Washblog

• What is the relationship between campaigns and the Party?

• Is the Party more than a recruiting and fundraising tool for campaigns? Why?

• What, if anything, do you feel needs improvement in terms of the relationship between campaigns and the Party at the present time? Why?

• Does more need to be done to defend the Party's own identity and existence separate from campaigns, and if so what would you do?

• Do we need campaign finance reform?

• Do you support publicly financed elections?

• What valuable services and information does the Party furnish to campaigns?

• Does the Party receive adequate consideration in return?

• What is the "right to privacy"?

• How does technology affect the right to privacy?

• Is the right to privacy an issue for the Party?

• Does the right to privacy have indirect impacts on the members of the Party (other than as members of society)? What are those impacts?

• What is the balance between privacy and political campaigning?

• What impact is technology having on this balance?

• Do you have management experience? Describe it.

Organizational structure

• What is the Party's current managment paradigm?

• Is the Democratic Party the "Party of cats"? If yes, do you herd cats? If no, what is it and how do you manage that?

• Can the Party deal effectively with all of the issues of the day?

• What happens internally to the Party when it fails to deal with issues?

• How can the Party evolve and adapt to deal with these dynamics?

• Do you have any exposure to formal project management?

• What is the difference between a project and a campaign?

• Give examples of both projects and campaigns which involve the Party.

• What technology does the organization need?

• Have we been successful in integrating technology into the organization?

• Are the impediments to integrating technology technical or managerial? Please explain.

• What is your personal level of interest and enthusiasm for science and technology?

• Given that personal level of interest and enthusiasm, what approach or philosophy allows you to successfully lead on issues with a technical component?
  

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Fred Morris, Dem PCO SEA 36-1295
206.297.6344