MEGaWomen
The Power of 10 For A New California
OverviewOverview• About MEGaWomen
• About Meg
• Meg’s Top Three Priorities
• Create Jobs, Cut Spending and Fix Education
• How to get Involved
• MEGaWomen Mission: Recruit, Volunteer, Vote!
• MEGaWomen Leadership Structure
What is MEGaWomen?What is MEGaWomen?“MEGaWomen is more than a coalition. This group will plant the seeds for a movement to engage women across the state and to help come up with solutions to California’s enormous challenges.” - Meg
Who are MEGaWomen?
• A diverse organization of female volunteers of all ages, from all across California, working together to elect Meg Whitman Governor of California.
• Republican, Democrat and Independent women all have a place in MEGaWomen!
Where does MEGaWomen Fit?
• It fits into the busy, daily lives of California women who want to help Meg Whitman build A New California.
• Whether you are working, in school, raising a family, enjoying your grandchildren, we want YOU involved in the effort to build A New California.
Why Should I Join MEGaWomen?
• By joining MEGaWomen you can be part of making the changes this state needs.
• MEGaWomen gives you the tools to spread Meg’s message to other women across the state.
• It’s fun! Get to know women who share common interests.
Who are MEGaWomen?Who are MEGaWomen?CEO
Mom
Multi-Tasker
Young Professional
Juggler
Student
Grandmother
Focused
Businesswomen
AthleteDaughter
Manager
Wife
Friend
BalancerDriven
Busy
Who is Meg?Who is Meg? “If you ask me who I am, my first response is
‘I am my mother’s daughter’…The image of
mom that I most cherish is the one of her
wearing coveralls, hands dirty, greasing a
truck engine…so, in a way, Rosie the Riveter
paved the way for Meg the Manager!”
10 Things About Meg10 Things About Meg
What Meg’s Friends Have To SayWhat Meg’s Friends Have To Say
Loyal Pragmatic Wicked Smart Encouraging Sincere Honest Generous Humorous Encouraging REAL!
We wanted you to know who Meg really is, so we asked her friends to
describe her!
Create Jobs
Cut Spending
Fix Education
Meg’s Top Three PrioritiesMeg’s Top Three Priorities
Californians can unite behind Meg Whitman and her three priorities. Meg knows that we all love California too much to let it fail and we
have to work together to make it the place of our dreams again.
Create JobsCreate Jobs
Create at least two million private sector jobs by 2015
Cut taxes to give businesses incentive to invest, expand and hire more workers in California
Streamline regulations to ensure California’s competitiveness
Revitalize manufacturing and create new industries around clean technology
Cut SpendingCut Spending
Identify and implement at least $15 billion in spending cuts from the state budget
Reduce overall state workforce by 40,000 through attrition.
Establish a sunset commission that reports on the relevancy of departments and regulations
Use the Governor’s veto pen to reduce and control the size of the government
Fix Education Fix Education Grade each school A through F so parents can go
online and easily determine how well their schools are performing
Give control of the schools back to the parents, principals and teachers
Reward outstanding teachers to keep them in our schools
Expand charter schools to give parents and students more choices
Further Policy InformationFurther Policy Information
For more information on Meg’s Plan for California you can read MEG 2010:
Building A New California, which can be viewed or
ordered online at www.MegsPlan.com
Recruit
Volunteer
VOTE!
What Can I Do?What Can I Do?The MEGaWomen Mission The MEGaWomen Mission
Use the Power of 10 to create your “Personal Precinct”
• Your Personal Precinct is at least 10 people in your personal network that will help Meg build A New California.
• With the Power of 10 it is EASY for us to build a powerful and effective Coalition – together – 10 people at a time.
RecruitRecruit
Parents of Play-
Dates
Neighbors
Book Clubs
Charities
Alumni Groups
Family Members
Sports League
Teammates
Colleagues
Babysitters
Parent
Organizations
Professional
Groups
VolunteerVolunteer
• Host a “Join Me” event • Attend a women’s event to network and recruit potential MEGaWomen• Participate in phone banking or precinct walking • Help at a campaign office• Put up a lawn sign or bumper sticker
VOTEVOTE
• Remind your personal precinct to register and to vote • Register to vote by October 18th
• Request your absentee ballot by October 26th
Go to the polls and VOTE on November 2nd !!
MEGaWomen Leadership:MEGaWomen Leadership:
• Work closely with MEGaWomen staff to define regional priorities • Join MEGaWomen and build a Personal Precinct• Recruit, train, motivate, and share information with County
Chairs and City Captains to create active coalition building and volunteering• Participate in two statewide and two regional calls per
month• Develop Coalition within County through event hosting, event attendance, and active outreach• Join MEGaWomen and build a Personal Precinct• Recruit, train, motivate, and share information with City
Captains to encourage active coalition building and volunteering• Participate in two regional calls per month
• Actively recruiting women within their city through event hosting, event attendance, and active outreach• Join MEGaWomen and build a Personal Precinct• Participate in two regional calls per month
Interested in joining MEGaWomen Leadership?Email: [email protected]
roles and responsibilitiesroles and responsibilities
What region are you in?What region are you in?
Regional Breakdown
BLUE-NorthTAN-Bay Area
PURPLE- Central ValleyLIGHT BLUE- Central Coast
GREEN- Los AngelesPINK- Inland Empire
ORANGE- Orange CountyLIGHT PURPLE- San Diego
MEGaWomen Coalition TeamMEGaWomen Coalition Team
Jillian ManusStatewide MEGaWomen Chairwoman
Courtney JohnsonStatewide MEGaWomen Director
Julie VandermostStatewide MEGaWomen Grassroots Chair
Rosie MillerGrassroots Coordinator
Email: [email protected]
Michael SaragosaCoalitions Director
Email: [email protected]
Call us at (408) 400-3887
It All Begins With You!It All Begins With You!• You are building the largest women’s
coalition ever!
• Build the coalition by the Power of 10 to
mobilize and win on Election DayYou are building A New California!
Be sure to check out the MEGaWomen
video online at
www.megwhitman.com/megawomen