RATING SCALE FOR LEGISLATION / OTHER POSITIONS
1. Top Priority: Testify (oral and written), lobby individual legislators, organize others for hearing or other important events, attend work sessions
- 2. Priority: Testify (oral and written), lobby members, attend work sessions
- 3. Testify: (oral or written), watch to see how issue develops
- 4. Watch and report
- 5. Take no action
Basis for rating:
- 1. How does it apply to our advocacy positions?
- 2. What are our resources?
- 3. How important is it to our public agenda?
- 4. How critical is OUR action on the issue? Who else is working on it or
providing leadership?
- 5. How would this affect our new organization's growth, relationships and
reputation?
Measure everything based on our Advocacy Principles.
Set Policy based on our guidelines (as developed).