I clarified- existing members are our “most immediate focus”. If we don’t engage, we could lose them for good if their memberships lapse when it comes up at some point this term.
I agree. Do we have anyone watching/skimming over legislation bills before they are passed looking for a concern? It seems like we are waiting for the media to do an analysis for us and then pick up from that. Perhaps we should find some new volunteers to do this, to beat the media and pick up things that the media may miss before it’s too late. I call it “Legislation Watch”. Don’t forget State laws too.
I am on the Attorney General’s mailing list, and he loves to toot his own horn a lot. I found this slipped passed in the name of terrorism.
I’d just point out that many Pirates are profusely dissatisfied with The Greens in one way or another and is why they chose us over the biggest left-leaning party, so keep that in mind that we don’t want to become too much like them. They have some great policy (Mostly thanks to Scott Ludlam, who I think is secretly a Pirate) but a lot of it is not so much.
I think that a lot of their success is because it’s an easy outlet for a left leaning person to express their views in front of a lot of people when they want to be heard, with more focus on being heard even if they don’t understand or have a balanced view on the actual topic…they are a “catch all” for all left views no matter how extreme… While we are balanced against our core principles.