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Title: Setting a Political Course


1
Setting a Political Course a simple guide All
politics is local -Thomas P. ONeill
Team 839 Rosie Robotics Agawam High School
(Agawam, MA)
2
Town
  • Work on campaigns
  • Get to know the players in each camp
  • Attend meetings
  • Listen, Learn then Speak
  • Citizen speak
  • Offer up solutions not just problems

3
Town and city boards
  • Work on campaigns
  • Learn the ins and outs of the process
  • Attend meetings
  • The deals are made here
  • Speak at Public Hearings
  • Put your smiling face on TV and on the record

4
Clubs
  • Join or get involved with Shriners, Lions,
    Rotary, etc
  • The movers and shakers of the community
  • Engineering opportunities will present themselves
  • Participate (you and the team)
  • Volunteer at the Shrine circus, Leos Club (Lions
    for teenagers), Eye Mobile project through EPICS
    project, MIT/Lemelson Road Iron

5
Schools
6
School Administration
  • Know them by name-Mary, Bill, John, etc
  • Parents need to know who the are
  • Help when you can- setup for events, participate
    in activities
  • Freshman Night, bake sales
  • Invite them to events
  • Most important!

7
School Committee
  • Work on campaigns
  • Rosemary, Juzba, Young, Cavallo, Me
  • Attend meetings
  • Get on camera, citizen speak, workshops
  • Get them to talk about you
  • Wowem
  • Invite them to events
  • Most Important

8
Parent Groups
  • This is supply line for Mentors
  • Welders, NEMs, machinists, writers, accountants
  • PTO, PTSO, School Improvement Councils
  • Join and participate- info tables
  • No one wants student to succeed more than mom and
    dad

9
Party Affiliations
  • Town Committees
  • Join, buy ads in books
  • Support them, they will support you
  • Convention Delegates, become a delegate
  • Run with the Big Dogs
  • State level

10
State
  • Team 842 Falcon Robotics is working on a
    directory for all state level Reps and Senators.
    Watch CD for more information

11
Party Committees
  • Know who is in office
  • And their assistants
  • Run for position
  • Even if you dont win, they will remember your
    name

12
State Representative
  • Know your representatives name
  • Work on the campaign
  • Hold a sign, answer a phone
  • Know the name of local staff
  • Write letters
  • Visit the office
  • Invite them to events

13
Senate Senator
  • Know your senators name
  • Work on the campaign
  • Hold a sign, answer a phone
  • Know the name of local staff
  • Write letters
  • Visit the office
  • Invite them to events

14
Executive Branch
  • Work on the campaign
  • Hold a sign, answer a phone
  • Know the name of local staff
  • Write letters
  • Visit the office
  • Invite them to events

15
National
16
Congress
  • Know your Congressmans name
  • Know the name of local staff
  • Write letters
  • Visit the office
  • Invite them to events

17
Senators Names
  • Know your Senators names
  • Know the name of local staff
  • Write letters
  • Visit the office
  • Invite them to events

18
Executive Branch
  • Know the name of local staff
  • Write letters
  • Visit the office
  • Invite them to events

19
Remember
  • It is not who you know
  • but who you know
  • that knows.
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