Logistics Planning For Marchers

[Lucid American]

I think the Meetup groups from the major cities need to coordinate the buses.

Seems to me like by pooling together all the bus needs nationwide (well, I'm thinking on the eastern half of the US) with a single bus line, should be able to get a good rate. Maybe we'd need buses departing from each state in the east and more regionally out west.

Likewise, for those further away, I think the Meetup groups should pool together and quote airlines to get group rates (extendable to seperate flights, of course).

Likewise, the groups need to come up with a single name for the "party" so everyone can make reservations at hotels in the DC area under that name and also get group rates.

Everything should be fairly easy to coordinate through the Meetup groups, since that's where the information endoskeleton is.

 

[khorbis]

Organizing by individual Meetup groups (40,636) is an intimidating prospect. Shouldn't there be a main Ron Paul Meetup, or several large geographical-based Meetup groups, for coordinating events such as this? An East to West coast coalition might be preferable to ensure mutiple lines of communication. All singulair Ron Paul Meetups could then join their respective geographical Meetup, thereby creating an informational/organizational hub in which grassroots proposals can be discussed and voted on in a less scattered manner than what is currently taking place on these forums.

Meetup.com has some major limitations, but the pre-existing grassroots structure is a definite plus (despite the fact that many in these groups don't participate at all). Regardless, we wouldn't have to start from scratch. So, if anyone has an idea to implement a plan of this nature, feel free to speak up! I'll leave logistics to the experts, though I'll certainly help if someone else can start up the blueprint.

(edit: interesting Meetup - http://ronpaulpublic.com/)