outreach decides to promote, proceed. If Outreach declines to promote, announce in discord that we are declining to promote this event for DSA attendance. Announce that this does not mean DSA members shouldn’t attend, it only means that we are not showing up organized as DSA.
- If vote is to promote:
Create a thread in discord (under #emergency-actions) to coordinate people, title this thread as descriptively as possible to this one event (Event title + date).
Announce in #general-announcements that we are promoting DSA members attendance and link the event coordination thread in this announcement.
Assign an event coordinator who will be responsible for performing setup and communications for the event.
- Before the event:
Event coordinator will pick up supplies from Zao MKE:
DSA banner or flag
Sign-in sheet (if possible)
Sign-up QRs, petitions, etc. in rapid response bin (will need to be put together)
Five clipboards for canvassers
Event coordinator will transport the supplies to the event and arrive at least 15 minutes prior to the event start time.
Event coordinator will announce a meetup point in the event discord thread.
- During the event:
Event coordinator will stay at the meetup point for at least 15 minutes after the event start time.
Event coordinator will assign and distribute literature/petitions to members who are willing to canvass.
Event coordinator will be responsible for carrying DSA banner/flag.
Event coordinator will maintain a unified body of DSA members that moves together, the exception to this rule will be the assigned canvassers.
Event coordinator will monitor the discord thread for the event for the duration of the event.
- At event close:
Event coordinator will collect all materials from canvassers.
Event coordinator will take a photo of the DSA group.
Event coordinator will return materials to Zao MKE.
Event coordinator will separate filled-out petitions and label them with the event title and date on a scrap piece of paper folded around the petitions.
Event coordinator will return sign-in sheet to chapter secretary.