Reach out to your grassroots committee and welcome them to the new year.

Update your chapter’s contact list.

Review your political involvement plan.

• Schedule of events and Legislative Days

• Recruit new state and federal grassroots contacts

• District meetings, site visits, and legislator invitations to chapter meetings

• GOTV efforts

• Sharing GovAlerts and ways to get involved

Meet with your committee to review the political involvement plan.

Prepare for Congress to reconvene.

Review state legislative session schedule.

Meet with Government Relations chair on important legislative issues and plan for appropriate grassroots/grasstops responses.

Prepare your association contacts to respond to NAIFA’s and your state association’s GovAlerts.

Encourage NAIFA members to register for NAIFA’s May Congressional Conference in Washington, DC.

Recruit new state and federal grassroots contacts.

Continue to build your contact system and encourage political involvement.

Contact your state’s Federal Coordinator and ask for an activities update – site visits, in-district meetings, etc.

Encourage NAIFA members to register for NAIFA’s May Congressional Conference in Washington, DC.

Recruit new state and federal grassroots contacts.

Attend NAIFA’s Congressional Conference in Washington, DC.

Coordinate with participants of the Congressional Conference and send a follow-up to offices.

Encourage committee members to attend the ALC and/or LSP for training.

Recruit new state and federal grassroots contacts.

Download a copy of your state’s federal grassroots contact report from the Advocacy Action Center.

Plan for August in-district meetings and site visits in coordination with grassroots contacts.

• Meet with your committee to identify meeting leads and grassroots contacts available for legislator meetings in August.

Plan for August in-district meetings and site visits in coordination with grassroots contacts.

• Meet with your committee to finalize plans and ensure there are meetings scheduled with legislators for August recess.

Encourage participation in the grassroots engagement course or schedule an advocacy training webinar with NAIFA staff.

Recruit new state and federal grassroots contacts.

Plan the state chapter APC or LSP workshop.

Meet with the Government Relations chair and IFAPAC chair to discuss the coordination of activities.

Submit a budget and your grassroots activity plan to your association Board.

Review the grassroots contacts report and identify areas that need work (i.e., key contact gaps, legislator engagement)

Recruit new state and federal grassroots contacts.

Prepare for Congress to return from recess.

Provide an update to your National Grassroots Committee liaison on August in-district activities.

Introduce yourself to the grassroots contacts in your area if you were recently appointed to your role.

• Work with them to make sure names, addresses, phone numbers, fax numbers, and email addresses are up to date. Send any changes to advocacy@naifa.org.

• Recruit new state and federal grassroots contacts.

Encourage NAIFA members to become involved in voter registration drives and election campaigns.

Send out key election date messages in your state.

Hold a grassroots and voter education meeting with the general membership.

Recruit new state and federal grassroots contacts.

Send an email the day before Election Day encouraging members to vote.

Provide an update to your National Grassroots Committee liaison on any changes to your grassroots contacts.

Recruit new state and federal grassroots contacts.

Host a year-end chapter meeting to evaluate the activities from the year and prepare a final report for your Board. Consider suggestions and growth opportunities for next year.

Review new members of Congress and begin to identify grassroots contacts that have relationships with incoming freshmen members.

Review your lobbyist contract to ensure both parties met all requirements.

Recruit new state and federal grassroots contacts.