[Lnc-business] early Christmas present - $20, 000 for quiz door hangers
Wes Benedict
wes.benedict at lp.org
Mon Dec 21 15:41:11 EST 2015
Our chair had staff start a wiki knowledgebase last term. What quickly
became apparent to a few of us is that two LNC members, whom I won't
name here, likely would have provided 80% of the content due to their
willingness to provide it--with staff and other LNC members feeling like
they might not want a significant amount of such content. So then, we'd
have the situation where staff (primarily me), would be telling my
bosses (the LNC), what they can and can't do and write where. That's a
tough position for staff to be in.
With you putting together the wiki, it's a much more stable situation.
You have no trouble providing frank feedback to your fellow LNC members.
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 3:23 PM, Kevin Ludlow wrote:
> Thanks, Wes. I'll get something up and will restrict access to members.
>
> On Mon, Dec 21, 2015 at 2:27 PM, Wes Benedict <wes.benedict at lp.org
> <mailto:wes.benedict at lp.org>> wrote:
>
> 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 <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 3:14 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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