OPEN 20/20: “Our Policy Education Network”

OPEN 20/20: “Our Policy Education Network 20/20” seeks to create a consortium of 20 carefully selected grassroots trendsetters in 20 carefully selected areas around the state of Georgia. 

The definition of consortium sounds perfect- “a consortium is an association of two or more individuals, companies, organizations or governments with the objective of participating in a common activity or pooling their resources for achieving a common goal.

Background: For decades, we have watched our community’s interests in public policy and voting wane inexplicably.  The very people who are impacted by public policy don’t vote and aren’t vocal.  Political parties, candidates and the establishment are reluctant to address these concerns with a fresh approach because they don’t have “standing” in the community.  However, there are members of the community with establishment experience and earned credibility.

Background: During the last few election seasons, Democrats in Republican congressional districts were flat ignored.  This fact is troubling because a little effort and resources to engage them could have produced a better turnout if not the margin of victory.

Problem: Some people familiar with politics and policy are dumfounded that candidates and parties seek to engage our community a few months before an election.  The engagement doesn’t feel like a discussion of issues but more like “we are here to tell you what is important to you.”

Solution: OPEN 20/20 insists that the cultivation of our community is constantly ongoing; a cultivation of the grassroots nourished by some of the funding tossed into ad buys. Actually, we want to create a network that is a platform for whoever are candidates in the future.  20 people in 20 communities who can use their existing networks to push the discussion on social media and who can fill ventures.

Socialize With a Purpose:  Honestly, rural areas need more positive socialization.  OPEN 20/20 seeks capitalize on this cultural fact.  From a lunch to a dinner to a grown folks music reception, we seek to entice trendsetters out, present our purpose and build an outstanding network.

Advisory Council: A small group of grassroots, governmental or policy professionals who add expertise and credibility to OPEN 20/20.  The A.C. would include former actors in the political policy arena who can’t believe how off track politics and policy are.  Of course, members of the A.C. might benefit from a stronger political presents in our community.

20 Area Trendsetters: Every community has people who “move the crowd” and/or non-traditional community leaders.  Of course, traditional policy and advocacy efforts operate with the assistance of traditional leaders and best wishes to them.  We seek to resourcefully solicit the support of leaders who might not know their influence potential.

Platform: If OPEN 20/20 is a cyber and actual educational platform, it needs to be edgy and direct in a way the establishment can’t be.  Like the political stumps of old, everyone might not agree with every angle or approach. However, a political party is strongest when a range of groups come together for understanding and consensus.

Sensible Center: Southern moderates/centrists feel ignored by both major parties but we know that most disenchanted citizens fall into our range on the political spectrum.  OPEN 20/20 founders have been working on this concept for over a decade and actually have elements of reasonable conservatism.

Educational Component:  When this operation is up and successful, those involved should be primary research sources for political parties, candidates and interest groups. The ultimate goal isn’t political power but improving our community through public policy.  Toward that end, OPEN 20/20 seeks to have a robust discussion about the role of government.

Areas:

Albany, Americus, Thomasville, Valdosta, Bainbridge, Tifton, Cordele, Moultrie, Columbus.

Macon, Warner Robins/Perry, Fort Valley, Milledgeville, Dublin.

Waycross, Brunswick, Hinesville, Statesboro, Vidalia, Savannah.

OPEN 2020: Timeline/Buildout

From: Ted Sadler and Keith McCants

To: Rep. Winifred Dukes

Re: OPEN 2020 Voter Education Network Project

January 26, 2024

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From our telephone discussion, we are looking have a public figure of your experience and expertise take the OPEN 2020 Voter Education platform and what would be a cultivated network of 20 local influencers in 20 south Georgia areas and make it your operation or marketing the project to some entity which would secure funding soon and use us as the foundation of the operation moving forward.  Of course, our biggest concern is lack of funding.  We need an establishment operative like former Rep. Dukes to take the helm in the decision-making/funding rooms.

