Note: Unless you were already in contact with JVP Staff to finish the chapter charter, we are currently having new and re-emering groups sign as Pods.
Either before your charter discussion or during, please have each core leader of your chapter individually submit their contact info using the form below. We collect this information so that we can stay up to date with members of each chapter and easily contact folks.
(Note: you will not be able to submit your charter until every leader has confirmed their contact information.)
You can share this link here: http://jvp.org/update-chapter-contact-info
You can try clicking this link to open the form in a new tab. If that still doesn't work, please reach out to us for help.
Are you tired of being the only person hit up by National for asks? Does national keep sending emails for chapter asks to the wrong address? It's been over 3 years since JVP National has staffed up it's Chapter Organizing Department and a lot has changed, including who is in leadership in several chapters. Top leaders have given us feedback that the same people are always hit up and newer leaders need ways to be plugged in. This form is us trying to remove a bottleneck to that!
We're hoping this form can help us better manage leader contact info and help you avoid submitting more forms later.
We recommend asking your leadership directly and keeping track in a doc like this one we've already suggested. If you really can't remember, just have them submit it again.
JVP National Staff are experimenting with new forms of communication to better meet our base's intergenerational organizing needs, including a one way Signal chat for key announcements for Chapter Leaders under this new model and a Discussion Signal Chat for leaders to talk with each other. Signal is an end-to-end encrypted app that you put on your phone and your computer. We chose it for that reason and because many other groups across the country have been using it to organize with success.
These chats will supplement and eventually replace the current chapter leaders email list serve, which may or may not turn into a way-one list serve for all leaders doing local organizing (Chapters, Pods, Student Chapters, etc.)
If you have questions or concerns about this change, please discuss them with your chapter organizer. If you select "yes," tutorials on how to use signal and more guidance will come in the future.
Joining the Signal group is optional, but we really recommend joining! In the coming weeks, we will be offering support on how to join and use Signal so that it's not too overwhelming. The nice thing about Signal is that there are options to mute the notifications for specific chats, so even if you just wanna join to get the occasional updates, we're recommending you do so! You can always wait and join later if you change your mind by updating this same form.
If you have specific reservations or concerns about joining Signal, please discuss with your chapter's leadership and reach out your chapter organizer.
We have plans to make a more detailed member portal in the Fall. For now, we wanted to provide chapters with an ever-green resource for updating their contact info in the event that something changes or if you bring in a new leader after signing your charter.