Jennifer Reynolds
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Hello fellow Ron Paul Supporters,
School is about to start and we need those students to learn about Ron Paul before anyone else attacks. That is why I am proposing that we all go to as many schools as we can as close to the start of school as we can and hand out information. Most schools start somewhere around August 20th. It will be relatively simple, cheap and a fantastic way to reach all of the students. I will be running the whole show. The campaign cannot work with us on this. Something about FEC rules....whatever. Nevertheless, Operation College Campus has begun.
I am sorry this is so long, but it contains a lot of instructions and is designed to be self-running. Everything you need should be here.
This was originally designed for Meetup groups but it works just as well for student groups. Just follow the exact same setup. If you have questions you can contact me at [email protected] or [email protected]
Here is what you need to do.
1. Have some folks in your Meetup group call the schools in your area and ask if you can come to campus to set up a table so that you may hand out information to students. Emphasize that you will not be asking for any donations! You only want to inform. Each school will have very different rules. So far, I have heard no, from most community colleges, yes, as long as you fill out a form from one, and yes, as long as a student group supports you and sits with you. I propose asking the college Republicans if they will support you. Tell them you will be handing out voter registration cards and they can turn them in. (They will get a bounty from the local GOP office for each card they send in, so they will be willing to help.)
2. Find out what the school is willing to offer you. Hopefully, a table and a couple of chairs. Most that agree will do this much.
3. Find out what you need to do to reserve a date. Try to get a date as close to the first day of school as possible. They will not let you show up any time you feel like it, it must be coordinated. It is best to only hit the school once, most have that as a rule anyway.
4. If the school says no, then consider trying to set up your own table on the sidewalk outside the school. This may not work for many reasons: the students may park on campus and they don't walk on the sidewalk; or the city may not allow it. DO NOT BREAK ANY LAWS. If you are going to try this approach, make sure you call the local police first and find out the rules and regulations for being on the sidewalk. We are not a bunch of hoodlums. We are respectable Ron Paul supporters!
Once you have the date set up at the school, you will need materials to hand out. I have a list for you. Please do not deviate. I worked with several professional people at marketing groups to determine exactly what will appeal to students the most. A lot of work has gone into this list. I have tried to keep it short so the cost of copies will not be great.
Documents
http://www.ronpaullibrary.org/document.php?id=441 (Domestic Surveillance and the Patriot Act)
http://www.ronpaullibrary.org/document.php?id=498 (Political Power and the Rule of Law)
http://www.ronpaullibrary.org/document.php?id=524 (We Just Marched in So We Can Just March Out)
http://www.ronpaullibrary.org/document.php?id=396 (The National ID Trojan Horse)
http://www.lewrockwell.com/paul/paul353.html (Rethinking the Draft Abolish Selective Service)
http://www.lewrockwell.com/paul/paul396.html (Defend the Constitution)
http://www.ronpaullibrary.org/document.php?id=658 (End the Income Tax)
http://www.gambling911.com/Ron-Paul-Online-Gambling-081507.html (Just use the text after the introduction)
http://www.gambling911.com/Ron-Paul-Online-Gambling-081507.html (Just use the text)
http://www.gambling911.com/Ron-Paul-Draft-081207.html
Pass them around. If you don't like the site, take off the header and just use the text. These are terrific and will grab a lot of people!
http://www.ronpaul2008.com/files/Flyer-Issues.pdf (Issues page from Ron Paul website)
You can download these articles and print them as they are, or try to re-format each one so that it fits on one page. UPDATE: The folks at the Ron Paul Library have made your life easier. You can now go to: http://ronpaullibrary.org/reprints.php for these docs reformatted so they fit on one page (hopefully it will work for all.) This should save everyone a lot of money in copies. Thanks RPL.
Each group should have a lot of voter registration cards. If you work with a Republican Group on campus, they may supply the cards for you or call your local county registrars office or the secretary of state.
Here is an official document found from a link from the FEC.
Rules for Voting and Voter Registration Cards. Print one copy of the whole document (it is 20 pages) to keep on the table (do not hand out) and print out a bunch of the general registration forms that are in this document. http://www.eac.gov/docs/NVRA Update 09-12-06.pdf
The general registration forms work for anyone in the country. Good for the out-of-state students. But it always better to have the particular voter registration form for your state, so get the cards from your county. Here, in Phoenix, they will give 200 to each person who asks at no charge.
You also need to print out one page of this document. It has a few changes to the information in the above document. http://www.eac.gov/register_vote.asp?format=none
Print one of these out and keep it on the table also. Attach to the back of the Rules for Voting Guidelines.
