About These Organization Pages
Democracy
in Action/Eric
M. Appleman has put
together these
organization pages in an effort to show who is who in the
party
committees and
to give a sense of functions the parties fulfill and the
experience and
education the hard-working staff bring to those
committees. Readers
are
encouraged to submit additions and
corrections to make the pages better; all such input is
strictly on
background.
[action08@ gmail]
Political
parties are
unique organizations. They promote
ideas rather than products and work in two-year
cycles. They
recruit people
to run for office. They
raise money by holding events, sending out mail and
telemarketing. It requires a dedicated team to make
all this
happen.
These
pages are based on
conversations with many
people,
online research and media accounts and have been refined and
upgraded
over many months. Political parties are
fluid and
ever evolving entities. Titles at times do not
adequately convey
individual responsibilities. Parties also have stables
of
consultants who play important
roles. Every
effort
has
been
made
to
get
the
facts
right,
but
these
pages
should
not
be
considered
definitive.
Omissions, gaps, and occasional errors are inevitable, but hopefully these sketches will give a sense of how things are organized. Some of the departments in these listings are well developed and others have big holes (for example the listings typically do not show much detail on finance organization). Department headings may be approximate; some small departments may be missing altogether.
Readers
seeking
detailed
information
on
the
precise
roles
and
responsibilities
or
experience
of
any specific
individual
should
contact
him
or
her
directly.
Any
and
all shortcomings on these pages are the sole
responsibility of Democracy in Action/Eric M.
Appleman.