I had some similiar thoughts about what to do in the future. We will need a Liberty minded congress as well as a president, so we definately need a broader platform to accomplish that goal. This would mean an organized way to spread information about Liberty candidates as well as a platform for fundraising.
Some ideas...
--I like the map of the US and your ideas for that. If it is possible maybe have each state reflect the actual Counties and Precincts after you click on that state. So I would join and register my address and it puts me on the map in my precinct. I would also state if I am a GOP member. That info would be only visible according to what membership. (see below). If this can be done the site can mirror the actual republican party and also carry on the Precinct Captain idea. Each state could elect a chairman to act as Lieutenants to the national General which we would also elect through the site. A treasurer would also be needed for the War Chest (see below). To accomplish our goals we will have to "infiltrate" the GOP, this could show our progress. A real organizational structure is needed, but a very streamlined one.
--Have a tiered membership, meaning it is free to join and look around, read posts, post ideas etc... Tier 2, for maybe a $25 membership would allow you to see others in your state who are members and vote on ideas posted. You would also get a "Liberty Tree" pin to wear to your local GOP meetings, that way we can ID each other without broadcasting it. Tier 3 would be a big jump to $250 and that would allow you to see the whole map and some extra tools and maybe you get a real gold "Liberty Tree" pin, cheesy but kinda cool. These are just rough ideas about what tier would allow what please brainstorm.
--The membership fee would be for the site upkeep but mainly for creating a War Chest for our Liberty candidates. This would probably require a PAC, i'm not sure how deep you wanted to go with this. If not that far the membership fee I guess could be scrapped. The accounting for the site would need to have a lot of "Sunlight".
--My vision is for a site is to allow the serious grassroots people to really organize and be able to help get Reps elected all over the country. It does not matter anymore about what state they come from we just need a majority in the House to be able to block bogus bills. And then later the Senate to help pass Liberty legislation. The tiered membership would help weed out trolls, only paying members could "rate" an idea. I really would like to have a voting system that did not have to exclude anyone based on money, again just rough ideas here...
The voting system would need to be very secure, we want real votes for the ideas.
--Scenario: At my local GOP meeting I find out there is a Liberty minded person who wants to run for Congress. I get them hooked in with the site and into our system. The members of the site in that district would talk to the cadidate and see if they like them, if so we start organizing and kicking around ideas on the site. The members vote or rate ideas and off we go. The elected national General and state Lieutenants along with input from Precinct captains decide on campaign strategy and fundraising etc...
--If we could get thelibertytree.com that would be great.
Sorry for the long post, more ideas will come.
Charles S.
I am a Precinct Captain by the way!