I also suggest printing out this list on small cards or try to copy them into a Word document so you can cut them up and hand them out as well. Or you can just print this on a full page and attach it to the articles, whatever is easier:
Ron Paul's Best Websites
www.Ronpaul2008.com (His home page.)
www.Ronpaullibrary.org (a list of his works)
www.Youtube.com (great links to tons of Ron Paul videos)
www.facebook.com (Other students from your school may already have a group going.)
www.LewRockwell.com (Ron Paul forum in lower left corner)
If your group has any buttons and bumper stickers to hand out, that would be fine too.
DO NOT USE THE TRI-FOLD or SLIM JIM. These tout his pro-life issue. As a marketing issue only, saying that Dr. Paul is pro-life will lose us college voters before they even look at him. To many, pro-life means that as President he will ban all abortions across the country. That is not his position. His position is that it is a state's rights issue. That is too difficult to sum up in two words. This is not up for debate. I had a lot of discussion with the marketing team, and this term will lose us voters. There is no other way to say it. Let them learn about Ron Paul first, before they deal with that extremely sensitive topic. Depending on the part of the country, those two words could lose as many as 75% of the students in one fell swoop. Dr. Paul's position is what it is. But let them learn about it from him. Let them learn about the complexities of his stance on the issue on their own. [Of course if they ask, feel free to tell them, but make sure you explain that as a states rights issue, there could never be another President to come along and make a decision for the whole country. So for the pro-choice leaning, Dr. Paul's position protects them from a nationwide ban, for the pro-life leaning, Dr. Paul's position gives them a way to get what they want from their state. I know many of you hold very firm positions on this topic, as do I. This is not about us. This is about the best way to get a man elected.] Moreover, most college students are democrats, but we can win them over.
Please, no matter what your view on the abortion issue, please keep it OUT of this College blitz. We don't want to lose any voters!!!! We are trying to grab as many as possible. The topics have been chosen for their specificity to the typical college student's interests.
Don't forget the old adage: if you are not liberal when you are young, you have no heart, if you are not conservative when you get older, you have no money. Remember, these are young, liberal students, we need to show them how Ron Paul will help them. Focusing on his being a conservative Republican will not help. So forget the slim jim. Always remember your audience.
Try to get a Ron Paul Revolution banner to tape to the edge of your table. They are bright and will attract students.
If you can, print a large sign that reads: WANT TO: Prevent a Draft? End the War? End all Income Taxes? Reinstate the Constitution?
and put it on a stick next to your table. Try to make it large enough to be read from a ways away.
Finally, make sure the people running the table are very familiar with Ron Paul's issues. It would be cute if the volunteers could be wearing homemade t-shirts that say RP Revolution or I support Ron Paul or Ron Paul 2008 (something non-issue oriented but designed to get people familiar with his name). Make them really crude. Walgreens is selling t-shirts right now for 3 bucks. Use one of those, grab a sharpie and write all over it. If students like the idea, they may copy it and wear their own homemade shirts on campus. Or just wear a really nice Ron Paul shirt while you sit there. I like the cheap idea, but either way is good.
Please limit your items to those listed above. Please do not push any other information. Do not try to sell anything to anyone. We could get banned from the campus completely if we do not behave. Again, remember, this is about Ron Paul, and only Ron Paul.
With any luck, the Ron Paul fever will catch fire on campuses as well as it has on the "interwebs." We only need to grab a couple of them, then they can take off with it from here.
Please post a list of the colleges you are covering so we will not have overlap and work being done twice. Post it on this thread, so others can search to see if a particular campus is already handled.
If you can't get a table and are just handing out material, pick your favs, or make a little booklet. It is a lot of info, but they may look at it. You can try fliers too, but I like the articles better. They may not be willing to read them, but those that do, it will really grab them. Or have a few folks each handing out different things.
But please stick to the suggested materials for marketing reasons they are the best of the best.
update:
We had our first booklet handout thing today and had no problem today without a table. In fact, the table people were not getting any visitors, so we were better off without them.
Also, just found out today - fliers do not work at all. They end up on the floor. But when we copied the article and stapled them, not one hit the ground. Also, we got 0 signups for voter registration, so those aren't as important as I thought. But we didn't have a table so that might be the difference.
P.S. We brought 500 booklets with us today and had 4 people handing things out. I wish we had had 5000 and 25 people all over campus helping out. But then our campus is huge and those 25 would never have bumped into each other.
Also, Make sure you put a cover page that has the webpage links and something that says Ron Paul for U.S. President and then pick a few catchy phrases to catch their eye.
I couldn't believe how many people asked me running for president of what? I totally forgot about student body president and things like that.
Also, add a back page with voter reg. info and links.
The less professional they were the more they were willing to take them. I couldn't pay people to take the pretty ones with his pic on them that the RP library made up for us. But as long as it was just a word document in black and white, they were ok with taking it.
They hate being sold, but they don't mind info.
