[Lnc-business] Communication Between National and Affiliates

Craig Bowden craig.bowden at lp.org
Fri Nov 9 17:48:40 EST 2018


Lauren,

Appreciate you getting back on it. I will pass it on to Utah that it 
merely slipped the mind. Keep doing the great work you are. Certainly 
understand being overextended and exhausted.

Regards,
Craig Bowden
Region 1 Alternate

On 2018-11-09 15:33, Lauren Daugherty via Lnc-business wrote:
> Craig,
> 
> I apologize for not calling the leadership in Utah before sending out
> the email this morning. It has been on my mind to call them soon. I
> just hadn't done it yet.
> 
> Staff is doing a million things any given day. Some times in the
> election cycle are a bit slower but right now we are still on
> overdrive, trying to get election results wrapped up and published,
> trying to prepare for the December LNC meeting, bringing in the $
> needed to pay all of the bills, and so much more. We are currently
> also phasing out Wes as ED and me in as interim ED. You can imagine
> also how tired we are from being on overdrive for months leading up to
> election day. In short, we are stretched thin, more so than usual.
> 
> Improving communication among all of our folks has been one of my top
> priorities since coming on the team 3.5 years ago and we've made
> significant strides on that. It will continue to be one of my top
> priorities, both as development director and interim ED. I actually
> had a conversation with staff about this today.
> 
> We still have more work to do on this, as you point out.
> 
> Know that I'll continue to work on this, as will the rest of staff.
> But please also understand that we are in a situation where we are
> constantly having to crank things out at a much faster speed than we
> might desire. We have a small team doing a TON of stuff, often with
> far less prep time than the staff in other comparable organizations
> have.
> 
> Call me any time if you wish to discuss further.
> 
> Lauren
> 
> Lauren Daugherty
> Development Director
> Libertarian National Committee
> 
> On 11/9/2018 4:24 PM, Craig Bowden via Lnc-business wrote:
>> To all:
>> 
>> I wanted to bring up an issue right quick. I know I have largely been 
>> silent the last while. Between real life and the campaign, there was 
>> little time.
>> 
>> I sent a couple of messages to individuals earlier, but would like to 
>> address the body as a whole.
>> 
>> The subject is that we need to make sure that we are taking effort as 
>> a national body to loop in state parties when we are doing something 
>> in their backyard from National.
>> 
>> The reason I bring this up is that there is an event in Salt Lake 
>> City, UT that the Utah Executive Committee knew nothing about until 
>> they received invites in their inboxes.
>> 
>> The reason for this being important on coordination is so that:
>> 1. The state affiliate feels like they are important to our overall 
>> efforts.
>> 2. We can better coordinate manpower if needed.
>> 3. Promoting the event can be better handled.
>> 4. We can ensure that there are not meetings or events double booked 
>> on the day.
>> 5. Cohesion is a good thing
>> 
>> Whether it is a member of the board or one of the LP employees doing 
>> the event coordination, it is important that we have communication 
>> first so that people aren't caught off guard with something, 
>> especially if it is an officially sponsored event.
>> 
>> Respectfully,
>> Craig Bowden
>> Region 1 Alternate




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