For near 20 years, we have constantly worked to encourage our community to vote and learn public policy issues.  During that time, we rarely saw any compensation while watching grassroots newcomers and operations from out of state or from the Atlanta Metro area receive astronomical amounts of funding for operations that were well-intended but failed to connect with new and infrequent voters.

What we need: For an initial $50,000 managed by Mr. Dukes, we would turnover the design elements and the significant public figures who see the importance of a rural Georgia based network. We see driving the operation in the three south Georgia congressional districts with McCants in the 1^st, Sadler in the 8^th and Dukes or his designee in the 2^nd.  Other areas of the state or nation are options.  Mr. Dukes would also serve as the guardian of the network of 20 people in 20 areas; allowing access to those who support funding.  Of course, the Biden/Harris campaign as well as congressional candidates need us now. Statewide candidates in three years should start connecting with south Georgia with us this year.

OPEN 2020: Timeline/Buildout

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Phase 1:             

– Web page and Social Media Layout (I.V. Logo, 2020 owl or glasses Logo)

                             

-Select 20 Area Coordinators (AC) with recommendations from local government elected officials, congressional staff/congressional campaign staff

                             

-Introduce Project concept to AC Team: read blog and webpage, group Zoom meetings

                             

-AC Team starts thinking of local 20 Influencers: Use social media to “ask” the public for recommendations from our Wishlist

                             

-20 Cross Generational Issues (CGI): Introduced to the public NOW; impact on your family and you

                             

-Inform various GOTV entities and others in the political/campaign arena that we come in “peace” and that our project serves as an enhancement to their efforts.

Phase 2:             

-Buildout 20 Areas: Select 20 Influencers in 20 areas

-Introduce concept to Influencers and how involvement benefits their community and their brand personally.  “You can capitalize on your popularity while opening new doors and entering new circles.”

-Area Introductory “Meet ups” Meals and access to their social media with pictures and videos

                             

-Influencers push 20 CGI topics on Social Media with “Who, What, When, Where and How” framework; host “Live” discussions over time

Phase 3:             

-With funding, Social Media Campaign from proper expert firm                           

-AC Team hosts events at local eateries; subsidized “Party With A Purpose” Cookouts

                             

-Use Network to populate campaign and GOTV events and push radiation with Social Media coverage

                             

-During football season, fund after game “Meet Ups” again with a purpose

                             

-Radiation: 20 Areas with 20 influencers in each.

Objective- ripple effect into difficult to reach demographics

Goal- 100,000 additional new voters for Democrats in South Georgia

Phase 4:             

-Long Term: Cultivate the OPEN 2020 network constantly to benefit future statewide Democrat slates

                             

-Statewide Candidate proving ground

-South Georgia produces candidates for Congress and Agriculture Commissioner who deliver the southern half of the state for the statewide ticket while serving as host for other statewide candidates when campaigning in the region

-Counterbalance the Metro-heavy side of the Democrat Party in Georgia by creating a higher profile Moderate rural segment of the party

-Ambitious possibilities: Create an operation or approach that can be used elsewhere or everywhere nationally

-Give Moderates a home inside the diverse Democrat Party and reduce Centrists entertaining well-funded post-Trump new look GOP efforts

Ted Sadler’s Intellectual Property for Grassroots Voter Education

January 26, 2024

Summary: While unpolished and raw, several blog-based items produced over years could serve as the foundation for cultivating a rural voter movement. These items come from a Moderate/Centrist position but acknowledge Progressives and Conservatives in the Democrat Party or nation as a whole.

Best Interest Initiative Best Interests Initiative | Project Logic Ga : a series of blog posts monthly over a year that centers on politicians and public policy personnel discussing what Americans can do to help themselves and the nation as President Kennedy said.

OPEN 20/20 Network  OPEN20/20 Network | a grassroots policy consortium (wordpress.com) : plan to build a nontraditional influencers (trendsetters) network of 20 people in 20 south Georgia cities and towns so candidates don’t build networks from scratch every other year.  During non-election years, these influencers would slowly engage their social media followers on issues and strategies.

