Becoming an RFD Member
To become an official RFD Blue Member, you
must get at least five people registered to vote and you must let your
local Democratic party headquarters know about it. Likewise, to
attain a higher level of RFD membership, you must meet the membership
requirements specific to that higher level (as stipulated on the
Levels and Rewards section of this website) and you (once again)
must inform your local Democratic party headquarters that you
have met that level's membership requirements.
Please note that
at Register Five Democrats, we subscribe to the philosophical credo of
Occam's Razor which states that "all things being equal, the simplest
solution to a problem is usually the best." It is our view that it is
both unreasonable and unrealistic for us at RegisterFiveDemocrats.com to
keep track of all the nation's RFD members and membership data.
We at Register
Five Democrats encourage local Democratic headquarters to take on this
responsibility. Please note
that the RegisterFiveDemocrats.com website can not (and will not) act as
on online database to keep track of RFD voter registration data and
statistics. We at RFD encourage youthful, energetic, computer-savvy
Democratic volunteers in your local area to do this job -- preferably in
cooperation with local Democratic headquarters.
If your local Democratic Party headquarters is initially reluctant to
keep accurate records of RFD membership data, keep putting positive
pressure on them until they change their ways. They'll come around soon
enough.
Just imagine for
a minute the monumental headache that would result from trying to
control and keep track of the entire database of RFD membership
information at one centralized location. Yes, it is possible that it
could be done, but probably not well -- not even with a bevy of
brainiacal computer programming mavens. Our website can act as an
electronic conduit to help get you in touch with Democrats in your area.
However, in our opinion, it is neither feasible nor desirable (let alone
realistic) for us to try to keep track of everyone, everywhere.
Register Five
Democrats was developed and designed to be a grass roots organization,
and grass roots movements, by definition, derive their strength and
potency from citizens who take action at the local level. Remember the
old adage, "Think globally, act locally."? I certainly do. Its
spirit definitely applies
to the organization Register Five Democrats and the ultimate source
from which it draws its power and appeal -- the local citizenry.
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