[Lnc-business] #ReRegister Week

Fri Aug 19 08:23:19 EDT 2016

If the ASC had not voluntarily agreed to transparency I would be objecting
highly.

But Daniel has voluntarily ran a transparent empowered Commitee and thus I
absolutely support this.

-- 
*In Liberty,*
*Caryn Ann Harlos*
Region 1 Representative, Libertarian National Committee (Alaska, Arizona,
Colorado, Hawaii, Kansas, Montana, Utah, Wyoming, Washington) - Caryn.Ann.
Harlos at LP.org
Communications Director, Libertarian Party of Colorado
<http://www.lpcolorado.org/>
Colorado State Coordinator, Libertarian Party Radical Caucus
<http://www.lpradicalcaucus.org/>

On Friday, August 19, 2016, Daniel Hayes <danielehayes at icloud.com> wrote:

> This proposal is running short on time for optimal impact.  Once again I
> see us detailing something to death.  In general on campus, this sort of a
> project works best towards the beginning of the semester.  I don't think
> the opportunity will be as great at another time. We have many Liberty
> leaning Republicans and Democrats that feel that they were Trumped and
> Burned.  If we can use this # maybe we can get it to trend a little
>
>  I think that this does fall within the purview of the Affiliate Support
> Committee.  This has interest by the NY affiliate to be used by 24 of its
> local affiliates.  It will help existing partisan organizations on campuses
> to help increase the number of registered Libertarians in their state.  I
> can speak unequivocally from personal experience that it has strengthened
> the La Affiliate.  I keeps the organization growing and quantifies that
> more people are identifying with libertarianism and the Libertarian Party.
>
> I have checked with most of the members of the Affiliate Support Committee
> on this matter.  I have 2 more to speak with.  At this point I think that
> the ASC would be amenable to taking on this project.  We have been given
> $10,000 to assist affiliates.  We have a scheduled conference call next
> Thursday.  If we authorized half of the ASC budget to this project that
> would cover what Mr. Somes has proposed and leave cushion if other States
> come forward wishing to participate and cover extras if we decided to go
> that route to help promote it.  Authorizing more than we currently need
> means if we have more affiliates wish to come online with it we don't have
> to schedule a special call or wait for our next bi monthly meeting.
>
> If the LNC votes on it, we will take about 2 days to get the vote up..10
> days to get the vote complete and then that leaves little time for printing
> of any specialized materials such as banners. I think a subcommittee would
> be a better option  We are losing campuses to the Republicans and Democrats
> and to the nonpartisan organizations.  We need to take over the colleges
> for the Libertarians. This project could be the cornerstone to get that
> started.  Additionally, it can help state affiliates like NY greatly by
> increasing their Registered L count and moving them closer to full Party
> status in their state.
>
> Unless there is overt objection, the ASC will be evaluating what Mr Somes
> has put forward here, working on tweaks and voting this next Thursday to
> get this up and running. As this is a relatively big project with a
> potentially large scope, we will be open to any outside help we can garner.
>
>
> Daniel Hayes
> LNC ASC Chairman
> LNC At Large Member
>
>
> On Aug 18, 2016, at 07:10 PM, Arvin Vohra <votevohra at gmail.com
> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','votevohra at gmail.com');>> wrote:
>
> This looks awesome
>
> On Aug 18, 2016 8:50 PM, "Joshua Katz" <planning4liberty at gmail.com
> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','planning4liberty at gmail.com');>> wrote:
>
>> Trent, thanks for this great work.  I like that, in this plan, the
>> participating groups have their own investment, so to speak.  I think that
>> will generate more commitment from the groups that join in on the plan.
>> The costs appear in-line for us, and this activity would help strengthen
>> our student groups.  I'd like to see more involvement from LP groups
>> relative to YJW groups, but if this is the way it is, I guess that's a
>> function of our need for more student groups.
>>
>> So the obvious question is:  what's the bang for our buck?  I don't mean
>> what do we get from it, I mean how do we quantify what we get from it?  Do
>> we just measure registrations per dollar?  At least some of the benefit
>> here is going to be less tangible - visibility on campus, getting students
>> active, etc., but I'm not sure how much we'd pay for those things.  I think
>> if we're going to calculate what we got, registrations are going to be the
>> metric we use.
>>
>> Before I would be willing to move ahead with this, though, I'd want to
>> see a resolution to the question of who will run it.  I don't want to see
>> staff trying to run this unless we explicitly think they should, but if we
>> go ahead with it without an answer, it will fall on them.  Personally, I
>> think we can make this happen with only minimal staff involvement, aside
>> from the processing of items which staff already handles.  I had assumed
>> that Trent would handle it, but if that is not the case, we need to figure
>> that out.  I don't know that the ASC is the right venue - it doesn't strike
>> me as affiliate support in the usual sense, and I'm not convinced that a
>> committee is ideal for this at all, at least not a standing committee.  I
>> think what we want is a few people willing and able to see it through,
>> rather than an existing committee whose members didn't join for that
>> purpose.
>>
>> I'm a little confused on the JW groups - some are getting materials, and
>> some aren't?  How does that breakdown look?
>>
>> Thanks again for all the work that's gone into this!
>>
>>
>>
>> Joshua A. Katz
>> Westbrook CT Planning Commission (L in R seat)
>>
>> On Thu, Aug 18, 2016 at 10:07 AM, Trent Somes <tsomes3 at gmail.com
>> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','tsomes3 at gmail.com');>> wrote:
>>
>>> Hello everyone!
>>>
>>> Last LNC meeting, you tasked me with figuring out the cost of ReRegister
>>> Week. I think that cost, after research, will be around *$3,644. *Since
>>> I am an Alternate, I don't think I can make a motion to authorize this
>>> going forward.
>>>
>>> But attached is the breakdown of cost and provisions. If we are going to
>>> do this, we need to authorize action very quickly. I will also suggest that
>>> someone, or a committee, for example ASC, takes responsibility for the
>>> project going forward, as I start school in 1 week.
>>>
>>> Thank you,
>>>
>>> *Trent Somes, III*
>>> Region 5 Alternate, Libertarian National Committee
>>> Founder, Westmoreland County Libertarians <http://fb.com/wclibertarians>
>>> National Chair, Libertarian Youth Caucus <http://fb.com/LYCaucus>
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>>>
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-- 
*In Liberty,*
*Caryn Ann Harlos*
Region 1 Representative, Libertarian National Committee (Alaska, Arizona,
Colorado, Hawaii, Kansas, Montana, Utah, Wyoming, Washington) - Caryn.Ann.
Harlos at LP.org <Caryn.Ann.Harlos at LP.org>
Communications Director, Libertarian Party of Colorado
<http://www.lpcolorado.org>
Colorado State Coordinator, Libertarian Party Radical Caucus
<http://www.lpradicalcaucus.org>
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