[LPIL - Board of Directors] Agenda Items

[Brett Ryan]

Apologies.  Stressed out and working on budgets for work and then saw 
just such utter stupidity I couldn't help but to respond.  Carry on.

On 2022-09-20 19:05, Bennett Morris wrote:
> Debate has traditionally been discouraged in the agenda item email
> chain. The motion is to conduct a survey of our members. You're
> welcome to respond to it if one is conducted.
> 
> In Liberty,
> Bennett Morris
> SCC District 16
> 
> On Sep 20, 2022 6:38 PM, Brett Ryan <secretary at lpillinois.org> wrote:
> 
>> I'm just catching up on email, looking for agenda items that Matt
>> didn't get.  I guess I'm resigned now, but disaffiliate?  Really?  I
>> just can't understand.
>> 
>> I guess if you don't like the LNC and want to disaffiliate you
>> should probably motion to pay back the money we received for ballot
>> access--how can you take money from people you consider,
>> "...unprofessional, immature, and incompetent.". That's great
>> character; bash the people that supported us, then try to sabotage
>> the whole state party and quit them.  That'll accomplish liberty in
>> our lifetime.  Great idea!
>> 
>> Brett Ryan
>> On Sep 15, 2022, at 5:11 PM, Bennett Morris <scc16 at lpillinois.org>
>> wrote:
>> 
>> Good evening Libertarians,
>> 
>> 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.
>> 
>> On Sep 13, 2022 7:15 PM, Brett Ryan via Lpil-bod
>> <lpil-bod at lists.lpillinois.org> wrote:
>> 
>> All,
>> 
>> Please reply to this thread with agenda items for the meeting next
>> week.
>> 
>> Thanks!
>> 
>> Brett Ryan

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Brett Ryan
Secretary
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