20 Cross Generational Big Issues  Cross Generational Big Issues | Project Logic Ga : a framework pushed by OPEN 20/20 to provide voters a starting point for organizing their public policy views with emphasis on how these issues impact the average citizen.

Issue Study Techniques  Study Issues: Who, What, When, Where, Why/$ | Project Logic Ga  : as a companion to the 20 Cross Generational Issues, this study method employs the tool used by reporters and middle school students to digest and process information.

Hypothetical Situations:

In the summer of 2024, local, state and federal Democrat candidates learn of the cultivated OPEN 20/20 in place in south Georgia. A bus tour stop will find 20 people whose influence on social media and in the community radiates to the whole range of possible voters.  A campaign rally in a town would use these 20 people who would get 20 similar people to attend with video and pictures for social media.  

In the summer of 2026, Senator Jon Ossoff and the whole Democrat statewide slate of candidates will have the proven OPEN 20/20 Network working for them.  Actually, the network could question the viability of a statewide or congressional candidate who hasn’t shown public policy knowledge or activity in the past.  

Well-funded Get Out The Vote operations can tap into your network to populate their events with our influencers who encourage issue education. 

Well-funded T.V./Internet/Radio advertising efforts can say that they have real grassroots connections from their association with us.  Hopefully, they will use our network to field test issues and approaches with a south Georgia spirit. 

O.P.E.N. 2020 Action Plan/Ideas

O.P.E.N. 2020 Action Plan/Ideas

Winter 2023

Summary: The O.P.E.N. 2020 project, designed years ago, could finally be an idea whose time has come and the potential impact on local, regional and therefore national politics and policy would be significant.  Of upmost importance, we could start to establish relationships and connections NOW so a comfort level is reached for the future and our connected persons will have a developed mindset for the political arena.

1 Built basic network soon: Identify city coordinators for each area and have them thinking about the type influencers we seek in the 1^st, 2^nd and 8^th congressional districts of Georgia (south Georgia.)

2 Secure seed funding: Money is the mother’s milk of everything and we are considering several funding and designed options which provide needed resources, allow flexibility and are simple enough to monitor performance-based objectives and goals.

Consultant Network Model: Have one or two key consultants secure funding and have others function as sub consultants to those company operations.

Grassroot Division Model: Have a well-funded entity like a PAC support O.P.E.N. 2020 for rural grassroots credibility to their donors and to provide a research tool for what actually works in getting rural citizens energized to vote. Citizens are starting to realize the astronomical amounts of money being made to get out the vote in Georgia and are surprised that locals aren’t seeing much or any of those funds while they “volunteer.”

O.P.E.N. 2020 as  a new entity Model: With a well-established politico as leader, this project could be a free standing enterprise but the leader must be someone who can produce a substantial amount of startup money walking in the door. Georgia’s biggest fundraiser comes to mind and we will give up this intellectual property gladly for the right amount of money and work inside the project moving forward.

3 Central Purpose: We seek to cultivate a specific network of unconventional influencers who will fill rooms and events with the right sampling of citizens during the election season in 2023 for local races, 2024 for presidential, congressional and legislative races and 2026 for governor and U.S. Senate.

Innovation: Using social media heavily, we want to get our network up to speed on politics and public policy with a “slow drip” of information and concepts over time.  Also, we realize that having the right 20 people in a city sharing their involvement with us in videos and pictures online impacts the majority of our community. Rather than telling citizens what is important, we want a give and take open line of communication flowing both ways.

4 Existing Entities: In a partnership with others in the political arena, we want to help populate their events and even attend events from the other major party to give them fair consideration and learn their message.

General Points/Possibilities

Gateway to New Moderates: Those who view the current conservative ugly, divisive tone as counterproductive should know the Democrats are a diverse party with seats at the table for moderation and centrists’ views.  

