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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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Membership Survey - Planning Meeting
by Paul DiMasi 07 Apr '23

07 Apr '23

Good Evening, I should preface my message below by saying that if this is already in the works and I'm just unaware of that, please write this off and ignore it. If not, then I welcome anyone to join this proposed call. The motion from a few months ago regarding the membership survey was brought up on the last couple calls. I am volunteering myself to facilitate the planning and distribution of the survey, along with evaluating the results. I would like to set a meeting for either Sunday 4/2 at 8pm or Tuesday 4/4 at 8pm, whichever date is best for those interested. Ideally, at least one person from each division can volunteer to join the call, along with someone from the ExCom, and a few others. The goal of this call is to determine: 1. The format of the survey 2. How it will be distributed 3. Content and questions (some of which I vaguely recall was part of the original motion) Hopefully this call, along with other calls as needed, will be sufficient to bring a proposal back to the next BOD meeting on 4/18 with an approval to move forward. Again, if I've overstepped anything here and moving parts are already in motion, please disregard this. Given the nature of the task, I am hopeful at least one person from IT or Communications is available to assist. If we need to find another date to accommodate, we can do that. Thank you, Paul DiMasi 847-917-0143

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March BoD meeting minutes
by Ken Mattes 22 Mar '23

22 Mar '23

Minutes attached. Thank you all for joining the meeting and giving due consideration to the business at-hand in a professional manner! -- Ken Mattes Secretary, Libertarian Party of Illinois secretary(a)lpillinois.org 815 342 5177

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Treasurer's report for LP IL Board meeting - Answers to some questions
by treasurer＠lpillinois.org 21 Mar '23

21 Mar '23

To all: I likely will be unable to attend this month's board meeting. I do want to provide some answers to relayed questions as to the legality of participating in the Human Action event in Chicago next month. First, here is the monthly treasurer's report. Now for some compliance related answers to questions asked by Donny Henry and Alexa Maffei Questions 1-4 have no compliance issues. Good questions though that need to be answered. 5. Will state party accounts be expected to advertise this event, or just several individuals within the state party? That makes a big difference, in my opinion. - Field operations does have budgets for such events this year. The Chicago event could use either Outreach Booth or Parties and Special Events funding. 6. Is it standard for LPIL to provide money or free advertising to caucuses for their events? Would it be received as a promotion of the caucus itself, and if so, would it be unfair to other caucuses? - Typically the state party does not promote caucus events outside of social media. In the past, we share posts from the caucus' pages on our page. I do not believe we advertise caucus events in other ways but the Communications group would know. Should any caucus hold an event in Illinois, we should share their advertising posts on our page as it is Libertarian Party activity occurring in Illinois by Libertarian Groups. 7. I believe Mises either has a PAC or is considered to be one. Would any laws or regulations around PACs potentially cause us trouble? - MISES PAC is a hybrid unauthorized PAC filing with the FEC. As such, they are allowed to receive contributions from individuals, corporations, labor organizations and other political committees. We are permitted to purchase a table and otherwise participate in their event. 8. The Take Human Action event is taking place in at least a few other states as well. What are their state parties doing? - Good question. Other state parties may file with their state political regulator in which case, the state party may be governed by more strict state law not Federal. We should consider what other state parties are doing but do what is in the best interest of the LPIL. 9. Is there any sort of metric for how many people should be expected to attend this event and/or how many of them reside in Illinois? - Good Question but no compliance issues to discuss. 10. If there are profits from the revenue generated from the event, where would they go? If LPIL advertises, would we get any share of the profits? - The LPIL does not bundle donations for PACs and we have not participated in bundled fundraising operations. Should the MISES PAC provide funds to the LPIL from this event, it must disclose to us the source of those funds within 10 days of the donation AND those sources of funds must be allowed to make donations to Federally filing State Committees. In my opinion, this is their event and the profit and loss from such an event is theirs alone. I do not recommend any bundled fundraising with them for this event as we are not set up internally for such circumstances on short notice. 11. This event is sponsored by a caucus of the Libertarian Party, and the goal of the event is to bring liberty-minded people together and get them involved in the party. What exactly is the rationale behind charging (or expecting free advertising from) LPIL, the party of the state where this event is being hosted? Given the event's purpose, it seems like the caucus would *want* to have an LPIL table so people can easily find out how to get involved at the state or local level. - The MISES PAC has purchased advertising at the LPIL state convention and meetings for the past 4 years. I see no reason that we should expect a contribution-in-kind donation of free table or other advertising at their event. It is much clearer to everyone involved if we pay the going rate for a table or advertising at their event just as they do at ours. Events cost money, staff time, volunteer time and effort to put on. There is no compliance issue with purchasing advertising or a table at this event. Our expectations for the results of that purchase is another matter which I will leave to the board for the meeting. Russ Clark Treasurer Libertarian Party of Illinois I attached the 2023 budget for your review should the board wish to purchase advertising or a table at the event. -- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. www.avast.com

