May 2016 - Lnc-business - Moellman Enterprises Email

Past Delegate Counts for Conventions
by Scott L. 20 May '16

20 May '16

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Call for Candidates to Speak at the National Convention
by Daniel Hayes 19 May '16

19 May '16

Dear Members, Our 2016 National Convention is right around the corner. The members of the Convention Oversight Committee are excited for the possibilities that are available to us as a Party and we are working to make the the most of this historic opportunity. On top of the excitement that the Presidential nomination brings, we have worked hard to create a diverse and interesting line up of speakers both on the main floor, during the meals, and in the many breakout seminars and panels throughout the convention. It is our hope that you leave this convention better trained and motivated to help take our Party to the next level. It has been my honor to serve on the LNC as the Region 7 Alternate, as well as on the Convention Oversight Committee as the Speaker Coordinator. What the future holds is always uncertain but I hope to remain on the convention committee for the next 2 years leading up to the convention in New Orleans where I reside. That convention will be during 2018 which is the Tri-Centennial for the city which adds further excitement to our event. This brings me to my final task in preparation for this convention. We are looking for candidates who will be in attendance at the National Convention to create 3 minute speeches intended to deliver on the main stage. They should video record it and send it to Daniel.Hayes(a)LP.Org. Videos are strongly preferred but we will also accept audio recordings of speeches. From a delivery standpoint it will likely be easiest to send a link to a video uploaded to You Tube or some other site. We will begin evaluating them in the order received. At points during tallying of votes on the main floor, the candidates will be asked to deliver their speeches in the order selected. In general, the order of speeches will be selected randomly prior to the start of business. It is likely not every candidate will get to speak as slots are limited to those times when votes are being tallied which varies. These are not definite speaking slots though we do have a few candidates already selected delivering set speeches because of the importance of their race, request of the Chairman, etc. Candidates selected for this pool will need to be ready when called on to speak with little notice. We realize that this Call is somewhat of the last second, but it was intentional as part of the evaluation process. All candidates should be able to deliver a pertinent, rousing speech at a moment's notice. Also, once it's done the candidates have at least the beginnings of some good material for their campaigns to use. Information that should be included in their email: Name of the candidate State of residence Office they seek Acknowledgement that they will not seek any nomination or run for any office voted on by the Delegates subsequent to their speaking on the main stage. A transcript of their speech The video or link to their video A short bio A head shot Phone number for call/text notification LSLA Chairman and Alabama State Chair, Leigh Lachine has agreed to forward this to the State Chair's list for us. Members and State Chairs, please forward this to those candidates you wish to be considered. If anyone has any questions or concerns regarding this process or about any aspect of the convention they may call or text me at 504-258-6176. Daniel Hayes 2016 National Libertarian Convention Speaker Coordinator

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Re: [Lnc-business] Call for Candidates to Speak at the Convention
by Daniel Hayes 19 May '16

19 May '16

Sam, Please disregard that email. I blame it on the morning hour. I thought I closed the email box out and it instead sent it. I was just starting to draft the letter and then I see it in my inbox. I am in the process of finishing up actual letter and it will be coming shortly with instructions. Apologies for the errant missive. I blame it on Old Age. I blame it on the Louisiana Legislature. I blame it on Obama. I blame it on Bush. Everything else I blame on Trump and Clinton. Daniel On May 19, 2016, at 06:46 AM, Sam Goldstein <goldsteinatlarge(a)gmail.com> wrote: Daniel, We'd love to have Rex Bell, LPIN candidate for Indiana Governor, speak at the convention. Should I have his staff get in touch with you? Sam Goldstein Libertarian National Committee Member at Large 8925 N Meridian St, Ste 101 Indianapolis IN 46260 317-850-0726 Phone 317-582-1773 Fax On Thu, May 19, 2016 at 9:04 AM, Daniel Hayes <danielehayes(a)icloud.com> wrote: Members, I look forward toWe have a few candidates speaking in some pre-selected slots at the convention already. _______________________________________________ Lnc-business mailing list Lnc-business(a)hq.lp.org http://hq.lp.org/mailman/listinfo/lnc-business_hq.lp.org _______________________________________________ Lnc-business mailing list Lnc-business(a)hq.lp.org http://hq.lp.org/mailman/listinfo/lnc-business_hq.lp.org

