TeaParty07.com - Dec 16th Money Bomb - Ron Paul Tea Party

[LFOD]

My vote is for teaparty07.com

If other sites with other names do pop up, I think that's okay - it's the fundraising total for that day that's going to make the impact.

The Boston Tea Party connection is brilliant - it's "revolutionary", pure American, it ties in with taxation - and don't forget complaints against "King George"! Perhaps we could make a list of compaints we have against our "king"....

I'm in agreement with others who have said we need $10M in one day. BOOM. Let's get it done. That's the day we go all in, or someone calls our bluff.

 

[justinc.1089]

Well trevor and those people need to work together really, then they would do that much better of a job.

As for slogan/s, I think this would be of use too:

The 2nd LiberTea Party

The second one here could be used some in videos or on the site perhaps.

Throwing Out Tea Lit the American Revolution
Remembering LiberTea Lit the Ron Paul Re[evol]ution

I just think its to the point about the Boston Tea Party and connects to Ron Paul at the same time you know?

And we can always use the default remember, remember, the 16th of December as well.

If we go with a new link, I say Tea16.com. But I'm for just sticking with what we have because I think its good, not great, but still good.

 

[greves]

New subforum: http://www.ronpaulforums.com/forumdisplay.php?f=191

 

[Copperhed51]

I personally think we're good with TeaParty07.com and ThisDecember16th.com. The latter can redirect to TeaParty07.com. Is Trevor around and has he weighed in on this? Can anybody begin designing a good background for the website. The current one is kinda sketchy. the Nov 5th one was great. Maybe a new thread for an official design?

 

[JustAnotherV]

Dec.15 - Bill of Rights Day

I say we rally on December 15th and donate on December 16th.

Actually, I think this is a good idea. This last time was done largely on internet only. What if we used the 15th/Bill of rights Day for rallies across the country. This could get all meetup group members informed and also maybe pull in some new/extra people that day. Then we all go home and turn to donating after getting psyched up and promoting it.

It has the potential for:

1 - a more mobilized base
2 - a bigger audience overall
3 - possible preliminary media coverage if the rallies are noticeable enough

All of that = more money,. more coverage, and more illustration of real, live assembled people.


Does anyone agree? A lot of people?

 

[justinc.1089]

Rallying and things like that the day before are fine, probably even a good idea, but we have to make sure we absolutely stick to one day donating because that gets the media attention.

I'll give you one better than that too though! This time, the day before we need to start mass emailing, calling, whatever the media so that they know what is about to happen. Who knows, we might get someone like Wolf Blitzer the evening before it begins say something like "Ron Paul's campaign is expecting yet another day like the 5th of November when they broke records."

Any problems with that idea?

 

[Paulite5112007]

I agree - I think a nice Saturday rally that encourages outdoor involvement and local community gatherings that will attract people who have not seen RPs message is a great idea. The trick will be getting them to donate the following day.

 

[random]

The Boston Tea Party connection is brilliant - it's "revolutionary", pure American, it ties in with taxation - and don't forget complaints against "King George"! Perhaps we could make a list of compaints we have against our "king"....

Excellent I second this, and also teaparty07.com

 

[dj191]

How about some play on word with the 16th and the unproper ratification of the16th amendment?

Repealthe16th.com or something like that...See what you can come up with

 

[ProximoAZ]

I think the idea of adding the pledge amount and keeping a running total of pledges will be very useful. Should be a dropdown list in $25 increments up to 2300.

The media may even be watching and mention before hand what has been pledged.

We need to make sure emails go out the day before reminding people to donate

 

[dlb8685]

Sign Bomb

Let's also remember the sign bomb on December 15th to celebrate the Bill of Rights on one of the busiest shopping days of the year. A good sign bomb can add a few hundred thousand to the Tea Party total I'm sure.

 

[dlb8685]

Decentralized, grassroots rallies on December 15th

I'm going to post a second time after reading some of the other posts that have been here of late. First of all, it is imperative that people unite behind the December 16th date, and I'm strongly in favor of keeping the TeaParty name. For one it is a good description of the event, and also there is no point in creating a big fight amongst ourselves over such a minor issue.

Secondly, I support the idea that the December 15th, Bill of Rights rallies should be decentralized. Even if we get ten thousand or more supporters together in a big city like New York, it won't be more than a thirty-second blip on the local news. If we can take those ten thousand people, split them into groups of four, and get them to stand on 2,500 different street corners with Ron Paul signs and literature, we won't even need the news. Their very presence will be impossible for anyone to miss. I'd like to see people discussing this idea.

 

[hard@work]

TeaParty07.com is the best possible name outside of TeaParty.com

 

[Adam0980]

I'm going to post a second time after reading some of the other posts that have been here of late. First of all, it is imperative that people unite behind the December 16th date, and I'm strongly in favor of keeping the TeaParty name. For one it is a good description of the event, and also there is no point in creating a big fight amongst ourselves over such a minor issue.

