Strategies & Petition Drive---1000 signatures

Subject: petition drive

1. Inundate the Board members with emails, letters, phone calls and FAXes. Some Board members are not reading their emails but the suggestion is : start with emails to keep track of who is reading them and who isn't. Then send the same letter as a FAX or in regular mail. Send it individually to each Board member. -It is OK to send the email from your First Class account as long as you don't do it during the work day and don't mind if they know who sent it. Keep the emails professional so we don't make the Board defensive.
The goal is 1,000 signatures. That is really very doable. This isn't for an election so it can be signed by anyone who lives, works or goes to school in the Sweetwater District. Remember not to pass the petition during school hours, and do not use any undue pressure to get anyone, especially students, to sign it. Each person should only sign one petition.- Again - act quickly. When you have completed petition pages contact organizers. Several people have volunteered to drive around and pick them up.
3. Publicity - The media will be contacted and with efforts to get them interested. Letters to the editor are also good. Any of you who are knowledgeable with technology could pass the word through blogs, myspace, or anything else you can think of.
Again - thank you all for your help and support. WE CAN DO THIS!