A runnable monthly base meeting

Here is a 90-minute monthly base meeting design you can use next month. Adapt it to your campaign. The point is to run from a design, not improvise.

0:00 — 0:10. Welcome and check-ins. Everyone in the room (or breakouts of 5-7 in larger meetings) answers one short question. Not 'how are you'. Something like 'name one thing that surprised you this week'. Builds the relational layer before content.

0:10 — 0:25. Story spotlight. One member tells a 5-minute story tied to the campaign — a tenant talks about an eviction notice, a parent talks about a school board meeting. Followed by 10 minutes of structured response from the room.

0:25 — 0:55. Campaign work. The actual content: report on the last 30 days, a decision the group needs to make, a vote on a specific tactic. Decisions get made here, not in a Slack channel afterward.

0:55 — 1:15. Skill-up. A 20-minute teach-in by a member or guest — how to write a letter to the editor, how to use Action Network, how to read a council agenda. Rotating teacher each month.

1:15 — 1:25. Commitments and asks. Each person in the room names one thing they will do before the next meeting. Specific. Public. Written down.

1:25 — 1:30. Close. One word from each person on the way out. Closes the relational frame the meeting opened with.