Strategic
   Plan

Henniker Democratic Committee Plan 2025 (Revised in June of 2025)

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In preparing this plan, we first looked at 2026 and what outcomes we hoped to achieve.  

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• Add new members to the Committee

• Elect democrats to state, local, and school positions

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Those outcomes became the foundational work of identifying outcomes in the coming 10 months to bring us to January 1, 2026.  We will create action steps for each objective .

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Objectives

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The Committee will be a source of clear information for town Democrats about national, state, and local issues through a newsletter.

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• The newsletter will provide information to our community on a monthly basis incorporating updates about national, state, and town issues.  Committee members will contribute monthly to the newsletter to John who will then combine their input into a readable format for distribution.   Additionally, John will send out alerts from the state office and other resources.   

• Members are asked to provide John with information of interest about the state and town;  Tony will focus on state issues, and John will focus on national topics.  The intent is to publish a monthly newsletter that will be sent to Bradford and Henniker residents in a format to be created by John and Elise.

• We will fundraise to cover our committee expenses and to aid candidates in their respective campaigns.

• Stephanie has suggested that we reach a goal of $2,500 by mid-2025 to support candidates and their campaigns.  She will guide Committee members in ways to reach this goal. 

• We will create lists of state, local, school vacancies to anticipate the recruitment of prospective candidates.

• Committee members will be attentive to such vacancies, bring them to the Committee’s attention, and assist in identifying potential candidates.

• Rod noted that there will be 2 vacancies in the Town Select Committee in March of 2025.

• We will create lists of upcoming town events and create the needed materials for them.

• We will participate in the Henniker Handmade and Homegrown events as part of our fundraising and information sharing. 

• We will host one or more listening sessions that will allow town residents the opportunity to meet with our representatives and present their concerns for our action. 

• Committee members will be attentive to such events, bring them to the Committee’s attention, and assist in identifying the materials to be developed to ensure their timely availability.

• We will discuss Visibility Events to highlight specific national or state issues.

• We will create a website with the help of Rusty Gage.

• We will continue to attract new Committee members and update our email roster.

• Committee members will invite town residents to join the Committee or add to our email roster through their personal associations or at our events. 

• We will maintain a working relationship with New England College through Nate Schrader to empower students in exercising their voting rights. Joan will work with Nate on this goal .