How to Increase CGN Membership 10x (to 1/3 million) in 1 yr?

[wildhawker]

We need to approach this cautiously and strategically, especially right now.

The infrastructure to communicate with orgs/politicians/etc needs to be built.

Lots of great ideas in this thread - who can help create/execute?

dang you mean elves aren't going to come do the work for us in the middle of the night? rats. I was SO looking forward to a full night's sleep...

still, the pain they are ABOUT to feel for not having worked with us on this one is something we can use. "see what happens when we don't all pitch in? you thought this wasn't important enough for your action, well here's what it's going to cost. and here's what you need to do to start putting things right..."
megan

[mmartin]

We need to approach this cautiously and strategically, especially right now.

The infrastructure to communicate with orgs/politicians/etc needs to be built.

Lots of great ideas in this thread - who can help create/execute?

in. wasn't really planning on sleeping anyway.
what do you need?
megan

[mmartin]

We need to approach this cautiously and strategically, especially right now.

The infrastructure to communicate with orgs/politicians/etc needs to be built.

Lots of great ideas in this thread - who can help create/execute?

and check your pms... sent you my email... need a ph#.
megan

[steadyrock]

We need to approach this cautiously and strategically, especially right now.

The infrastructure to communicate with orgs/politicians/etc needs to be built.

Lots of great ideas in this thread - who can help create/execute?

You know I'm in. I can do both.

[1923mack]

Flyers are great, but if there is no content, then they are just a piece of paper. You have to get the horse before the cart. The web site is great, but as of today Calguns does not have much else. Starting local chapters is a good start. That and some other ideas discussed above and on other posts need to be implemented. Do not flood the FFL's and gun stores to soon. Get some good flyers with interesting information then send them out.

[jdberger]

Flyers are great, but if there is no content, then they are just a piece of paper. You have to get the horse before the cart. The web site is great, but as of today Calguns does not have much else. Starting local chapters is a good start. That and some other ideas discussed above and on other posts need to be implemented. Do not flood the FFL's and gun stores to soon. Get some good flyers with interesting information then send them out.

Oh - so you think that blank flyers are a bad idea?






Back to the drawing board, Brandon....dammmit!

[mmartin]

if you are interested in help getting the volunteer database in constantcontact, let me know. i can do that.
megan

[catnipper]

The fight is national, period. NRA and all of the small groups like CGF need to band together. We only have so many resourses and mine are going national.

[dantodd]

The thought was to create a "CA gun laws basics" (purchase, transport, AW basics etc) handout so they can use it to educate their newb customers.

Do we have any contact with John Machtinger? It would be really nice to have a short "How to Won a Gun and Stay Out of Jail" summary that would resonate with the FFLs as well as carry the weight of a well respected author. This could all be part of the bigger push for CGN/CGF to be the coalescing force for the 2A fight in CA. It would also be great to get him posting here.

[wildhawker]

The fight is national, period. NRA and all of the small groups like CGF need to band together. We only have so many resourses and mine are going national.

I'd like to hear your thoughts on this - care to elaborate?

[hamster]

Bumper sticker idea:
Gun control is being able to hit your target.
-calguns.net

[wash]

One thing I wonder about is that I never see anyone from SAF on here but they are at the top of a lot of good lawsuits. If I ever give to a national group, they would be one I would consider. If they stuck their hand out, I would probably give but I never see it, what's the story?

On the other hand, I feel confident that my money is being put to good use by CGF.

[artherd]

Great ideas all! Some of these are in the works already, (eg calendar is a distinct possibly, though the girls have threatened not to do it unless I pose for their own private collections... As long as it's artistic...) keep them coming.


* We are generally going to use CGN to promote CGF and not the other way around (for nonprofit reasons, this is a little cleaner.) trigger tag idea is great and is in motion.

* Working on a CGN store as we speak. Big things coming. Things I can't announce for about 1 more week...

* What we really need to do is start more effectively leveraging our extensive talent base. Kes Ivan WH and I just don't have enough hours in the day to do all of this stuff - and you want to help. Let's connect the dots!

[BigDogatPlay]

Whatever I can do for the group, I'm in. I've been trimming other commitments back anyway, so focusing on one "good" thing makes sense for me.

ETA: That does not include appearring in a thong in a calendar, however.

[wash]

* We are generally going to use CGN to promote CGF and not the other way around (for nonprofit reasons, this is a little cleaner.) trigger tag idea is great and is in motion.

Could you point me at the person doing the tags?

I have an idea but I would like to make sure it's not stepping on any toes.