Goals and Action Items
1. Encourage and engage all GT GOP
Committee members to work for and support common goals
- Encourage an
atmosphere of trust and fair play in county primary campaigns and elections
- Encourage
candidates who lose in primary elections and work to keep them active in the
county party
- Broaden the
base of participation of members on sub-committees and all administrative and
operational activities of the county party
- At all
meetings, be vigilant to ensure that all points of view have an opportunity to
be heard before any voting is completed
- Establish opportunities for our membership to interact
in both social and political activities
2. Increase participation of GT GOP
Committee membership
- Take and
maintain member attendance at Executive Committee & all general GOP meetings
- Encourage Chairs/Vice
Chairs/Executive Committee members to personally contact members in their
townships/municipalities who attended less than 50% of the meetings to
encourage better attendance
- Party
Leadership and Executive Committee members will continuously encourage members
to attend County meetings, events and other activities and explain why it is important
- Party
Leadership and Executives Committee members will share expectations for all GT
GOP members
- Identify
members talents, skills and interests and put to good use in various party
activities ·
- Consider how
often the Executive Committee and sub-committees will meet during the year and
make any necessary changes ·
3. Increase GT GOP funds through enhanced
fundraising events and establishment of corporate donations
- Establish a Fund-Raising
sub-committee to identify ways to increase funds available for the party and
develop a process to contact individual and corporate donors and share usage of
raised funds
- Expand the
annual events to include multiple counties in the region.
- Increased
revenues should be earmarked to assist endorsed candidates to win their
elections
4. Establish a GT GOP Strategic Plan for
the next four years that includes a Mission, Vision, and Principles/Values
statement and Goals & Actions·
- The sub-committees will conduct special sessions to develop and finalize
these statements and Goals & Action Items
- The sub-committees will present to and seek approval of their goals and actions from the Executive Committee members
5. Improve and promote a positive public
image·
- Participate
in and support annual events in the Grand Traverse community where it benefits local
needy families and other organizations
- Establish
public forums on informing and educating county citizens on the election
process and voter registration
6. Develop relationships with other
county GOP Chair and Executive Committees in the northern Michigan regions·
- Chair to
make telephone calls to those in the First Congressional District ·
- Chair/Vice
Chair to secure contact information and open communication channels
- Establish a
medium for the Chair and Executive Committee members to meet and share county
Party challenges and successes within the First Congressional District (Operational,
Organizationally & Otherwise)
- Establish a
positive atmosphere and encourage trust among the county parties so candidates
running for positions within the First Congressional District will be able to easily access
all counties to promote their campaigns
7. Full support of endorsed local
candidates (sample ballots, poll workers, sign placements, …)·
- Create,
print, distribute, and make available on the website Republican Party Voting Guides
- Chase the
Absentee Voters in a timely manner
- Assist all committee
members in fully staffing their polling locations on election day
- Establish a
sub-committee to identify key locations throughout Grand Traverse County for
campaign signs and then assistance in putting up and removal the signs after
the election
- Assist with campaign fliers for
our endorsed candidates to all likely Republican voters in Grand Traverse
County
8. Improve the efficiency, effectiveness
and professionalism of the Executive and Executive Committee meetings
- Identify and
utilize a Parliamentarian position to assist with conducting monthly meetings
- Train all
Leaders, Executive Committee members and general members in the basics of
Parliamentary procedures for conduct of all meetings
- Establish an
education component to the Executive Committee meeting agenda, to include,
but not limited to, Executive Committee member duties and responsibilities, the
election and voting processes, election results, political party procedures and
process, and various county aspects and information
- When we have an Action Center, establish
communication posters/boards/graphs and place strategically within the
headquarters wall space for members to view at meetings
9. Increase Republican Party voter
registration and voting percentages in Grand Traverse County
- Prepare an
analysis from the Board Of Elections for the last 3 primary and general elections for all precincts to establish baselines
- Provide the
above analysis to all Executive Committee members and educate them on
monitoring the same for future elections
- Obtain
current voter registration numbers for the county and all precincts and compare
to total number of voting age residents in the county and precincts
- Develop and
share methods and processes on how to increase both voter registration and
voter turnout at both primary and general elections
- Develop and
create a process to educate Grand Traverse County citizens of the importance of
voting in primary elections
- Establish an Elections Committee to lead the quest to improve county voter
registration in all townships and municipalities
