A Little Chequamegon Bay Newsletter (send news for Edition Two to Mary Rehwald by November 28. By our next Edition, we will have a larger readership.) An informal update from the Chequamegon Bay Committee to Recall Walker.
The number of signatures we have collected is looking strong. Over a thousand petitions had been turned in as of two days ago, and another 400 came in from Hayward yesterday (don't know if we get to count those in our 3500 goal, as they're from Sawyer County). And we've had two very, very busy days in the office! We need more volunteers. We are having fun. People come to volunteer and they stay longer than they intended, and then they sign up to come back.
Robert Arquette of Washburn is our Bayfield County Organizer. He is using his project management background to develop a systematic organizing strategy for communities in Bayfield Councy. Deb Lewis and Mary Rehwald (and hopefully Gail Syverud) are the Ashland County Organizers. We will be developing a list of the towns, cities and the village of Butternut to assess where the most voters are that are the best ones for us to reach (thanks for the list, Robert). We will be following Robert's guidelines on how to identify interested people and meet with them and have people choose different roles they want to play, and thereby become an independent team that accomplishes a lot and has fun doing it. If any of you know of some good people with energy to be on a team from anywhere up here, let Robert or Mary know. So... tiny town teams is starting to happen.
Some of our canvassers have developed their own personal preferences for where to gather the most names. Kathy Tenney is doing well in the Black Cat. Jim Oakley switches from the Post Office to Northland College, and elsewhere. Jo Bailey and her team have frequented the Post Office steps. Mary Rehwald has gone door-to-door. The Washburn and Bayfield groups took their petitions to the local dumps. Teachers organized a very successful rally at the Hotel Chequamegon with Bob Jauch and Janet Bewley in attendance. Bev Patterson set up a drive through on the Ashland Lakeshore, only to encounter heavy snow. Joe Groshek, Warren Kehn, Gail & Tom Syverud, and Mary Rehwald built, painted, and put up some great yard signs. The special event this week is the day after Thanksgiving: WE WILL OPEN AT 6 O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING ON BLACK FRIDAY, SO TELL ANY OF YOUR CRAZY FRIENDS WHO GET UP THAT EARLY. WE"LL HAVE COFFEE AND TREATS TOO! and then we'll be open until the usual 9:00 p.m.
We will be organizing door-to-door canvases in Washburn and Ashland. Colleen Geisen is the lead coordinator of a door-to-door canvas blitz in Washburn on Sat. a.m., Dec. 3. Ashland is the focus for a door-to-door blitz the following weekend on Dec. 10 and 11. WE ARE ASKING OUR VOLUNTEERS TO TAKE PART. Please call our office to sign up. 1-817-8567. You can cover a neighborhood with a buddy. We will announce the times for these events and the places to meet. We are also seeking people to seek signatures in front of the Post Offices. So think about how many times you want to join the events we have planned.
ONE THING WE'VE LEARNED! WE'VE GOT THESE BIG BUTTONS NOW IN THE OFFICE THAT SAY "RECALL WALKER: ASK ME HOW", AND WE'VE LEARNED THAT ALL YOU HAVE TO DO TO HAVE PEOPLE WALK OVER TO YOU AND ASK TO SIGN IS TO WALK SLOWLY THROUGH PLACES WHERE PEOPLE ARE - THEY READ THE BUTTON, THEY SEE THE CLIPBOARD AND PENCIL, THEY IMMEDIATELY GET WHAT'S GOING ON, AND THEY ASK, AND THEY SIGN. Restaurants, hospitals, doctors' offices (the nurses are most eager to sign). Stop in the office and get your big button and check out some new petitions....
Hopefully Kaeleen will give us a new update on how many signatures we've gotten the day before Thanksgiving. Please do not hold on to your petitions over the holidays, unless you've indicated otherwise when you signed them out. Remember to turn them in today.
Breaking News! Yes, it is perfectly legal to take your petitions inside public buildings and have people sign petitions. Mary checked with Ashland City Hall, and they confirmed the constitutionality of our being able to be inside public buildings as part of the recall effort. This means County Courthouses, Public Libraries, Public Works, and on down the line should allow us to stand inside and gather names. This doesn't mean going around to offices where people work, but people can come up to you. Check with Jo Groshek about what's allowed in Public Schools. If you wear the square paper badge around your neck, the legal permission for this is written on the back.
Fact! 14,000 Ashland and Bayfield County voters voted in the 2008 Obama election - 68% voted Democrat. Those numbers dropped about 24% in 2010.
And finally, new circulators can be trained at the Office during our regular hours, 9 to 9 (M-F) and 9-6 (Sat/Sun).
This editor just turned into a pumpkin so thus ends this news blast. Thank you everyone for all that you have done. We might be the most self-generating organizers in the history of the Chequamegon Bay. Less than 7 days have gone by since we burst out of the starting gate to find signatures. Look what we've done in one week. We are also doing this without all the tools we need in place But our grassroots cooperation with each other and respectfulness forthe people we are asking to sign underscores a healthy and energizing campaign.. We need more contributions. We need a good internet connection at the office. And we always need more volunteers! - Mary Rehwald
P.S. I apologize for not sending this to all of our volunteers. We don't have all of your emails yet.
