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Organizing Checklist for New Chapters [Home]

Thank you for taking the first steps to starting a new College Greens chapter.  Here is a checklist to help you get started.  If you have any problems along the way or think of something we should share with other organizers, please e-mail college@gp.org.

□ Contact College Greens and your state and local Green Party.  Let us know you are starting a chapter.  Remember, even if no one shows up to your first meeting you are not alone.  Many talented people are working across the country if you need help.

□ Call your school's student affairs office and find out the requirements for starting a registered student organization (RSO).  You may have to collect signatures on a petition and submit a constitution.  Your school should be able to provide you with the materials you need. 

□ Find a faculty advisor.  Your local party may know party members who
can advise your group.  Ask professors from your classes if they would be willing to help.  You can always ask a department chair if they know of a staff member who can advise the group. 

□ Find members!  Personal contacts are always best.  Many members of environmental, social justice, LGBT, and philosophy groups will be interested in joining a campus College Greens chapter.  Ask these groups if you can speak for a minute during their minute to introduce the College Greens.  Some College Democrats or Republicans may be interested as well.  Don't forget to advertise on-line and in your college newspaper.