Hello from the new Communications Director
Hi Everyone-
I wanted to let you know that I have taken over as Communications Director here at the Party. Thanks to Jane Lane for all her hard work! Before heading over here, I was a reporter at the State House News Service covering the scene on Beacon Hill. Now that I'm on this side of things, one of my first tasks will be to keep this blog updated. It may take a while to get on a set schedule, but stay tuned for more frequent updates from the Party. And please keep supporting your local Dems!
Cyndi
posted by Shawn Hartman @ 3:35 PM
12 comments
12 Comments:
Hi Cyndi,
Welcome to your new job. I hope that the blog will be a vibrant part of the communications program.
Aldon Hynes
(Professional Blogger for the DeStefano campaign in Connecticut, as well as a blogger who received credentials from your predecessor as well as from the National party to cover the 2004 Democratic National Convention in Boston)
Good luck! I have to say, from what I've seen so far, I'm impressed.
If I may make a suggestion, though, regarding the blog. I would reccomend putting things from the MassDems home page, like the open letter you wrote to Governor Romney or an announcement that the new Ani-Mitt is ready, in the blog also as entries. This requires little to no extra work on your part (the content is already being produced) but it has the added advantage of going out to everyone who has subscribed to your XML feed. That would mean that these messages would go out to more people than just those who happen to go to massdems.org at the time the messages appear. Instead, they would go out to everybody as soon as you post them and remain in a place where Google searches can find them.
good thought, sco. This blog has potential, just want to see more of it.
Welcome, Cyndi. Looking forward to seeing this site become an active part of our local blogosphere.
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Cyndi,
I wish you the best of luck in your new position.
There is something seriously wrong with the MA Democratic Party. I hope this Blog will be a tool to help the State committee understand that it is alienating more people then it is attracting. Please ask provocative questions about how we can improve the state Democratic Party from the bottom up. Do not let this Blog become a tired pro-Dem bulletin board where everything will be all right if we can elect a Dem to the corner office.
South Coast Dem
I greatly appreciate your input. As some new to this game, maybe you could share with me some of the concerns you have with the state party and how you think those issues should be addressed. I would like to post them and maybe see if we can get some dialogue going.
I am in a county with four cities. The mayor of one city controls the entire Democratic infrastructure. He did not even hold caucuses for last year’s convention in Lowell. I spoke to people who are politically active and Democrats at heart that tried to locate a caucus in this city and were unable to. My understanding is a caucus has to be announced to the public. One person told me they called the state committee to say if there was a caucus in their city ward it was not publicized. They said the state committee person they spoke with was very nice, but said, “The rules say the caucus announcements can be posted anywhere and there does not have to be a record” Assuming this is accurate even though a local newspaper will post it for free and keep a record they were told according to the rules you could post it on a super market bulletin board, but no verification that it was publized is needed. I think there should be a way to verify a caucus was announced to the public in case there is a question whether it actually was.
Thank you for clarifying the caucus announcement question. The example I gave involved a city and I know they did not announce their caucuses. Along with delegate lists is it possible each city; ward & DTC could send confirmation of a newspaper posting announcing their caucus? I have had to post community announcements many times and it involves very little time and follow-up. I do believe most areas do publicize caucus, but if the State Committee even gets wind of an area not announcing a caucus they should take strong disciplinary actions. This is one example of what I meant by alienating people from the State Party.
A Blog can be an amazing way to communicate and exchange ideas. However you have to throw some serious questions out there and then let people know you are there. I have scanned your Blog daily and there is very little activity. My local college is loaded with young Dems, but there is no college Democratic Party. However there is a 75 student strong Republican Party. If the MA Republican Party had a Blog do you think these college Republicans would be posting on it? Another friend of mine tried to start a college Democratic Party and received hate e-mails. Mean while his college Republican Party is 50 students strong. Both these colleges are in MA. Is something wrong here? A Blog is a fantastic way to reach into a new generation of Democrats. It can catch on very fast once the word gets out.
Will thise site being posting the locations and times of the staewide caucuses
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