NDFA proposal: splitting NDFA into Chicago DFA plus NDFA

Title: splitting NDFA into Chicago DFA plus NDFA

Summary: NDFA should spin-off "Chicago DFA" which would be a separate organization with the mission of growing DFA chapters in the region based on NDFA model.

Goals:

• Increase volunteer activities
• Increase voting members
• Bring more new people to meetings
• Raise more money
• Cause NDFA to be administered better
• Cause NDFA to win more elections (or higher %)
• To improve NDFA's brand/reputation 
• Primarily this would happen to build capacity. With five (or more) DFA groups w/ 30+ voting members, we could push for a progressive agenda better in elections. 

  Expanded explanation:

1. A board/steering committee needs to be created for Chicago DFA. 
2. Chicago DFA would be responsible for paying/supervising the administrator position. 
3. Chicago DFA would create a plan for growing new DFA chapters (including support of DFA chapters that need to grow their steering committees & voting member rolls). 
4. Chicago DFA needs to fundraise. 
5. (optional) Chicago DFA would make deal with DFA to have a staff member who gets paid by both DFA & Chicago DFA here in Chicago. 

Initial labor required:

1. Details need to be hammered out. 
2. A board/steering committee needs to be created. 
3. Money needs to be raised. This is a big project.  

Labor required ongoing basis: Fundraising, organizing, coordination. 

Money? maybe $40,000 per year, but Chicago DFA would raise most of this

Yes, this changes NDFA's structure.