<div dir="ltr">Alicia, I agree with each point you made but also think we do need to support some efforts such as the approval we gave in Las Vegas for Assemblyman Moore. However, we need filtering, guidelines, and protocol, in other words, a Candidate Support Committee as suggested by the Chair last meeting. I am eager to sponsor appropriate motions to put such in place.... provided the transparency issue is dealt with first which has been side-tracked each time brought up.<div><br></div><div>But as we grow we will need this type of support for candidates.</div><div><br></div><div>I am willing to co-sponsor so it gets heard. In debate, important points will be raised. Hopefully we can settle the transparency issues (up or down)) and work on a Candidate Support Committee.</div><div><br></div><div><br class="gmail-Apple-interchange-newline">-- <br><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><font size="4" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" color="#666666"><b>In Liberty,</b></font></div><div><font size="4" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" color="#666666"><b>Caryn Ann Harlos</b></font></div><div><font size="1">Region 1 Representative, Libertarian National Committee </font><span style="font-size:x-small">(Alaska, Arizona, Colorado, Hawaii, Kansas, Montana, Utah, Wyoming, Washington) - <a>Caryn.Ann. Harlos@LP.org</a></span></div><div><span style="font-size:x-small">Communications Director, <a href="http://www.lpcolorado.org/" target="_blank">Libertarian Party of Colorado</a></span></div><div><span style="font-size:x-small">Colorado State Coordinator, <a href="http://www.lpradicalcaucus.org/" target="_blank">Libertarian Party Radical Caucus</a></span></div><div><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Sep 16, 2016 at 4:14 PM, Alicia Mattson <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:agmattson@gmail.com" target="_blank">agmattson@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div><div>We knew we would get more such requests when we contributed to John Moore's campaign.<br><br>The LNC does not have the funding to spend this kind of money on all our candidates, so if someone is going to approach us to help fund their campaign as opposed to the many other options, they need to really sell the idea. In the past 40+ years, we've had thousands of candidates who said that they had a real campaign with a real chance to win, but they come close to winning.<br><br>We need very specific information about why this particular candidate is different, what the precise circumstances are, why he has a better chance to win than your average LP candidate, why this isn't just putting money in a hole that will only yield 1% results.<br><br>A $12,000 budget doesn't win a congressional campaign, so how much other
funding has he raised and what is he using it for?<br><br></div>I would not vote for something so generic as $12,000 for a TV ad. How many spots does that buy with what targeted demographics? What percentage of the electorate will see it how many times? Where is the ad so we can see if it's effective? If the ad hasn't been made yet, what is the script for the ad? There are good ads, and there are terrible ads, and the content matters. What makes TV the most effective form of advertising for this, given that there will be a sea of other political ads?<br><br></div>Etc.<span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><br><div><br></div><div>-Alicia<br><br></div><div><div><div><br></div></div></div></font></span></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div><div class="h5">On Fri, Sep 16, 2016 at 7:23 AM, Patrick McKnight <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:patrick.joseph.mcknight@gmail.com" target="_blank">patrick.joseph.mcknight@<wbr>gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br></div></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div><div class="h5"><div dir="ltr">On behalf of Thomas Simmons (LP candidate for Congress, MA) I make a motion to allocate $12,000 for a television ad in support of his campaign.<div><br></div><div>From Mr. Simmons:</div><div><br></div><div><div style="font-size:12.8px">"The station reaches all 727,000 residents of the 1st congressional district of MA, along with some 50,000 in VT and 50,000 more in NY.<br><br></div><span style="font-size:12.8px">The District was reconfigured in 2013, and my opponent is a virtual unknown in the Berkshire region (25% of the district) , which is all new. He had no opposition in 2014. An unscientific poll by the Recorder newspaper showed he had 0% name recognition in the new part of the district. I NEED TO GET MY NAME OUT to these people, because I may be the only name they hear. When has a Libertarian Congressional candidate had TV ads? The size of my district (largest in Mass) means that the media market is very specifically targeted to my district. It will be distributed through the cable stations (the only TV we get out here), so no matter what channel people are watching, they will see it."</span><br></div><div><span style="font-size:12.8px"><a href="http://goog_1311939377" target="_blank"><br></a></span></div><div><span style="font-size:12.8px"><a href="http://simmons4congress.com/" target="_blank">http://simmons4congress.com/</a></span><br></div><div><br></div><div>Would anyone like to cosponsor this motion?</div><div><br></div><div>Thanks,</div><div>Patrick McKnight</div><div>Region 8 Rep</div></div>
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