Secondly, I support the idea that the December 15th, Bill of Rights rallies should be decentralized. Even if we get ten thousand or more supporters together in a big city like New York, it won't be more than a thirty-second blip on the local news. If we can take those ten thousand people, split them into groups of four, and get them to stand on 2,500 different street corners with Ron Paul signs and literature, we won't even need the news. Their very presence will be impossible for anyone to miss. I'd like to see people discussing this idea.

I totally am down for the type of rallying you are suggesting. We definitive want a decentralized, across the nation type of rally. Perfect!

 

[Shaun]

Guys,
Let's not overthink this, my job is CEO of an entertainment company and I'm a marketing CEO, let's get some baics in place here..
1) What is the target we want to hit? Answer; $10,000,000 in a SINGLE day.
2) How can we accomplish this with the least amount of risk and the maximum (98%+) possiblity of it working? Answer; HIRE the guys with the track record (Trevor and team) and LEAVE in place as many factors of success as you had last time....as an example, DON'T MESS WITH THE DONATION AMOUNT, LEAVE IT AT $100. It worked, perfectly, don't change, it's not important, neither is the domain.
3) So, what is important? Answer; a) Let Trevor set the policy, you all back him up, we don't have ANY margin of error here, if you guys get Ron his Ten Million, you get him the nomination. Think about that for a minute...let's pretend for a minute that we are all bankers and that we hate risk...b) Launch the site in the next week...c) Start getting $100 pledges and let everyone know that THIS DEC 16TH, (I like that domain by the way..) Ron will raise $10m, that it's a mathmatical certain event, IF everyone keeps to their pledge. Let the people who want to donate more donate more no problem....d) Let it start building...e) All you EGO's out there, drop it or drop out, do you want to be right or do you want to win?
Get it going guys...history is waiting for you.
By the way my company is www.Battlefieldsports.com or our latest venue in Florida at www.hardknocksorlando.com 241 venues, in 27 countries with 2,000,000 players so we are not without some experience in the business or marketing arena...
$10M is a certain event if there is a 30 day build. Also, we have done some analysis here in Hollywood today and we estimate RP will raise $24-27 million dollars by end of Q4. Likely more than Hillary. The massive knock on effect after you boys raise the $10,000,000 on Dec 16th will bring in another $5,000,000 in the last two weeks and you will already be at a minimum of $10,000,000 at the end of November. Ron is not just in the top tier he will also be the number one money man. In US politics it's all the money honey. Go get it....

 

[jmhelms]

My Two Cents

How does this slogan sound? "No Taxation With Ron Paul Representation". I have a Facebook Group organizing around the December 16th moneybomb and I will be placing links to both teaparty07.com and thisdecember16th.com. Check out the Facebook group 96 and counting since yesterday. I held a one day contest for art work check out the image.http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=6040948423

 

[jmhelms]

Additionally a user on the Facebook group proposed: "get a bunch of custom coffee cup sleeves printed through a place like this http://www.javajacket.com/products.php go to a public even where it is cold and pass out hot chocolate with ron paul sleeves"

It seems like a really innovative way to hit the "tea" issue by giving out hot chocolate instead of tea (I don't know if everyone would readily make the connection or not). Just thought I would submit this idea too.

 

[James R]

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[James R]

Shaun, you are basically saying lets do what we did last time. Well, the first thing that was done last time is that a highly controversial theme was suggested. So, what highly controversial theme do you have in mind that would cause me to have intense fear that we are going to get a media attack?

Trevor's idea seemed to be a success only because of the intense controversy over the date. But is that what he intended? Did he choose the date because it was controversial? Or, did he chose it because "dood that would be cool". In my mind, Trevor took a stupid risk. That is why I DON'T want him leading the next event.

PS - But as for the $100 pledge, I agree with that now we should keep it the same.

 

[wisconsinite]

I think Shaun has some good points. Keeping the $100 pledge keeps things simple and also ups the element of suspense of guessing how many will donate over and how many unpledged smaller donations will come in.
I probably would have only donated $50 if the Nov.5th drive didn't have the flat 100 pledge. I pledged when it was around 10,000 people because I wanted to help keep the momentum going. Before that I had planed on maybe just donating w/o pledging, but because I already pledged 100, I was motivated to keep my end of the deal. Does that make any sense?
Any argument about the day is meaningless at this point because this day is not controversial and already picked out. And actually the Tea Party day is better because of the symbolism that more people can relate too. With the added media exposure and increased build-up time, it could quite easily double the success of Nov 5th. We had 17,000 new donors, and at just above $100 average donation, there is great potential for repeat donors.