Short term (1 week-1 month) priorities

Group Promotion and Marketing

• Our upcoming television ad will drive some traffic to our website, could generate some press.
  
• Our upcoming television ad should be on our website probably middle of week, end of week at the latest: Also put it on YouTube, MySpace, Facebook, blogs, and so on.
• Use email blast to make announcements
• Use discussion group to spread messages and generate excitement
  
• Tailored strategies for each of the social networking sites: MyBO, Facebook, SaysME/YouTube, MySpace, Twitter, DIGG, the blogosphere, and so on
  
• Idea for blogosphere: FDL is opening up diary system to everyone, could try to get onto the front page, our mission aligns well with FDL's focus on policy and their leadership in the anti-FISA fight

Obama's Listening and Platform Events

• Encourage members and supporters to attend platform meetings and bring our position flier
  

Strange Bedfellows August 8 Money Bomb

• Sync up with Strange Bedfellows: How can we help?
  
• mailings? a "Night of Facebook Action"? reuse artwork from our ad?
  

Make Our Website the Central Nexus

• Design a look and feel for the website using Sarah's graphics (currently out-of-the-box plain theme)
  
• Add appropriate information architecture (see Tech WG meeting notes), and turn on the RSS feed
• Add a blog
• Move Facebook base to a Page
• Email discussion group
  
• Recently changed MyBO email group to an announce-only list
  
• Recently added email newsletter/announcement list capability on website
• Recently added new, moderated email discussion group on Google groups (to replace email discussion on MyBO)
• Encourage use of web-based discussion forums on website (while allowing those who prefer email to use Google groups)
  

Additional Possibilities

• Promote primary candidates where FISA is a distinguishing issue
• Use questionnaires to rate candidates
• Offer our video footage for ads for candidates that we endorse (depending on type of nonprofit incorporation!) and leverage our distribution channel
• Develop a "change your telecom provider" campaign that rewards companies like CREDO who do not cooperate in illegal government eavesdropping programs
  
• Publish an ebook in the short term and/or investigate possibilities of book contract
  
• Collaborate with other progressive activists who accept Senator Obama's invitation to use My.BarackObama.com tools to organize