Chair: Biff Traber
753-6735
contact treasurer

Responsible for the party's financial planning and monitoring.

Hi
This is a new experience for me. I have never done much to write stuff publicly and regularly. But since i seem to be urging it on others as a way to communicate, I thought I ought to follow my own advice. Lets see what kind of fool I can make of myself or more positively, what good I might do.

I see this as a dual purpose blog. First, it is Biff's blog and thus a place for me to contribute or vent as it makes sense. Second, since I am the treasurer, it is a place for bits of treasurer updating.

Our financial goals match our overall vision: Electing Democrats in Benton County.

During election cycles, we have a campaign headquarters for phone banks, canvassing, meetings, buttons and yard signs, and facilities that candidates can make use of for their campaigns. During the 2004 campaign, this was a bustling center of activity each day. An evening«ÉŸs activity might include several phone bank operations (Carry Oregon, No on 36, and a local candidate, for example), a committee meeting, a table for canvassers to pick up and drop off materials, and two greeters at the front desk answering questions from the public.

Between election campaigns, we organize to win future elections. We maintain a small office as a base from which to work and in order to have a public face. We fundraise so that we can start an election cycle with enough cash on hand to wage a successful campaign.