Labels Defined

Copy public list?  There needs to be some correlation with the Article Site Blog labels, but this site will have more Labels to categorize issues that are not for the public.

Clicking on the Label on the sidebar will subset the posts down to the specific category.

Working Issues

• Active - All issues being worked on, items needing discussion, strategy, but not really content destined for a public site (as ActiveArticle).
  Specifically excludes Labels - Ann, Help, Tech, and VerArchive
  Tag new posts with Active, when post content is complete, Active Label will be removed and VerArchive will be added
• ActiveArticle - All web content being worked on, as active, but items needing editing for publication.
• Ann - Announcement to working group
• Help - Help Info
• Tech - Technical Web details
  
• NewsBlog - News, Letters, Editorials, or Comments for the News Blog
• Hot - Hot / Time sensitive Issue
• Link - Info on URL Links to other sites
• Strategy - How we are going to handle an issue (vs the content)
• Web - General content for the web
• WebNow - High priority web content (from ActiveArticle)
• UnCat - Uncategorized, use if you are uncertain how to categorize, I'll periodically review these labels and find an appropriate Label.

Content Categories

• DVA - Deer Vehicle Accidents
• Garden - Issues related to deer damage to gardens or understory
• Hunting - specifically related to bow hunting
• Lethal - general all lethal issues
• News - News accounts
• Non-Lethal
• Research - Detailed research papers
• Video - Videos

Draft Version Status

• VerRough 
• VerFirst
• VerSecond
• VerFinal
• VerArchive - No longer requires action, Active/ActiveArticle Label removed
• VerUpdate - Designates that the post has been updated

Petition Drive

Rough Draft, add suggestions on comments...

Our petition drive has started, here's a few things all circulators should know.

1. Get your petition from Lane, with a number.  We're tracking all petitions being circulated by a unique petition number.
2. DO NOT fill in the number of signatures, even when all 43 are collected, this number will be filled in  by a petition consultant who will verify signatures.
3. DO NOT sign your own petition, sign another circulators petition,
4. When you complete a petition, be sure to complete the last page (except for the number of signatures), return it to Lane and get a new numbered petition. 
5. For your first time circulating a petition, pair up with an experienced circulator so you can learn from them.
6. When at a public place its better to ask for signatures on the way out, rather than on the way in.
7. Ask if they are a Solon resident AND a registered voter, this is important.
8. Then ask them if they'd sign a petition regarding putting deer culling on the ballot so the people can decide, don't debate the issue with them, this will take time and won't address the main point of getting their signature.
9. If they want more information you can direct to the website solondeer.com, but tell them signing the petition puts it on the ballot for the citizens to decide, signing isn't saying they are for ot against it just lets the people decide.
10. If someone tries to engage you in a debate, politely refuse to debate them and walk away from them.

If you have any more questions, contact Lane.

Google Petition

An example of Google Forms is used at Broadview Hts.

http://sites.google.com/site/broadviewdeer/petition

Stay tuned to this site and I'll put up a prototype.  They had just one big free form field which isn't conducive to processing it...  In the mean time comment here at  http://solondeerprivwork.blogspot.com/2011/03/petitioningsurveying.html

I verified they are indeed using embedded Goggle Docs Forms.

Our form will collect the following fields

1. First Name
2. Last Name
3. Address
4. email
5. maybe phone #
   
6. Yard Sign (check box)
   
7. Help us (check box)
   

By collecting separate fields we can sort by name and match voter registration, sort by street for petition canvassing, filter by check boxes for Yard Sign and Help us, etc...

You can see from their site that calling it a petition caused confusion, so we'll avoid that problem.  We'll also have some language to assure them of privacy and that we won't spam them.

Posted 2/27/11

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To see what it looks like, see below, try it out...
To see what it would look like on the main site, click here.

Good News - this works on both the main site and the blog.  It can be used for building a supporter database or taking a survey (has multiple choice ability).  Information captured in a spreadsheet that the visitor doesn't see.

Bad News - Doesn't allow formatting the form (ala MS Access Form Designer)
Doesn't automatically collect email addresses

Should we make email req'd?
Should we ask phone number?

Need introduction/instruction text
Introduction must address privacy/spam concerns
Can have help tip with each question

There are some technical problems with this Google facility, I have done some coding and think I have a work around...  This link is using Google, this link is my work around...

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Petitioning/Surveying

ROUGH DRAFT...


There are four distinct items that have been called "Petition/Survey"...

1. Build a supporter database
   collect email addr, yard sign, help us?
   See Google Partition Post for details
2. Survey people's opinions
   How do they feel about various issues
   
3. Flood City Hall with opinions
   Like MetroPark, flood city hall
   
4. Ballot Initiative
   Formal process, rules on who can and how we collect signatures

Some examples:

Village Deer - https://sites.google.com/site/villagedeer/petition

Broadview Hts - http://sites.google.com/site/broadviewdeer/petition

Cayuga see box top left - http://www.cayugadeer.org/

Metro Parks -

Ohio Dem - http://ohiodems.org/we_are_ohio_rally_rsvp/

Like some of their verbiage like click here to rsvp

We would like to extend an invitation supporters like you

Petitions

The MetroParks Petition is using Change.org, it looks good.

When someone "signs" the petition an email is sent with their name to the "target" of the petition.

http://www.change.org/petitions/stop-cleveland-metroparks-annual-deer-slaughter-2

Petitions

Hi,
I'm getting caught up on the last few days of emails and came across one of many I get regarding signing a petition.  This one is about the cutting of funding for public radio and tv, but could be an idea for collecting signatures for our purposes.

Could we do this?  Is it too much work?  Are the signatures legal for our purposes?

Petition for Election

Here is a link for the County Board of Elections Election Calender:

http://208.90.53.35/pdf_boe/en-US/2011_Election_Calendar.pdf

I believe the petition has to be filed by August 10th in order to appear on the November ballot.  Page 16 has the schedule for the November election and page 21 has Solon's voting stats for the last election.  9,470 voters voted for governor in the last election. 

Do you have a copy of the petition that was circulated in Broadview Hts?  Ours will probably be similar in wording.