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Call for Candidates to Speak at the Convention
by Daniel Hayes 19 May '16

19 May '16

Members, I look forward toWe have a few candidates speaking in some pre-selected slots at the convention already.

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Proposed agenda for LNC meeting right before convention
by Nicholas Sarwark 19 May '16

19 May '16

Dear All, I've attached a draft agenda for the meeting in Orlando. I've cut what I felt we could to keep the meeting to as close to two hours as possible. I'm interested in any feedback or suggestions you may have. Yours in liberty, Nick

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3 leading LP Presidential candidates on Glenn Beck Radio Show
by Scott L. 18 May '16

18 May '16

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FW: Thankyou
by Norm Olsen 18 May '16

18 May '16

FYI Norm -- Norman T Olsen Regional Representative, Region 1 Libertarian National Committee 7931 South Broadway, PMB 102 Littleton, CO 80122-2710 303-263-4995 From: Votefellows [mailto:votefellows@aol.com] Sent: Wednesday, May 18, 2016 1:09 AM To: norman.olsen(a)lp.org; wes.benedict(a)lp.org Subject: Thankyou Dear Norm, Wes and the rest of the LNC, I'd like to take this opportunity to thank you for the donationtion of filing fee's for 3 statewide offices. With the current climate we should have no problem getting our 5 % of the governor's vote. As a result were seeing more opportunities like this: http://www.kfbb.com/story/31999010/juneau-requests-debates-for-house-of-rep… Once again thank you. I look forward to seeing all in Orlando. In Liberty, Mike Fellows MTLP Norm can you pass this along to the rest of the LNC?

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Re: [Lnc-business] Farewell - possibly for real this time
by Scott L. 17 May '16

17 May '16

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Farewell - possibly for real this time
by Scott L. 17 May '16

17 May '16

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Re: [Lnc-business] I predict 48 state ballot access
by William Redpath 12 May '16

