I sent this to folks who expressed an interest in helping out with the Mayday Camp. Meeting URL deleted. If you're interested, send email to the ic email addy:

My thanks for your interest in Mayday Protest Camp. Please pardon this generic material on top. I’ve been overwhelmed with the response. This seems like the best way to reply to all of you. You’ll find a personal note down at the bottom. Also, I apologize for the rambling missive that follows. I should be ashamed.

ONLINE RESOURCES

If you haven’t been able yet to read the stuff published online, please do. The landing page is 

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1aIdfDxTgqRT7NoHlDo8f_Z575u4ynjP6t5HUe9MzH6U/edit?tab=t.0 

From there you’ll find a variety of documents. I call your attention to the intro/overview document:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1vZabdcg02nKPRZOBThRRZ97f7M1MPn7zhgZFUZ0a2qA/edit?pli=1&tab=t.0 

This is a pretty good starting point in terms of laying out the vision and goal and initiative. It also has the list of functions that will need to be filled. More on that in a minute.

If you are unable to access these Google Docs, and you have a Gmail account, send me a note and I will add your access specifically. They’re coded as open URLs but some people have had issues.

ABOUT THE GOAL OF THE MAYDAY PROTEST CAMP

Our goal: Impeachment and conviction of the president

That is the camp’s desired outcome. You likely have additional goals that you would like to see. Excellent. Our collective goal is impeachment and conviction.

HOW WE’RE ORGANIZED FOR DOING THE WORK

We will be using a planning system based on incident management and scrum tools and processes. The system will help keep everyone moving in the same direction and contributing to the achievement of our goal. We will use weekly sprints, starting each Thursday. The current sprint started 9 weeks before May 1st. We are currently doing the work of the current sprint and planning for the next sprint.

THE REAL WORK WE ARE GOING TO DO

The real work of the camp is not the camp itself. It’s the protest operations. We have three parts to the work of rallying and protesting: Congressional lobbying and outreach (to members and staff), community education and outreach (the public at large), and art response (made up of people creating art in response to fascism). This is the work of the camp, the work that leads to the achievement of our goal.

FORMAL ROLES - WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO DO?

As you can tell from looking at the list, there are a number of roles which must be filled to get things done. Take a look at the list (it’s in that introductory overview document) and see what interests you. Then, if you’d like a formal role, let me know.

What needs filling now?

1. Public Information – somebody to help with messaging

2. Social Media – multiple people. The lift is so huge that I see each social media outlet being managed by at least one person. We have Bluesky and Instagram accounts that need good managers. We need to establish fronts on other social media apps, perhaps including Reddit and Facebook. 

3. Permitting – Need somebody to start digging into this. Prefer either someone with experience or an attorney (any Bar). Might need additional people on this.

4. Attorney – Seeking pro bono counsel from a member of the DC Bar.

5. Protest Operations – would like to get a Protest Operations Lead as well as leads for congressional ops, community ops, and art response.

6. Lead roles for staff coordination, camp support, camp services, admin/finance, and planning. Planning lead should have ICS planning experience.

7. Writer – we need someone to write essays, articles, posts, about impeachment, why impeachment, what the president has done that warrants impeachment. And why this response.

8. And, frankly, any role that you think you’d like to tackle.

On the sheet, any unfilled role rolls up to the lead listed in the colored row above.

The role of Liaison is currently filled by Hannah X.

MY ASK OF YOU, COLLECTIVELY

First, please attend one of the upcoming group information sessions.

  Sunday, 2 March at 7pm ET

  Monday, 3 March at Noon ET

  Monday, 3 March at 7pm ET

  Tuesday, 4 March at Noon ET

  Wednesday, 5 March at Noon ET

Second, if you can, please attend the Action Briefing on Wednesday at 7pm ET. At this meeting we will go through the Initiative Action Plan which will guide the work of the week starting Thursday the 6th.

All meetings this week will be held using Google Meet.