[Iowa-dx] Certification details if you have them: READ RIGHT AWAY

[jim.oloughlin@uni.edu]

Ron,

I think you're out of line in your comments below and should be wary of las=
hing out at people in an on-line forum.  I'll respond to your comments belo=
w because you posted that attack to multiple lists, though I will aim not t=
o be dragged into a flame war.

Since 2001, I've done a half dozen interviews with this particular radio st=
ation as a representative of the Black Hawk County Green Party, and what th=
ey air is about a 30-second piece during the local news section at the end =
of the day.  I made sure to mention the vital issue of how the registation =
process will change in January.  Exactly how many petition signatures we ha=
d never came up, nor was there be an opportunity to take a soap box stand o=
n Democracy as is suggested below (doing so would truly have seemed amateur=
ish).  I believe that the fact that we produce releases on meaningful topic=
s and that we've been able to give concise interviews is the reason this st=
ation regularly covers our work (even though the host of the show is one of=
 those conservative talk radio types).

It's not been my experience that the great issue standing in our way is pub=
lic relations.  When we've run candidates and taken stands on issues, our P=
R has been generally as successful as we can hope for.  The challenge is ma=
intaining a grassroots organization that is entirely volunteer-based (amate=
ur, if you will) and reaching out to the many not-yet-Greens who would be i=
nteresting in us if they knew more about us.

Jim O'Loughlin
Black Hawk County

--- Original Message ---
> I guess it's too late, but what about numbers?=A0 Facts are
> important, because the
> radio interviewer or debatees are going to ask those questions,
> and simply
> answering "I don't have the figures but I was told we met the
> requirements"
> gives little credibility to our witnessing speaker.
> =A0
> He might also have mentioned that Green Party of the United
> States is the ONLY
> political party in our United States that has grass-roots
> Democracy (always
> spelled respectfully with a capital "D") written into its party
> platform.=A0 No other
> party in our nation has true Democracy in their party platforms!=A0
> NONE!
> =A0
> We have to think of those things when we conduct public relations
> at every
> level, or GPUS is going to look like a bunch of amateurs.=A0 We
> are the
> ambassadors, every single member, for our party and our future,
> as John
> Rensenbrink says so many times.
> =A0
> Ron Kinum
> a.k.a. Libris Fidelis
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: hhart@blue.weeg.uiowa.edu
> To: iowa-dx@lists.gp-us.org
> Subject: Re: [Iowa-dx] Certification details if you have them:
> READ RIGHT AWAY
> Date: Fri, 2 Nov 2007 10:23:57 -0500
> Quoting jim.oloughlin@uni.edu:
> > I'll be doing a brief local radio interview today about the
> > certification, and I want to make sure I know the details of the
> > whole shebang. If you can answer any of these questions, can
> > you email them to me right away (sorry, I have to call the
> > radio station in about an hour)?
> This may be too late, but -
> > - We're on the voter reg forms but we still have to petition for
> > candidates, right?
> Yes
> > - Did the Libertarians hit the threshold as well?
> Yes
> > - Did we have about 1500 signatures in the end?
> Yes
> >
> > Any thing else I should try to push?
> >
> Just remind poeple they will have the option of registering
> Green sometime starting January '08!
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