Adopt a Meetup Project – 4/09/08 list

With our chances to win the nomination looking not so good, many Meetup organizers may decide that it's not worth another $78 to renew for another 6 months. For every one that drops out, we will loose, on average, 50 supporters. Every month, for the next six months roughly 250 Meetups will get that renewal notice. Some will renew - some will not. When a organizer fails to renew, Meetup sends out a notice to the remaining members offering them the position of organizer for 2 weeks, and if there are no bites - the Meetup goes away.

We need volunteer organizers to stem this tide. When an organizer gets a Meetup, you really get 3 for the price of one, and like the early seeder program, if you have less than 3, we would like you to adopt some of these Meetups that are going into oblivion - at least long enough to find a new organizer or direct members to other resources where they can stay in the loop till we find a more permanent solution.

We need volunteers to join these Meetups and work them - explaining to the members that while we still have a chance at the nomination, other goals are just as important. Things like changing the party platform and rules, having a good delegate showing to establish viability of our message and gain media attention. The transformation of our campaign into a long term movement and electing our candidates to Congress and other positions (we have around 50 ppl running for office - it's not just about Dr. Paul).

While we will be looking at different projects and sites to send people to in the future, we suggest you send supporters to the 2 main web sites: RonPaulForums.com and DailyPaul.com as well as the per-state forums on Facebook, MySpace and Yahoo for now - as a stop gap measure. Two other good sites are ronpaullive.com and ronpaulpublic.com. That way we will know where to find them and direct them further when we are more organized. Many of these supporters are not connected to the movement beyond Meetup and we need people where to go to stay involved - even if you do not adopt their Meetup temporarily or permanently. Please focus on the Meetups with the most members or local to you first.

If you are a Meetup organizer, two of the 3 organizer groups, representing over 1/4 of the organizers have merged via a bridge. If you don't belong to ONE of these, please join!

http://ronpaul.meetup.com/511/
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/RPMeetupOrganizers/

Please also join:

http://www.meetupalliance.com/RonPaul2008

This group is not currently bridged with the other 2, and is very limited in functionality, but is another way for organizers to communicate. Messages must be read on-line – there is no mailing list for this one.

If you want to be an organizer and are willing to cover the fees, look for an expiring Meetup close to you, join it and accept the organizer position - then join the network.

Remember, one person that does not want to pay the fees can cut off on average 50 supporters - some of which will be into the movement for the long term.

These are the Meetups in danger of going away in the next 2 weeks that need adoption or at least someone to join and encourage supporters to migrate to another nearby Meetup:

