DFIA needs YOU!
I know. I know. I can hear what youre thinking. Linda, really. Blog for Iowa has been up for ONE AND A HALF DAYS! I want to DO something. Im chomping at the bit. What can I do to help?
Well, I have just the thing for you.
Below you will find:
Spread The Word About Blog For Iowa
Volunteer To Be A Meet Up Host
Volunteer To Be A DFIA County Coordinator
SPREAD THE WORD ABOUT BLOG FOR IOWA
1) Please email all your Dean-supporting friends in Iowa and let them know WE ARE HERE! Right now, we need to get the word out so our people can find us.
2) Also, Ms. Chris Butts, a hardworking Dean supporter from Des Moines whom I had the privilege of speaking with prior to the Caucus regarding Kids4Dean, has suggested we reach out to the university Dean groups. Great idear! And I might add, why not the high school Dean groups, too? If you know any student Dean groups, please contact them and direct them to Blog for Iowa. Below, you will find a little email note that you can copy and paste:
BLOG FOR IOWA has launched! Blog for Iowa is the official weblog of Democracy for Iowa, the Iowa state chapter of Gov. Howard Dean's political action organization, Democracy for America.
Please visit Blog for Iowa regularly. This is how we will connect with people throughout the state as we set up the structure of Democracy for Iowa.
Also, all student Dean groups will be allowed to have their own Blog for Iowa page free of charge through which to organize. If you like, we can make your page a Restricted page so only you and your members can see it.
In order to post comments on the Blog for Iowa, you need to first create a reader account, and then log in. Your username must be one word. We will not harvest your information from your blog log in. However, we would like you to give us complete contact information by joining Democracy for Iowa. You can do that from the main blog page.
Go Dean! Go Iowa!
Please pass this notice along to every Iowa Dean supporter you know!
Thank you,
Linda Thieman, Blogmaster, Blog for Iowa
VOLUNTEER TO BE A MEET UP HOST
It looks like we have found a DFIA Meet Up Coordinator, someone who has been an active and dedicated Meet Up host. Also, it looks like starting in May, Iowa Meet Ups will meet on the first THURSDAY after the first Wednesday of the month because so many people who would like to participate in Meet Up have conflicts on Wednesday nights. (This will not be reflected on the Meet Up site.)
We need Meet Up hosts all over the state. I know in my corner of Iowa, where as my late father used to say, You can fit all the Democrats in B.V. county into a phone booth, we are sorely lacking in Meet Ups. Lets DO something about that.
If you would like to be a Meet Up host in your town, send our Meet Up Coordinator an email. (Her name is Karene 'kid' Nagel.) Please write Meet Up Host in the subject line. If you are already a Meet Up host or have been one and plan to again, please write 'kid', too. We have no record of who has hosted Meet Ups.
VOLUNTEER TO BE A DFIA COUNTY COORDINATOR
It seems reasonable that DFIA will organize itself by county. Therefore, we will need to have a County Coordinator for each county. The DFIA CC will organize locally, connect with other DFIA members, reach out to other Iowans, register voters, help us find people to run for office, keep an eye out for progressive candidates – in other words, its a huge job.
DFIA will set up a training session at a central Iowa location with 21st Century Democrats for our County Coordinators to attend. These training sessions will take place in late summer or early fall (probably) and will be required for County Coordinators. All other DFIA members are welcome to attend.
If you are interested in being a County Coordinator, please send in a brief resume, a synopsis of your Dean experience, any other field work/campaign experience you have, and the names and phone numbers of 4 Dean supporters in your county (as references).
In the Subject Line, please type the name of your county. Send your application to the County Coordinators email address (click).
Thank you.
Blog For Iowa 
Hello everyone. Well I am back from by travels and am recharged and ready to jump in and help.
First, would the blogmaster please correct the link to the Iowa Congressional District Map. It is an old map and does not reflect the current Districts in Iowa.
Second, I am very willing to grab onto Cerro Gordo County and the 4th District, however, depending on the date I may not be able to attend a June meeting. I already have some committments for several weekends in June. Can someone tell me the date?
Do we now have someplace a list of all Dean delegates for each County?
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Glad to have you back, Darrell!
Check the map again. The first link I put was incorrect but I changed it a few minutes later once I realized those were the old districts.
No dates have been set yet for the training sessions. And no lists of Dean Delegates yet exist–not in our hands, anyway. We've got a big job ahead of us.
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