<div dir="ltr">In the past, this was something we didn't really do, as far as I know.  Certainly we didn't do it last term.  Therefore, as we started getting these requests this term, I felt a little rudderless.  In my mind, I've come up with some criteria that define for me when we should do this.  I don't think I'm closing the barn door here - I think I'm just making conscious the calculations I was already doing.  Here are the criteria I came up with for myself:<div>1.  Raised significant money.  Obviously "significant" varies from race to race, but a reasonable estimate here is to compare what is requested to what has been raised.  I don't think the LNC contribution should be 50% of a campaign.  When you get to 25%, I start becoming more agreeable.</div><div>2.  A reasonable goal with national significance.  Your goal is winning?  Great - why do you think you can achieve that?  Your goal is winning with a secondary goal of retaining ballot access - I'm going to price it on ballot access.  Your goal is "just let people know what a libertarian is?"  I'm not likely to vote for that.  In this case, there is a very reasonable goal, even if it is a secondary goal, and it has national significance.  If we can spend some money now to drastically reduce the probability of spending a lot of money in the future, that seems like a logical thing to do.  </div><div><br></div><div>With that in mind, do we have any poll data?  We have a very specific goal here, which is good.  To determine what I'd want to give, I'd like to know where we stand.  Having lived in Texas, I happen to know it is very large, which to me makes these numbers more important.</div><div><br></div><div>I have one further suggestion, and I'll probably write a motion on this topic for next weekend's meeting.  We are also flying relatively blind with respect to how much to spend on things.  I think we can go a long way towards fixing that if we set aside a bundle of money for this purpose.  It's easier to decide how much to spend if you know how much is allocated for this purpose.  Let's choose an appropriate line and bring it to the amount we want to spend on down-ticket candidates, or else let's create a line for this.  To a child, 20 years and $20 can never be spent.  </div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div><div class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr">Joshua A. Katz<div>Westbrook CT Planning Commission (L in R seat)</div></div></div></div>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Sep 19, 2016 at 10:03 AM, Caryn Ann Harlos <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:carynannharlos@gmail.com" target="_blank">carynannharlos@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">Daniel,<div><br></div><div>This is excellent and well thought-out.  I am eager to support a proposal moving in this direction.</div><div><br></div><div>-- <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 href="mailto:Caryn.Ann.Harlos@LP.org" target="_blank">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></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><div><div class="h5"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Sep 19, 2016 at 8:51 AM, Whitney Bilyeu <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:whitneycb76@gmail.com" target="_blank">whitneycb76@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 style="font-size:12.8px">Daniel, this is a welcomed, and unexpected, gesture.  As I disclosed to this body in June, I have been serving as Mark Miller's Gulf Coast Regional Coordinator since 2015.  I don't just want Mark to secure 5% of the vote for ballot access - I want Mark to win.  We all stand to benefit from the momentum Mark's campaign has right now.  Expanding Mark's reach will have a major positive impact on future politics/policies across Texas, where so much is at stake.</div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><br></div><div style="font-size:12.8px">Whitney Bilyeu</div><div style="font-size:12.8px">Region 7 Representative</div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><br></div><div style="font-size:12.8px">  </div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div><div>On Mon, Sep 19, 2016 at 9:11 AM, Daniel Hayes <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:danielehayes@icloud.com" target="_blank">danielehayes@icloud.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><div><div><br></div><div><p style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;background:white"><span style="color:black"></span></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:#000000;font-weight:300;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:#ffffff"></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:#000000;font-weight:300;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:#ffffff"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:16px;font-style:normal;font-weight:300;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:#ffffff;display:inline!important;float:none">Mr. Chairman and fellow LNC members,</span><br></p><p style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:'Helvetica',sans-serif;color:black"><br> We have been asked to make donations recently to certain campaigns.  