Progressive Dane Goals for June 2022-2023

The Progressive Dane Steering Committee recommends the following organizational, policy, and campaign goals for the coming year (July 2022 through June 2023) to build our capacity to realize progressive local change. 

Over the near year, ProDane will revamp and update our database for member outreach and supporting endorsed candidates. We rely on involvement across the party – from the membership, policy and election committees, caucus members, and endorsed candidates – but key to many of these goals is increasing the hours and pay for our fabulous staff person. We will need to dip into the financial reserves we have accumulated over the past two years to fund this proposal, but are confident in the benefits. We look forward to discussing and voting on these proposed goals and the related 2022-23 Budget as proposed by the Steering Committee at our next General Membership Meeting, on Wednesday June 29 at 6:30 pm via Zoom (link).

ORGANIZATIONAL GOALS

  • Establish a ProDane database for member outreach and endorsed candidates

    • Budgetary Needs:  $600 split between Campaign and Organizing for 6 months  (December thru May)

  • Increase membership by 10%

    • Budgetary Needs:  more Staff time (see below), Database, Facebook boosting & postage (marketing $130), Garden Party ($600), Snowball ($600)

  • Increase number of monthly sustainers by 15 people

    • Budgetary Needs:  more Staff time, Database, Facebook boosting & postage, Garden Party, Snowball

  • Increase staff time and pay from 5 hours per week at $20/hr, to 7-10 hours per week at $22/hr, to help accomplish the above goals

    • Budgetary Needs:  annual from $5,000 to maximum of $11,000


POLICY GOALS

  • Work with the County caucus to promote alternatives to incarceration, oppose the ever-expanding funding for new jail construction, and highlight strategies to close the CCB jail facility through decarceration

  • City policing, including police budget and body worn camera pilot

  • Increased investment in public health

  • Housing and homeless services, including a new shelter

  • Public transit and supporting a vibrant city with remote work continuing for some

    • Budgetary Needs:  Garden Party, Facebook boosts, email campaigns


CAMPAIGN GOALS

  • Work with the City caucus, membership, and allied groups to recruit and support a strong progressive slate of Madison City Council candidates for 2023

    • Budgetary Needs:  Snowball, Database, email campaigns

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