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<blockquote data-quote="Bubblehead" data-source="post: 3041434" data-attributes="member: 14176">Actually did it your way the first time, for a Trustee position with the incumbent group.T-shirts, water bottles, and various trinkets.Multiple glossy mailings and heavy front gate campaigning....and lost.Second time, I ran for Vice President with a shoe string budget, no t-shirts, a few trinkets, heavy social media blitz, and one mail out.Very hit and miss hand billing at the gates.Half of my slate won, while I lost by 12 votes.In hindsight, it was a blessing.Turned down a subsequent offer to be appointed as BA three times.Many people think turning down that opportunity was a mistake, but I don&#039;t regret it for a second, as I can&#039;t be a part of how they run that Hall.Third time, I threw together a slate to &quot;screw the pooch&quot; for Sam B, didn&#039;t spend a dime or any time and lost, but so did Sam.So yes, I have been there and done that....and then some &quot;Thomas&quot;.If there is a next time, I will do what I always try to do, listen and learn from as many people as I can, merging the best ideas from each, in the shadows of past failures and successes.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Bubblehead, post: 3041434, member: 14176"] Actually did it your way the first time, for a Trustee position with the incumbent group. T-shirts, water bottles, and various trinkets. Multiple glossy mailings and heavy front gate campaigning....and lost. Second time, I ran for Vice President with a shoe string budget, no t-shirts, a few trinkets, heavy social media blitz, and one mail out. Very hit and miss hand billing at the gates. Half of my slate won, while I lost by 12 votes. In hindsight, it was a blessing. Turned down a subsequent offer to be appointed as BA three times. Many people think turning down that opportunity was a mistake, but I don't regret it for a second, as I can't be a part of how they run that Hall. Third time, I threw together a slate to "screw the pooch" for Sam B, didn't spend a dime or any time and lost, but so did Sam. So yes, I have been there and done that....and then some "Thomas". If there is a next time, I will do what I always try to do, listen and learn from as many people as I can, merging the best ideas from each, in the shadows of past failures and successes. [/QUOTE]

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