In the first week of our #DSA100k recruitment drive, 2500 new members joined! Stand with our 75,000+ fellow members to organize for the election and beyond. https://t.co/WBWtgQ1LUQ pic.twitter.com/IBPqnQZapq— DSA 🌹 (@DemSocialists) October 9, 2020
Its a larger participation than all the other orgs combined. I think dsa can benefit from internal upkeep and education for sure, though idk how thats impended by a membership drive. In fact the best time to do such a campaign is after a larger batch of new members joins. I think one of the bigger lacking things in dsa is effective communication systems, which a lack thereof creates a hard barrier for entry, participation, and engagement. This is an ongoing thing the org is working on and its not impended in any way by a membership recruitment campaign.
Its a larger participation than all the other orgs combined.
I have had much different experiences.
In fact the best time to do such a campaign is after a larger batch of new members joins.
You think so? I would imagine having a plan in place to engage & educate members before bringing more people on would make the most sense. That process takes a lot of work in my experience. It won't be successful executed on-the-fly.
This is an ongoing thing the org is working on and its not impended in any way by a membership recruitment campaign.
Membership engagement is impeded by holding your largest recruitment drive ever before addressing these issues. The best time to engage people is when they are being brought on board. That process was horribly lacking in my experiences with DSA. I saw more people disengage from DSA after joining than I've seen in any other organization.
Why is DSA choosing to bring on a shit-ton of members before addressing these issues? I do not understand that.
Its a different base building. Getting your relatives and friends to join DSA to get engaged with the movement and their local community and also call themselves socialist is a good thing. These people would have otherwise never gotten engaged in any way, so now they have the opportunity to. DSA does tons of things to educate people and teach them how to get engaged, idk what u even mean they should do that they arent already tbh. Chapters also vary a lot from place to place, but i would agree that engagement could be better, but thats an actual matter of communication systems imo. If there were a dsa slack or something for each chapter it would be easier to stay engaged for example. These things are all being worked on though.
Its a larger participation than all the other orgs combined. I think dsa can benefit from internal upkeep and education for sure, though idk how thats impended by a membership drive. In fact the best time to do such a campaign is after a larger batch of new members joins. I think one of the bigger lacking things in dsa is effective communication systems, which a lack thereof creates a hard barrier for entry, participation, and engagement. This is an ongoing thing the org is working on and its not impended in any way by a membership recruitment campaign.
I have had much different experiences.
You think so? I would imagine having a plan in place to engage & educate members before bringing more people on would make the most sense. That process takes a lot of work in my experience. It won't be successful executed on-the-fly.
Membership engagement is impeded by holding your largest recruitment drive ever before addressing these issues. The best time to engage people is when they are being brought on board. That process was horribly lacking in my experiences with DSA. I saw more people disengage from DSA after joining than I've seen in any other organization.
Why is DSA choosing to bring on a shit-ton of members before addressing these issues? I do not understand that.
Its a different base building. Getting your relatives and friends to join DSA to get engaged with the movement and their local community and also call themselves socialist is a good thing. These people would have otherwise never gotten engaged in any way, so now they have the opportunity to. DSA does tons of things to educate people and teach them how to get engaged, idk what u even mean they should do that they arent already tbh. Chapters also vary a lot from place to place, but i would agree that engagement could be better, but thats an actual matter of communication systems imo. If there were a dsa slack or something for each chapter it would be easier to stay engaged for example. These things are all being worked on though.