November 2014 Newsletter

List Summary:
PARTY MEMBERS 2007-2013 - 452 Duplicates
COMBINED LIST 2007-2013 - 26 Duplicates
NEWSLETTER SUBSCRIBERS 2007-2013 - 18 Duplicates

Old lists have been marked as Defunct but still remain in Email Marketer

New lists have been created as specified.

Fantastic work Tom!

@tomoliveri ok

THE FIRST NEXT STEP IS that i have to complete editing the OUR PEOPLE section of the website.

Then once that is done - we can begin the email campaign...

ok @tomoliveri -- we are now ready to send out the first wave of the email campaign. There will be three waves or batch sends and the order will be as follows:

1. PARTY MEMBERS 2007-2013 (451 contacts) then WAIT at least 5 days to see what happens before sending next wave....

2, NEWSLETTER SUBSCRIBERS 2007-2013 (1,507 contacts)

1. COMBINED LIST 2007-2013 (1,216 contacts)

@tomoliveri - can you please add my email address to the PARTY MEMBERS 2007-2013 contact list - so that i am automatically sent an example of the email that everyone else is getting?

EMAIL PURPOSE/AIM:
* To inform old party members of any relevant developments that have occurred since 2007
* To RECRUIT VOLUNTEERS
* To INCREASE/RECRUIT PARTY MEMBERSHIPS
* To increase our number of Facebook "likers"
* To RAISE FUNDS
* To RECRUIT IT Professionals & Computer Programmers

“Dear former Senator Online Party members, staff and interested individuals,

We have recently created a NEW online Party Membership Application form. Membership is completely free. If you are not already an official Party Member, then register here;

http://www.senatoronline.org.au/party-membership-application-form.html

Many new developments have occurred within the Party this year. For the first time we have a fully democratic internal party structure of Core Staff & Delegates (CSD), who meet fortnightly via Video Conferencing. There is currently 12 members of the CSD & a policy document has been drafted regarding admission rules.

The following people are currently on the CSD;

1. Berge Sarkissian
2. Emma Wardle
3. Francois Crespel
4. L.B. Joum
5. Nick Debenham
6. Oliver Minter
7. Paul Martin
8. Ricky Jefferyes
9. Sven Wiener
10. Tom Oliveri
11. Peter Lindsay
12. Rory Thomson-Ball

More information about them can be found on our website here:
http://www.senatoronline.org.au/our-people.html

We also have an Executive Committee that consists of the following 4 people;

1. Berge Sarkissian
2. Francois crespel
3. L.B. Joum
4. Nick Debenham

We have a total workforce of about 20 volunteers and we have an online workspace on the Loomio software platform. Loomio is Decision-making Software to assist groups with collaborative decision making processes. See wiki here;
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loomio
and short video tutorial here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2aChCe-uxTE
Please note - we only use Loomio for Internal Party decisions and discussions - its not the voting software that we intend to use for our own voting app when we get a seat in Parliament (most likely a Senate seat in 2016). Within the Loomio Online Workspace we have the following 12 work-groups each with their own elected Delegate:

1. Administration
2. AEC
3. Database
4. Fundraising
5. Grievance Handling
6. Newsletter
7. Petition Creator
8. Public Relations
9. Short Clip Videos
10. Social Media
11. Software
12. Website

GET INVOLVED! Become a volunteer for us by completing the following form. We are particularly in need of Computer Programmers & IT Professionals;

http://www.senatoronline.org.au/volunteer.html

DONATE! Senator Online can't exist without the on-the-ground, grass-roots support of everyday Australians like you. By making a donation to Senator Online today - no matter how small - you'll help provide a real democratic voice in our government. Please make a contribution by visiting our website donation page here:

http://www.senatoronline.org.au/donate-now.html

'LIKE US' ON FACEBOOK! We currently have 1,933 “likers” of our Facebook Page, found here;
https://www.facebook.com/SenatorOnline

SUBSCRIBE TO OUR NEWSLETTER! We have around 3,000 newsletter subscribers. If you haven’t already, sign up here;

http://www.senatoronline.org.au/newsletter-signup.html

Thank you for your interest in our party, we hope to keep you all better informed of our developments in the future, and we hope many of you will continue to support us,

Kind Regards,

Oliver Minter, Rory Thomson-Ball, Tom Oliveri & Paul Martin,

Public Relations Team,
SENATOR ONLINE.“

Great.

"GET INVOLVED! Become a volunteer for us by completing the following form. We are particularly in need of Computer Programmers & IT Professionals;"

Not important but suggest remove words "for us".

Also, Has Ricky left the party? If so - should we remove him from list and web page? Not important for now.

Agreed

I didnt want to take Ricky totally off everything yet coz i wasnt sure if he just needed some time to cool off and think about it...

How is next Tuesday for the send out?

At the moment Tom and I have done the latest edit, Tom has finished layout and Joum's other half is proof reading it. Tom is also managing the database so will hit send when he is ready.

It is going to be sent out via email marketer and once we have removed all of the dead emails the up to date lists of newsletter recipients will be moved to mail chimp.

Current PR participants (Paul, Tom, Rory, Oliver) have committed to send out the newsletter on an ongoing basis when there is something to say as opposed to on a regular deadline. Aiming roughly to send one per month.