1. The Challenge Posting Process Using the Loft Platform

2. All members sign up for Loft as a condition for membership Members receive and fill out a Google form indicating interest in challenge Accept invitation to join project team within studio One project team member accept Challenge on behalf of team Project team members use the project page to collaborate via message board tool Send in policy for editing Revise and send in for approval Receive request for a national challenge Contact members via email to gauge interest in challenge participation Create studio for the overall challenge including all instructions and necessary materials Use interest forms to create teams in Excel Document and create project team pages in Loft Receive policy version Send back feedback and revisions Make final edits and send to appropriate parties Roosevelt Employees Timeline of Roosevelt Institute’s Loft Use for Challenges Roosevelt Members

3. Motivating Loft Usage All members will be required by chapter heads to create a Loft page – This will eliminate barriers to entry for accepting challenges The Loft site will host all guides for general policy creation and challenge-specific information

4. Challenge Interest and Team Designation After receiving a request to put forth a national Challenge, the Roosevelt Institute will send an email to all applicable members requesting indication of interest – This will be done using Google Forms as it can automatically be configured into an Excel Doc The Roosevelt Institute will come up with project teams based on an appropriate criteria, create a project in Loft and send each member an invitation to join his or her team’s project page

5. Team Collaboration The project team will use the “Member How-To Guide” to accept the challenge and navigate the studio Each project team member will have access to the project’s message board Using the ‘file upload’ function, members will be able to save various iterations of the policy draft With the development of the direct message function, members will be able to communicate one-on-one if there is an individual question or suggestion

6. Policy Completion Once the project team has finalized a draft, they will send it to the appropriate Roosevelt Institute counterpart Feedback will go in this cycle until the Roosevelt Institute deems the material to be finished If the policy is chosen to go further, the Roosevelt Institute will distribute the materials to the appropriate contact