[Lnc-business] Fwd: Ohio petition too slow. Help! Get paid $2.50 each!
erin.adams at lp.org
erin.adams at lp.org
Tue Apr 10 16:42:34 EDT 2018
I am not Okay with paying LNC members to do the work of LNC members.
This is our JOB! I am fine with reimbursing expenses if travel were
involved, but this? Not even a little bit.
In Liberty,
Erin Adams
Region 7 Alternate
On 2018-04-10 14:44, Wes Benedict wrote:
> Dear LNC: I have a question related to LN Alternate Dustin Nanna of
> Ohio.
>
> I have received very little response to my call for petitioners to
> help in Ohio. I have a couple more emails to follow up on, but have to
> put the chances of those follow-ups leading to hires of around 5%
> each.
>
> Hiring complete strangers from afar can be quite tough. Managing and
> training new people from afar is also quite tough.
>
> Therefore, I'd like to focus more on hiring LPO members.
>
> And, in particular, I'd like to contract with Dustin Nanna to collect
> some signatures, with the same deal I'm offering to others.
>
> Dustin Nanna is an LNC Alternate and an LPO officer. Because of that,
> I want to see if there is opposition to hiring him before I sign a
> contract with him. Dustin has a day job so this would be very
> part-time.
>
> The advantage of getting Dustin to petition is that he already knows
> the Ohio rules. And maybe . . . . must maybe . . . . if I get Dustin
> on a contract and he delivers a few dozen signature, then I can tell
> other LPO members as I try to hire them.
>
> In general, I prefer not to hire LNC members. But, at this point, I'd
> like to hire Dustin in Ohio. For that matter, I'd be happy to hire any
> LNC member willing, or any candidate for LNC, subject to the terms
> below, etc.
>
> If my memory is correct (I've not researched notes in detail), I
> believe in the past form LNC member Diana Visek of Illinois was paid
> to collect signatures in Illinois, and former LNC member Paul Frankel
> was paid for signature collection in places while on the LNC.
>
> Is there opposition to hiring Dustin to collect some signatures in
> Ohio (with the hope that inspires some other folks)?
>
> Wes Benedict, Executive Director
> Libertarian National Committee, Inc.
> 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 4/5/2018 4:33 PM, Wes Benedict wrote:
>> I forgot the LNC-business email group doesn't allow embedded
>> formatting. So, I'm attaching the note as a PDF and the graph
>> separately as an attachment as well. Thanks again, --Wes
>>
>> Wes Benedict, Executive Director
>> Libertarian National Committee, Inc.
>> 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 4/5/2018 4:29 PM, Wes Benedict wrote:
>>> Dear LNC, plus a few state leaders:
>>> Just fyi, the email below went to Ohio contacts today. It's also
>>> posted
>>> on the blog here:
>>> [1]https://www.lp.org/ohio-petition-slow-help-get-paid-2-50/
>>> It's too soon for Widespread Panic, but brace yourselves for
>>> possible
>>> similar messages in the near future related to Tennessee,
>>> Illinois, New
>>> York, and Virginia. The state-wide Alabama drive was cancelled
>>> over a
>>> month ago due to lack of matching resources by the state party,
>>> and
>>> that's even with Paul Frankel offering $25,000 and Michael
>>> Chastain
>>> offering another $20,000 to help what would have been the LP
>>> Alabama
>>> portion of the drive. The LPA was unable to raise the additional
>>> $15,000, which can be a tall order for a relatively small state.
>>> Kudos again to LP Arkansas for finishing its petition drive in
>>> 2017
>>> early and under budget.
>>> Mega kudos to [2]Bill Gelineau, candidate for Governor in
>>> Michigan, for
>>> getting his 21,187 signature petition drive done with no help
>>> from the
>>> national LP.
>>> --Wes
>>>
>>> -------- Forwarded Message --------
>>> Subject: Ohio petition too slow. Help! Get paid $2.50 each!
>>> Date: Thu, 05 Apr 2018 15:00:41 -0400
>>> From: Wes Benedict [3]<wes.benedict at lp.org>
>>> Reply-To: [4]wes.benedict at lp.org
>>> To: [5]wes.benedict at lp.org
>>>
>>>
>>> Ohio petition too slow. Help!
