Subject: Idea to float with you
From: Aviva Rosenthal <[email-masked]>
To: "[email-masked]" <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 20 Mar 2015 17:15:07 +0000 (UTC)

Hi John - Great seeing you at Lee and Patrick's house.  I wanted to float an idea by you as I get hit up on a near daily/weekly basis by current and former Foreign Service officers who want to know how they can support the HRC campaign. These range from junior through ambassador level folks reaching out to me. As you well know, there are strict rules regarding political activities by current FSO's, but playing within those boundaries they could be a powerful community of support. When the time is right they could first be convened by former-State types (like Nides or Jake Sullivan) on an off-duty conference call for an information session. That way we could gather a small army of these FSO's who can feel a part of the campaign and be offered talking points, social media items, etc...for use in their personal off-duty capacities. This group could provide foreign policy surrogates, signers of a mass endorsement, social media amplification, and push back on issues when needed. This would be a highly capable group of enthusiastic and tech savvy influencers who feel connected to HRC and want to be a part of her campaign in some way -- many of them are actually ready and willing to quit the Foreign Service to volunteer on the campaign.  As you can tell, I’m looking to be helpful and useful in any way I can. As I told Dan -- if it weren't for never seeing him or our kids again, I would really want to be your CoS!!  Let me know your thoughts and maybe it's is too early in the process....