Just what I learned.
School is about to start and we need those students to learn about Ron Paul before anyone else attacks. That is why I am proposing that we all go to as many schools as we can as close to the start of school as we can and hand out information. Most schools start somewhere around August 20th. It will be relatively simple, cheap and a fantastic way to reach all of the students. I will be running the whole show. The campaign cannot work with us on this. Something about FEC rules....whatever. Nevertheless, Operation College Campus has begun.
I am sorry this is so long, but it contains a lot of instructions and is designed to be self-running. Everything you need should be here.
This was originally designed for Meetup groups but it works just as well for student groups. Just follow the exact same setup. If you have questions you can contact me at [email protected] or [email protected]
Here is what you need to do.
1. Have some folks in your Meetup group call the schools in your area and ask if you can come to campus to set up a table so that you may hand out information to students. Emphasize that you will not be asking for any donations! You only want to inform. Each school will have very different rules. So far, I have heard no, from most community colleges, yes, as long as you fill out a form from one, and yes, as long as a student group supports you and sits with you. I propose asking the college Republicans if they will support you. Tell them you will be handing out voter registration cards and they can turn them in. (They will get a bounty from the local GOP office for each card they send in, so they will be willing to help.)
2. Find out what the school is willing to offer you. Hopefully, a table and a couple of chairs. Most that agree will do this much.
3. Find out what you need to do to reserve a date. Try to get a date as close to the first day of school as possible. They will not let you show up any time you feel like it, it must be coordinated. It is best to only hit the school once, most have that as a rule anyway.
4. If the school says no, then consider trying to set up your own table on the sidewalk outside the school. This may not work for many reasons: the students may park on campus and they don't walk on the sidewalk; or the city may not allow it. DO NOT BREAK ANY LAWS. If you are going to try this approach, make sure you call the local police first and find out the rules and regulations for being on the sidewalk. We are not a bunch of hoodlums. We are respectable Ron Paul supporters!
Once you have the date set up at the school, you will need materials to hand out. I have a list for you. Please do not deviate. I worked with several professional people at marketing groups to determine exactly what will appeal to students the most. A lot of work has gone into this list. I have tried to keep it short so the cost of copies will not be great.
Documents
http://www.ronpaullibrary.org/document.php?id=441 (Domestic Surveillance and the Patriot Act)
http://www.ronpaullibrary.org/document.php?id=498 (Political Power and the Rule of Law)
http://www.ronpaullibrary.org/document.php?id=524 (We Just Marched in So We Can Just March Out)
http://www.ronpaullibrary.org/document.php?id=396 (The National ID Trojan Horse)
http://www.lewrockwell.com/paul/paul353.html (Rethinking the Draft Abolish Selective Service)
http://www.lewrockwell.com/paul/paul396.html (Defend the Constitution)
http://www.ronpaullibrary.org/document.php?id=658 (End the Income Tax)
http://www.gambling911.com/Ron-Paul-Online-Gambling-081507.html (Just use the text after the introduction)
http://www.gambling911.com/Ron-Paul-Online-Gambling-081507.html (Just use the text)
http://www.gambling911.com/Ron-Paul-Draft-081207.html
Pass them around. If you don't like the site, take off the header and just use the text. These are terrific and will grab a lot of people!
http://www.ronpaul2008.com/files/Flyer-Issues.pdf (Issues page from Ron Paul website)
You can download these articles and print them as they are, or try to re-format each one so that it fits on one page. UPDATE: The folks at the Ron Paul Library have made your life easier. You can now go to: http://ronpaullibrary.org/reprints.php for these docs reformatted so they fit on one page (hopefully it will work for all.) This should save everyone a lot of money in copies. Thanks RPL.
Each group should have a lot of voter registration cards. If you work with a Republican Group on campus, they may supply the cards for you or call your local county registrars office or the secretary of state.
Here is an official document found from a link from the FEC.
Rules for Voting and Voter Registration Cards. Print one copy of the whole document (it is 20 pages) to keep on the table (do not hand out) and print out a bunch of the general registration forms that are in this document. http://www.eac.gov/docs/NVRA Update 09-12-06.pdf
The general registration forms work for anyone in the country. Good for the out-of-state students. But it always better to have the particular voter registration form for your state, so get the cards from your county. Here, in Phoenix, they will give 200 to each person who asks at no charge.
You also need to print out one page of this document. It has a few changes to the information in the above document. http://www.eac.gov/register_vote.asp?format=none
Print one of these out and keep it on the table also. Attach to the back of the Rules for Voting Guidelines.