1   http://entrepreneur.meetup.com/1643/ (Real Estate / Mortgage / Financial Services Opportunities) => 0 days left!
    2   http://ronpaul.meetup.com/1003/ (Veterans for Ron Paul 2008 Meetup Group) => 0 days left!
    3   http://ronpaul.meetup.com/1035/ (Western Washington University Ron Paul 2008 Meetup Group) => 0 days left!
    4   http://ronpaul.meetup.com/1259/ (The Cranford (UNION COUNTY)for Ron Paul Group) => 0 days left!
    5   http://ronpaul.meetup.com/1420/ (Chesterfield/Midlothian VA Ron Paul for President 2008 Group) => 0 days left!
    6   http://ronpaul.meetup.com/1633/ (The Girdwood Renewable Energy Project Group) => 0 days left!
    7   http://ronpaul.meetup.com/991/ (The Cebu Ron Paul 2008 Meetup Group) => 0 days left!
    8   http://ronpaul.meetup.com/1267/ (Americans for Constitutional Government) => 1 days left!
    9   http://ronpaul.meetup.com/1471/ (The Ocean City Ron Paul 2008 Meetup Group) => 1 days left!
   10   http://ronpaul.meetup.com/381/ (Ron Paul 2008 Meetup for Utah's Fillmore Area) => 1 days left!
   11   http://ronpaul.meetup.com/659/ (Ron Paul 2008 Meetup for Utah's Uintah County) => 1 days left!
   12   http://ronpaul.meetup.com/664/ (Ron Paul 2008 Meetup for Utah's San Juan County) => 1 days left!
   13   http://ronpaul.meetup.com/667/ (Ron Paul 2008 Meetup for Utah's Emery County) => 1 days left!
   14   http://ronpaul.meetup.com/668/ (Ron Paul 2008 Meetup for Utah's Juab County) => 1 days left!
   15   http://ronpaul.meetup.com/669/ (Ron Paul 2008 Meetup for Utah's Kane County) => 1 days left!
   16   http://ronpaul.meetup.com/670/ (Ron Paul 2008 Meetup for Utah's Beaver County) => 1 days left!
   17   http://ronpaul.meetup.com/835/ (Ron Paul 2008 Meetup for Utah's Green River Area) => 1 days left!
   18   http://ronpaul.meetup.com/836/ (Ron Paul 2008 Meetup for Utah's Garfield & Piute Counties) => 1 days left!
   19   http://ronpaul.meetup.com/1476/ (The South Bay Ron Paul 2008 Meetup Group) => 2 days left!
   20   http://ronpaul.meetup.com/486/ (La Verne CA Ron Paul 2008 Meetup Group) => 2 days left!
   21   http://ronpaul.meetup.com/788/ (The El Dorado County Ron Paul 2008 Support Group) => 2 days left!
   22   http://ronpaul.meetup.com/944/ (The Crossville Ron Paul 2008 Meetup Group) => 2 days left!
   23   http://ronpaul.meetup.com/1555/ (The Ogdensburg Ron Paul 2008 Meetup Group) => 3 days left!
   24   http://ronpaul.meetup.com/1631/ (The Martinsville Ron Paul 2008 Meetup Group) => 3 days left!
   25   http://ronpaul.meetup.com/1680/ (The Saint Paul Ron Paul 2008 Meetup Group) => 3 days left!
   26   http://ronpaul.meetup.com/1741/ (The Ogdensburg Ron Paul 2008 Meetup Group) => 3 days left!
   27   http://ronpaul.meetup.com/850/ (The 5-State Area Ron Paul Meetup Group) => 3 days left!
   28   http://ronpaul.meetup.com/1204/ (Duners for Ron Paul 2008 Meetup Group) => 4 days left!
   29   http://ronpaul.meetup.com/1484/ (The Somerset County Ron Paul 2008 Meetup Group) => 4 days left!
   30   http://ronpaul.meetup.com/1868/ (Arizona Off Road Vehicle Rights Action Group) => 4 days left!
   31   http://ronpaul.meetup.com/956/ (The Campbellsville Ron Paul 2008  Meetup Group) => 4 days left!
   32   http://ronpaul.meetup.com/1097/ (The Hernando County Ron Paul 2008 Meetup Group) => 5 days left!
   33   http://ronpaul.meetup.com/130/ (The Montrose Ron Paul 2008 Meetup Group) => 5 days left!
   34   http://ronpaul.meetup.com/483/ (The Brownwood Ron Paul 2008 Meetup Group) => 5 days left!
   35   http://ronpaul.meetup.com/649/ (The Jonesboro Ron Paul 2008 Freedom Messengers) => 5 days left!
   36   http://ronpaul.meetup.com/137/ (The Jacksonville, Alabama Ron Paul 2008 Meetup Group) => 6 days left!
   37   http://ronpaul.meetup.com/1675/ (The Rutland Ron Paul 2008 Meetup Group) => 6 days left!
