[LPIL - Board of Directors] March BoD Meeting

[Alexa Maffei]

Hello all,

I completely agree with what Donny about needing to put aside any 
factionalism and address this by evaluating the opportunity costs. I 
also believe that as a state party, we should not be showing any bias in 
favor of or against any caucus of the Libertarian Party, so I think we 
should be mindful of that as well when making a decision.

In addition, I would like to raise some more questions. Apologies if the 
answers to some questions seem obvious; I'm still a relatively new 
member of LPIL.

4. How much money is the table if we do advertise, and how much if we 
don't?

5. Will state party accounts be expected to advertise this event, or 
just several individuals within the state party? That makes a big 
difference, in my opinion.

6. Is it standard for LPIL to provide money or free advertising to 
caucuses for their events? Would it be received as a promotion of the 
caucus itself, and if so, would it be unfair to other caucuses?

7. I believe Mises either has a PAC or is considered to be one. Would 
any laws or regulations around PACs potentially cause us trouble?

8. The Take Human Action event is taking place in at least a few other 
states as well. What are their state parties doing?

9. Is there any sort of metric for how many people should be expected to 
attend this event and/or how many of them reside in Illinois?

10. If there are profits from the revenue generated from the event, 
where would they go? If LPIL advertises, would we get any share of the 
profits?

11. This event is sponsored by a caucus of the Libertarian Party, and 
the goal of the event is to bring liberty-minded people together and get 
them involved in the party. What exactly is the rationale behind 
charging (or expecting free advertising from) LPIL, the party of the 
state where this event is being hosted? Given the event's purpose, it 
seems like the caucus would *want* to have an LPIL table so people can 
easily find out how to get involved at the state or local level.

I would greatly appreciate any insight that could be provided.

Thanks,
Alexa

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Alexa Maffei
  State Central Committee Rep, 10th District
  Libertarian Party of Illinois
  Vice Chair, Lake County Libertarian Party
  scc10 at lpillinois.org
  (815) 274-1976

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