[LPIL - Board of Directors] Fwd: Re: Discussion: vote Motion to authorize spending of $1, 800

[Blake Hanson]

Awesome! Thank you for the information.

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Regards,
~Blake Hanson
~Director, Field Operations Division
~Libertarian Party of Illinois
~Cell: (779) 777-5139
~Business Email: fieldopsdirector at lpillinois.org
~Personal Email: blake.a.hanson1 at gmail.com

On 2023-09-06 07:39, treasurer at lpillinois.org wrote:

> Blake
> 
> * The flyer will be 8" by 5". This is to accommodate a 16 pt font size 
> for the smaller fonts and get all the information out. A 16 pt font 
> size is recommended to accommodate readers with poor eyesight.
> * 100 cardstock. This is what most political mailers use.
> * Quicksilver Mailing in Springfield. For each flyer, postage is 44 
> cents, paper is 18 cents and addressing is 4 cents.
> * I've attached the email quote
> * Yes. Private mail will be far more expensive.
> * Postage and addressing is included.
> * At this point, I'd rather get this out as is so we can get it in the 
> hands of members.  The point is to drive up traffic and membership 
> between now and the end of October when the average person stops 
> thinking about politics.
> 
> From: Blake Hanson <fieldopsdirector at lpillinois.org>
> Sent: Monday, September 4, 2023 9:47 PM
> To: Ken Mattes <secretary at lpillinois.org>; Russ Clark 
> <treasurer at lpillinois.org>
> Cc: Lpil-bod at lists.lpillinois.org
> Subject: Re: [LPIL - Board of Directors] Fwd: Re: Discussion: vote 
> Motion to authorize spending of $1, 800
> 
> Good evening!
> 
> I have a couple of questions about this. First off, Secretary Mattes 
> let me know the $1,800.00 (USD) in funding is coming from funding that 
> came from a Cook County court decision, in which case this is extra 
> funding which means good news for us; and we will have ~3,000 flyers 
> being sent out (2/3 of which are in Cook County alone). Additionally I 
> more or less like the flyer design -- although I'd suggest maybe 
> swapping the dark blue to black so that it doesn't get confused as 
> being a Mises Institute/PAC-sponsored promotional card, and that most 
> people are more likely to associate "libertarianism" (at least in the 
> US) with anarcho-capitalist beliefs, which has gold and black as 
> colors. Other than that, which I agree is more aesthetic choice than 
> anything else, I have a couple questions:
> 
> Specifically, I'd like to be sure that the $1.8K we are voting on will 
> cover the cost. Secretary Mattes notified me that Treasurer Clarke 
> would have more information, so onto the questions:
> 1) What size will the flyer be?
> 2) What paper type are we going to be using?
> 3) What vendor are we using to have these printed?
> 4) Is there a quote on potential services rendered from any vendors 
> yet?
> 5) I assume we will be using USPS for shipping -- can this be 
> confirmed?
> 6) Have the shipping costs been priced out or quoted yet?
> 7) If in the event the Convention Planning Committee votes to add extra 
> speakers, etc: can the .pdf for the flyer be changed before we send 
> them out?
> 
> I believe, especially with the current political climate and all the 
> internal issues within the Party nationally, that optics is very 
> important for us in the eyes of independent and unaffiliated voters. It 
> is unlikely we will be able to use this convention to convince 
> Republicans and Democrats to have an epiphany of Liberty, so we need to 
> ensure that everything we do regarding this convention cannot come back 
> down the road and cause issues for us -- regardless of whether or not 
> it is before, during, or after the convention. I want to make sure we 
> have all our metaphorical "i"s dotted and "t"s crossed when it comes to 
> something like this -- especially such a large budget expenditure with 
> regards to the general budget, and especially because a supermajority 
> of the recipients of this flyers are in Cook County, so we need to make 
> a good impression.
> 
> To be clear, I do not foresee any issues with this, I would just like a 
> bit of clarification on the questions above.
> 
> ---
> 
> Regards,
> ~Blake Hanson
> ~Director, Field Operations Division
> ~Libertarian Party of Illinois
> ~Cell: (779) 777-5139
> ~Business Email: fieldopsdirector at lpillinois.org
> ~Personal Email: blake.a.hanson1 at gmail.com
> 
> On 2023-08-30 13:30, Ken Mattes via Lpil-bod wrote:
> 
> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: Re: Discussion: vote Motion to authorize spending of $1, 800
> Date: 2023-08-30 13:27
> From: Julie Fox <jafox1214 at gmail.com>
> To: Ken Mattes <secretary at lpillinois.org>
> 
> I vote yes.
> 
> Thanks for forwarding this to me!
> 
> Julie
> 
> On Mon, Aug 28, 2023 at 9:26 PM Ken Mattes <secretary at lpillinois.org>
> wrote:
> 
> The invitations would be sent to every voter who pulled a Libertarian
> ballot in the 2022 primary election.
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wFbyq0H1pTo
> 
> On 2023-08-28 21:22, Kelly Liebmann-LPIL IT Operations Director wrote:
> 
> Where is the mailing list coming from?
> Have there been smaller test mailings done in the past to weed out
> 
> old
> 
> addresses?
> 
> When I mailed LPIL members in the 2020 election, we received like 60
> of 130 mailings back to us as bad addresses, no longer living there
> etc.
> 
> Kelly Liebmann
> 
> Greenwood Township Trustee
> Selective Services Region 1 Board Member
> Deputy Voter Registrar
> Treasurer, McHenry County Libertarians
> LPIL IT Operations Director
> Greenwood 3 Libertarian Party Precinct Committeeman
> 
> _"It is the duty of the patriot to protect his country from its
> government." -Thomas Paine_
> 
> On Aug 28, 2023, at 9:15 PM, Ken Mattes via Lpil-bod
> <lpil-bod at lists.lpillinois.org> wrote:
> 
> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: ELECTRONIC BALLOT re. Motion to authorize spending of
> $1,800
> Date: 2023-08-28 17:50
> From: Ken Mattes <secretary at lpillinois.org>
> To: lpil-bod at lists.lpillinois.org
> 
> We have an electronic mail ballot presented by the Chair per the
> bylaws of LPIL Article V section G.
> 
> All VOTES are due in (6) business days (by September 6, 2023 at

5:50

>> PM Central) at which time the ballot will close, unless everyone
>> votes or expressly abstains, the ballot can close early.
>> 
>> Co-Sponsors: Redpath, Mattes.

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> Motion: Move to authorize spending of $1,800 to print, address and
> send postcards advertising the 2024 state convention to all
> registered voters who voted in the Libertarian primary in 2022

(Russ

>> Clark).
>> =========================================
>> 
>> THRESHOLD REQUIRED: Majority of votes cast.
>> 
>> An affirmative or 'Aye' vote is to confirm the spending
>> authorization. A negative or 'No' vote is to oppose the spending
>> authorization.
>> 
>> PLEASE REMEMBER TO USE "REPLY ALL" TO CAST YOUR VOTE.
>> 
>> Please notify me or the Chair of any discrepancies.
>> I will send a reminder email before the ballot expires if needed.
>> 
>> --
>> 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

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