[Lnc-business] [Lnc-votes] Oklahoma Re: new convention website using NationBuilder

Thu Dec 10 18:56:53 EST 2015

I will contact them and see what where they are at.   As for me,  it is getting a bit late in December with Xmas coming up,  plus I am not sure what would be the best month,  December or January.   Also depends I suppose on my ND co harts so I will talk to them first.
Roland
p.s.  As well as clear it with my boss (ie. wife)

      From: Wes Benedict <wes.benedict at lp.org>
 To: travellingcircus at gmail.com; Roland Riemers <roland.riemers at lp.org>; lnc-business at hq.lp.org 
 Sent: Thursday, December 10, 2015 5:10 PM
 Subject: Re: [Lnc-business] [Lnc-votes] Oklahoma Re: new convention website using NationBuilder

  Paul Frankel says bring the petitioners from North Dakota. I'm fine with that too.  It would be nice to finish this with plenty of time to spare, and you never know what problems might come up. 

 Wes Benedict, Executive Director
 Libertarian National Committee, Inc.
 New address: 1444 Duke St., Alexandria, VA 22314
 (202) 333-0008 ext. 232, wes.benedict at lp.org
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  On 12/10/2015 5:48 PM, travellingcircus at gmail.com wrote:

 We have definitely picked up production here but can still use more help, paid or volunteer, if anyone is willing and able. Right now the weather has been unseasonably nice (actually in the 70s the last couple of days) but that's obviously not going to last throughout the winter. There is a ballot initiative that will be circulating soon and we don't yet know how that will impact us - it may help us if we get our petition to their petitioners, or it could hurt us if they insist on enforcing their rules against their petitioners carrying other petitions with spies in the field and pay a higher rate than we do. I don't know how well the petitioners are doing in SD - informally, the only thing I heard is that petitioners who had been in SD working on initiatives left after the initiatives ended. If they have people who want to come down there we can still use their help, but not if it hurts SD. And of course Roland and any other volunteers are always welcome. Wes was already copied on this but below is my draft for a followup letter about Oklahoma. I don't know whether it will go out as an email blast or not. I'm OK with the language being edited if it does. 

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 Two weeks ago Wes Benedict wrote to inform you all that we need your urgent help in Oklahoma. We're not out of the woods yet but I am happy to report that since then we have raised $11,500  to help cover the expenses of the petition drive that ran over our projections. Thank you to those  of you who contributed! We are also starting to make some good progress on replacing the petitioners that left Oklahoma, with several new petitioners recruited, on their way, considering coming, and in one case already back with reinforcements. And, we are starting to make some progress on the legal front to address the harassment at public places where we have a Constitutional right to petition.

 The weather has been unusually nice so far, but winter is coming, so we can't relax just yet. We're looking for more people who are willing to come to Oklahoma (if you aren't here already) and help us petition. We would certainly love to have more volunteers, but we recognize that most people can't afford to take a week or several out of their lives and pay for travel, hotels, food, gas and bills back home with no pay. The current rate we are offering is $2.50 per signature; you do not have to be from Oklahoma to petition here. Unfortunately, there are no additional travel expenses, so it's at your own risk.

 If the idea of hitting the road and asking strangers for signatures sounds too daunting to you, or you just don't have the money to live on on  such a trip until you get paid or the luxury of taking the time off from a long term job or other situation you are in, we are also looking for help with things  like calling stores to help get permission for locations for petitioners, pro bono legal help, media publicity, temporary housing for petitioners (for anyone reading who lives in Oklahoma and is willing to put up our road crew), and other things I haven't thought of yet. Please feel free to give me a call or text at 205-534-1622, email me at paulie.frankel at lp.org or hit me up on facebook, https://www.facebook.com/paulie.cannoli

 Oh yeah, Wes wants me to remind you that if you haven't donated to Oklahoma ballot access yet or if you can afford to help us out again, we still need some help on that front too.

 Thanks again, and hope to see and hear from some of you soon
 Paul Frankel
 Ballot Access Committee
 On the ground in Oklahoma City
  205-534-1622
 paulie.frankel at lp.org
 https://www.facebook.com/paulie.cannoli

 On Thu, Dec 10, 2015 at 4:08 PM, <lnc-votes at hq.lp.org> wrote:

  We may have enough PAID petitioners in Oklahoma already, or that are already on their way or about to get started, at the $2.50 per signature rate. 

 But if you can go as a volunteer for a week, that would be great. Let me know if you are still willing. If you collect 500 signatures as a volunteer, that would save us $1,250.

 In about two weeks from now (December 24), I'll let you know if it looks like we need the help from the paid petitioners of North Dakota. Are the North Dakota guys the sames ones working in South Dakota? It would be nice to keep getting South Dakota finished.

 I'm copying Paul Frankel for his thoughts (which I'll forward to the LNC list for him if he responds).

 (I inserted "Oklahoma" into the subject.)

 Thanks for checking on this. Let me know your thoughts. 

 Wes Benedict, Executive Director
 Libertarian National Committee, Inc.
 New address: 1444 Duke St., Alexandria, VA 22314
 (202) 333-0008 ext. 232, wes.benedict at lp.org
 facebook.com/libertarians @LPNational
 Join the Libertarian Party at: http://lp.org/membership

  On 12/10/2015 4:43 PM, Roland Riemers wrote:

  Wes, 
  I hear EC approved that additional funds for Oklahoma.  So,  do you want the ND petitioners to travel down there now, or? 
  Roland  ND 

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