Oct 16, 2007

SA -- on the hustings webside

by Dave Riley
In a new initiative for an election campaign here in Australia we've been trying to utilize the web as a major campaign resource to organise. Now that the election date has been announced the wherewithall is beginning to come together.

While you need to go here to join the relevance of our fiddling begins to now kick in. So lets' see how it performs. No secrets. Open campaigning. Suggestions to how to campaign better are encouraged and would be much appreciated.



Announcements
News about the Socialist Alliance election campaign





Candidates' speeches
Candidate speeches, including notes for speeches




General Campaign Discussion
Reports, ideas and suggestions on how to improve the Socialist Alliance election campaign





Working the mainstream media
Writing and circulating media releases. Ideas for media releases. Share your media work know-how and showcase your samples.





Policy issues
Links to wiki sites and email groups hosting discussion about and drafts of Socialist Alliance policy




Using the Web
Making the best of our range of web resources. How to improve our web pages , wikis, blogs and email communication.




Resources & Downloads

Graphics and logos
Share useful graphics and layout materials.




Photographs
Share and upload candidate and campaign in action photographs.




Leaflets and Petitions
Local and national leaflets and flyers in pdf and Word format.




Background material for candidates
Reports and other resources on campaign issues




Media releases
Our media releases (also available from our main web site www.socialist-alliance.org)




Other, including Powerpoint presentations
Includes darfts of letters seeking support, fund raising ideas as well as reference material.