New CFL Site

[a2planet2]

Hi all, this is Adam de Angeli; I developed the Precinct Leader system for the Ron Paul campaign and am now developing something similar for the Campaign For Liberty.

I just wanted to set the record straight on a few things...

1) The official launch date is October 1. I am working to launch a "beta" version ASAP for people to sign up earlier.

2) Yes, there will be dues for Precinct Leaders. $35 per year is not a lot; totally standard for political organizations and totally necessary for obtaining voter records on a regular basis. This will not only fund our database; it will keep trolls off of the Precinct Leader site.

3) There will be a self-contained social network on our new site. The campaign owes infinite thanks to those whose websites have done so much for us, but in the long term it is best that we get everyone on the same page, organized by county and district. Our new system will be designed to replace meetup.com completely. In the new campaign, sites like facebook and myspace will be used for little more than marketing.

More to come, but here are some screenshots for those who can't wait.

 

[SnappleLlama]

AWESOME!! Thanks so much for the screenshots! This is pretty exciting!!

 

[constituent]

rofl, member greenspj.

thanks for the pics.

reckon

jason austin Grosse Point, MI
dale kittendorf Port Huron, MI
eric kelley Redford, MI
et. al.

want their info. and e-mail broadcast to the world? perhaps you got their permission first (i hope)?

 

[MRoCkEd]

Cool - so the precinct leader program will launch 10/1, but will the site itself and other features be ready earlier?

 

[a2planet2]

I hope the social network will be up sooner, but either way, 10/01 is the official release date.

 

[a2planet2]

Note that the fourth screenshot above is a coordinator window, for coordinators to post announcements.

 

[constituent]

perhaps you got their permission first (i hope)?

so you didn't?

 

[a2planet2]

so you didn't?

Upon consideration I (hours ago) blocked out their email addresses. Not that 3 of 100,000 people's email addresses would make much difference, but yes, their identities should be anonymous.

Surely you realize it is more of a hazard that their emails appear in your text than in my graphics.

Please do them the courtesy of editing your earlier posts, thanks.

 

[ron paul or bust]

Thanks for the info! Looks like the site is going to sharp. I also enjoy the likeness of Dr. Paul in the top-left corner!

 

[a2planet2]

The likeness of Dr. Paul is in the top-right but actually I'd rather something cooler for a top-of-the-page graphic; there's too much empty space in the middle and I'm not sure having a "next big thing" teaser is a good idea if everything will be local for the next several months. Looking for cooler header graphic, size is 900x133, send submissions to a2planet at --not you, spammers!-- gmail.com

(the "not you spammers" thing is to stop spammers that figured out to look for the word "at" in place of the @ symbol...)

 

[ron paul or bust]

The likeness of Dr. Paul is in the top-right...

Wow. I need more coffee this morning.

 

[szczebrzeszyn]

a2planet2 - fixed or fluid layout? Just curious.

 

[a2planet2]

a2planet2 - fixed or fluid layout? Just curious.

Still fiddling with options. Want to make it so users can change text size if needed. It's all done with CSS so it'll be easy to tweak.

 

[angelatc]

Looking for cooler header graphic, size is 900x133, send submissions to a2planet at --not you, spammers!-- gmail.com

You should contact the artist that did those drawings, and see if he or she can capture your vision.

 

[nullvalu]

Adam, since the goal is to control precincts, then elect county chairmen, then state chairmen.... will this precinct organizer tool give us some kind of nation-wide goal "progress bar" if you will?

I'm thinking, as we take over precincts and counties, one by one we should be filling in a map to show the progress of our movement. I was thinking of developing a site that could do this, but was waiting to see what the C4L site would be capable of..

What do you think?

 

[voytechs]

want their info. and e-mail broadcast to the world? perhaps you got their permission first (i hope)?

Now if you could also edit your post and remove the copy in your messages that would probably clear their emails out of the system.

 

[Jeremy]

RPF should be the official forums of the CFL

 

[voytechs]

A couple of questions.

Beside the precinct leadership tools, is this ment to replace meetup.com, we desperately need an alternative to it. Its expensive ($12-20/mo).

Secondly security wise, what kind of reporting is CFL going to be required to do. Will it be turning over participants, their emails and other contact info to any gov. agency like pres. campaigns had to do? etc...

 

[MRoCkEd]

RPF should be the official forums of the CFL

we'd have to be more careful about what we say in these parts though

is this ment to replace meetup.com

yes

 

[Melissa]

Thanks Adam can't wait