HELP WANTED:
Reclaim Conservatism is looking for bloggers, and those who would like to be bloggers, to contribute to this site. The reason is simple — reclaiming conservatism is too big a task for any one person, or even a small group of people. And, conservatism needs a voice. The primaries and elections in 2012 are tremendously important. We’re asking you to play a part.

Where We Are

Prior to this post, the last contribution was in June of this year. That’s my fault. I have allowed Reclaim Conservatism to sit, unused, for far to long.

Currently three authors are able to contribute here — Me, GM Roper, and Stix. All of us have other projects and blogs where we contribute. Speaking only for myself, I don’t want to use that as an excuse. I believe that creating this site was a good idea. It still is, it just needs some direction.

Where We Are Going

At least, Where I’d like to see us go. Over the next few paragraphs I’d like to describe my vision for this site as we head into 2012. I’ll be reaching out to the other contributors for their thoughts later this morning.

1. More Co-bloggers — I would very much like to see more conservatives contribute here. Let me outline my thinking.
   • Co-bloggers/Active contributors. I’d like to see the number of regular writers increase to 6-10. That would help make this site very content rich.
   • The Bullpen — I know there are some who might like to contribute, but only on a occasional basis. Over the next few days I will be setting up a separate sub-blog that I am tentatively calling “The Bullpen”. This will be for (nearly) anyone who is interested in writing about the conservative cause. Outstanding posts will be promoted to the main site.
   • Guest Bloggers — I would also like to throw the doors open to writers, pundits, and others wanting to promote conservatism.
2. The Reclaim Report — Another neglected facet of this project is a newsletter called the Reclaim Report. That needs some attention as well.
3. Action — Writing is nice, it can even be fun, but action is what is really needed. What form that will take is something that will have to be discussed.

More Later

Knowing that this site doesn’t get a lot of views yet, I’m going to publish this even though I have more I’d like to add. If you do happen upon this post, feel free to add your comments. If you would like to be a part of Reclaim Conservatism, please send an email to lakelandjim at gmail dot com.