Delaware: First State for Energy Independence

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Comment by Mark Eskridge on July 18, 2008 at 7:53pm

Count me in. My three young children will face the future with confidence, not terror at a tidal wave of debt and government mismanagemeny.

Comment by John on July 16, 2008 at 6:27pm

I know most people want to know what can we do right now.
Well, if you have written your emails and letters, then you can begin focusing on the organization of the local group. This can be done with the following steps:
1) Everyone should enlist at least 2 friends or family members in Delaware to join this group. The more the better.
2) Recruit volunteers to identify and document the mail, email, and phone numbers of all the mayors, city council, county council, state representatives, state senators, U.S. Congresspersons, and U.S. Senators.
3) Recruit volunteers to draft letters of communication templates to use in email and snail mail campaigns that will enlist others to join the group as well as template to use when communicating to the our elected representatives.
4) Recruit volunteers to initiate a FaceBook campaign by enlisting young people who use this medium to create a viral grassroots effort.
5) Recruit volunteers to identify groups such as Quality Forward, college activist groups that would be willing to enlist the support of others within their organizations to join this effort.
6) Recruit volunteers (at least 2- primary and backup) to act as Secretary and develop and organization chart, manage this charter as it grows and becomes for focused.
7) Recruit volunteers (At least 2 - primary and backup) to act as Communications director to manage communication within the group and external to the group (such as campaigns to contact representatives).
8) Recruit volunteers with skills in search engine optimization (SEO) to drive web search engine traffic to the Pickens’ website.
9) Develop a charter for this group - its purpose, goals, objectives, success criteria.
10) Develop a plan to implement the charter.
11) Communicate with the national campaign to align local objectives with national strategic objectives.
12) Identify key person to operate as group leaders (at least 3 persons) so that consistent momentum can be achieved and fostered.
13) Identify other roles to be performed and recruit volunteers to perform those roles.

As you can see, this is meant to organize and grow the Delaware group while focusing on the mission of the national group.

-- John

Comment by John on July 15, 2008 at 6:24pm

This is the week that we need to flood our representatives with emails, phone calls and letters. Here is a list of some contacts:
Governor Minner -- gminner@state.de.us 302-739-4101
Sen. Joseph Biden -- senator@biden.senate.gov 202-224-0139
Sen. Tom Carper -- http://carper.senate.gov/contact/ 202-224-2441 (4 phone numbers and addresses at bottom of contact page)
Rep. Mike Castle -- delaware@mail.house.gov 202-225-2291
Go Get 'Em!!!

Comment by Jim Brooks on July 15, 2008 at 1:58pm

Hi all, thank you John for inviting me into this group, I will talk to friends and neighbors to spread the word about the group and PickensPlan. Time for a change.

Comment by Bernard Hyman on July 15, 2008 at 10:57am

Bernard Hyman is interested in joining this effort here in Delaware.

Bernard Hyman
bernardhyman@yahoo.com

Comment by John on July 14, 2008 at 4:34pm

As far as an event, I have not attempted to get anything together yet. We only had 4 members till today, and one is my wife. So it seemed a bit premature. SO, invite your friends and build numbers so we can get organized locally. I currently troll the new members inviting each one to join this forum to build numbers, but need your help getting more locals involved.
Thanks,
John

Comment by John on July 14, 2008 at 4:29pm

Linda, the stimulus ranges per state. To my knowledge, and I may be wrong, the feds only give you a tax break for installation, something like $500 tax credit taken off the ammount you made. Delaware gives 50% of the cost, but is unclear on a cap. Its a little scarry looking at something $20k and hoping they pay half.

Comment by kevin on July 14, 2008 at 1:48pm

hey john, are there any upcoming events planned for your group?

Comment by Linda L. Mikelj on July 14, 2008 at 7:18am

Doesn't the Federal government have a plan to help with the cost of a homeowner wanting to add solar panels to their home?

Comment by John on July 12, 2008 at 8:14pm

This Delaware group should focus on local issues and how we can come together to improve our state while supporting the plan.

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