[LPIL - Board of Directors] Executive Director Report - August 2021

[executivedirector at lpillinois.org]

Team - 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 become a 
Precinct Committeeperson if you are not already one by visiting 
www.lpillinois.org/precinct-committeemen/.

Also, if you plan to attend the convention, please get your package as 
soon as you can at https://lpillinois.org/2021-state-convention/.

For the month of July, I pitched to 74 individuals. No new pledges. I 
have yet to complete an audit of exported CRM data with my pledges and 
hope to turn in that data to the Executive Committee later this evening.

July 2021 has the 6th highest aggregate donation total in LPI's history 
with June 2021 as 9th highest. Convention packages and our generous 
recurring donations helped drive those totals.

I attended several LP meetings, including with the LP Chicago and Cook 
County Libertarian Central Committee. Also attended an event of Illinois 
Policy Institute, with school choice expert Corey DeAngelis, former CPS 
head Paul Vallas, Pastor Corey Brooks, and Jim Oberweis in attendance. 
Paul Vallas has said he'd be willing to LPC about school choice and 
Pastor Brooks' assistant wants to be in the loop with LP activities. I 
plan to attend Sunday services either this Sunday or the next at New 
Beginnings Church, where Brooks pastors and Rand Paul visited during his 
2016 presidential campaign.

I have also applied for the America's Future Writing Fellowship Program. 
This is a several-week program where, if accepted, I will sharpen my 
writing skills and network with writers at organizations like Reason 
Magazine. I hope to write about the ballot access hurdles we face here 
in Illinois.

I am still working with Rep. Lauren Underwood's office about meeting 
with Libertarian constituents. It appears a Zoom meeting may be the best 
option for her, after initially agreeing to attend McHenry's November 
meeting. Thank you chapters in or near her district for helping 
organize.

I am working with Les Defner with chapter development in the Metro-East 
and in Fulton Co. Thank you, Les, for your help, and thanks to those who 
have stepped up to help organize chapters in those respective areas.

I am also available to join any LP meeting in the state, virtually or 
in-person if possible. Please reach out.

Best,
Justin Tucker