[Lnc-business] early Christmas present - $20, 000 for quiz door hangers
Wes Benedict
wes.benedict at lp.org
Mon Dec 21 15:27:29 EST 2015
Kevin, I think you setting something up like that would be great. Has
great potential and the opportunity to be very helpful.
Thanks,
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 12/21/2015 3:14 PM, Kevin Ludlow wrote:
> Wes,
>
> Thanks for the quick reply. If that is the case, then I will simply
> set something up and make sure that everyone on the LNC has access to
> it. At least to start, I would like to ensure that it is LIMITED to
> members of the LNC only. This is not to be secretive, but rather to
> ensure that we can build it up before hearing an unlimited number of
> opinions on how to change it.
>
> Your comment is incredibly well-taken. However if that's truly the
> case then this is something the LNC and LP need to learn how to do
> better and of course I would be happy to help facilitate that.
>
> Opinions are not especially useful for knowledge bases. What is useful
> is having unrestrained access to rules, facts, and data that is
> otherwise spread all over the place. Per my yard sign not having the
> word Libertarian on it, that is indeed an opinion. Understanding the
> laws regarding font sizes, the legal language about right of ways and
> things of this nature are not opinions and rather facts about how it
> needs to work.
>
> Additionally I would argue that since design work is no doubt very
> subjective that we should have a variety of templates available to
> people. There need not be a homogeneity to our processes, but it
> would be really useful if candidates (and others) didn't need to waste
> time starting from scratch. That was the part I found incredibly
> frustrating as a new candidate. As a business person, I can tell you
> that it's mind-boggling to see a complete lack of process
> documentation available. This is again what Kurt has largely worked
> to create within Texas and I would advocate that we do it at a
> national level too.
>
> Even the ballot access need not have opinions. It should have facts
> about what is available to us. This kind of fact gathering would
> likely make our future decisions much more valuable and of course
> turns us from discussing opinions to discussing strategies. Meaning,
> if could historically show the time it takes to get 10,000 signatures
> then we are better equipped to determine whether or not to spend money
> on such a venture.
>
> I will try to set something up for us.
>
> -Kevin
>
> On Mon, Dec 21, 2015 at 2:10 PM, Wes Benedict <wes.benedict at lp.org
> <mailto:wes.benedict at lp.org>> wrote:
>
>
> For example, whether or not to put "Libertarian" on a yard sign (I
> prefer seeing the word Libertarian - but you had your reasons not
> to put it):
>
>
>
> Wes Benedict, Executive Director
> Libertarian National Committee, Inc.
> *New address: 1444 Duke St., Alexandria, VA 22314*
> (202) 333-0008 ext. 232 <tel:%28202%29%20333-0008%20ext.%20232>,
> wes.benedict at lp.org <mailto:wes.benedict at lp.org>
> facebook.com/libertarians <http://facebook.com/libertarians>
> @LPNational
> Join the Libertarian Party at: http://lp.org/membership
>
> On 12/21/2015 3:06 PM, Wes Benedict wrote:
>> Kevin, I like the concept of having a repository for information.
>> One of the challenges to putting something like that together is
>> the vast differences of opinion on what ought to be done.
>>
>> Imagine the section for planning LNC meeting:
>> Opinion A: hold it someplace inexpensive for board members like OKC
>> Opinion B: hold it someplace more expensive that will impressive
>> people (NYC)
>> Opinion C: hold it online instead of in person
>>
>> I think you can imagine other disagreements on other topics:
>>
>> Ballot access:
>> Opinion A
>> Opinion B
>>
>> Conventions:
>> Opinion A (hold it on a cruise ship).
>> etc.
>>
>> Running for office:
>> Opinion A
>> etc.
>>
>> In any case, there is a ballot access committee tasked with
>> putting together best practices for ballot access. And some
>> places with repositories of info that that is hard to keep up to
>> date. Great ideas and goals to have overall.
