PPI Scene Meeting: Campaigning During COVID-19 Part 2 Saturday, August 21st, 2021
Present: Mike (CZ), Bailey, (CA), Keith (IL), Gregory (DE), Laureen (CZ; Prague campaign manager)
Outdoor:
Czech Rep. Printing costs - 10 euros is the cost in Czech for 2*1 meter printed banner; distributed to members and supporters for free to ba hanged on the balconies or fences (example: https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10158509255583063&set=pcb.10158509255858063)
Gregory: Starting using Pirate-Cubes https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/e/2PACX-1vQY1WwMmsFr7qeWMlqb2V5SJzF508jArLzr6ZJDi2PoV9P-VnSRuyhhOpPVzLmcSELVfcp3ftWtcwvZ/pub - a way to display a lot of advertisement space in the city center, esp for pedestrians - close to subway stations and other places with highly frequented visitors Mike: In Czech Rep. we've been doing similar things, but it's always been on the local chapters to decide on the manner of outdoor advertising, anything from something like these cubes to paid billboards to adverts on street cars.
Problem with voters believing that vote for a small party which probably won't get in is a wasted one.
- in Israel
- in Germany (other parties stealing our program)
- in Czechia (not our party's problem anymore)
In Person campaigning: More complicated to reach people just about everywhere but it's also an obvious topic to attach the current government on, especially if the do a bad job.
Czech Rep.: - we've always been handing out newspapers - during COVID the success rate is about 1/3 lower to what it used to be before COVID, but it's important to also be seen and take pictures of the members trying