Economic Impact of Ugly Tone: Georgia is at the top in attracting industry and business.  However, the ugly tone of those radicalized on the Far Right is a problem to many national and international corporations and their employees. When your recreational meanness cost you real money, it’s time to adjust your attitude.  Ugly is Economically Expensive

Candidate Proving Ground: Because the Georgia Democratic Party isn’t as strong as it might be, candidates without experience, vision or funding jump into contest and fail.  Successful party tickets have candidates on each level who are mutually beneficial to each other. 

Our project could also serve as a testing operation for local, state and federal candidates; an opportunity to field test their electability.  To be direct, a possible statewide candidate for Agriculture Commissioner is a principle in this project and that person alone could generate an additional 20% more votes to the slate in four years if we start now.  The same could be said for congressional candidates in the 8^th and 1^st congressional districts and we need an increase of 20% in the 2^nd congressional district.  

Word Cloud: Bill Clinton style “transaction” with low income voters; an “obligation” to become a grownup/developed mind to protect the future of their children;  Innovate to resonate to cultivate for a better state.

Everyman To Everybody: Honestly, Georgia is such a vast, diverse state that statewide candidates with appeal in one section of the state or to one demographic might not connect as well elsewhere.  That’s fine because our project basically/ultimately serves as a network of locals who can say this candidate is solid and knows our region—he or she is our best chance to win.

Functional Testing in 2023: the mayoral race in Albany and other south Georgia cities and towns are opportunites to test this project and measure the results. Of course, politicos in Atlanta see rural Georgia as to vast from a cost/benefit analysis and that is true at first glance; you don’t spend real money in a county with a maximum Democrat vote total of a few thousand votes (that’s a metro suburban neighborhood.)  However, rural Georgians realize that the practical surgical approach focuses on half of the county seat (where Democrats live) because Democrats on the more affluent side of town and out in the county are home owners and vote without prodding.

O.P.E.N. 2020 Proposed Map

-Cities would cultivate 20 contacts while towns would cultivate 5 contacts.

2^nd CD

Cities: Albany, Americus, Thomasville, Valdosta, Bainbridge

Towns: Camilla, Cairo, Ft. Valley

8^th CD

Cities: Moultrie, Valdosta, Milledgeville, Houston County, Cordele, Douglas, Tifton

Towns: Fitzgerald, Sylvester

1^st CD

Cities: Pooler, Richmond Hill, Hinesville, Jesup, Brunswick, Waycross, Kingsland

Towns: Baxley, Rincon

12^th CD

Cities: Statesboro, Vidalia, Dublin

Towns: Swainsboro, Waynesboro, Sandersville

Funding Aspects: It’s no secret that Georgia is a pivotal political state and the astronomical amounts of money constantly pouring into our political arena reflects that fact.  This project needs seed money now; a proven consultant operation to function as fiscal agent and a generous “Finder’s fee” for those who secure funding (20%.)  

Potential Project Participants

Advisory Council

Ted Sadler                         Sylvester, GA

Former Congressional Staffer/Blogger

Keith McCants                  Richmond Hill, GA

Former City Councilman/Oglethorpe, GA

Welder/Grassroots Political Expert

Quinton Robinson           Washington, DC

Attorney/Former House Agriculture Committee Staffer

Former USDA Georgia State Director of Rural Development

LeMario Brown                Fort Valley, GA

Farmer and Small Businessman

Former Mayor Pro-Tem and City Councilman/Fort Valley, GA

Agriculture Community Influencer

Angelia Williams Simmons           Tifton, GA

Management and Marketing Expert

Co-Creator of S.O.S. Spirit OF The South

Wish List/Interested Parties

Jarrod Burch                                    Atlanta/Tifton, GA

Attorney/Mabra Law Firm

Army Veteran

Former Albany State S.G.A. President

Advisor/Stacey Evans for Governor

Rufus Davis                        Camilla, GA

Former Mayor/Camilla

Attorney/Former Political Director-Stacey Abrams

Thelma Adams Johnson Albany, GA

President/Albany Community Together, Inc.