>>
>> Wes Benedict, Executive Director
>> Libertarian National Committee, Inc.
>> *New address: 1444 Duke St., Alexandria, VA 22314*
>> (202) 333-0008 ext. 232 <tel:%28202%29%20333-0008%20ext.%20232>,
>> wes.benedict at lp.org <mailto:wes.benedict at lp.org>
>> facebook.com/libertarians <http://facebook.com/libertarians>
>> @LPNational
>> Join the Libertarian Party at: http://lp.org/membership
>>
>> On 12/21/2015 2:53 PM, Kevin Ludlow wrote:
>>> Wes,
>>>
>>> It's really nice to see visual data like that; thanks so much
>>> for putting that together!
>>>
>>> I had a question for the LNC in general: do we have a
>>> knowledge-base or some kind of repository for keeping up with
>>> this kind of material? It would be really nice to know that
>>> there is a single place, accessible by all, where all of this
>>> information goes.
>>>
>>> When I ran in Texas last year it was immediately obvious that
>>> LPTexas had never made any effort to try to put such a knowledge
>>> base together. My campaign team and I did our best to collect
>>> everything we did and place it into a navigable Wiki so that
>>> other candidates could use it. It's far from exhaustive, but it
>>> was a start and many other candidates were able to use it.
>>> Incidentally Kurt Hildebrand has been really good at creating
>>> those systems within LPTexas using our org-system.
>>>
>>> Anyway, if we don't have anything like it then I would be happy
>>> to setup something like this for the LNC so that we're not
>>> relying solely upon email chains for historical information in
>>> the future.
>>>
>>> LPTexas Campaign Wiki: http://www.ludlow2014.com/wiki/
>>> Login: lptexas
>>> Password: ludlow2014
>>>
>>> Thanks much.
>>> Kevin
>>>
>>> On Mon, Dec 21, 2015 at 12:12 PM, Wes Benedict
>>> <wes.benedict at lp.org <mailto:wes.benedict at lp.org>> wrote:
>>>
>>> Horizontal axis is the week. The drive has about 27 weeks
>>> from the time we started paying for signature till the deadline.
>>>
>>> Week ending 8/20/2015 ("1") through week ending 2/28/2016
>>> ("27").
>>>
>>> Wes Benedict, Executive Director
>>> Libertarian National Committee, Inc.
>>> *New address: 1444 Duke St., Alexandria, VA 22314*
>>> (202) 333-0008 ext. 232
>>> <tel:%28202%29%20333-0008%20ext.%20232>, wes.benedict at lp.org
>>> <mailto:wes.benedict at lp.org>
>>> facebook.com/libertarians <http://facebook.com/libertarians>
>>> @LPNational
>>> Join the Libertarian Party at: http://lp.org/membership
>>>
>>> On 12/21/2015 12:59 PM, Scott L. wrote:
>>>>
>>>> That’s what I get for using words I haven’t used since high
>>>> school.
>>>>
>>>> It should have read:
>>>>
>>>> Mr. Executive Director:
>>>>
>>>> I assume the ordinate (vertical axis) on the graph below
>>>> represents raw signatures that have been turned in to Mr.
>>>> Frankel.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> What does the ordinate *abscissa* (horizontal axis) represent?
>>>>
>>>> Scott Lieberman
>>>>
>>>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>>
>>>> *From:*Lnc-business [mailto:lnc-business-bounces at hq.lp.org]
>>>> *On Behalf Of *Wes Benedict
>>>> *Sent:* Monday, December 21, 2015 9:30 AM
>>>> *To:* lnc-business at hq.lp.org <mailto:lnc-business at hq.lp.org>
>>>> *Subject:* Re: [Lnc-business] early Christmas present -
>>>> $20, 000 for quiz door hangers
>>>>
>>>> We have ramped up our collection rate dramatically. I
>>>> currently predict (but I caution that my prediction could
>>>> be off due to many factors such as weather, competing
>>>> petitions, validity issues, math or count errors, and many
>>>> other issues), but again, I currently predict we will
>>>> finish around January 15 plus or minus 10 days. So be sure
>>>> to check back with me before making concrete plans. See
>>>> graph below.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Wes Benedict, Executive Director
>>>> Libertarian National Committee, Inc.