>>> Get paid $2.50 each!
>>>
>>> I'll pay you $2.50 per signature for each signature you collect
>>> for the
>>> LP Ohio petition drive, subject to the terms below.
>>>
>>> I need your help! See the graph below. We have to speed up right
>>> away!
>>>
>>> We had hoped to finish this petition drive in December 2017, but
>>> it
>>> just keeps dragging on and on. We need to finish this statewide
>>> petition drive so that candidates can finally get started on
>>> their own
>>> petition drives — and then start campaigning!
>>>
>>> We started the ballot access petition drive in Ohio in January
>>> 2017.
>>> Fifteen months later, we’ve collected about 85,000 signatures,
>>> but need
>>> more than 100,000 to be safe. The national LP expects to spend
>>> $140,000
>>> total. The Ohio LP is spending more than $50,000 as well.
>>>
>>> The graph below represents the portion of the petition drive paid
>>> for
>>> by the national Libertarian Party (LP Ohio has additional
>>> signatures).
>>> [6]LNC Paid Portion of LP Ohio Petition Drive - April 2018
>>>
>>> A lot of our paid petitioners have been lured away to other
>>> states,
>>> mostly for petition drives that aren't related to the Libertarian
>>> Party.
>>>
>>> I can't find enough people to hire. That's why I want to hire
>>> you.
>>>
>>> I'll hire almost anyone, from candidates for governor to
>>> candidates for
>>> city council, to board members of LP Ohio, to members of LP Ohio,
>>> to
>>> people interested in helping Libertarians whether living inside
>>> or
>>> outside Ohio, to non-registered voters, subject to the terms
>>> below
>>> (terms subject to change without notice).
>>>
>>> You must sign the contract I'll provide to you, which will
>>> constitute
>>> the entire agreement, and get that contract countersigned by me
>>> before
>>> starting and being eligible to collect signatures for pay.
>>> Additional
>>> terms likely to be in the contract:
>>> 1. You must collect at least 100 signatures per week.
>>> 2. You will get paid $2.50 per signature collected, subject to
>>> pay
>>> reductions for validity lower than 75 percent.
>>> 3. No expenses will be covered; for example, you will not be
>>> reimbursed for any lodging, travel, miles on your car, meals,
>>> gas,
>>> petition forms, supplies, etc. That's why we are specifically
>>> trying to hire Ohio residents.
>>> 4. You'll have to mail the signatures to me by FedEx, UPS, or
>>> USPS
>>> Priority Mail, at your own expense, on a weekly basis.
>>> Overnight
>>> shipping isn't necessary. You can use the cheapest option
>>> that
>>> includes tracking.
>>>
>>> [7]Click here to find out more of the background on the LPO
>>> petition
>>> drive, plus some of the rules and forms.
>>>
>>> Many LP Ohio members pledged to volunteer for the petition drive,
>>> and
>>> we still need lots of people to help as volunteers.
>>>
>>> [8]Send me a note if you want to volunteer.
>>>
>>> What I really really really want, though, is two or three hard
>>> workers
>>> to pay. Adding two or three hard workers who will work hard on
>>> this and
>>> get 500 signatures per week ($1,250 per week) would be ideal and
>>> would
>>> get the job done.
>>>
>>> [9]Send a note to me at wes.benedict at lp.org to get started, or
>>> call
>>> (202) 333-0008 x232 (and leave a message).
>>>
>>> [10]Click here to donate for ballot access.
>>>
>>> I need your help today!
>>>
>>> Sincerely,
>>>
>>> Wes Benedict
>>>
>>> Wes Benedict
>>> Executive Director
>>> Libertarian National Committee, Inc.
>>> (202) 333-0008 x232
>>> [11]wes.benedict at lp.org
>>>
>>> ###
>>>
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>>> References
>>>
>>> Visible links
>>> 1. https://www.lp.org/ohio-petition-slow-help-get-paid-2-50/
>>> 2. https://liberty4gov.org/
>>> 3. mailto:wes.benedict at lp.org
>>> 4. mailto:wes.benedict at lp.org
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