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

[executivedirector at lpillinois.org]

Team - I will be missing tonight's meeting and October's meeting because 
of the AF Writing Fellowship Program.

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 August, I pitched to 49 individuals. $70 pledges.

I have audited all pledges from April 1 to September 15. My calls to 
action have brought in a total of $6308. This does not include emails or 
voicemails, which are going to be more tedious to reconcile.

July 2021 ended up being highest aggregate donation total in LPI's 
history with June 2021 still being the 9th highest. Convention packages 
and our generous recurring donations helped drive those totals and I 
suspect the slow down is related to the plateau in convention package 
sales. I suspect that August and September numbers are not complete as 
July 2021 numbers were down from last month's report.

In addition to LP meetings, I attended Sunday services at New Beginnings 
Church on Chicago's South Side a few Sundays ago. Pastor Corey Brooks' 
Project HOOD has some of the same donor base as America's Future. I am 
interested in attending their 2021 Gala After Party to network.

I have also helped secure venues for off-site convention fundraising 
events: an axe-throwing event with Spike Cohen and a catered brunch with 
Justin Amash.

I am still working with Rep. Lauren Underwood's office about meeting 
with Libertarian constituents. As of now, it will be Zoom meeting in 
November and I am still ironing out details with her people. 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. Fulton Co. had their meeting last Saturday and the 
Metro-East meeting will be on September 30th. Thank you, Les, Blake, and 
Ian, 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