Subject: Re: Is this Neera?
From: Amanda Renteria <[email-masked]>
To: Neera Tanden <[email-masked]>
Cc: John Podesta <[email-masked]>, Robby Mook <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 2 Nov 2015 21:49:52 -0500

Thanks Neera. Talked with them today.  They ran through all of this.  It's
a comms call, but it felt to me like the questions weren't going to be all
that great for us.  We left it at we would look at her schedule again, but
it's unlikely.

On Mon, Nov 2, 2015 at 9:18 PM, Neera Tanden <[email-masked]> wrote:

> Anna called me last week about this.  I imagine you are all over this.  I
> know we did it in 08.  I don't remember whether they endorsed in 08, and it
> may well be that they would just go w/ Bernie, but seems like energizing
> them for the general (knock on wood) may have some utility.
>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Anna Galland <[email-masked]>
> Date: Thu, Oct 29, 2015 at 9:09 PM
> Subject: Re: Is this Neera?
> To: Neera Tanden <[email-masked]>
>
>
> Thanks again for chatting today.
>
> Here's some more background on what we'll be conveying to the campaign --
> and I'd be grateful if you could share your thoughts on this invitation to
> the campaign. We're expecting to connect with Amanda in the next few days.
>
>    - We're eager to find a time that works for Sec. Clinton to directly
>    engage with and energize 8 million progressives -- alongside Sen. Sanders,
>    Gov. O'Malley and Prof Lessig, all three of whom have confirmed they'll
>    participate.
>
>
>    - We're committed to doing this in an evenhanded way. The goal isn't
>    to use it to boost any candidate. It's to give all MoveOn members a chance
>    to hear directly from candidates on the issues that matter to them.
>
>
>    - We're looking for 1 hour of time at Sec. Clinton's location of
>    choice--around the week of 11/8. We'll fly a camera crew in, ask her 10
>    MoveOn member submitted questions (some on video, some we'll read out), and
>    record her responses. Her team (and all campaigns) will have topics, but
>    not questions, ahead of time. We'll show responses in full for all the
>    candidates -- not just snippets -- and for any questions we don't use,
>    we'll post them in full online.
>
>    - We're happy to talk through any questions the campaign has about the
>    process/format and look at times/locations that work with Sec. Clinton's
>    schedule.
>
>
>    - This is an important step for MoveOn members to feel like the
>    Democratic nominee is their champion, if they have that direct experience
>    of speaking directly to them.
>
>
>    - In the 2008 general election, MoveOn members pulled out all the
>    stops to elect Barack Obama over John McCain.
>       - We turned out over 250K volunteers directly through to the
>       presidential campaign through our "MoveOn for Obama" campaign -- directly
>       filling shifts for field offices all over the country.
>       - Our members reported donating over $88MM, and volunteering (not
>       through us but directly with the campaign) over 20K hours.
>       - All told, based on our internal surveys, over 900K MoveOn members
>       volunteered at least once in the 2008 General Election campaign.
>
>
>    - All of which is to say -- our 8mm members are always active and a
>    key constituency in the Democratic base, but especially so during a
>    presidential election. We're very eager to make sure they have an
>    opportunity to connect with Sec. Clinton through the primary process.
>
> More than happy to chat more if I can answer any questions.
>
> On Thu, Oct 29, 2015 at 7:41 PM, Neera Tanden <[email-masked]> wrote:
>
>> yes this is the right email
>> thanks!
>>
>> On Thu, Oct 29, 2015 at 3:35 PM, Anna Galland <[email-masked]> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Neera -- wanted to make sure I have the right Gmail address -- is
>>> this you? Will send follow-up on our conversation if so. A.
>>>
>>> --
>>> Anna Galland
>>> Executive Director
>>> MoveOn.org Civic Action
>>> e: [email-masked]
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>
>
> --
> Anna Galland
> Executive Director
> MoveOn.org Civic Action
> e: [email-masked]
>
>
>
>

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