Event:2014/10/07 fundraising pseudo meeting

Pseudo-meeting

Matt S, Derek R, Danny S

Tasks
Exercise:
 * 1) "Champion Circle" AKA host committee AKA a group of individuals/groups who champion our campaign by donating and asking their peers who can donate, too
 * 2) why might they give? how likely?

Tasks:


 * 1) Before any fundraising begins, communicate about Omni simply
 * 2) * general communications (send newsletter, hold tours, etc.) with our audiences simply about ourselves
 * 3) * it's critical that we grow our community ties instead of tapping them out!
 * 4) Build campaign vocabulary
 * 5) Make lists:
 * 6) * Journalists
 * 7) * (Local) Publications
 * 8) * Media Outlets / Press
 * 9) * Potential Partners
 * 10) * Sponsors
 * 11) * Supernodes / Donation Brokers (bundlers?)
 * 12) * Community Networks
 * 13) Interview (internal and external) stakeholders about where people see the values. User research.
 * 14) Brainstorm pledge levels, (try data-driven approach), "perks"
 * 15) Update on campaign to the Omni community. Along with announcing the video.
 * 16) Finish timeline
 * 17) Define roles, expectaions, fill with consenting and committed folks (shoot for ~3 hrs / wk)
 * 18) * Campaign point-person, point-of-contact
 * 19) * Community member (what simple things each person should do to support the campaign)
 * 20) ** (Private) list of 10 people (friends, family, acquaintances, etc) to ask directly for a good-faith contribution
 * 21) * Social media roles
 * 22) * Communications / IT Infrastructure
 * 23) * Budget person to liason with finance working group and omni collective
 * 24) * Relationships person?
 * 25) Convey that the crowd-funding campaign is next "big goal"
 * 26) Schedule Omni events at critical campaigns
 * 27) Assign experience campaigners (especially multiple) to volunteers for interview (write up notes and a summary for omni crowdfunding insight)
 * 28) Create acount with "Thunderclap"

Outcomes:


 * Community of volunteers working on campaign, together
 * All Omni collective community aware of this goal as the "next big goal"
 * Create an acknolwedgement and acceptance of a certain amount of risk, coming to terms with the reality of this project.