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Region 6 Alternate Rep
by Justin Tucker 19 Mar '23

19 Mar '23

Team - Below is a message from our regional rep Mark Tuniweicz he asked me to forward. Hello Region 6 Members & Friends, As you may be aware, I am now the Region 6 Representative. We have a vacancy in the Alternate Role for our Region. The chairs in our region, without objection, on March 7th agreed to a process, and I'm hopeful that we can fill that role within the next 30 days. (As a reminder, the 9 states of Region 6 include IA, IL, MN, MT, ND, SC, SD, UT & WI) The following points should be borne in mind by all Applicants: 1) Time and cost commitment: Alternates should plan on attending all (3-4) in-person meetings per year as well as our national convention, and all Zoom meetings (monthly). Attendees pay their own hotel and travel expenses to the in-person meetings, and the online ones are generally on Sundays at 8 or 9pm EST and can run as late as midnight, depending on the agenda. In addition, meetings of the LNC's Executive Committee are important for alternates to attend, these are more sporadic but often monthly. Alternates get to sit in as observers on LNC & EC meetings, and during confidential executive sessions of both bodies. NDA's are required. Alternates are also able to serve on various national committees of the LP that specify that an LNC member only may fill the position. 2) Experience and temperament: Candidates for alternate should have some experience not just on, say, your state board of directors, but other municipal, nonprofit/charitable, corporate or similar boards or committees. It's just helpful. If they have prior experience on national LP committees, super helpful. Prior LNC experience, even more so. To be effective, we don't need bomb throwers! We need people who can craft effective arguments, participate actively in multiple team projects, and communicate well. We are both very much a working board, and a policy-setting body. 3) Drama-free: The tone that's been set for our region has been that of a "drama-free zone"--a region that is focused on cooperating together, and getting the work done to move the Party forward. While there will always be differences between us as individuals, when we come together as a region by mutual consent , the conflict-free cooperative approach will serve us well. Alternate candidates who have demonstrated & supported these values would be best. 4) Application process: I've asked all chairs to communicate, in their own manner, the opportunity to serve as alternate to their members. Candidates should submit a statement, in .pdf format, to their chair (you can cc me to my lp.org email address), that then each chair can share with all chairs in the region. If you haven't heard from your state chair on this topic, you can pass this notice along as appropriate in your state. 5) Application timing: At this time we ask that all applications be submitted by 5pm EST Friday, March 24th. Schedules permitting, I would host a meeting with the regional chairs around the end of March. Depending on the number of applicants, we could also invite some or all to participate and say a few words. Thanks to all of you for considering this important opportunity in service to the Libertarian Party. It's very much appreciated. With best wishes, Mark Tuniewicz Region 6 Representative Libertarian National Committee, Inc. (email: Mark (dot) Tuniewicz at lp.org ) Best, Justin Tucker Executive Director, Libertarian Party of Illinois

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Re: [LPIL - Board of Directors] March BoD Meeting
by Ken Mattes 19 Mar '23

19 Mar '23

Received, thank you. On 2023-03-15 16:01, Matthew Piron wrote: > I would like to make a motion for LP Illinois to get a table at the > Take Human Action event in Chicago this April 15-16. > > In Liberty, Matthew Piron > > On Mar 15, 2023 1:48 PM, Ken Mattes via Lpil-bod > <lpil-bod(a)lists.lpillinois.org> wrote: > >> I am calling for any agenda items for the Board of Directors meeting >> >> 3/21 at 7:30. >> -- >> Ken Mattes >> Secretary, Libertarian Party of Illinois >> secretary(a)lpillinois.org >> 815 342 5177 >> -- >> Lpil-bod mailing list >> Lpil-bod(a)lists.lpillinois.org >> http://lpmail.lp.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/lpil-bod -- Ken Mattes Secretary, Libertarian Party of Illinois secretary(a)lpillinois.org 815 342 5177

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March meeting agenda
by Ken Mattes 19 Mar '23

19 Mar '23

Agenda attached. -- Ken Mattes Secretary, Libertarian Party of Illinois secretary(a)lpillinois.org 815 342 5177

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IT Division Report - Feb 2023
by Bob Blair-Smith II 19 Mar '23

19 Mar '23

Board members- Attached is the IT Division report for the prior month. I will call out the ongoing remaining volunteer opportunity we have in IT for a Website Director / webmaster. -- Live Free, Bob Blair-Smith II Libertarian Party of Illinois IT Division Director it(a)lpillinois.org (630) 401-5788

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