I have been slowly finding my place in the Dean campaign, and this past week has helped speed up the process. I am now the Queens Volunteer Coordinator, which means I am responsible for approximately 3,000 Dean supporters who reside in Queens. My job is to call and e-mail these people to try to convince them to volunteer for visibility and canvassing events in Queens. I keep an Excel sheet with the name, phone number, mailing address, email address, and volunteer status of each potential volunteer. I keep track of who is willing to volunteer and when they are available. I work with the heads of the Queens Desk to plan events in our volunteers' neighborhoods. I have my own Dean for America email address now, so I communicate directly with our volunteers about events.
I still help out with other projects in the office. I helped out at the African-Americans for Dean press rally on the steps of City Hall Friday morning, doing visibility and handing out rally signs and tee-shirts to the attendees. For the Women's Desk, I am still working on finding contact information for female elected officials who endorsed Governor Dean. I am also responsible for sending out packages of Dean supplies, such as stickers, buttons, literature, and rally signs to leaders of Dean groups around New York State.