Multi-million dollar Project Compliance Expert

Laura Register                  Cairo, GA

Free lance Reporter/Political Consultant

Former Grady County Board of Education

Horse/Goat/Beef Cattle Expert

Winfred Dukes                 Albany, GA

Former Georgia State Representative

Media Personality: Rashad Richey with Worth County roots would be ideal for this project because we feel he has the balance between rural, suburban and urban just right and the personality to energize unlikely voters.  

Ex Offico Participants: Local elected officials (city council, county commissioners, school members AND/OR their campaign managers) would be obvious Ex Offico project members for their wealth of local network knowledge and to serve as the foundation of any political network.

Resourcefulness: Ideally, the abovementioned individuals would signal the significance of this ongoing, long-term project to  high level elected officials and/or candidates and that support would generate serious funding with a law firm or established political campaign consulting operation overseeing this effort.  Again, the ultimate goals of OPEN 2020 would  be:

To cultivate a well-informed 20 people in 20 south Georgia cities to populate political and Get Out The Vote events;

To create a citizen education effort using social media and the internet to get the most unlikely citizens to discover what civic involvement means to their families’ futures.   

To cultivate a uniquely south Georgia Moderate issues culture (as a companion to the urban Progressive movement) which helps the Democrats disprove the misinformation that all Democrats are  Far Left and unpatriotic.

To give national PACs a legitimate rural grassroots entity for research and credibility purposes and to keep these Moderates away from any effort the GOP will try to use vast funding to secure these often-ignored community leaders.

To give local community influencers the opportunity to improve their personal and professional brand by growing their network and better understanding local, state and federal government and policy. 

Web Links:

OPEN20/20 Network | a grassroots policy consortium (wordpress.com)

Peanut Politics (peanutpolitics-keith.blogspot.com)

Project Logic Ga | Southern Moderate African American Issues

(20+) S.O.S Spirit of the South | Sylvester GA | Facebook

August 2022 Campaign Resources/Toolbox

August Campaign Resources/Toolbox  

Ted Sadler

August 3, 2022

Summary: As campaigns ramp up for the Fall, I want to put various concepts and ideas in one document relative to the current campaign climate.  Some items in the proverbial “toolbox” could help your efforts while other items might not.

Background: In Georgia, we are in a unique campaign situation. Many candidates don’t have the cash on hand one would expect them to have 100 days out.  However, the grassroots network of organizations from the last Abrams campaign, the Warnock/Ossoff campaigns and Biden/Harris in Georgia are ready to execute a massive outreach effort.  Down ballot and regional candidates (statewide candidates, congress, state legislature, etc.) in my opinion, don’t need as much outreach funding as let’s say 20 years ago but they play an important role for the overall ticket with proper funding.

Concept: All of the T.V. and media ads in the world for the top of the ticket can’t replace local time-earned trust and credibility.  When statewide candidates come to an area, the regional candidates should know the 20 people who represent and can influence the town and have existing relationships with them.  This idea is the foundation for my O.P.E.N. 2020 project which grew from my frustration from seeing U.S. Senate candidates meeting with a handful of voters.

OPEN20/20 Network | a grassroots policy consortium (wordpress.com)

20 Big Issues: I think voters need to hear issues that are important to them personally or that they might think are important if they knew what policies were on the table.  I have YouTube videos that quickly break down these issues in easily digestible bits.

Cross Generational Big Issues | Project Logic Ga

https://youtu.be/RDIHTMdn_iA  Overview

https://youtu.be/5ExRn86Zhak   Part One

https://youtu.be/JZEfVudoZY8    Part Two

https://youtu.be/FiDGT3nZIbU    Part Three

https://youtu.be/Ql3yIr0Vv_U     Part Four

Marijuana Laws Reform: We need to push the importance of voting the WHOLE ballot because President Biden needs a Democratic Congress and Governor Abrams would be restricted by a Republican state House, state Senate and constitutional officers.  We get from 46% to 54% by giving infrequent voters special issues like reforming marijuana laws. 

