We achieved positive results for nearly all of our action objectives. Great example of what a focused, disciplined, smart, resourceful, collaborative, and hard working yet small crew can accomplish. Subjective grading of results:
- Attract media attention: A Our first formal contact with the media was quite successful.
- Hand out flyers to attendees stating our challenges: A
- Messaging: A – The action lede: “Veterans Challenge Val Hoyle” was controversial enough to attract four media editors to invest reporter resources in covering our action, and we got statewide coverage from OPB
- Chant as a unit inside the Town Hall: C – first time out, didn’t practice beforehand so timing was off, sat in back
- Get Val Hoyle to say the word Genocide: D – expected, but she did say ethnic cleansing so …
- Get Val Hoyle to refund the $70,511 contribution from J-Street PAC: F – expected
- Ask questions of Val Hoyle: F – it’s a raffle and we had only one ticket
- Recruitment: F – no vet approached us to sign up for VFP chapter