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Generating a Supporters Contact List

The following sign up sheets (PDF File) can be used to generate a list or even a database of local supporters for your IWW Branch. 

Each sheet has a place for the individual's name, mailing address, phone number, and email address.

With these lists, you can generate a database, which includes all contact information.

You can also use the list of phone numbers to create a phone tree for urgent actions.

You can use the list of email addresses to generate invitations to your local IWW Branch public alerts email list and social media sites / groups.  You can also use that list to suggest that these potential supporters join the main IWW public email list <[email protected]> and social media groups - link.

It is advisable to send an introductory email to the list of contacts you gather after you compile them into a database.  Here is a sample email:

Dear Friends:

This is Joe Hill from the Local IWW.  It was great to meet and talk with you at the [insert demonstration here].

I am sending you this email as a general introduction.

Our website is here:  [list website address]

By now you will have received an invitation to join our public email list.  On that list we usually announce events, meetings, and/or actions that are called or endorsed by the Bay Area branch of the IWW, or at least may be of interest to IWW members and supporters.  You may accept or decline that invitation.

I also encourage you--if you use Facebook--to join the our Facebook Group.  Details are here:  [link]

If you are interested, our next meeting / event is described here:  [insert]

You are also welcome to join our organization.  Call us for details if you are interested:  [list phone number].

We are an active organization and union.  We post news of our activities on our main website:  http://www.iww.org.  Links to our main Facebook, Twitter, and other social networking sites are also available there.

We look forward to working with you to build the new society within the shell of the old.   

You may also want to consider sending postal mailings periodically announcing major public events hosted by your branch (for example, a postcard listing upcoming regular and special events is sufficient for this purpose, and fairly inexpensive to produce).