I'll be making information available on John Kerry from time to time on this blog. Here's the first (from his campaign website).





Campaigns are won at the grassroots level, and online organizing is an important part of our efforts. JohnKerry.com offers a set of organizing and community-building tools you can use to start your own online grassroots campaign in support of John Kerry. As the campaign progresses, we'll be adding more tools and innovative ways to get involved, so please bookmark this page and check back often. Get started today by taking one of the following actions.


How you can organize support for John Kerry online:


# Tell Your friends about JohnKerry.com, and why you support John Kerry
It's as easy as 1-2-3: just click the envelope icon at the top of any page on JohnKerry.com to send the address of that page to your friends, along with a personal message about why you support John Kerry. Ask them to sign up at JohnKerry.com, and when they do to please indicate that you referred them to this site by filling in your name in the "Who referred you to this page?" space on the volunteer form.


# Organize an online issue community in support of John Kerry
Check out our issues section, choose an issue that you are interested in and would like to organize support for John Kerry around. Click the "Tell a Friend" icon at the top of the page to send the address for that issue page to those you want to join your group. Send them a personal message about why you agree with John Kerry on that particular issue. Ask them to sign up at JohnKerry.com, and when they do to please indicate that you referred them to this site by filling in your name in the "Who referred you to this page?" space on the volunteer form. As more news and information about that issue becomes available on JohnKerry.com, we'll keep you informed so you can pass that information along to your group.


# Deliver John Kerry's message to chat rooms, message boards, and newsgroups
If you participate in political discussions online, in forums such as chats, message boards, or newsgroups, be sure to refer to JohnKerry.com as a source of news and information. Use the information here to demonstrate to others the reasons why you support John Kerry. Send an email to discussion@johnkerry.com and let us know about the forums you participate in, and we'll let other online Kerry supporters know so they can join in!


# Make a contribution at JohnKerry.com, then ask 10 friends to do the same!
Click here to make a secure online contribution to the Kerry campaign. Bookmark the page, so that after you make your contribution you can go back and click the envelope icon at the top of the page and ask your friends to make online contributions at JohnKerry.com. Ask them to please indicate that you referred them to this site by filling in your name in the "Who referred you to this page?" space on the contribution form.


# Download and distribute issue pages from JohnKerry.com, and share them with your friends and family. Our site features printable, "Adobe pdf" versions of most pages. Download and distribute these pages far and wide to help deliver John Kerry's message.


# Start your own JohnKerry.com virtual precinct. Sign up your friends and family to receive email from JohnKerry.com, online and offline. They'll receive periodic updates with news about John Kerry and his campaign, and you will be noted as the leader of your own "virtual precinct". To organize a precinct online, click the "Tell a Friend" icon at the top of this page and send it to those you want to join your "virtual precinct".







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