President's corner - 2006-06-19

President's Corner

June 19, 2006

Message from the President

 

Volunteering with the FSP

The reason the FSP keeps going is because of it's world-class volunteer workforce. There are dozens of volunteers working regularly on promoting the FSP in various ways. In fact, the entire FSP organization itself is run by volunteers. The FSP has one of the largest and most dedicated pro-freedom volunteer forces in the world and I'm proud of the work they do!

But there's lots of work that needs to be done to make sure the FSP message gets out to all who need to hear it. There are still countless people who would be interested in the FSP if only they heard about it. That's where you come in.

We're looking for additional volunteers to do a variety of different things. While we have a volunteer page listing some of our openings, that's just the tip of the iceberg. There are other positions open that aren't listed on that page. And, if you're interested in doing something that we haven't explicitly indicated a need for (see some examples below), we're more than likely interested in your help doing that. In short, if you want to volunteer in some way to help the FSP reach its goal of 20,000 pro-freedom activists in New Hampshire, we're ready to have your help!

This week, we'll be having a volunteer meeting at the Porcupine Freedom Festival. At that meeting, I'll be sharing my vision for the upcoming year of FSP activity. Whether you're able to attend or not (and I do encourage you to do so if at all possible), I've posted the 2006 FSP Action Areas of Focus - an outline of the major elements we'll be focusing on this year. We're making good progress on some of those items (see some of the details below), but we need help with others.

If you're ready to volunteer for something, please email Nik at volunteer@freestateproject.org. He'll get you started. And, as always, you're also welcome to contact me directly at president@freestateproject.org.

SYATPF! (See You At The Porc Fest!)

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Recent FSP Activity

  1. The Plan – The 2006 FSP Action Areas of Focus has been posted to the FSP website. It outlines two major goals (more Participants and First 1000 success) and ways we can achieve them. The areas of focus include Internet outreach, Radio outreach, Word of Mouth, the LP, and Direct Mail. In addition, we'll be working towards the First 1000 by reaching out to early movers who haven't signed yet, current FSP Participants, and new FSP participants. Read it here.

  2. LP Letters – An unexpected bit of activism came a couple weeks ago when a recently-moved Porc announced he had sent a letter to his former state's LP. Maybe you want to try something similar? This fits well with 'the Plan' (area of focus #4) Here's the thread: http://forum.freestateproject.org/index.php?topic=11947.0

  3. State Freedom Index Project – Dr. Sorens is at it again! The Free State Project is starting an index of state freedom. It will compare all 50 states based on objective criteria and rank them based on their level of freedom. This is one of those rare projects that may actually have enough volunteers. However if research is really your thing and you want to help out, make your offer here: http://forum.freestateproject.org/index.php?topic=11945.0

  4. Survey – The Free State Project is conducting a survey to better target our marketing. Everyone is invited to participate: Friends, Participants, First 1000 signers, Early Movers, and even non-Participants who are just interested in the project. Please take a few minutes to fill out the survey here.

  5. FSP-NM Get Together – Amanda and Ray Powell can't make it to Porc Fest this year. So they're doing the next best thing: hosting a gathering this week for Porcupines at their home in New Mexico! Hopefully we'll have a nice report (and maybe even a picture??) to share in the next corner. If you want to get together with local Porcupines, send an email to Nik, our local groups coordinator, at localgroups@freestateproject.org. He'll help you find other Porcs in your area and invite them to a fun time with like-minded people!

  6. Slashdot – The amazing Denis has decided to organize a new form of outreach. It fits in well with the plan (area of focus #1), and has the potential to be a very effective method of gaining new participants. Check out the discussion here. Denis needs more help! http://forum.freestateproject.org/index.php?topic=11954.0

  7. Media – The FSP has garnered quite a bit of media attention in the last couple of weeks. Free Talk Live was featured in an article in a Florida Newspaper which also mentioned the Free State Project. The Concord Monitor published my piece clearing up some previous coverage of the FSP and promoting the Porcupine Freedom Festival, and I appeared on MyTV  Prime, a New England area TV show, promoting the Porcupine Freedom Festival and the Free State Project in general.

  8. New Movers – I don't have this confirmed yet, but I believe today there were not one but two 'groups' of early movers, one to the Dartmouth area and the other I think to the Seacoast area. And... there's more coming!!! :)


That's it for this issue!  Thanks for reading.