[LPIL - Board of Directors] Treasurer's report for LP IL Board meeting - Answers to some questions

[Ken Mattes]

Thank you for noitifying all of us that you will not be attending the 
meeting. Your feedback as our Treasurer is valuable; you are one of the 
most able and suited individuals in our party whom are capable for 
leadership roles such as ours.

On 2023-03-21 00:10, treasurer--- via Lpil-bod wrote:
> To all:
> 
>       I likely will be unable to attend this month's board meeting.  I
> do want to provide some answers to relayed questions as to the
> legality of participating in the Human Action event in Chicago next
> month.  First, here is the monthly treasurer's report.
> 
> Now for some compliance related answers to questions asked by Donny
> Henry and Alexa Maffei
> 
> Questions 1-4 have no compliance issues.  Good questions though that
> need to be answered.
> 
> 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.
> 
> - Field operations does have budgets for such events this year.  The
> Chicago event could use either Outreach Booth or Parties and Special
> Events funding.
> 
> 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?
> 
> - Typically the state party does not promote caucus events outside of
> social media.  In the past, we share posts from the caucus' pages on
> our page. I do not believe we advertise caucus events in other ways
> but the Communications group would know.  Should any caucus hold an
> event in Illinois, we should share their advertising posts on our page
> as it is Libertarian Party activity occurring in Illinois by
> Libertarian Groups.
> 
> 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?
> 
> - MISES PAC is a hybrid unauthorized PAC filing with the FEC.  As
> such, they are allowed to receive contributions from individuals,
> corporations, labor organizations and other political committees.  We
> are permitted to purchase a table and otherwise participate in their
> event.
> 
> 8. The Take Human Action event is taking place in at least a few other
> states as well. What are their state parties doing?
> 
> - Good question.  Other state parties may file with their state
> political regulator in which case, the state party may be governed by
> more strict state law not Federal. We should consider what other state
> parties are doing but do what is in the best interest of the LPIL.
> 
> 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?
> 
> - Good Question but no compliance issues to discuss.
> 
> 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?
> 
> - The LPIL does not bundle donations for PACs and we have not
> participated in bundled fundraising operations.  Should the MISES PAC
> provide funds to the LPIL from this event, it must disclose to us the
> source of those funds within 10 days of the donation AND those sources
> of funds must be allowed to make donations to Federally filing State
> Committees.  In my opinion, this is their event and the profit and
> loss from such an event is theirs alone. I do not recommend any
> bundled fundraising with them for this event as we are not set up
> internally for such circumstances on short notice.
> 
> 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.
> 
> - The MISES PAC has purchased advertising at the LPIL state convention
> and meetings for the past 4 years. I see no reason that we should
> expect a contribution-in-kind donation of free table or other
> advertising at their event. It is much clearer to everyone involved if
> we pay the going rate for a table or advertising at their event just
> as they do at ours.  Events cost money, staff time, volunteer time and
> effort to put on. There is no compliance issue with purchasing
> advertising or a table at this event.  Our expectations for the
> results of that purchase is another matter which I will leave to the
> board for the meeting.
> 
> Russ Clark
> 
> Treasurer
> 
> Libertarian Party of Illinois
> 
> I attached the 2023 budget for your review should the board wish to
> purchase advertising or a table at the event.
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Ken Mattes
Secretary, Libertarian Party of Illinois
secretary at lpillinois.org
815 342 5177