LP Minnesota Collapses Revised: Second Header Courtesy FB Commentator. The Libertarian Party of Minnesota has been struck by mass resignations of its officers. Among those who have resigned areState Chair Marianne Stebbins,State Party Finance Director Pat Barnum,State Secretary Justin Jelinek, StateEvent Coordinator and Executive Committee At-Large member Heather Jelinek,Congressional District 5 and Metro Lakes affiliate chair Nate Atkins, andLibertarian Women…
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Today the LNC issued a statement on the Libertarian Presidential candidate’s 2024 ballot access. They offered to pay party members $3 for each collected signature. Their estimate of signature requirements (these are the minimum numbers of valid signatures; the actual number of valid signatures needs to be significantly larger.): George, As we approach the upcoming elections, securing ballot access is…
Overcoming Objections to LP membership Renewal and Fundraising Calls: A Practical Approach By Mark Tuniewicz Many LP activists nationally have been working on membership renewals these past few months. After all, we just passed the delegate allocation deadline for the 2024 LP National convention at the end of November, and it’s normal for states to make this an area of…
They are back. Sound is better. There is a lot of reverberation. Late blogging will cover several days. Communications Director:#1) Communicate current Platform. #2) Many of the things we talk about eradicating will, e.g., remove people’s incomes. We can’t just communicate that we are tearing down, we have to communicate that we are building. Make the future sound positive. Members…
Update: Region 8 reported. Since I couldn’t do a live blog of the meeting, I instead looked at some of the documents. This report will be expanded as time goes on. Regional Representative Reports on state activities: Looking at reports of Regional Representatives, and counting states that submitted reports to their representatives: Region 1: 2 of 7 states reported. Region…
The recording of Part 1 has no sound. Part 2: Fundraising. Some things have improved. “It did not make sense we were not sending out physical mail. We started doing that again.” We have donors who interact via physical mail and are not reached with email. We had a topical mailer and a renewal mailer. I think he said we…
Budget calls for 47 state Presidential ballot access. Missing states are kept secret from the membership. Jorgensen campaign is blamed for ballot access failure. The powerpoint line “Does not include any expenses needed in order to rent the building” seems a bit odd, since we own the building. The Libertarian National Committee’s Executive Committee, by a 7-0 vote, approved an…
The group “LNC Exposed” has sent a post card to members of the Libertarian Party. At this date, we do not know precisely to whom it was sent or how many cards were mailed. The LNC Exposed group lists a series of failings of the National Committee, and in essence then urges readers to terminate their membership in the national…
One of the factions of libertarians in Michigan has appealed the court ruling on Trademark ownership of the Libertarian Party name. You can read the whole 56 page appeal at https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/67845274/25/libertarian-natl-comm-inc-v-michael-saliba/?fbclid=IwAR3EnPotSHgRxfqp-FKu6gR8JaBNq9RHMJu_HXZlnfSeCRg_lVOCFGehPHo The appeal is from the Saliba faction, which includes many of the state’s long-term Libertarian Party activists. Oversimplifying considerably, the major aspects of the appeal include (i) contrary to…
The following are indicative values for expenses, not necessarily exact, especially for costs such as postage whose rationale is unclear. Nonetheless: Of particular interest one notes: $400 to the Texas National Movement of Nederland Texas for Outreach & Activism. $3000 to Voter Gravity for Campaign and Candidate Support $10,000 to Fresh IP PLC for legal services $10,000 to the Libertarian…