Timeline
Date
Description
Notes
Spring 2025
Agree on a name, can be revisited at convention or prior.
Decided on Alaska Neighbors. Some other ideas were Friends & Neighbors, Alaska FAN, AK Neighbors, AK Solidarity, Marmot Party, Little Party, New Alaska Party.
Summer 2025
Develop a website for outreach and transparency.
... And here we are!
Fall 2025
Release new survey for individual Alaskans.
The goal of this individual survey is to gather information from Alaskans on the values we've discussed and asses the potential for a new party.
Oct-Nov 2025
Assess survey results and prepare report.
Survey results and follow-up engagement will likely determine if the effort proceeds further.
Fall - Winter 2025
Define roles, organizational structure.
Develop roles within the group, refine meeting framework, identify facilitators, draft organizing documents.
Winter 2025
Develop and release an in-person activity for small groups to further refine guiding principles.
Goals: Drive more in-person communication about Alaska issues, learn about regional priorities, evolve our format.
Spring 2026
Convention / Gathering
Use our draft decision making processes to ratify/agree on a working blueprint for the party. Gradient decision making processes.
Spring 2026
Register as a political group.
If we’ve made the decision to proceed and organize further, we’ll register with the Division of Elections.
Summer 2026
Develop engagement plans for 2026 elections and beyond.