[LPIL - Board of Directors] March BoD Meeting

[Ken Mattes]

Les Deffner gave me his inventory of lit back in October; it has since 
been distributed except for a few hundred Nolan chart door hangers. We 
will need to prepare some new brochures soon.


On 2023-03-18 09:39, scc17--- via Lpil-bod wrote:
> Team LPIL-
> 
> I don’t think it is a secret that we need people. I also don’t think it 
> is a secret that there is a pretty ridiculous internal conflict between 
> two factions of the party going on. Bottom line, if we want to stand on 
> faction lines, we can vote this down and move on. But to simply say 
> that because this is one Faction’s event it should not be tabled, is 
> rather short sighted. We need to attract volunteers anywhere we can get 
> them. I know there are rumors that the Chairman (for life) of one 
> faction has a special interest in our state party, but Illinois can’t 
> be “taken over”. Not only are the numbers not there, once new 
> volunteers realize the difficulty in navigating Illinois’ ballot access 
> laws, they tend to recognize the value of institutional knowledge. We 
> can’t succeed without new blood and new blood can’t succeed without the 
> invaluable information amassed over decades through blood, sweat, and 
> tears involved in fighting the state.
> 
> That said, we have limited resources. I would ask that a few bits of 
> information be provided at Tuesday’s meeting.
> 
> 1.) Who would table this event and will it have full coverage during 
> the event? We shouldn’t pay or offer free advertising in exchange for a 
> table that isn’t going to be manned.
> 
> 2.) What is the objective of the table and what is our goal? We should 
> be striving for a set amount of new members in the LPIL as a result of 
> the event.
> 
> 3.) Do we have the marketing material necessary to table an event. With 
> a significant amount of turnover, I have no idea of the quantity or 
> whereabouts of our LPIL inventory.
> 
> I think if all of these questions are answered sufficiently, we should 
> consider the motion. We may not like admitting it, but we are a dying 
> political party. We need more people and we desperately need more 
> volunteers.
> 
> In Liberty,
> Donny Henry
> LPIL SCC Rep - District 17
> 
> On 2023-03-17 10:45, Ken Mattes via Lpil-bod wrote:
>> 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 at lists.lpillinois.org> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> I am calling for any agenda items for the Board of Directors meeting
>>>> 
>>>> 3/21 at 7:30.
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>>>> Ken Mattes
>>>> Secretary, Libertarian Party of Illinois
>>>> secretary at lpillinois.org
>>>> 815 342 5177
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>> Ken Mattes
>> Secretary, Libertarian Party of Illinois
>> secretary at lpillinois.org
>> 815 342 5177

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Ken Mattes
Secretary, Libertarian Party of Illinois
secretary at lpillinois.org
815 342 5177