The number of signatures we have collected is looking strong. Over a thousand petitions had been turned in as of two days ago, and another 400 came in from Hayward yesterday (don't know if we get to count those in our 3500 goal, as they're from Sawyer County). And we've had two very, very busy days in the office! We need more volunteers. We are having fun. People come to volunteer and they stay longer than they intended, and then they sign up to come back.
Robert Arquette of Washburn is our Bayfield County Organizer. He is using his project management background to develop a systematic organizing strategy for communities in Bayfield Councy. Deb Lewis and Mary Rehwald (and hopefully Gail Syverud) are the Ashland County Organizers. We will be developing a list of the towns, cities and the village of Butternut to assess where the most voters are that are the best ones for us to reach (thanks for the list, Robert). We will be following Robert's guidelines on how to identify interested people and meet with them and have people choose different roles they want to play, and thereby become an independent team that accomplishes a lot and has fun doing it. If any of you know of some good people with energy to be on a team from anywhere up here, let Robert or Mary know. So... tiny town teams is starting to happen.
Some of our canvassers have developed their own personal preferences for where to gather the most names. Kathy Tenney is doing well in the Black Cat. Jim Oakley switches from the Post Office to Northland College, and elsewhere. Jo Bailey and her team have frequented the Post Office steps. Mary Rehwald has gone door-to-door. The Washburn and Bayfield groups took their petitions to the local dumps. Teachers organized a very successful rally at the Hotel Chequamegon with Bob Jauch and Janet Bewley in attendance. Bev Patterson set up a drive through on the Ashland Lakeshore, only to encounter heavy snow. Joe Groshek, Warren Kehn, Gail & Tom Syverud, and Mary Rehwald built, painted, and put up some great yard signs. The special event this week is the day after Thanksgiving: WE WILL OPEN AT 6 O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING ON BLACK FRIDAY, SO TELL ANY OF YOUR CRAZY FRIENDS WHO GET UP THAT EARLY. WE"LL HAVE COFFEE AND TREATS TOO! and then we'll be open until the usual 9:00 p.m.
We will be organizing door-to-door canvases in Washburn and Ashland. Colleen Geisen is the lead coordinator of a door-to-door canvas blitz in Washburn on Sat. a.m., Dec. 3. Ashland is the focus for a door-to-door blitz the following weekend on Dec. 10 and 11. WE ARE ASKING OUR VOLUNTEERS TO TAKE PART. Please call our office to sign up. 1-817-8567. You can cover a neighborhood with a buddy. We will announce the times for these events and the places to meet. We are also seeking people to seek signatures in front of the Post Offices. So think about how many times you want to join the events we have planned.
ONE THING WE'VE LEARNED! WE'VE GOT THESE BIG BUTTONS NOW IN THE OFFICE THAT SAY "RECALL WALKER: ASK ME HOW", AND WE'VE LEARNED THAT ALL YOU HAVE TO DO TO HAVE PEOPLE WALK OVER TO YOU AND ASK TO SIGN IS TO WALK SLOWLY THROUGH PLACES WHERE PEOPLE ARE - THEY READ THE BUTTON, THEY SEE THE CLIPBOARD AND PENCIL, THEY IMMEDIATELY GET WHAT'S GOING ON, AND THEY ASK, AND THEY SIGN. Restaurants, hospitals, doctors' offices (the nurses are most eager to sign). Stop in the office and get your big button and check out some new petitions....
Hopefully Kaeleen will give us a new update on how many signatures we've gotten the day before Thanksgiving. Please do not hold on to your petitions over the holidays, unless you've indicated otherwise when you signed them out. Remember to turn them in today.
Breaking News! Yes, it is perfectly legal to take your petitions inside public buildings and have people sign petitions. Mary checked with Ashland City Hall, and they confirmed the constitutionality of our being able to be inside public buildings as part of the recall effort. This means County Courthouses, Public Libraries, Public Works, and on down the line should allow us to stand inside and gather names. This doesn't mean going around to offices where people work, but people can come up to you. Check with Jo Groshek about what's allowed in Public Schools. If you wear the square paper badge around your neck, the legal permission for this is written on the back.
Fact! 14,000 Ashland and Bayfield County voters voted in the 2008 Obama election - 68% voted Democrat. Those numbers dropped about 24% in 2010.
And finally, new circulators can be trained at the Office during our regular hours, 9 to 9 (M-F) and 9-6 (Sat/Sun).
This editor just turned into a pumpkin so thus ends this news blast. Thank you everyone for all that you have done. We might be the most self-generating organizers in the history of the Chequamegon Bay. Less than 7 days have gone by since we burst out of the starting gate to find signatures. Look what we've done in one week. We are also doing this without all the tools we need in place But our grassroots cooperation with each other and respectfulness forthe people we are asking to sign underscores a healthy and energizing campaign.. We need more contributions. We need a good internet connection at the office. And we always need more volunteers! - Mary Rehwald
P.S. I apologize for not sending this to all of our volunteers. We don't have all of your emails yet.
