[Lnc-business] Colorado Membership Recruitment Effort

[Caryn Ann Harlos]

Mr. Longstreth, I did not mean by Colorado, I meant after Mr. Sarwark was
contacted.  I would hope it is routine to loop in the Regional
Representative.  I get requests for assistance on things weekly in which I
always asked if they have reached out to their regional representative, and
if it is something I can directly do for them, I loop in the RR.  The
Colorado people doing this are not the board so I doubt it would have
occurred to them to get in touch with you.  This isn't something ran by the
Board but does have the blessing of the state chair though she wasn't
involved at all other than that.  That of course raises a whole other issue
for me as a Colorado state party member on why the board was not brought
in.   The movers in this are activists just trying to get things done.

*In Liberty,*

* Personal Note:  I have what is commonly known as Asperger's Syndrome
(part of the autism spectrum).  This can affect inter-personal
communication skills in both personal and electronic arenas.  If anyone
found anything offensive or overly off-putting (or some other social faux
pas), please contact me privately and let me know. *



On Thu, Oct 17, 2019 at 4:34 AM Richard Longstreth <
richard.longstreth at lp.org> wrote:

> To answer your question, no, I was not aware of this despite regular talks
> with people in CO. Glad to see something like this being implemented though.
>
> Richard Longstreth
> Region 1 Representative (AK, AZ, CO, HI, KS, MT, NM, OR, UT, WA, WY)
> Libertarian National Committee
> richard.longstreth at lp.org
> 931.538.9300
>
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>
> On Wed, Oct 16, 2019, 17:41 Caryn Ann Harlos via Lnc-business <
> lnc-business at hq.lp.org> wrote:
>
>> Would have been nice if this had been shared with the LNC.  Can't ask
>> questions about things no one is told about.  I don't think it is too much
>> to ask.  Was the regional representative consulted?  Why not?  This is a
>> big problem we have as communicated elsewhere.
>>
>> *In Liberty,*
>>
>> * Personal Note:  I have what is commonly known as Asperger's Syndrome
>> (part of the autism spectrum).  This can affect inter-personal
>> communication skills in both personal and electronic arenas.  If anyone
>> found anything offensive or overly off-putting (or some other social faux
>> pas), please contact me privately and let me know. *
>>
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Oct 16, 2019 at 5:30 PM Daniel Fishman via Lnc-business <
>> lnc-business at hq.lp.org> wrote:
>>
>> > It is active.
>> >
>> > I look forward to setting this up with other states.
>> >
>> > Dan
>> >
>> > ---
>> > Daniel Fishman
>> > Executive Director
>> > The Libertarian Party
>> > Join Us <http://www.lp.org/join>
>> >
>> >
>> > On Wed, Oct 16, 2019 at 6:50 PM Elizabeth Van Horn via Lnc-business <
>> > lnc-business at hq.lp.org> wrote:
>> >
>> > > Nick,
>> > >
>> > > Thank for the clarification.  I've informed the Region 3 state chairs
>> > > and provided Dan Fishman's email.  Only Kentucky isn't an FEC filling
>> > > state affiliate in Region 3.  LPIN, LPO, and LPMI, could set-up a
>> > > similar link with LP national, as they're FEC filing state affiliates.
>> > > Hopefully, they'll available themselves of the opportunity.
>> > >
>> > > Cheers,
>> > > EVH
>> > >
>> > > ---
>> > > Elizabeth Van Horn
>> > > LNC Region 3 Representative (IN, MI, OH, KY)
>> > > Chair-Libertarian Party of Madison Co, Indiana
>> > > Vice-Chair Libertarian Pragmatist Caucus
>> > > http://www.lpcaucus.org/
>> > >
>> > > On 2019-10-16 16:16, Nicholas Sarwark via Lnc-business wrote:
>> > > > Dear All,
>> > > >
>> > > > As you are aware, there is a deadline for convention delegate
>> > > > allocation
>> > > > that comes up at the end of this month.  Many of your state
>> parties, as
>> > > > well as mine, are doing what they can to sign up additional national
>> > > > members.
>> > > >
>> > > > A Colorado member contacted me around October 5 with a plan to
>> solicit
>> > > > registered Libertarian voters to encourage them to join both the
>> > > > Colorado
>> > > > and national Libertarian Party at the same time. The challenge he
>> had
>> > > > was
>> > > > not soliciting the potential members, but having a way to make sure
>> > > > that
>> > > > they would also be able to sign the pledge to become sustaining
>> members
>> > > > of
>> > > > the national party and not violate any FEC rules.
>> > > >
>> > > > Since there is not a legal barrier to transfers between FEC
>> reporting
>> > > > party
>> > > > committees, I suggested he contact Dan Fishman to figure out how to
>> get
>> > > > the
>> > > > Colorado effort a mechanism to process these new memberships and
>> > > > renewals.
>> > > >
>> > > > The solution he came up allows the LNC to collect a minimum of $50,
>> > > > with
>> > > > the prospective donor being clearly informed that $25 of their
>> donation
>> > > > will be given to the LPCO, which allows them to recoup their
>> marketing
>> > > > expenses. Since the Colorado group is soliciting the extra amount
>> to be
>> > > > sent back to LPCO, there is no cost or loss to the party for sending
>> > > > that
>> > > > amount back, but it's logistically easier for the new member to only
>> > > > have
>> > > > to fill out one web form.
>> > > >
>> > > > Prior to this request, there was not a way for an FEC filing state
>> to
>> > > > solicit joint donations to the national party.  Now there is a
>> > > > mechanism to
>> > > > do so and Mr. Fishman also informs me that the same form can be
>> adapted
>> > > > for
>> > > > any other FEC filing state affiliates. I do not interpret this as a
>> > > > special
>> > > > agreement with with the state affiliate, just an implementation of a
>> > > > single
>> > > > form that will allocate the donors funds as the donor wishes.
>> > > >
>> > > > The Colorado team took the initiative to recruit new members and
>> have
>> > > > started their work to mail and call people, including a link to the
>> web
>> > > > form that was implemented. I will be instructing Mr. Fishman to
>> > > > activate
>> > > > that link as well as to make a similar form available to any other
>> FEC
>> > > > filing state affiliates who request it.
>> > > >
>> > > > Yours truly,
>> > > > Nick
>> > >
>> >
>>
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