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Illinois Press/Media List
by Paul DiMasi 06 Sep '24

06 Sep '24

All, This was mentioned on the last call, and I figured it would be useful all around. Some of this was from a list Justin had his hands on. I added to it mostly just using Wikipedia for finding media outlets and then going to each outlet's website for general contact information. I have only ever used it for something related to Dan Robin's campaign last October. Perhaps it would be of better use in the right hands. Paul DiMasi 847-917-0143

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Issue With Logging in to LPIllinois.org (CiviCRM)
by Kevin Mahoney 12 Dec '23

12 Dec '23

Kelly, I hope you can help me or steer me to whoever can solve this CiviCRM problem. I've been unable to log in to the LP Illinois CiviCRM for a couple of weeks now. Here's what is happening: I go to the lpillinois.org site and enter my login and password. I then get my 2FA authentication number in my personal email. Then, no matter if I enter the authentication number in my login page, or click on the "Continue" link in the 2FA email, that is where everything stops. If I hit "continue", it stops at https://lpillinois.org/wp-admin/ If I enter the authorization number on the original login, it stops at https://lpillinois.org/wp-login.php?action=itsec-2fa&itsec-hb-token=act A few times, a CAPTCHA page has come up, I was able to proceed to the login, but it still hangs up as above. I've tried different browsers with the same result (I get a 500 error with Edge, or it takes me to the public site, not CRM). Also, once I've tried to log in, unless I clear all my history and cache, if I try again, it goes directly to the logout (https://lpillinois.org/wp-login.php?itsec-hb-token=act&loggedout=true&wp_la…) I don't know, maybe my bookmark is corrupted or something. Can you send me the link to our CRM page, maybe that would help. Thanks. -- Kevin Mahoney Membership Director Libertarian Party of Illinois

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Executive Director Report - August 2022
by Justin Tucker 20 Jun '23

20 Jun '23

Fellow Libertarians - If you are not a recurring monthly donor to the LP Illinois, please visit www.lpillinois.org/donate to set. If you cannot donate monthly, please consider a one-time donation. Also please consider Lifetime Memberships. Thanks to all our donors, both new and recurring. We just paid for a petition drive and we need to rebuild the treasury. Become a donor today! If you are not a Precinct Committeeperson, please consider becoming one. If you are in an established county, start planning the next PC elections. Meanwhile, the information on https://lpillinois.org/precinct-committeemen/ should be updated. The GOP has filled vacancies in Cook County. There will be some three-way races, but we were able to work together and successfully challenge some of the vacancies, and now there will be key two-way races in Cook County. The CCLCC was sent notice by the Cook County Clerk's Office of the "Established Political Party Lottery" to be held tomorrow. I wrote an appeal and sent it to the Ex Com. Seeing no further suggestions, I am going to schedule that one for tomorrow morning. In the month of July, we brought in a total of $582.51. So far in August, we've brought in $2274.21. Again, we just paid for a petition drive and need to replenish our coffers. Please reach into your couch cushions, put aside a few coffees, and or whatever you can spare, large or small, to help rebuild. My all-time haul as ED is $11,380.62 9 of the top 20 months for contribution aggregate have been since April 2021. I am seeking another term as Chair of the Cook County Libertarian Central Committee. I seek to institute a plan for 2024 Ward Committeeperson races, update our bylaws to better comply with IL law, and to fill vacancies in Cook County townships. Please vote for me if you plan to attend the CCLCC convention next Wednesday in Oak Park. Visit here for more details regarding the CCLCC convention: https://lpchicago.org/event/2022-cook-county-libertarian-central-committee-… I followed up with again JB Pritzker's staffer regarding a meeting with Libertarian constituents. Still no reply. I encourage folks to secure their Libertarian memorabilia in our archive at UIC to protect them from damage. Reach out to me about donations. I plan on boxing up some things and making a donation soon. Thank you for letting me serve you as Executive Director. Best, Justin Tucker Executive Director, Libertarian Party of Illinois

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Call for Special meeting of the SCC
by vicechair＠lpillinois.org 12 Mar '23

12 Mar '23

Hello Everyone, As I am sure most of you are aware, Chase Renwick will be resigning as Chair of the LPIL relatively soon. The bylaws on this matter read as follows: "The Vice Chair shall perform all duties of the State Chair in the event of the State Chair’s death, removal, resignation, inability to act, permanent absence, or other vacancy of the office until a new State Chair is elected and qualified. In such case, the Secretary (Ken Mattes) shall within fourteen (14) days after the vacancy arises, call a meeting of the Central Committee to be held within sixty (60) days, but not less than seven (7) days, after the vacancy arises for the purpose of electing a new State Chair to fill the unexpired term arising from the vacancy." So in short, a scheduled meeting announcement will go out within two weeks after Chase's resignation, and the meeting will need to take place within 7 to 60 days post the resignation. I would like to motion that the SCC call a separate "special meeting", as pursuant to our bylaws, soon. I think we should have a conversation about exploring potential candidates to fill the Chair position. For a "Special meeting" to be called at least another four members of the SCC will need to second this motion. If you would like to second the motion reply all to this email with your second. If the motion is carried, I will send out another email with the time and date decided for the meeting to take place, in the near future. In Liberty, Matthew Piron (Vice-Chair LPIL)

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Voter Model and Voter Rolls
by treasurer＠lpillinois.org 26 Feb '23

