| It was great to see so many Texas bloggers and party leaders at the Netroots Nation conference in Austin. I hope that this is a sign that the state party will step up and be a leader in technology communications.
Many of us in the grassroots movement came in through the Obama web site long before we met our first staff person. In fact, the weeks leading up to the campaign offices opening were intense times of organizing, setting up list groups, and meet ups.
By utilizing a similar web based model with social networking aspects, our job on the ground would be a lot easier. Right now, some people aren't doing anything. Others are using their own web sites and list groups to organize. The problem is that the party has no control (which might be okay) and there is a higher skill level expected of community volunteers. Let's be honest, there are a lot of precinct chairs who do not actively use a computer and certainly would not know how to set up a web site.
If the state made sure that it had the infrastructure for each county and then precinct, then individual pages would feed onto a master calendar or you could look up activities based on radius from your home like the Obama site.
I know the state has some of that now, but it seems either under developed or maybe just under used. So, those who have the skills to create a more dynamic, interactive based site for the state are encouraged to post their ideas so we can move forward and put our candidates in office. |