If Weed Users Voted Often | Project Logic Ga

Trump Factor: Birds of a Feather flock together. I don’t care how nice a Republican candidate is personally.  If the former President’s actions aren’t denounced by a GOP candidate, they are complicit in MAGA ugliness.  Lt. Governor Geoff Duncan wrote a great book called GOP 2.0 about what’s wrong with Trump and their party as well as what could be done to return to a civil public debate.  My notes from his book show that no decent American can vote for a current Republican if they want this nation to survive.

Georgia Lt. Governor Geoff Duncan’s book: GOP 2.0 | Project Logic Ga

Common Sense Campaign Mapping: Candidates need to move smart.  Republicans are so sour today that Democrat candidates seeking their votes is an exercise in futility.  We win by getting new voters and unaware young voters to the polls. With that in mind, consider this: Half of the county seat is our focus area in most south Georgia rural counties.  Democrat voters outside of town are generally landowners and will vote.  On the GOP side of town, the same can be said about voters except in apartment complexes.  So, the focus is the unlikely voters on the southside of town and that focus can be laser-like because the voting data indicates who needs to be driven to the polls figuratively and literally.

Social Media Presence: Your social media actions are opportunities for the voters and political supporters to hear your vision, tone and voice for FREE.  Ideally, every visit to a town or community generates pictures and short videos of you with them and with related locations in the background (chicken processing plant, school, town square, hospital, public housing, downtown.)  If you don’t have funding for radio and t.v. ads yet, this is the next best thing.

Summary: If we are going to win as a Democratic ticket, it can’t be about Abrams and Warnock alone.  Since they have huge war chests, I personally think they should introduce their fundraisers to down ballot candidates who need a certain amount of money to operate (i.e. statewide 100k, congress 80k, state legislature 50K.)  In return, those down ballot candidates know the 20 trendsetters from the OPEN  2020 model in every county seat—influencers who could take to social media to introduce all candidates. 

 Goal: Hopefully, some of this material from my consulting friends and I will be usefully so we can start asking the top of the ticket to help with candidates fundraising to the benefit of all involved.

OPEN 2020: Issues Boil Down

OPEN 2020 seeks to create a network of 20 new trendsetting leaders with existing connections and a strong history in key south Georgia areas and use that network to populate Get Out The Vote and campaign events leading to the November election as well as viral efforts.  In a fresh approach, we want to put potential issues on the table now so that this future network will have an opportunity to consider them and decide what is important and what will move people to register and vote. Brainstorming and other issue lists bring us to the following list which should be boiled down to 20 strong issues at our first meetings.

 

Democratic Party: The Party of Protection

1. Health care for all
2. Fair Wages
3. Of all races
4. Of the non-rich
5. From assault weapons
6. Of women
7. Of the truth
8. Safe elections
9. Of The Constitution
10. Of the Planet
11. Of the Middle Class
12. Of Our Allies
13. From a Rigged System
14. From Fascism
15. From Evil

 

Republican Party: Party of Assault

16. On Health care For All
17. Smart Gun Control
18. On the Truth
19. Fair Wages
20. On the non-rich
21. On Safe Elections
22. On Constitution
23. Racial Equality
24. On Free Press
25. On Our Allies
26. On the planet
27. On our safety
28. On women
29. On a fair system
30. On Democracy

 

Georgia Regional Issues: MATEE

31. Military
32. Agriculture
33. Transportation
34. Education
35. Economy/Jobs

 

Hot Issues

36. Police Reform
37. Weed
38. Military Draft
39. Money Bail/Prison Reform
40. Reparations/Heritage

 

Local/State Issues

41. School Voucher
42. Internet Access
43. Taxes/Entitlement
44. Home Ownership
45. What Government Can’t/Shouldn’t Do
46. Non Voters
47. Discord
48. Faith Freedom
49. College Cost
50. Immigration
51. Squeaky Wheel

Researching the Trendsetters

Summary: The backbone of OPEN 20/20 would be the networking in our community of 20 people in 20 south Georgia cities that are networking experts.  Of course, we know about and support the traditional network of elected officials and community leaders; traditional methods will continue.  But, we seek to cultivate the trendsetters who don’t realize their networking skills and importance.  Ultimately, our educational operation might be use to bring energized, informed crowds to traditional rallies.

