NATIONAL BULL MOOSE PARTY

Patch Notes: September 1 to October 6, 2026

A summary of organizational progress across governance, infrastructure, brand, communications, and operations during this period.

Governance

• Expanded the Executive Roles and Structure document to version 5, clarified reporting lines, and improved readability.

• Prepared the officer report and compiled the agenda for the September 6 meeting.

• Researched and drafted Code of Conduct clause options to support the Secretary's work on the Code.

• Rebuilt the organizational roadmap around dependency-based phases (Foundation, Stabilization, Build-Out, Scale) rather than fixed timelines, and refreshed it in October.

• Updated the six-week executive progress report through September 13.

• Archived the Bylaws and established a Bylaws Version Register so that every change is documented.

• Prepared proposed Bylaw clean-up items for Executive Committee discussion on October 11, with a vote at a subsequent bylaw convention.

• Drafted a Data Retention Policy, which is awaiting Executive Committee review.

• Established an internal glossary, a File-Naming and Folder-Organization SOP, and a documentation style standard.

• Drafted a platform plan for moving the public site to WordPress. Until then, Google Sites hosts both internal and public publications.

• Compiled the 527 filing and reporting documentation and state registration research for the Executive Committee.

• Completed a technology stack gap analysis with a prioritized completion list.

Digital infrastructure

• Moved organization email to Google Workspace with email authentication (SPF, DKIM, and DMARC) configured.

• Upgraded Google Workspace from Business Standard to Business Plus, with seats for all seven officers, and created role-based officer email addresses.

• Adopted a shared password manager (Bitwarden Enterprise) for all seven officers.

• Required two-step verification organization-wide beginning September 19, with a two-week enrollment window for new accounts. Officers may use passkeys or an approved authenticator app.

• Published the Digital Access Onboarding SOP (version 3.2). Officers are currently completing onboarding, and we will refine the SOP based on that experience.

• Confirmed records retention across Gmail, Chat, Drive, and other Workspace data, and enabled permanent chat history.

• Evaluated Discord security and moderation tools and documented an OBS and Discord recording procedure for interviews.

• Created a software directory.

• Next: move toward single sign-on (SSO) as the organization grows, for better access, accountability, and security.

Brand and design

• Applied the NBMP branding guide across organizational documents.

• Presented twelve brand-direction options to the executive team for comparison.

• Began work on the Oregon logo, which is about one-third complete so far.

Communications and content

• Began documenting the video workflow: Kapwing for short-form content (Seth) and DaVinci Resolve for longer-form content (Robby). Documentation and exploration of both tools are still in progress, and standard operating procedures will follow.

• Developed a social media plan that starts with Google Sheets and manual methods. Moving to Buffer will follow once regular content production supports it.

• Opened content brainstorming sessions to all members, held biweekly at Sunday meetings.

• Planned "The Bull Pen" content strategy, including an Idea Bank and a Content Pipeline.

• Drafted a human-review and release practice so that every draft is reviewed by a person before release.

Operations and finance

• Improved expense tracking through a living Finance Tracker and an executive spending report that replaced earlier scattered records.

• Developed contractor rate benchmarking sheets for graphic design and video editing (Ohio, Oregon, and Florida).

• Created intake and scope forms for graphic design and video editing requests.

National Bull Moose Party. Patch notes, October 6, 2026.