26 Feb '23

To BOD: The voter model is up and running for 2023. If you have candidates that need voter rolls for the 2023 municipal elections, you can contact me for them. Yes, it's a bit late for the primary but as far as I know, we didn't have anyone with a competitive race for Feb 28. I am still working on getting the 2022 legislative races in the model but all statewide races from 2014 through 2022 are in. County chairs in established counties, you should have received voter rolls from your county chair in January. If they are incomplete or you just need help identifying those voters who took a Libertarian ballot in 2022, I can help with that as well. These are great people to canvas or recruit for precinct committeeman for 2024. SPECIAL NOTE: County clerks are now beginning the process of drawing new precinct boundaries. While they can do this during any election cycle, they can make wholesale changes for the 2024 general election. There will be public notices of new precinct maps and hearings on them. As a county chair, you should pay attention to this. IF you are in an established county, you should be granted access to maps and be given notice of meetings. Precinct boundaries are how PCs are rewarded or punished for their work by the 2 main parties. It helps if you can know or see who is liked or despised by the other county chairs. Russ Clark Treasurer Libertarian Party of Illinois. -- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. www.avast.com

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February BoD Meeting Minutes
by Ken Mattes 25 Feb '23

25 Feb '23

Minutes of the February meeting are attached. -- Ken Mattes Secretary, Libertarian Party of Illinois secretary(a)lpillinois.org 815 342 5177

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Speaking of documents stored...
by Bob Blair-Smith II 25 Feb '23

25 Feb '23

At some point we will need to agree upon and establish a new and secure document / filesharing management. It has occurred to more than one BoD member lately that the former Field Ops Director's personal GoogleDrive (among other locations in the cloud) are perhaps not the best places for documents used for party business. With your input, the IT Division will soon work to have documents, media files, and other party business documents in "always used" location(s) for access and use by current members and with elevated access permissions as necessary and permitted in each Divisions' Operations manuals/appendices. (it will be our IT Divisions' first new project / new business for 2023) So for that initiative, Board member and volunteer/ State party member input and ideas are welcome and encouraged over the next few weeks. -- Live Free, Bob Blair-Smith II Libertarian Party of Illinois IT Division Director it(a)lpillinois.org (630) 401-5788

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Updated Libertarian Party of Illinois Policy Manual since IT Policy motions
by Bob Blair-Smith II 25 Feb '23

25 Feb '23

Mr Secretary (and fellow BoD members): Attached is the updated LP of Illinois Policy manual (my best efforts to incorporate the recently approved motions, and to be secured in safe keeping and made available on the lpillinois.org website. I will defer to our Chair, Executive Committee and Secretary Mattes and anyone else with an eagle eye if any unintended typos, etc, may have crept into this. No other Divisions should have been impacted, but worth reviewing carefully in any case. Thank you all for supporting this long overdue policy revision. Bob -- Live Free, Bob Blair-Smith II Libertarian Party of Illinois IT Division Director it(a)lpillinois.org (630) 401-5788

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Adding candidates for National and LPIL websites
by Jake Leonard 25 Feb '23

25 Feb '23

I seem to have misplaced the link that I had through National to add candidates to their website, which would run back to our website. My previous contact for all candidate matters at National, Cara Schulz, is no longer there, and I do not know who is currently handling candidate recruitment matters on the National end, because I have not received anything from them as of yet. An email that sent to National on February 8 has also gone unanswered. I would like to get them up on our site soon, especially given that the consolidated general election will be upon us quicker than we can imagine. On another note, I will be following up on all candidate inquiries with those who had intent in running in 2023 but did not file and those expressing intent for 2024. -- *Jake Leonard* *Interim Chairman and Executive Director | ChrisMont Libertarian Central Committee* (/Christian County, Montgomery County/) /*Congress*: 15/ | /*Montgomery County*: Illinois Senate 54/55, Illinois House 107/108/110/ | /*Christian County*: Illinois Senate 48/54, Illinois House 95/96/107/108/ *Political Director | Libertarian Party of Illinois* 800 Capps Ave. | Nokomis, IL 62075-1415 *Mobile*: (217) 565-9709 <tel:2175659709> | (217) 565-9273 <tel:2175659273> || *Work*: (217) 569-4230 ext. 700 <tel:2175694230,700> | (217) 718-5281 <tel:2177185281> || *Fax*: (217) 717-8079 <tel:2177178079> -- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. www.avast.com

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Survey 2023
by chair＠lpillinois.org 23 Feb '23

23 Feb '23

Hello All, The following is the agenda item regarding our agenda item of discussion last night. The survey will be done in an effort between Field Ops, Communications, IT, and the executive committee. Blake, please let me know how we are looking to proceed with Field Ops leading this effort. I'd first suggest any folks in these respective divisions listed below share their recommended survey questions or anyone on the BOD may respond to this email with them as well. I know the elections were tiring but we've had a break now and can get to this business item. "Adding to the agenda, I move to direct Field Operations to work with Communications, IT Division, and the Executive Committee to assemble and conduct a membership survey by the end of 2022. The survey should gather member feedback about the following topics: - Preferred communication channels - Local chapter needs - Candidate support and outreach - LPIL messaging - National LP messaging - Strategic priorities for 2023 through 2024 - Whether or not the LP of Illinois should disaffiliate from the Libertarian National Committee Rationale: I've seen enough from our unprofessional, immature, and incompetent LNC. I would argue that our state is the most professionally led and well-managed in the country. While I would love to go straight to a motion to disaffiliate from the national party, I would want to do our due diligence as a body to hear from our membership before acting as a State Central Committee. Regardless of the results of the question about disaffiliation, I believe conducting this survey would be a valuable exercise to gather helpful feedback about how the party can make improvements and add value to our members, candidates, donors, and local chapters with or without our already limited engagement with national." Please reach out with any questions, comments, or concerns. Thank you, Chase Renwick Chair, LPIL

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