Despite having more money to do so than in the past, we clearly don't have the means, time or frankly, even the desire to donate to every person's campaign that is running as a Libertarian.  We need to develop some criteria to apply to the process to make it as fair and efficient as we possibly can.    I think that there should be implications of the campaign beyond just electing that one person to office.   </span></p><p style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:'Helvetica',sans-serif;color:black"> </span></p><p style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:'Helvetica',sans-serif;color:black">I intend to bring or support a motion for the NLP/LNC to donate funds to Mark Miller's campaign for Railroad Commissioner in Texas.  What's at stake is ballot access in Texas.  If they do not have a statewide candidate achieve 5% in this election, they lose their current ballot access and with the size of Texas, it will likely cost us multiple 6 figures getting it back.  At present Dr. Miller's campaign is the only one that could be considered more than a paper candidacy.  As we had been having discussions about which campaigns should the LNC be donating to, it crossed my mind that Mark Miller's was exactly the sort we should be lending assistance to.  It also occurred to me that we might be hearing a little less about it than we might because his campaign manager is also our Special Projects Director, Lauren Daugherty and I know she works very hard to try and keep those roles separated.<br><br>Making it brief, Mark Miller has raised significant money already, his campaign stands to benefit the whole TX Affiliate and save it and the NLP a LOT of money, he is highly qualified for the job,  he has gotten major endorsements.<br><br> With that in mind I reached out to Lauren yesterday.  Apparently, some other people were having some of the same thoughts at the same time.<br> Here is Lauren's response to my inquiry.<br> <br> "</span></p><p style="line-height:normal;background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:'Helvetica',sans-serif;color:black">Mark Miller is an exceptional candidate. He’s highly qualified for the position he’s seeking and more qualified (by far) than his 3 opponents. If he was elected, he would be well prepared to serve. He’s been a Libertarian since the 1970s and is well versed on Libertarianism and able to communicate Libertarian ideas well. And, he’s also a solid leader. He’s well liked, kind, and personable. Rarely do we find candidates of any party that are so well rounded.</span></p><p style="line-height:normal;background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:'Helvetica',sans-serif;color:black"> </span></p><p style="line-height:normal;background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:'Helvetica',sans-serif;color:black">Mark’s race is the top of the ticket in Texas this cycle. The Texas Railroad Commission is one of the most powerful agencies in Texas. It regulates oil and gas and has nothing to do with railroads. In Texas, oil & gas often trump property rights. It’s messy and outrageous and will make any normal human being hopping mad if they look into it. Mark is outspoken about protecting property rights.</span></p><p style="line-height:normal;background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:'Helvetica',sans-serif;color:black"> </span></p><p style="line-height:normal;background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:'Helvetica',sans-serif;color:black">Mark has a PhD from Stanford in petroleum engineering and has spent over 40 years in the industry. In contrast, none of his opponents have worked one day in oil & gas.</span></p><p style="line-height:normal;background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:'Helvetica',sans-serif;color:black"> </span></p><p style="line-height:normal;background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:'Helvetica',sans-serif;color:black">For the Libertarian Party of Texas to retain ballot access for 2018, we need one statewide candidate to achieve 5% of the vote. This cycle, the only statewide candidates on ballots in Texas are Railroad Commission (Mark’s race) and judicial races. Almost all of our judicial candidates this year are “paper candidates”. Mark is running the most active campaign, by far.</span></p><p style="line-height:normal;background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:'Helvetica',sans-serif;color:black"> </span></p><p style="line-height:normal;background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:'Helvetica',sans-serif;color:black">We started this campaign 1 and a half years ago, when I left employment with LPTexas. We’ve raised over $70k so far and received 2 of the biggest media endorsements in Libertarian history. I expect that we’ll break $100k within the next 2 weeks. Mark is a full-time candidate. We anticipate that he’ll very likely get more media endorsements over the coming weeks. He’s talking with reporters almost daily and traveling extensively.