12 May '16

Brett: One thing that could help immensely is volunteer petitioning help in Illinois or Ohio from people in Indiana. Illinois is the far more critical of the two right now, because of 25,000 valid sigs needed and its June 27 deadline. Last night, Lex Green told me that the LPIL has only 9,200 gross sigs. We need 25,000 valid. I know the LPIN has not had to petition since 1994, so people there are out of practice, but any volunteer help out of Indiana to help the Illinois petition drive would be extremely helpful. I did 830 volunteer sigs in Illinois in 4.5 days. I'm certainly not expecting that from every volunteer, but anything would help. Thanks, Bill Redpath -------------------------------------------- On Thu, 5/12/16, Wes Benedict <wes.benedict(a)lp.org> wrote: Subject: Re: [Lnc-business] I predict 48 state ballot access To: lnc-business(a)hq.lp.org Cc: "Richard Winger" <richardwinger(a)yahoo.com> Date: Thursday, May 12, 2016, 11:21 AM I will get that out in my broadcast to the general list asking for help, after Nick, Carla, Bill and I get on the same page on a critical detail: price. I hope to get the full details out today. In the mean time: A ballot access donation page is here: http://www.lp.org/ballotfund A Pennsylvania paid petitioner request is here: http://www.lp.org/blogs/staff/we-need-you-to-help-collect-signatures-in-pen… And there are other helpful links that we'll be putting all together today. Wes Benedict, Executive Director Libertarian National Committee, Inc. 1444 Duke St., Alexandria, VA 22314 (202) 333-0008 ext. 232, wes.benedict(a)lp.org facebook.com/libertarians @LPNational Join the Libertarian Party at: http://lp.org/membership On 5/12/2016 11:11 AM, Brett Bittner wrote: Thanks for the update, Wes. Have we begun any earmarked landing pages for the areas of concern like we did for OK that we can easily share for the $$$ necessary? Do we have any directed volunteer/paid petitioner landing pages to direct those who might be able to help? Aside from Ohio, my region has very few ballot access needs at this time, so I'd like to know where I can direct those I can call on to help. Brett C. Bittner brett(a)brettbittner.com 404.492.6524 "I would rather be exposed to the inconveniences attending too much liberty than those attending too small a degree of it." -- Thomas Jefferson On Thu, May 12, 2016 at 11:03 AM, Wes Benedict <wes.benedict(a)lp.org> wrote: Dear LNC: I predict 48 state ballot access. That's if we work very hard from now until the end. If we slack off even slightly, it will be more like 46. It's going to take a major paid petitioner recruiting effort to hit 50. I'm going to put out a very strongly worded call for new people to help petition in several states. We need to hire 20 paid petitioners ASAP. If you don't believe me, ask Joshua Katz how many signatures we have collected in Connecticut, and when the start date of that petition was. When did we approve funds for Ohio? Quite some time ago. I just got a contract today (I'm about to countersign) from the petitioner we planned to hire weeks ago. Ask Bill Redpath how many signatures we've collected in Illinois, when we started, and when the deadline is. The LNC hasn't spent a dime in Illinois yet. They haven't collected enough to need the money. Part of that is good, because their local fundraising has gone very well. But their rate of collection so far is far below what's needed to finish on time. Ask Carla Howell how many signatures have been turned in, in Pennsylvania. Make sure she clarifies how many have actually been "turned in" versus ones we think are in people's hands out there. We get burned by imaginary overestimates of signatures in hand all the time. We actually have the funds to pay for this now, thanks to strong performance from recent fundraising letters and lots of new dues-paying members. I don't think we have enough to pay for summer states yet, like Massachusetts or New York, but hopefully we will after our convention if things go well. What I really need are new workers, and I need the LNC, the Chair, and Staff, to focus on getting these new petitioners on the ground in the states where they are needed, and to get the forms and instructions in their hands. I've discussed this with Bill Redpath, Carla Howell and Bob Johnston. I need the LNC to let us focus on this. There's a chance we'll need to increase some ballot access budgets. If so, when appropriate, I'll need the LNC to approve those. It's not certain we'll have to increase budgets in all states though. Now for the good news. South Dakota, which was supposed to be done last October, is 98% complete. I showed you graphs and charts of progress in Oklahoma along the way. I told you we're 98% in South Dakota because I know the actual numbers. The fact that I can't report detailed numbers to you on the other states should be a warning sign right there. I don't like sharing bad news or telling you we let things reach the urgent state. But I haven't seen anyone else share this news publicly. I keep hearing "we're going to be on the ballot in all 50 states." I don't want failure to get on 50 to be a surprise that only a few of us saw coming. We can get 50, if we do what it takes, instead of other time-burning things. -- Wes Benedict, Executive Director Libertarian National Committee, Inc. 1444 Duke St., Alexandria, VA 22314 (202) 333-0008 ext. 232, wes.benedict(a)lp.org facebook.com/libertarians @LPNational Join the Libertarian Party at: http://lp.org/membership _______________________________________________ Lnc-business mailing list Lnc-business(a)hq.lp.org http://hq.lp.org/mailman/listinfo/lnc-business_hq.lp.org _______________________________________________ Lnc-business mailing list Lnc-business(a)hq.lp.org http://hq.lp.org/mailman/listinfo/lnc-business_hq.lp.org -----Inline Attachment Follows----- _______________________________________________ Lnc-business mailing list Lnc-business(a)hq.lp.org http://hq.lp.org/mailman/listinfo/lnc-business_hq.lp.org

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