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Let's not go on a heresy hunt here, searching out members who presently oppose using resources in elections because they may not think the time is appropriate for standing in elections. Some branchs have the members and the will to commit to them. Other branches consider that they are not able to contest them.Personally, whether we have candidates or not doesn't really bother me. It is more important that we use the occasions to increase our activity and publicity. We have to raise our profile and election-times are a suitable moment  when more folk are focussed on politics and ready to engage in debate and discussion. For branches with a membership volunteering to take part in an election, all well and good , and i heartily endorse and support that. I hope the EC can devote money and logisitcs so that we do gain a receptive audience.I would also hope a branch SPGB newsletter could be published and distributed aongside an array of leaflets on a variety of topics rather than a one-size fits all election leaflet where the name of the candidate and ward is the only thing different. However, we do need a campaign strategy for those branches who feel they cannot put forward candidates so  there has to be  an alternative for them.Couldn't we devise a plan of things to do for branches. Have adverts designed for the local press and paid for by the EC. Templates for letters to the editor made so that all is required is the newspaper's email and a name of a local member. I would suggest fly-posting but being a realist i cannot imagine some of our members escaping the clutches of the law on their zimmer-frames. But we could produce more convenient to use stickers which are easy and sometimes effective. I recall reading of a member who could use his mobility scooter to apply to stickers on lamp-osts and bus-stops.