[LPL Board of Directors] MOTION FROM THE CHAIR - urgent - radio advertising
Adrien Monteleone
chairman at lplouisiana.org
Tue Apr 9 19:17:03 CDT 2013
Yes - As I noted to Keith, I realized I forgot to add them a few days
ago. They are added now, and have access to the archives, as well as I
just forwarded them this particular motion, along with officer reports
and Board discussions about the judicial session.
-- In Liberty,
Adrien Monteleone - Chairman
Libertarian Party of Louisiana
On 04/09/2013 07:07 PM, Boyd Smith wrote:
> Is Daniel Hayes on the list?
> Jefferson Parish.
> bws
>
> *From:* Adrien Monteleone <chairman at lplouisiana.org>
> *To:* Mailing list for LPL Board of Directors <scc at lplouisiana.org>
> *Sent:* Tuesday, April 9, 2013 7:00 PM
> *Subject:* Re: [LPL Board of Directors] MOTION FROM THE CHAIR - urgent
> - radio advertising
>
> They vote on all items.
>
> They are on this list.
> -- In Liberty,
>
> Adrien Monteleone - Chairman
> Libertarian Party of Louisiana
> On 04/09/2013 06:49 PM, Keith Thompson wrote:
>> I'm still ignorant of the rules for this sort of thing. Is this
>> something that the parish reps should vote on as well? Or do they
>> not vote on all items?
>> Thanks,
>> - Keith
>> On 2013-04-09 17:11, Adrien Monteleone wrote:
>>> Thanks.
>>>
>>> As of right now, there are 4 votes. three more are needed for a
>>> quorum. If they are "Aye" then there is an absolute majority and it
>>> passes.
>>>
>>> I will not vote until two more "Aye" votes are in.
>>> -- In Liberty,
>>>
>>> Adrien Monteleone - Chairman
>>> Libertarian Party of Louisiana
>>> On 04/09/2013 04:57 PM, Boyd Smith wrote:
>>>> Like it. Much better.
>>>> bws
>>>> *From:* Adrien Monteleone mailto:chairman at lplouisiana.org
>>>> *To:* Mailing list for LPL Board of Directors
>>>> mailto:scc at lplouisiana.org
>>>> *Sent:* Tuesday, April 9, 2013 3:20 PM
>>>> *Subject:* Re: [LPL Board of Directors] MOTION FROM THE CHAIR -
>>>> urgent - radio advertising
>>>>
>>>> That text looks good.
>>>>
>>>> I couldn't help myself and tweaked it a bit. (attached)
>>>>
>>>> These are just suggestions.
>>>>
>>>> I timed it right short of 30 seconds.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> -- In Liberty,
>>>>
>>>> Adrien Monteleone - Chairman
>>>> Libertarian Party of Louisiana
>>>> On 04/09/2013 02:05 PM, Boyd Smith wrote:
>>>>> The same.
>>>>> Look this over and give what ever improvementsthat you can, please.
>>>>> bws
>>>>> *From:* Keith Thompson mailto:media at lplouisiana.org
>>>>> *To:* scc at lplouisiana.org <mailto:scc at lplouisiana.org>
>>>>> *Sent:* Tuesday, April 9, 2013 1:55 PM
>>>>> *Subject:* Re: [LPL Board of Directors] MOTION FROM THE CHAIR -
>>>>> urgent - radio advertising
>>>>>
>>>>> Would we get a better rate if we produced the spot? Or is it the
>>>>> same cost regardless of production?
>>>>> - Keith
>>>>> On 2013-04-09 13:39, Adrien Monteleone wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> To all SCC members,
>>>>>
>>>>> My apologies for the short deadline of this vote. I generally
>>>>> do not prefer to make such a request.
>>>>>
>>>>> Our Elections officer Boyd Smith would like approval to spend
>>>>> party funds on radio advertising our presence at the
>>>>> Ponchatoula Strawberry Festival this weekend. (to encourage
>>>>> people to stop by, learn more, and sign up as members and
>>>>> change voter registration to LP)
>>>>>
>>>>> He would like to run 1-2 commercials per day for Wednesday,
>>>>> Thursday & Friday. (deadlines mean maybe only Thurs. and Fri.
>>>>> are available)
>>>>>
>>>>> The cost for 60 second spots is $75.
>>>>> The cost for 30 second spots is $55.
>>>>>
>>>>> This includes production, but Boyd will be in charge of the
>>>>> script.
>>>>>
>>>>> The spots will be run during the John Osterlind and Denny
>>>>> Shaffer shows on WRNO which have both been friendly to the LP.
>>>>> (I think Osterlind already announced he is "libertarian" and
>>>>> endorsed Gary Johnson last fall) Their audience is friendly
>>>>> to our message as well.
>>>>>
>>>>> On the short side, this will cost $165 for three 30 second
>>>>> spots, or as much as $450 for six 60 second spots.
>>>>>
>>>>> It is estimated that this will increase traffic at the LP
>>>>> booth at the festival by about 200 to even maybe 600 people.
>>>>>
>>>>> We would need to generate 7 new memberships to break even on
>>>>> the low end, and 18 to break even on the high end. That would
>>>>> at worst be a 10% conversion rate, and at best, only 1%. I
>>>>> think either number is achievable.
>>>>>
>>>>> Additionally, if we vote to do this, donors can be targeted to
>>>>> pledge the extra bucks to cover the cost so there is still no
>>>>> net loss to the bank balance as of today.
>>>>>
>>>>> All those in favor of authorizing this expenditure please vote
>>>>> AYE as soon as possible. Time lost is time missed to run the
>>>>> spots and reach more people.
>>>>>
>>>>> Of course, our normal rules of 72 hours to vote still apply,
>>>>> but I urge you to get your vote in sooner if you are able.
>>>>>
>>>>> Now that we have 13 members on the Board, 7 will be needed for
>>>>> a quorum and a majority of those voting required for passage.
>>>>>
>>>>> If you intend to vote NAY, please also do that as soon as
>>>>> possible so we will know quickly if this measure would fail.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>> -- In Liberty,
>>>>>
>>>>> Adrien Monteleone - Chairman
>>>>> Libertarian Party of Louisiana
>>>>>
>>>>>
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