FROM OWEN TO COFO STAFF 
TO: COFO STAFF
CONCERNING:  TOPICS FOR STAFF CONFERENCE DECEMBER 4-6
FROM: DAVID OWEN
During this past summer, VR work was organized by precincts, a couple
of volunteers being assigned to each precinct.  This system worked
quite well;  volunteers got to know the local people, earn their
trust, contact people who are rarely at home.  Now (at our last staff
meeting) we are told that such organization is against COFO policy,
that each volunteer must work randomly over the whole city.  Under
such a system, a volunteer would never see the same "local" twice to
earn his trust, would not be able to return to houses where nobody was
at home.
I would like to be told whether what is said to be COFO policy is indeed that;  if it is, I would like discussion of it.  Should not local
projects be able to decide such debatable organizational policies for
themselves? If so, is the decision up to the project director or to
the VR staff? If to staff, who should vote?
The freedom registration was a good starting point for getting people
into the movement.  The courthouse is still too big a step for most of
these people.  (They've been talked to several times about requesting
to vote and have refused.)  VJhat intermediate steps could be found?
Especially, what programs can be used for the elderly who will probably fail the test anyway?
Is expanding into new areas possible at this time of year?
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