Resourcefulness: If a person in the community has an existing network, we simply seek to employ them to use it for the community education and improvement.

Benefit: We shouldn’t forget that the trendsetter is also networking in the public policy arena with us and those new connections can be beneficial to them.  Because community improvement is more than just voting, OPEN 20/20 plans to encourage growth politically, socially, economically and culturally year round because an interesting element is currently driving the youths’mindset.

Edge: OPEN 20/20 is not and should not be for everyone.  Over the last few decades, a softness has developed when discussing public policy.  The kitchen table issues and real world problems facing this state and nation requires frank and edgy discussions—make it plain.  To be honest, the traditional establishment groups can’t be involved in this type of straight talk because it might be somewhat “innovative and direct.”  However, we feel the public is hungry for options like ours.

We aren’t saying our approach instead of traditional methods.  We are saying us in addition to other methods—reach them one way or another.

Method: OPEN 20/20 seeks to listen to the pulse of the 20 cities after asking the questions:

Who moves the crowd in our community?

Who is a social media monster?

A positive party isn’t complete locally without whom?

When drama happens with the government, who is voice of reason and leadership?

Which 20 somethings with positive energy do others follow?

Who is the unofficial leader of that area of town?

Frankly, who is “community play” dad, momma, aunt and uncle?

Who has epic old school parties and cookouts?

Whose funeral would be too big for any church?

Examples of community influence:

Barber/Hair Stylist

Youth Pastor/Choir Director

Funeral home worker

Little League Coach

Retired Coach

PTA Leader

Entrepreneur

Popular Employee at local plants

Community volunteer

Popular Police Officer

Returning Vet

Beloved young teacher

Best D.J.

Paid Party Thrower

Most Popular Food Store Employees

Class Reunion Organizer

Former H.S. Ball Stars

Member of the biggest family

Local Café/Pub Owner

 

Who can move the crowd?

OPEN 20/20: Goals, Objectives and Tactics

The initial outline for the OPEN 20/20 Network follows basic Business School concepts.   NFL Great Herm Edwards said “A goal without a plan is a wish.  What’s your plan? It’s on you, because you have to do all the work.”

Goal: A broad primary outcome.

Strategy: The approach you take to achieve a goal.

Objective: A measurable step you take to achieve a strategy.

Tactic: A tool used in pursing an objective associated with a strategy.

The blueprint for OPEN 20/20 is:

Goal: To increase rural Georgia citizens’ policy and issues education; to increasing voter turnout and to improve quality of life through better government.

Strategy: To cultivate a network of 20 non-traditional community leaders in 20 cities; to use the network to encourage smart voting; to test policy/issues approaches (feedback) in the cities; to utilize the network to bring voters out to campaign season forums and events; to have the network leaders influence radiate into most segment of the targeted areas.

Objective: To produce 2008 voter turnout results in the 20 communities every election season; to reach 70% of the 2008 voter turnout during early voting; to have the 20 leaders in place in small forums and to use them to have 100 voters in bigger forums.   Ideally, the 20 leaders would have 20 people in their spheres of influence and would receive compensation for having them at events.

Tactics: Use social events to encourage participation (party with a purpose); employ social media to build and connect the network as a two-way conduit; to use the network as a proving ground for candidates and as a “farm team” for future leaders.

Plan:

Phase 1: Secure seed funding to identify the 20 leaders in 20 areas and have small receptions with them.

Phase 2: Secure larger funding based on Phase 1 to encourage attentive attendance at political forums and hosting our own early voting events in 2018.