Beginning CIMS
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CIMS and
Your Campaign
1. What does CIMS stand for?
Constituent
Information
Management
System
2. Goal of CIMS
To gain votes for the
Conservative Party of Canada
Identify supporters of the Party
Manage memberships
Track issues, lawn signs, volunteers, events
and more
Get Out The Vote (GOTV)
Store in a permanent and national database
3. What is CIMS?
National Register of
Electors (Voters List)
from Elections Canada
Membership List
308 Poll Key
National survey results
Identified supporters
from previous elections
Local survey results (incl.
10%’ers)
Event attendance
Constituency phone bank
results
Door knock results
Election day “bingo”
sheets
Donor records
3. What is CIMS?
Elections Canada National Register of
Electors is updated every October 15
List contains 22.5 million active electors
Updates come from:
Taxation records – 18,000,000
Citizenship – 125,000
Drivers Licenses – 15,000,000
Deaths – 195,000
Provincial Electoral Agencies – 7,000,000
3. What is CIMS?
Annual Changes to the National
Register of Electors
Moves
3,000,000
13%
New 18 Year Olds
380,000
2%
New Citizens
120,000
1%
Deaths
200,000
1%
3,700,000
17%
Total
3. What is CIMS?
Custom written application that is
installed on all computers
Riding and Campaign offices connect
through the Internet using a VPN client
Party Staff, MP’s, Senators connect
through the Internet using a Terminal
Server client
3. What is CIMS?
Multiple computers that are Quad Xeon
Processor, GB NIC
32 GB RAM
50+ Hard Drives totalling 3 TB
Primary ATM Internet connection
5 Mbps burstable to 50 Mbps
Max of 135 Mbps or 52,428,800 bps or
3,640,888 14.4 modems
Backup OC3 (~T3) connection
3. What is CIMS?
Stringent controls on who has access to
the data
Continual monitoring of all use
Highest level of firewalls to secure the
server
Powerful Virtual Private Network (VPN)
to protect data as it travels through the
Internet
4. What does CIMS look like?
Main screen in CIMS is called the
Dashboard
Contains links across the top for
common functions
Has menus for other areas of CIMS
Has two pie charts that show the levels
of Current and Lifetime Supporters
4. What does CIMS look like?
Constituent Details screen contains
information about each person in the voters
list
First Name, Middle Name, Last Name, Nicknames
Riding and Poll
Current and Lifetime Support levels
Addresses, phone numbers and e-mail addresses
Membership and Accounting details
Communications Preferences
“Do Not” lists
5. What are support levels?
CIMS follows more than just members or
non-members
Tracks Supporters, Non-Supporters and
Undecided
6. Walk and Phone Lists
CIMS has tools to print off lists for your
canvassers
Each sheet contains the name, address
and support level of each constituent
Sheet has a location for entering
information gained from the house
Information is then scanned back into
CIMS
6. Walk and Phone Lists
CIMS can print off Phone Lists and
Phone Sheets
A Phone List is a list of phone numbers
with name, address and limited space
for notes
A Phone Sheet is one phone number on
a page with name, address and lots of
room for notes
7. Mail and E-Mail
Householding
e-mail when sharing e-mail addresses
mail when people with the same last name
are at the same mailing address
CIMS is connected to an e-mail server
that allows it to instantly send messages
Preformatted mailing labels
Mail merge with Word for personalised
correspondence
8. Scanning
All reports that come out of CIMS have a
barcode
The barcoding makes for fast and
accurate data entry
Any barcode scanner will work as long
as it is ‘Code 39’ compliant
Running Your Campaigns
Manage Sign
Campaign
Manage
Fundraising
Manage
Events
Manage
Volunteers
Manage the
Message
Manage
Candidate
Manage Voter
Identification
Manage
Information
Manage
Campaign
Office
9. Install / Maintain Signs
9. Lawn Signs
Creates lists of outstanding lawn signs
for installation and repair
Crews can install lawn signs and then
report back to the office which are
completed
Location Report at end of campaign for a
complete list of all signs
People with lawn signs can be contacted
again the next year
10. Maintain Volunteer /
Assignment Info
11. Voter ID: Finding Supporters
11. Voter ID: CIMS Surveys
(“10%’ers”)
Surveys can be used to
Establish MP/Party support
Track regional or national issues of concern
Create or maintain distribution lists
11. Voter ID: CIMS Surveys
(“10%’ers”)
Different “actions” can be assigned to
different responses:
Add support level (“tracking row”)
Add to distribution list (for follow-up)
Add issue of concern
11. Voter ID: CIMS Surveys
(“10%’ers”)
Responses can be typed or scanned in
with barcode scanner
12. Get Out The Vote - GOTV
12. Get Out The Vote - GOTV
Find your supporters and make sure
they get out and vote
How you use it depends on your GOTV
strategy.
Contact Us
Y.www.cpccims.ca
Karsh Room
866-306-7779
or
613-755-2020
[email protected]