[Lnc-business] #ReRegister Week

Trent Somes tsomes3 at gmail.com
Sat Aug 20 11:43:56 EDT 2016


I think the idea would be that the ASC would lead the project, but I would
continue to help in any way I could.

*Trent Somes, III*
Region 5 Alternate, Libertarian National Committee
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On Fri, Aug 19, 2016 at 8:48 AM, Patrick McKnight <
patrick.joseph.mcknight at gmail.com> wrote:

> I strongly support this idea. The LP needs to make campus outreach a top
> priority. I do echo Mr. Katz's question in terms of who specifically will
> be leading and organizing the logistics. Will it be Trent himself?
>
> Either way he's done a great job putting this together.
>
> Thanks,
> Patrick McKnight
> Region 8 Rep
>
> On Aug 19, 2016 8:24 AM, "Caryn Ann Harlos" <carynannharlos at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> 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> wrote:
>>>
>>> This looks awesome
>>>
>>> On Aug 18, 2016 8:50 PM, "Joshua Katz" <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>
>>>> 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>
>>>>> Facebook <http://fb.com/trentsomes/> Twitter
>>>>> <http://twitter.com/TrentSomes/> Instagram
>>>>> <http://instagram.com/trentsomes/> Address
>>>>> <https://goo.gl/maps/gWqJw21CJZs>
>>>>> Cell: (412) 496 - 8552 Home: (412) 646 - 1872
>>>>> Student Union Rep. to the School Board - PTHS '17
>>>>>
>>>>>
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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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