>>>> *New address: 1444 Duke St., Alexandria, VA 22314*
>>>> (202) 333-0008 ext. 232
>>>> <tel:%28202%29%20333-0008%20ext.%20232>,
>>>> wes.benedict at lp.org <mailto:wes.benedict at lp.org>
>>>> facebook.com/libertarians
>>>> <http://facebook.com/libertarians> @LPNational
>>>> Join the Libertarian Party at: http://lp.org/membership
>>>>
>>>> On 12/19/2015 3:33 PM, Roland Riemers wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Wes, I understand the SD petitioners got sidetracked to
>>>>> Texas for a few weeks, and then will be in Oklahoma. I
>>>>> should be there about that time as well. Aim is still to
>>>>> hit the Tulsa area.
>>>>>
>>>>> Roland Riemers ND
>>>>>
>>>>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>>>
>>>>> *From:*Wes Benedict <wes.benedict at lp.org>
>>>>> <mailto:wes.benedict at lp.org>
>>>>> *To:* lnc-business at hq.lp.org <mailto:lnc-business at hq.lp.org>
>>>>> *Sent:* Friday, December 18, 2015 3:46 PM
>>>>> *Subject:* [Lnc-business] early Christmas present - $20,
>>>>> 000 for quiz door hangers
>>>>>
>>>>> I'm pleased to announce a check received for $20,000 to
>>>>> help finance a major quiz door hanger distribution project
>>>>> in 2016.
>>>>>
>>>>> The check was hand delivered recently by Michael Chastain,
>>>>> of Austin, Texas. Mr. Chastain also recently contributed
>>>>> $4,000 for Oklahoma ballot access.
>>>>>
>>>>> I plan to do something similar to what we did in 2010:
>>>>> http://www.lp.org/blogs/staff/lp-monday-message-help-reach-a-million
>>>>> http://www.lp.org/blogs/staff/quiz-across-america-door-hangers-5-per-100
>>>>>
>>>>> but this time, I want to do over a million door hangers. I
>>>>> can see having the quiz on one side, and our presidential
>>>>> nominee on the other.
>>>>>
>>>>> In 2010, we also received a $20,000 check from a different
>>>>> donor to help support door hangers. With the extra
>>>>> financing, we're able to sell them at five cents each and
>>>>> waive shipping charges, rather than selling at 10 cents
>>>>> each plus $5 shipping as we do now.
>>>>>
>>>>> For those of you new to the LNC, I've written separately,
>>>>> and will write more in the future, about how the door
>>>>> hangers do much more than simply provide the printed
>>>>> advertising benefits. They encourage local activity, etc.
>>>>> I'll write more about it later.
>>>>>
>>>>> To me, this was an early Christmas present to the LP, but
>>>>> I certainly understand others might see it differently:
>>>>> http://www.lp.org/poll/i-consider-myself-to-be-a-libertarian-politically-and-the-word-that-best-describes-my-religion
>>>>>
>>>>> Happy Holidays!
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>> Wes Benedict, Executive Director
>>>>> Libertarian National Committee, Inc.
>>>>> *New address: 1444 Duke St., Alexandria, VA 22314*
>>>>> (202) 333-0008 ext. 232
>>>>> <tel:%28202%29%20333-0008%20ext.%20232>,
>>>>> wes.benedict at lp.org <mailto:wes.benedict at lp.org>
>>>>> facebook.com/libertarians
>>>>> <http://facebook.com/libertarians> @LPNational
>>>>> Join the Libertarian Party at: http://lp.org/membership
>>>>>
>>>>
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