[LPL Board of Directors] MOTION FROM THE CHAIR - urgent - radio advertising

Adrien Monteleone chairman at lplouisiana.org
Tue Apr 9 20:00:58 CDT 2013 

Hasty?  Certainly. There is a small window to take action.  This happens 
from time to time.

Ill advised?  To advertise the LPL presence at an event to drive 
membership and voter registration, how so?

Feel free to offer any objections to the motion you may have. Ask any 
questions if you need more information.

Robert's does not have rules on email proceedings, other than to note 
that it can possibly be used in some circumstances in the place of mail 
ballots to conduct business outside of a regular meeting. It does stress 
not to use it for deliberations.  I'm not asking for deliberation but 
you are free to engage in it if you wish.  I'm asking for a vote.

I've consulted some time ago with various state chairs and decided back 
then to adopt their general standing rules for how to conduct such business.

If you have a motion you want submitted for an email vote, it must be 
submitted to the chair.

The chair will then post the motion and call for the vote.

If at the expiration of 72 hours, a quorum is not reached, the motions 
expires.

If a quorum is reached within that period, and the requisite vote is in 
favor, the motion passes.  If not, it fails once enough people have 
voted "nay."

Because our only stated rules are for postal mail ballots with a 15 day 
window to cast a vote, I continue to record and archive votes for that 
period, though usually, after a day or two, the issue is moot or has 
passed with an absolute majority, or failed accordingly.

As I noted in the original message, I apologize for the short window.  
Your's is only a few hours shorter, but that would extend the total 
voting time to 72 hours from the time it was sent to you.

You can wait to study the issue more and discuss it more, and either not 
cast a vote, abstain, vote nay, whatever.  Either way, if a quorum is 
not reached, or enough people have not voted in favor to pass, the 
motion will die.

No one is forcing you to hurry up and make a decision.

I'm only asking you make it as soon as possible.  You are always free 
not to do anything at all.  The motion may pass or fail with or without 
your vote.


-- In Liberty,

Adrien Monteleone - Chairman
Libertarian Party of Louisiana

On 04/09/2013 07:30 PM, Daniel Hayes wrote:
> I have to strongly object to this proceeding as most of the Reps from 
> the parishes have not had a chance to even get into their Emails. We 
> also need some time for discussion. This is hasty and ill advised.
>
>
>
> On 2013-04-09 19:07, 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 improvements that you can, please.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> bws
>>>>>>
>>>>>> FROM: Keith Thompson mailto:media at lplouisiana.org
>>>>>> TO: 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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