[LPIL - Board of Directors] Two items of Political Division housekeeping

[Ken Mattes]

Thanks for the interim report. I will be introducing a new format for 
LPIL minutes in June that will allow all division directors the ability 
to seamlesssly include reports like yours.


On 2023-06-07 00:32, Jake Leonard via Lpil-bod wrote:
> All,
> 
> I thought I would present these two items prior to the next meeting:
> 
> LiberTEA Fest 2023
> 
> Ralyn Sue Speerly Schraceo contacted me last Wednesday regarding the
> 2023 edition of LiberTEA Fest.
> 
> She told me that this year's event will be in Moline on August 5, but
> she didn't specify the exact venue.
> 
> This year's event will be in partnership with the Illinois Freedom
> Alliance, of which I know some of our members are active in, with the
> intent to bolster turnout.
> 
> She is encouraging any Libertarian candidate to attend, and I'm sure
> it wouldn't matter whether it was for countywide, county
> board/commission, General Assembly, or Congressional.
> 
> She can be contacted by calling (217) 492-1163.
> 
> She has been asking for Libertarian participants/candidates to attend
> since 2018. I think 2024 could present our biggest opportunity,
> especially in the counties that are either heavily Democrat or heavily
> Republican with rarely contested political races at any level.
> 
> Coalition building for the 2024 election cycle
> 
> Some people might not like what I'm planning to do, but we've been
> lacking in coalition building with other third parties. We definitely
> need to take advantage of the local major party status in the eight
> counties that we have the status in. We also need to bombard the other
> 94 counties whenever possible.
> 
> I've had some conversations with Mitch Davilo, immediate past
> Chair/Captain of the Illinois Pirate Party and the current
> Chair/Captain of the Chicagoland Pirate Party. He is amenable to a
> coalition to run candidates alongside us on the Libertarian ballot
> line, and he has a line with the chair of the Transhumanist Party of
> Illinois.
> 
> I know we have a lot in common with both of these parties, and they
> also are aware of the difficult struggles involved with ballot access
> for any level of political office above municipal office. I think we
> could mutually benefit from this coalition, and we'd have more
> candidates in the pool to actively run for office.
> 
> Our biggest target is Cook County, and there's a lot of political
> offices -- especially General Assembly and Congressional -- that are
> ripe for the taking. If we can run coalition candidates as
> Libertarians in the districts where we don't have candidates, it's a
> win-win for us, and in part, them as well.
> 
> I think this could be a serious play that could add several more
> established counties in 2024. I'm sure that everyone would appreciate
> if we could establish all of the collar counties surrounding each of
> our eight established counties.
> 
> I had considered involving the Forward Party in this coalition, but I
> have not attempted to reach out to them.
> 
> --
>  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_
> 
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Ken Mattes
Secretary, Libertarian Party of Illinois
secretary at lpillinois.org
815 342 5177