Actions you can take:

This post is mostly for U.S. citizens. It is about positive action a citizen can take.

If you are not an American citizen, this little post could still spark an interesting thought or two.

Go to a political party meeting. You can sit in on local party meetings and consider it a learning experience for you. Look and listen. Listen and learn. Check online or at your local post office or library for a time and place.

Before you speak or even raise your hand at a meeting, Learn the party by-laws for that party. Sometimes state and national by-laws differ; even county by-laws differ. You could even reread a copy of Robert's Rules of Order. Then, with a very few friends you can politely and powerfully take control of a meeting or an entire local party. Party rules and by-laws can usually be found online. Read those rules and by laws and get to know. You don't want to embarrass yourself. If you do your reading you will probably know those rules and laws much better than most people in the room.

Start preparing to run for office next year. Yes, you. Run for School Board, City Council, County Treasurer, U.S. Senate, member of Congress, governor, Secretary of State, dogcatcher. Maybe dogcatcher is no longer an elective office in your county.

Run for office. All there is to it is to do it, still it is useful to do some learning or research, search along the way.

Make a tiny plan right now. Big actions are OK too.

"Rise up and do it." a good man has said. You could talk with a friend about it. However, it is often to begin taking steps for yourself first. Right now is good.

One year definitely run for precinct delegate. Every precinct in America elects delegates from each party. You may be selected to attend a national party convention to nominate the presidential candidate. Consider it a learning experience. Nomination my be a bigger deal than voting.

Good for you. The action is good for your circulation.

Let us know what you are doing. A little doing is great.

rcs

Positive Actions: Big actions are okay

Governance With RCS: Big Actions Are Good For Us

This post is mostly for U.S. citizens. It is about positive actions a citizen may take.

If you are not an American citizen, this post could spark an interesting thought or two. Or lead you to explore this blog.

Go to a political party meeting. You can sit in on local party meetings and consider doing so as a learning experience for you. Look and listen. Listen. Check online, at your local Post Office, or Library for a meeting time and place.

Before you speak or even raise your hand at a meeting, learn the county and state party party by-laws for that party. You could even read a copy of Robert's Rules of Order. Then with few friends you can politely and powerfully take control of a meeting or of an entire local party. Party rules and by-laws can be found online. Read those rules and by-laws and get to know them.

Before you can complete all of the above you may be asked to join a party. Parties are usually easy to join and to unjoin.

Start preparing to run for office next year. Yes you. Run for school board, city council, county treasurer, U.S. Senate, member of Congress, governor, Secretary of State, or dog catcher. Dog catcher may no longer be an elective office in your county.

Run for office. All there is to it is to do it. Still it is good to do some learning along the way.

Make a tiny plan right now.

Rise up and do it. You could talk to a friend about it. It is often best to begin taking steps for yourself right now.

One year, definitely do run for precinct delegate. Every precinct in America elects delegates from each party. You may be selected to attend a national party convention to nominate the presidential candidate. Consider it a learning experience. Nomination may be a bigger deal than voting.

Thank you for reading.

rcs