   38   http://ronpaul.meetup.com/886/ (The Laramie Ron Paul 2008 Meetup Group) => 6 days left!
   39   http://ronpaul.meetup.com/966/ (The Newaygo County Ron Paul 2008 Meetup Group) => 6 days left!
   40   http://ronpaul.meetup.com/968/ (Business Networking for Ron Paul) => 6 days left!
   41   http://ronpaul.meetup.com/1504/ (The Evening Shade Ron Paul 2008 Meetup Group) => 7 days left!
   42   http://ronpaul.meetup.com/977/ (The Long Beach Ron Paul 2008 Meetup Group) => 7 days left!
   43   http://ronpaul.meetup.com/1128/ (Liberty on Tap - War, Foreign Policy & Constitutional Powers) => 8 days left!
   44   http://ronpaul.meetup.com/123/ (The Huron County Ron Paul 2008 Meetup Group) => 8 days left!
   45   http://ronpaul.meetup.com/892/ (The Swiss Ron Paul 2008 Meetup Group) => 8 days left!
   46   http://ronpaul.meetup.com/1515/ (The Jamestown Area Ron Paul 2008 Meetup Group) => 9 days left!
   47   http://ronpaul.meetup.com/1714/ (The East Haddam Ron Paul 2008 Meetup Group) => 9 days left!
   48   http://ronpaul.meetup.com/468/ (The Orange County Ron Paul 2008 Meetup Group) => 9 days left!
   49   http://ronpaul.meetup.com/573/ (The Gardner Ron Paul 2008 Meetup Group) => 9 days left!
   50   http://localpolitics.meetup.com/166/ (Heath Whiteaker for Polk County Commission Dis. 3) => 10 days left!
   51   http://ronpaul.meetup.com/1326/ (The Dublin Ron Paul 2008 Meetup Group) => 10 days left!
   52   http://ronpaul.meetup.com/1721/ ("OFFICIAL" POLK COUNTY Ron Paul 2008 Meetup Group) => 10 days left!
   53   http://ronpaul.meetup.com/942/ (The Jasper Lakes Area Ron Paul 2008 Meetup Group) => 10 days left!
   54   http://ronpaul.meetup.com/1536/ (The Hot Springs Ron Paul 2008 Meetup Group) => 11 days left!
   55   http://ronpaul.meetup.com/1599/ (Trussville/Northeast Birmingham Ron Paul 2008 Meetup Group) => 11 days left!
   56   http://ronpaul.meetup.com/1617/ (The Ron Paul Murray Sabrin Action Grp Essex, Morris, & Union) => 11 days left!
   57   http://ronpaul.meetup.com/517/ (The Sylacauga Ron Paul 2008 Meetup Group) => 11 days left!
   58   http://ronpaul.meetup.com/817/ (Operation New Hampshire: TV Ads for Paul) => 11 days left!
   59   http://ronpaul.meetup.com/351/ (The Jefferson City Ron Paul 2008 Meetup Group) => 12 days left!
   60   http://ronpaul.meetup.com/404/ (The Montgomery Ron Paul 2008 Meetup Group) => 12 days left!
   61   http://ronpaul.meetup.com/408/ (The California Ron Paul 2008 Meetup Group) => 12 days left!
   62   http://ronpaul.meetup.com/915/ (The Tri-County Ron Paul 2008 Meetup) => 12 days left!
   63   http://ronpaul.meetup.com/921/ (Pawnee, Kay and Osage County Ron Paul Meetup) => 12 days left!
   64   http://ronpaul.meetup.com/1455/ (The Allen & Surrounding county Ron Paul Meetup) => 13 days left!
   65   http://ronpaul.meetup.com/178/ (The Cleveland Ron Paul for President 2008 Group) => 13 days left!
   66   http://ronpaul.meetup.com/985/ (OSU Beavers for Ron Paul) => 13 days left!
   67   http://ronpaul.meetup.com/1118/ (Outlying KY Counties Ron Paul 2008 Meetup Group) => 14 days left!
   68   http://ronpaul.meetup.com/936/ (The Southern Illinois Ron Paul Revolution Solution Group) => 14 days left!
   69   http://conservative.meetup.com/177/ (Nassau/Suffolk Long Island Restore the Republic Meetup) => 15 days left!
   70   http://ronpaul.meetup.com/1252/ (Ron Paul Grassroots Coalition) => 15 days left!
   71   http://ronpaul.meetup.com/1505/ (Christian Voters for Ron Paul, NW Arkansas) => 15 days left!
   72   http://ronpaul.meetup.com/358/ (Lower Westchester Ron Paul Meetup Group) => 15 days left!
   73   http://ronpaul.meetup.com/792/ (The Palm Beach Gardens Ron Paul 2008 Meetup Group) => 15 days left!
   74   http://ronpaul.meetup.com/832/ (Florida Ron Paul Supporters) => 15 days left!