Wayne Walvoord is the Northern and Eastern Colorado Regional Captain for COS.
The meeting was held at the Brighton Colorado International House of Pancakes (IHOP). IHOP is located in the Palizzi Market Place at 962 South 4th Ave, 80601 (Bromley and 4th Ave. in downtown Brighton). Wayne Walvoord runs the meeting at IHOP the first Sunday of every month from 4pm to 5pm with everyone invited to stay for an optional dinner afterward.
The purpose of the March 2nd meeting was to conduct a Strength, Weakness, Opportunity, and Threat (SWOT) analysis. The COS team hopes to identify information that help them attract and welcome new members, better inform its constituents about COS and local politics, and increase volunteer participation. Basically, a tool to strategize the direction of these monthly meetings through 2025.
According to Forbes Magazine SWOT analysis is "a framework used in a business’s strategic planning to evaluate its competitive positioning in the marketplace. The analysis looks at four key characteristics that are typically used to compare how competitive the business can be within its industry."
While SWOT analysis is used primarily by businesses, COS is experimenting to see if they can use the tool to improve their outreach in the community and improve education within the meetings.
The March 2nd meeting was primarily used to identify Strength, Weakness, Opportunity, and Threat metrics. The April 6th meeting will complete this analysis. The goal is to get the regular attendees to develop their role in the meetings so that more people can become personally invested in grassroots results.
The SWOT metrics captured by the volunteers at the March 2nd meeting.
These town hall events also offer an excellent opportunity for Congressional District 8 constituents (CD8) to meet their elected representatives and understand their political initiatives and goals. These events also offer CD-8 constituents the opportunity to meet COS volunteers and better understand the organization’s mission, goals, and objectives to achieve an Article V Convention to propose amendments to the Constitution.
Wayne Walvoord has been busy. He hosted a town hall event on February 2nd with Colorado State Board of Education Vice Chair Yazmin Navarro.
For more information on past and future events for CD-8 constituents please contact Wayne Walvoord at wayne.walvoord@cosaction.com.
