Notes from my Utah Call Team Special Conference Call
By Saintless. Filed in 2008 election, Barack Obama, Utah for Obama |
Tonight was a special “Utah Call Team Conference Call”, where Emily Murphy and Amy (didn’t catch her last name) gave a quick training of the neighbor to neighbor calling tool available for supporters of Senator Obama to help the campaign. Because Utah is helping drive the effort in Colorado, there were a few special guests on before that training began.
Ray Rivera, the campaign’s Colorado Director, introduced Roy Romer, former Colorado Governor. Roy talked about how we can win Colorado, but we have to reach everyone we can. Every call is critical. Sincere calls from out of state will be effective. He said: “We need you. It will be effective. There’s nothing more important you can do for the campaign.”
Ken Salazar came on and talked about how we can move the votes from 250 to 271 by winning in Colorado, and that win the election.
Amy Klobuchar, Senator from Minnesota, talked about being in Wisconsin with Barack, and is now in Colorado. She told a story about how she got stopped by State Trooper, thinking she’d be given a ticket, and have to “take one for the team”, and found out that it was just because the tags on her license plate were reversed, which was quite a relief to her. She said “You can make a difference, you taking the time out to make these calls WILL make the difference.”
Ray came on again, and said that to win, we need to get 2.5 million Colorado voters to the polls, and we need to reach them at least 2 times to make that happen.
Amy came back on and stressed that nothing is more important right now than reaching out to neighbors, and personalizing Barack’s message.
Emily then led the training, and the first thing she had to say is that if you can make it to Colorado for Get Out The Vote (GOTV), it will be fun.
Emily then walked us through Neighbor to Neighbor tool to show how it’s used. If you come to the Phone Banking set up for this Saturday or Sunday, we’ll be showing you how to use the web tool then, if you bring your laptop with you, or we can give you lists if you don’t have one.
Each state’s call script looks different, so if you switch states, make sure to read the script before you make the call. The web page is simple, and easy to use. You can even do it from home. Peak times are 6 to 9 PM, so if you can make calls during this time, please consider it. Even half an hour is great.
When looking at the script, you don’t need to read it word for word, if it doesn’t feel comfortable. However, each of the questions need to be answered, if possible, so try to make sure to fit them in when talking to the person you’re calling.
You don’t have to call every number you’re given. If you don’t get to the calls, they will go back into the queue.
It gets easier and easier as you use N2N. You’ll probably even start to love making the calls, and it definitely becomes more comfortable after you’ve started.
Amy came back on and asked us to invite friends, family and neighbors to our own house, and pointed out that there’s even a Host Guide available online.
Don’t let November 4 pass you by. Your involvement does matter. Just ask Al Gore.