[LPIL - Board of Directors] March BoD Meeting

[Jake Leonard]

All,

After discussing the matter with several other people today following my 
motion withdrawal, I am introducing a new motion as the withdrawal was a 
bit too rash and sudden.

1) Motion to appoint Jim Humay as Deputy Director - Chicago and 
Cook/DuPage County of the Political Division.

RATIONALE: The Political Division guide, as amended in 2022, does allow 
for the consideration of dividing up deputy directorships, as well as 
candidate recruitment directorships, by region.

I think Jim has a lot to prove and has the potential given his political 
resume. Despite his caucus affiliations, it would benefit this party 
significantly. But given the leviathan that is Chicago and Cook/DuPage 
County, that's enough of a battle for one person, moreorless assisting 
in matters across the entire Land of Lincoln. He would be best equipped 
to helping our largest established county in the state and the largest 
city in the state. Should DuPage County become an established county, 
Jim can carry on those responsibilities to that county as well.

My remarks in my initial rationale still applies.

*NOTE* (but doesn't need to be in motion): I may have accidentally 
misconstrued some prior communications of support in the past 48 hours 
as concern, and I have been called out on that following my initial 
withdrawal. That's on me. That's my fault, and I deeply regret that.

*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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On 3/18/2023 10:38 AM, Jake Leonard via Lpil-bod wrote:
> 1) Motion to appoint Jim Humay as Deputy Director of the Political
> Division.
>
> RATIONALE: It is no secret that I've had difficulty getting
> volunteers since then-Chair Bennett Morris appointed me to the role
> in an interim capacity in early November 2019 before the Board of
> Directors unanimously approved my official appointment a couple of
> weeks later. I lost the majority of the division during the
> transition, losing pretty much everyone with the exception of Kevin
> Kauzlaric at the time, as Kevin and I were essentially running the
> division without the active presence of a divisional director for
> roughly 18 months.
>
> Then, for understandable reasons, Kevin had to step down. For the
> majority of my first tenure as Political Director, the Division was
> pretty much run by Campaigns Director Jon King (at least for part of
> it) and Ballot Access Director Bill Redpath outside of myself.
>
> The fact that Jim reached out to me on February 20 meant something.
> This is the third time in both of my tenures as PD combined that
> someone has actually reached out to me about helping out in the
> division (including the short time that I had Bennett as Legislative
> Director, which was definitely appreciated at the time).
>
> I need to make up for lost time in the Division and having a Deputy
> Director will help ensure that I can finish some unfinished business
> that will better equip our candidates moving forward, not only local
> but also statewide. We have eight established counties going into
> the 2024 election cycle, four of which we would really need to
> retain our status in this cycle due to not running countywide
> candidates in those counties in 2022. We also have Congressional
> races exclusively within Cook County, as well as General Assembly
> races where districts are exclusively within Cook and Peoria
> counties to focus on, on top of our lone statewide ballot campaign
> for the presidential race. 

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