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Wednesday, February 02, 2005
State Party Blog Project: Now YOU have the tools
Posted by Tim TagarisSo it's looking good that Howard Dean will become our next DNC Chairman, and that means we have a mandate. A mandate to reform the party.
Don't get it twisted; the fact that Howard Dean will most likely be heading up the Democratic Party is our victory. It is the voice of the grassroots lifted up into the halls of power once owned by the "aristocracy of consultants." No more.
It is incumbent upon us to continue this fight and provide our state parties the tools available to communicate with the grassroots. When that is done, we begin at the county level - and so on.
For those familiar with the State Party Blog Project, I have created a website to give you all the tools to make the job happen. It will also serve as a hub for information and updates on our progress.
http://statepartyblogproject.blogspot.com/
For those not familiar...
This project is a grassroots effort encouraging all 50 Democratic state parties to not only put a blog on their official website, but to use it effectively. The Internet is the only medium of communication available for mass two-way communication. It is not only an effective fundraising tool (the language most "professionals" speak), but has tremendous organizational and communicative benefits most fail to recognize.
http://statepartyblogproject.blogspot.com/
The time has long passed to build an effective communication infrastructure online. If the good folks in Washington, D.C. don't want to do it, then the netroots will pick up the slack once again.
Posted at 01:03 PM in Activism, Netroots | Technorati