The Green Candidates Resource Center is a cooperative formed by some of the most experienced political workers in the Green Party specifically to help Green candidates run better races and win more often. Candidates in other parties have access to not only more money, but more intellectual resources than Green candidates. We want to level that playing field, give Green candidates the opportunity to get the right data base program for their campaign strategy, instead of getting turned down by the Democratic party data base company, get the best advice on postioning themselves for victory, or the right trainer to work with their campaign team on Get Out The Vote.

The following is a partial list of the services the current members of the cooperative offer. If you do not see what you are looking for, we may offer it, or know who you can turn to for that work. To access any of these services call Greg Gerritt at 401-331-0529 or email him at gerritt@mindspring.com

Green Candidates Resource Center Services

The GCRC provides services to Green candidates and potential candidates from the first glimmering of the idea to run, to putting together a staff once elected.

Services offered begin with a candidate or a state party seeking a first consultation about whether or not to run, about what it takes to run well, what it takes to put together a campaign. We can help people take that first step or help them develop the process for making a decision.

Once the decision is made to run members of the Candidates Resources cooperative can provide whatever other services you need from hiring a staff to setting up a data base, creating a web and social marketing presence, training petitioners, setting up a policy writing team, improving your public speaking, and get out the vote. For the most part members of the cooperative are firmly rooted in work in their own community and would do this on a remote or short term basis, with an emphasis on helping candidates tap into local expertise whenever possible, providing the most of those services that we can do from home with no drop off in quality or with a short trip.

A partial list of services includes:

The initial decision
An assessment of resources available and needed
An assessment of the race
Putting together a campaign team and other human resources
Hiring a campaign manager
Starting a fundraising program
writing fundraising letters
developing a fiscal management system including managing campaign finance reporting systems

web design
web application hosting
social networking
email newsletters
graphic design (posters, hand bills, flyers, etc)
voter list management
virtual phone bank
automated voice message delivery
message refinement
overall platform
selection of three key points
general policy writing and the development of a policy writing team and process
in depth information and analysis on key policy areas including the economy
Development of a media team
regular press releases
arranging media interviews
Helping candidates improve their deliver of their message in public and in the media

Organizing Petitioning and petition drives
Training petitioners and door to door campaigners
Knocking on doors
Volunteer management
Get out the vote and integrating GOTV into the whole campaign

Trouble shooting when things go wrong
Facilitation of campaign meetings and conference calls.
Advice, assurance, and a place to vent during the long struggle of a campaign season.
The 10 minute pep talk .

Is It Expensive?

Services are remarkably inexpensive, in keeping with our understanding that we have to really provide value to your campaign, help your campaign become much more effective and raise more money or you will not be able to afford our services. Nearly all of what we can do for you will be accessible by phone or internet, thereby saving lots of money, and reducing our carbon footprint. Often a 15 minute phone call is all it will take to solve a particualr problem. A hiring a campaign team package, with all of the needed services would be a 5 to 15 hour job most of the time, spread out over several weeks.

Writing is a remarkably quick job. 2 or 3 hours for a fundraising letter would be a big back and forth deal. Brochure drafts in an hour or two. Questionnaires in two hours. Managing the editing process can all be done with a few judicious emails if a good local team is developed. Data base programs can used off the shelf with a minimum of training, or can be developed for your particular needs.