</span></p><p style="line-height:normal;background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:'Helvetica',sans-serif;color:black"> </span></p><p style="line-height:normal;background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:'Helvetica',sans-serif;color:black">We’ve just started robo calls to strategic areas and will have mailers promoting our endorsements starting in the next few days. We are planning a major radio buy that will flood the talk radio airwaves across Texas with Mark’s name and info on his endorsements and the LP for 2 weeks before early voting begins. This will cost $50k and we think this is critical to achieving the 5% needed to ensure ballot access. We’ve raised approximately $30k towards this so far and we expect to receive the final funding on that within the next week.</span></p><p style="line-height:normal;background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:'Helvetica',sans-serif;color:black"> </span></p><p style="line-height:normal;background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:'Helvetica',sans-serif;color:black">If we are unable to achieve the 5% needed to secure ballot access, it will take approximately 80,000 verified signatures to regain ballot access. I’m told we’d need to shoot for approximately 125,000 signatures or more to make sure we have enough “good” signatures. In Texas, if someone votes in a primary, they are not eligible to sign a ballot access petition and this makes it more difficult. The signatures would have to be gathered within a 75 day window. Experts tell me that this would likely cost between $250,000 and $500,000.</span></p><p style="line-height:normal;background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:'Helvetica',sans-serif;color:black"> </span></p><p style="line-height:normal;background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:'Helvetica',sans-serif;color:black">In my opinion, it is far better to spend money now, promoting an exceptional candidate, rather than having to scramble to raise even more money to regain ballot access in 2018 or 2020. I know the fundraising situation in Texas better than anyone. If we lose ballot access, it will likely be 2020 before we can afford to regain it.</span></p><p style="line-height:normal;background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:'Helvetica',sans-serif;color:black"> </span></p><p style="line-height:normal;background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:'Helvetica',sans-serif;color:black">Mark is a candidate that makes us all extra proud to be Libertarians. He’s highly qualified, and skilled communicator, and represents us very well. He can walk into a room of people who are skeptical or even of the Libertarian Party and when he walks out, they respect us and many support us.</span></p><p style="line-height:normal;background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:'Helvetica',sans-serif;color:black"><br> Here are our goals for Mark’s campaign: 1) achieve 5% (or far more!) of the vote in order to retain ballot access for 2018; 2) grow the Libertarian Party. Mark’s a team player. We are promoting Libertarians up and down the ballot whenever we can."<br> <br> "</span></p><p style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">If the LNC donates to Mark’s campaign, we’d use the money on radio buys, and/or carefully targeted robo calls, and/or large postcard to strategic areas, educating voters about the endorsements, Mark’s credentials, and the LP.</span></p><p style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"> </span></p><p style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">I think the max that the LNC could give Mark’s campaign directly, by law, is $5k. My understanding, based on what Bob Johnston has told me, is that if the LNC wanted to give more, they could donate it to LPTexas (which is currently an FEC filing entity) with the understanding that LPTexas would then donate the funds to the campaign. LPTexas receives directed donations regularly and I don’t foresee any problem with working with them in this way. One SLEC member said in the SLEC meeting yesterday that “Mark is our shining star”. SLEC, the officers, and key players, all agree and I think they’d be delighted to help in this way.</span></p><p style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"> </span></p><p style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Folks can read more about Mark here: <a href="http://miller4tx.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color:#954f72">miller4tx.com</span></a>"<br> <br> "</span></p><p style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"> </span></p><p style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;background:white">"Thank you for considering supporting his campaign. If anyone would like to talk with me directly, they can call/text me at <a href="tel:931%20249%209924" value="+19312499924" target="_blank">931 249 9924</a> or email me at </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><a href="mailto:lauren@miller4tx.com" target="_blank"><span style="color:#954f72;background:white">lauren@miller4tx.com</span></a>"</span></p><p style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:'Helvetica',sans-serif;color:black"><br> <br> Here are some links she sent to me also:<br> <br> <br> </span></p><p style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><a href="htt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