I also suggest printing out this list on small cards or try to copy them into a Word document so you can cut them up and hand them out as well. Or you can just print this on a full page and attach it to the articles, whatever is easier:
Ron Paul's Best Websites
www.Ronpaul2008.com (His home page.)
www.Ronpaullibrary.org (a list of his works)
www.Youtube.com (great links to tons of Ron Paul videos)
www.facebook.com (Other students from your school may already have a group going.)
www.LewRockwell.com (Ron Paul forum in lower left corner)
If your group has any buttons and bumper stickers to hand out, that would be fine too.
DO NOT USE THE TRI-FOLD or SLIM JIM. These tout his pro-life issue. As a marketing issue only, saying that Dr. Paul is pro-life will lose us college voters before they even look at him. To many, pro-life means that as President he will ban all abortions across the country. That is not his position. His position is that it is a state's rights issue. That is too difficult to sum up in two words. This is not up for debate. I had a lot of discussion with the marketing team, and this term will lose us voters. There is no other way to say it. Let them learn about Ron Paul first, before they deal with that extremely sensitive topic. Depending on the part of the country, those two words could lose as many as 75% of the students in one fell swoop. Dr. Paul's position is what it is. But let them learn about it from him. Let them learn about the complexities of his stance on the issue on their own. [Of course if they ask, feel free to tell them, but make sure you explain that as a states rights issue, there could never be another President to come along and make a decision for the whole country. So for the pro-choice leaning, Dr. Paul's position protects them from a nationwide ban, for the pro-life leaning, Dr. Paul's position gives them a way to get what they want from their state. I know many of you hold very firm positions on this topic, as do I. This is not about us. This is about the best way to get a man elected.] Moreover, most college students are democrats, but we can win them over.
Please, no matter what your view on the abortion issue, please keep it OUT of this College blitz. We don't want to lose any voters!!!! We are trying to grab as many as possible. The topics have been chosen for their specificity to the typical college student's interests.
Don't forget the old adage: if you are not liberal when you are young, you have no heart, if you are not conservative when you get older, you have no money. Remember, these are young, liberal students, we need to show them how Ron Paul will help them. Focusing on his being a conservative Republican will not help. So forget the slim jim. Always remember your audience.
Try to get a Ron Paul Revolution banner to tape to the edge of your table. They are bright and will attract students.
If you can, print a large sign that reads: WANT TO: Prevent a Draft? End the War? End all Income Taxes? Reinstate the Constitution?
and put it on a stick next to your table. Try to make it large enough to be read from a ways away.
Finally, make sure the people running the table are very familiar with Ron Paul's issues. It would be cute if the volunteers could be wearing homemade t-shirts that say RP Revolution or I support Ron Paul or Ron Paul 2008 (something non-issue oriented but designed to get people familiar with his name). Make them really crude. Walgreens is selling t-shirts right now for 3 bucks. Use one of those, grab a sharpie and write all over it. If students like the idea, they may copy it and wear their own homemade shirts on campus. Or just wear a really nice Ron Paul shirt while you sit there. I like the cheap idea, but either way is good.
Please limit your items to those listed above. Please do not push any other information. Do not try to sell anything to anyone. We could get banned from the campus completely if we do not behave. Again, remember, this is about Ron Paul, and only Ron Paul.
With any luck, the Ron Paul fever will catch fire on campuses as well as it has on the "interwebs." We only need to grab a couple of them, then they can take off with it from here.
Please post a list of the colleges you are covering so we will not have overlap and work being done twice. Post it on this thread, so others can search to see if a particular campus is already handled.
If you can't get a table and are just handing out material, pick your favs, or make a little booklet. It is a lot of info, but they may look at it. You can try fliers too, but I like the articles better. They may not be willing to read them, but those that do, it will really grab them. Or have a few folks each handing out different things.
But please stick to the suggested materials for marketing reasons they are the best of the best.
update:
We had our first booklet handout thing today and had no problem today without a table. In fact, the table people were not getting any visitors, so we were better off without them.
Also, just found out today - fliers do not work at all. They end up on the floor. But when we copied the article and stapled them, not one hit the ground. Also, we got 0 signups for voter registration, so those aren't as important as I thought. But we didn't have a table so that might be the difference.
P.S. We brought 500 booklets with us today and had 4 people handing things out. I wish we had had 5000 and 25 people all over campus helping out. But then our campus is huge and those 25 would never have bumped into each other.
Also, Make sure you put a cover page that has the webpage links and something that says Ron Paul for U.S. President and then pick a few catchy phrases to catch their eye.
I couldn't believe how many people asked me running for president of what? I totally forgot about student body president and things like that.
Also, add a back page with voter reg. info and links.
The less professional they were the more they were willing to take them. I couldn't pay people to take the pretty ones with his pic on them that the RP library made up for us. But as long as it was just a word document in black and white, they were ok with taking it.
They hate being sold, but they don't mind info.
Just what I learned.
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