[Lnc-business] Simmons rough storyboard concepts

Sat Sep 24 01:14:14 EDT 2016

I am a strong proponent of matching donations. That way, we invest as
the candidate raises other funds. We help the campaign proportional to
how well the campaign performs. 

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Ken C. Moellman, Jr.
LNC Region 3 Alternate Representative
LPKY Judicial Committee 

On 2016-09-23 23:10, William Redpath wrote: 

> I agree with Mr. Goldstein's comment. Bill Redpath
> --------------------------------------------
> On Fri, 9/23/16, Sam Goldstein <goldsteinatlarge at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Subject: Re: [Lnc-business] Simmons rough storyboard concepts
> To: lnc-business at hq.lp.org
> Date: Friday, September 23, 2016, 4:39 PM
> 
> I concur
> with Mr. Hayes' comments above. I am very unlikely to
> approve LNC monies for this effort without a great
> deal more information.
> LIve Free,
> 
> Sam
> GoldsteinLibertarian National
> CommitteeMember at Large8925 N
> Meridian St, Ste 101Indianapolis IN
> 46260317-850-0726 Phone317-582-1773
> Fax
> 
> On
> Fri, Sep 23, 2016 at 3:20 PM, Daniel Hayes <danielehayes at icloud.com>
> wrote:
> The initial request was
> for $12,000 for a television campaign and now has been
> lowered to $5000. I don't understand how either amount
> of money on television can have any demonstrable effect on
> an election. While this opponent may have poor name
> recognition the Democrat Party has an extreme hold on the
> vote process in Massachusetts. How much money has Mr.
> Simmon's raised for his campaign so far? This is always
> one of the considerations I use when considering a donation
> to a candidate. 
> Also, as Whitney has
> stated, Mr. Simmons says he needs the entire $12,000 from
> National. That isn't legal. There are ways around
> things but that all takes extra time. Even if members
> cosponsored this it would still be at least a day before it
> even started being voted on and then would take up to 10
> days after that. This motion doesn't meet the amount
> he says he MUST have from the LNC and doesn't meet his
> time frame. I wish luck to Mr. Simmons in his campaign but
> I don't think we can help him.
> 
> Daniel
> Hayes
> LNC At Large Member
> 
> On Sep
> 23, 2016, at 11:01 AM, Caryn Ann Harlos <carynannharlos at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> 
> Just bringing up
> the immediate practical concerns. It takes day to get
> co-sponsors, if they can be gotten and ten days for an email
> vote which already puts this past any week deadline.
> We need a Candidate Support
> Committee badly.
> On Fri, Sep 23, 2016 at
> 11:54 AM, Patrick McKnight <patrick.joseph.mcknight@
> gmail.com> wrote:
> I am seeking cosponsors of my amended motion
> to allocate $5,000 in support a TV ad for Thom Simmons. Thom
> is running for Congress in western Massachusetts. http://simmons4 [1]
> congress.com/
> I am
> forwarding the attached storyboard for Thom Simmons'
> proposed ad.
> From Thom
> regarding the storyboard:
> "They
> are looking at three different ads that would cover western
> massachusetts (Berkshire region), which, incidentally, would
> also spill over into NY and VT - which could only help with
> Alex Merced's Senate race and the J/W campaign in
> Vermont as I do not shy away from the Libertarian label.
> :-)
> 
> The first and
> third require some explanation, as they are unique: they are
> REVERSE attack ads, meaning: at first, they start out dark
> as if they are an attack ad against me, with the voice over
> saying something such as, "he wants to end common
> core.." The idea is to get people to say to
> themselves, "yeah, me too!" and then end by
> showing people they agree with me and the LP after they have
> already said this on their own heads.
> 
> The second ad plays on the print media,
> which has called my opponent "disappearing,"
> "missing" etc, by showing him and then fading
> out. It is the single biggest factor in this campaign, as
> the Berkshires - dems, reps, Inds...are LIVID at his
> inattention to that portion of the district.
> 
> This could be a
> gamechanger. 
> 
> I
> realize that everyone wants money - and I will be blunt: if
> we are to do this, I need $12,000 for the full campaign from
> National. And I need to know within a week to get into
> production. 
> 
> I
> would appreciate it if you could bring this to the attention
> of the powers that be in the LP, and see we can get them to
