Poll results for 2009/2010 work

Results are in for the 2009/2010 Work member-vote, for priorities in the coming year:

• Legislative proposals
• Education/Outreach
• Communication with members

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Legislation
By far the most support went to the "Offenders Coaching Kids" proposal. this proposal would have the result of registered offenders no longer being allowed to act as coaches to minors or vulnerable classes of people.

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Non-Legislation Work - Education and Outreach
Many left a comment instead of voting, along the lines of "Spend more time on legislation" or "Provide more education at large events." We'll take those suggestions into consideration.

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Communication
We have many members and supporters, and we need good ways to get the message out to you! We asked, and some of you answered:

You can discuss these results at the message board over at CommunityWatch - the link is on the home page. Members received an email a few days ago with the phrase needed for access and registration.

bad news

http://www.crimeweb.net/details.asp?id=14590

Thoughts and Prayers for Sandra, her family, and their community.

Changes at CAP

CAP is moving from a c4 to a c3 nonprofit [we'll let you know as soon as we get approved - you'll hear the screeches of joy across the country], which requires that we shift the org's structure a bit.

Each chapter's website is moving to cap-usa/state_name. We're doing that via automatic redirect, so you don't need to update your bookmarks. The vast majority of education materials will be organized at www.communitywatch.us. If some piece of education is primarily for one state, then it will be on that state's site and on the Community Watch site.

The whole org, all three small chapters [and growing ;-)], will share the same advisory board, but the state directors have near-complete autonomy, so long as they follow the by laws and mission statement and listen to their local members.

The shop, links for donations, and ability to join as a maintainer will all be up and running sometime in January.

Community Watch is a work in progress. It will be a better product if we get some feedback. PlayGround Watch is coming in 2009.

And - you can probably tell that we could use some help. Do you have project or program management skills? About ten hours a month free? Dedication and stick-to-itness? Please send us an email.