For the next 30 hours we challenge our supporters to a get the volunteers rolling in—WE NEED 30 VOLUNTEERS in 30 hours to sign up for a volunteer shift! Last week was a great pledge drive—this week let’s have a great volunteer drive!

Sign up NOW in one of three ways:
1. Post a comment on this Facebook Note pledging to volunteer.
2. E-mail info@mcginnformayor.com
3. Call Derek Farmer (a.k.a. volunteer organizer extraordinaire) at 206.303-8297

We must get our message out to the primary voters of Seattle before the ballots drop on July 29th. Here’s what we mean by a volunteer shift — 2-3 hours in the evening to help us contact voters, help at a weekend event, or just come by HQ to help out. We’ll work with you to choose the best option for you. At our voter contact evenings we’ve had an amazing response rate from voters, eaten lots of great food, and enjoyed the thrill of a grassroots campaign.

To sweeten the deal we will give a limited edition “McGinness” t-shirt to anyone who can out-call our super volunteer Jack or can fill 5 volunteer shifts either personally or with friends/ family.

Here’s what we have in store for our volunteers:

Every night has delicious beverages, snacks, and guaranteed entertainment. We have a few upcoming events—tonight and next Wednesday (7/15) candidate McGinn will join us at Campaign Headquarters and his wife will have home-cooked meals. Each Thursday we have themed food nights—upcoming Mexican night this Thursday and German night on 7/16. More to come…

If you believe we need new brand of politics to build the Seattle we believe in, the time is now.

So add your name to the Volunteer Drive.

Cheers,

McGinn for Mayor Campaign

A municipal fiber-optic network would “address poverty, the digital divide, environmental sustainability, the need for civic engagement, education, and many other concerns,” said Reclaim the Media’s executive director, Jonathan Lawson, in a Seattle PostGlobe report yesterday. Michael McGinn similarly views a municipal fiber-optic network as an opportunity to boost the economy and create jobs, to close the digital divide, and to give consumers a better deal. Reclaim the Media, a Seattle nonprofit organization, is urging the City of Seattle to build a municipal fiber-optic network within six years, the PostGlobe reported, and McGinn has promised to build such a network when elected mayor.

Federal stimulus funds could partly finance a municipal fiber-optic network, Reclaim the Media noted, because the federal American Recovery and Renewal Act Initial allocated $7.2 billion for local governments to build modern Internet broadband infrastructure. continue reading »

The campaign is cruising. We had an incredibly successful pledge drive this week, receiving 42 donations in a single day and nearly $4,000.00 in deposits. Great work everyone!  Moving forward, we need more volunteers to contact voters. continue reading »