> invest in my campaign. The Mass State Cmte is fully aware
> of, and supports this request."
> 
> "We're talking five
> weeks of three ads. There is no realistic way to know what
> percentage of the electorate will see them, except that the
> only TV in western Mass is Cable and they are working
> through the Cable system, so ANYONE watching TV will see
> them. Of course you can see the ad, I can not produce the
> ad without knowing I have the funds to do so! The
> Storyboards give a general idea...we cant expect scripts or
> more polished ads if we cant guarantee to pay the
> studio. 
> 
> Most
> important, there will NOT be a "sea" of political
> ads: NO ONE is spending TV time in Massachusetts, as there
> are NO OTHER CONTESTED RACES in western Mass! The
> Presidential campaigns are not even spending money in
> Mass."
> 
> Thank you
> for your consideration of this matter,Patrick McKnightRegion 8 Rep
> 
> ---------- Forwarded
> message ----------
> From: Thomas Simmons
> <simmons4congress at gmail.com>
> Date: Tue, Sep 13, 2016 at 11:59 AM
> Subject: Fwd: Simmons rough storyboard
> concepts
> To: patrick.mcknight at lp.org,
> Larry.Sharpe at lp.org
> 
> Patrick
> and Larry,
> 
> I am
> forwarding the very rough storyboard mockups from
> WeThinkAdvertising in Schenectady, NY, with whom I met last
> week for a possible TV Ad campaign.
> 
> They are looking at three different ads
> that would cover western massachusetts (Berkshire region),
> which, incidentally, would also spill over into NY and VT -
> which could only help with Alex Merced's Senate race and
> the J/W campaign in Vermont as I do not shy away from the
> Libertarian label. :-)
> 
> The first and third require some
> explanation, as they are unique: they are REVERSE attack
> ads, meaning: at first, they start out dark as if they are
> an attack ad against me, with the voice over saying
> something such as, "he wants to end common
> core.." The idea is to get people to say to
> themselves, "yeah, me too!" and then end by
> showing people they agree with me and the LP after they have
> already said this on their own heads.
> 
> The second ad plays on the print media,
> which has called my opponent "disappearing,"
> "missing" etc, by showing him and then fading
> out. It is the single biggest factor in this campaign, as
> the Berkshires - dems, reps, Inds...are LIVID at his
> inattention to that portion of the district.
> 
> This could be a
> gamechanger. 
> 
> I
> realize that everyone wants money - and I will be blunt: if
> we are to do this, I need $12,000 for the full campaign from
> National. And I need to know within a week to get into
> production. 
> 
> I
> would appreciate it if you could bring this to the attention
> of the powers that be in the LP, and see we can get them to
> invest in my campaign. The Mass State Cmte is fully aware
> of, and supports this request.
> 
> Thanks for anything you can do for me.
> 
> Thom Simmons
> 
> ---------- Forwarded
> message ----------
> From: Theresa Smolen
> <tsmediaconsulting at gmail.com>
> Date: Fri, Sep 9, 2016 at 1:24 PM
> Subject: Fwd: Simmons rough storyboard
> concepts
> To: simmons4congress at gmail.com
> 
> Hi Thom, (We have another
> Simmons we have dealt with in the past - I apologize for my
> last email with Scott in the greeting!)
> Here are three commercial
> concepts.They are very rough at this point. We
> will need more/better photos of you if you have more, so we
> can put together nicer storyboards for you to
> present.
> Let us know
> what you think!
> Thank
> you,Theresa
> Theresa
> Smolen
> Project
> Manager
> We
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> Begin forwarded message:
> From:
> Christopher
> O'Reilly <coreilly at wethinkauto.com>
> Subject:
> simmons
> Date:
> September 9, 2016
> at 1:12:28 PM EDT
> To:
> Theresa Smolen
> <tsmediaconsulting at gmail.com>
> 
> Christopher J O'Reilly
> President
> We Think Auto
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> (518) 281-5540
> coreilly at wethinkauto.com
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> In
> Liberty,Caryn Ann
> HarlosRegion 1 Representative,
> Libertarian National Committee (Alaska, Arizona, Colorado,
> Hawaii, Kansas, Montana, Utah, Wyoming, Washington) - Caryn.Ann.
> Harlos at LP.orgCommunications Director, Libertarian Party of
> ColoradoColorado State Coordinator, Libertarian Party
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