[LPL Board of Directors] Moving Forward and Putting Our House in Order

[Daniel Hayes]

Hopefully since Mr. Trotter used to work at Chase that helps move that 
along.  I was speaking with Mr Brown about various matters and he was 
talking to me about banking and organizations and in his experiences has 
said local banks tend to work better and as I recall specifically 
mentioned some problems relative to Chase.. Hopefully that doesnt prove 
to be the case for us and this gets going.
> We bank at Chase bank.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: scc-bounces at lplouisiana.org 
> [mailto:scc-bounces at lplouisiana.org] On
> Behalf Of Daniel Hayes
> Sent: Sunday, May 05, 2013 11:16 AM
> To: Mailing list for LPL State Central Committee
> Subject: [LPL Board of Directors] Moving Forward and Putting Our 
> House in
> Order
>
> Things have been very silent here for a while. Inactivity creates
> complacency. Lack of communication creates inactivity. Inactivity 
> leads to
> atrophy. One thing I realized is that many people are just assuming 
> that
> since things are quiet that all is well.  Everyone assumes that 
> "Someone"
> must be taking care of things. Usually, that someone is our currently
> contractless and unpaid Executive Director, even though most of what 
> needs
> taking care of does not fall into the realm of her duties.
>   In the meantime..we still do not have our bank accounts 
> transferred.
> Mr Trotter informed me that he thinks it will be completed soon, 
> however, he
> is at the mercy of other parties. Where do we even bank? I think that 
> should
> be something every member of the SCC should know.  I expect our 
> current
> Treasurer will get a grip on this eventually.  I am certainly 
> sympathetic to
> Mr Trotter's situation having been handed an abject mess, an 
> "electronic
> shoebox" of notices and links, in no certain cronological or 
> categorical
> order.  All this dropped in his lap during the lead up to his law 
> school
> finals which end Monday, May 6th, as I believe.  I have full 
> confidence that
> once he is able to direct his attentions to the matter he can get it 
> sorted
> out.  That said, its a shame things were left in that state.  We need 
> to
> insure it never happens like that again. I am sure Mr. Trotter will 
> set the
> bar and the example of how these records should be kept going forward 
> for
> his future successors.
>
> There are still numerous references to the former leadership all over 
> the
> websites and elsewhere. Mr. Thompson has removed the ones I have 
> noticed as
> I have pointed them out, but it would be nice if we could get all our 
> eyes
> on the matter to get it straight. While it may seem trivial and I 
> agree in
> most cases it is..there are those ones such as this that I came 
> across just
> last night.
>
> "If you would prefer to mail in your payment, please send it to:
> ATTN: LPL Treasurer
> 9340 Davidson road
> Shreveport, La. 71129"
>
> http://www.lplouisiana.org/contribute/donation.php
>
> Our money is still being directed to the former Treasurer. THAT is 
> highly
> disturbing.  Larger donations would likely come in check form.
> And while I expect those funds would be turned over eventually,I 
> concern
> over when. When there is this much of a lag in the transfer on the 
> bank
> accounts, and that former acting treasurer was so busy that they had 
> to
> resign the day before our SCC meeting, even though doing so 
> potentially left
> us unable to have a quorum and conduct business.
>
> Another thing of concern is relative to the filings of our PECs with 
> the
> Secretary of State. Who is doing that? How is that being done?  I am
> thinking of speaking with my PEC about contracting Mr. Richard Brown 
> to
> handle the matter for us.  Richard was the professional 
> parlimentarian that
> attended the SCC Quarterly meeting with me.  It struck me the other 
> day that
> he would be the ideal person to undertake the task. Any problems 
> arising
> from the formatting of the Minutes or By Laws or other matters would 
> be
> things he could address on the spot or come back with a plan of 
> action for
> us laid out. The only downside is, he is a professional and would 
> have to be
> paid.  I know for my PEC, that isn't a problem as they have full 
> confidence
> in him. He helped us correct and revise our by laws and guided us 
> through
> their adoption.  Our members have found his experience worth every 
> penny.
> In my life, I have found it very costly in the long wrong, to attempt 
> to
> handle matters requiring professional attention.  I suspect that if 
> multiple
> PECs did it together, it would result in some shared costs for the
> research,etc.  I suspect I already know that nobody else really knows 
> how we
> are supposed to be doing this because the former Chairman seemed to 
> be not
> so forthcoming with others on how and why things are being done.  I 
> could be
> wrong as much of that was before my time. If someone DOES have a good 
> grasp
> on the process..please forward it to me as at the least it will save 
> on some
> research costs. All that said, if Mr Brown is willing to undertake 
> this task
> for my parish, at the very least I intend to contract him to make 
> sure it
> was done properly. I will be contacting the other parishes to see if 
> they
> want his assistance as well.
>
> On another matter, I think that the calling things what they are has 
> been
> settled and we are going back to calling things what they are.  I 
> suggest
> everyone amend their own personal address book here to reflect the 
> mailing
> list for the State Central Committee and/or Mr. Thompson take care of 
> that
> here for us.
> Here is another two that reflect the improper naming of our SCC. 
> Funny, I
> thought it was supposed to be for internal purposes only..yet this is 
> a
> public website..and I saw the SCC referred to in the recent LNP 
> newspaper as
> the Board.
>
> http://www.lplouisiana.org/events/calendar/calendar.php
> http://www.lplouisiana.org/events/calendar/sccCalendar.php
>
>
> Also, our organization needs money with which to grow. I know many of 
> you
> already have, but I encourage every member of the SCC to become a 
> recurring
> monthly donor. It gives us fairly predictable cash flow going forward 
> and
> will allow us to budget for expenses such as a suitable contract pay 
> for our
> Executive Director.  It doesn't need to be such generous amounts as 
> some of
> our members have put forward. It needs to be an amount that you can 
> safely
> fit in your budget each month and not feel a noticeable strain. While 
> I
> certainly would like more, I think the 1776 Club is a great level for
> donation. It sets you up to pay $17.76/month to the LPL. I am trying 
> to
> encourage every PEC member to do this..
> Assuming an average of 10 members per PEC..thats 640 members once the 
> state
> is completed.  That would put us at over $11,000/month for our cash 
> flow.
> That's starting to get in a realm where we can ACTUALLY do something,
> especially if we are frugal with it and don't act like politicians 
> and spend
> it before we get it. I understand that some people are students and 
> some
> people may be unemployed or underemployed, but everyone needs to 
> decide how
> important this is to them and check their budget. I have the link 
> below for
> your cut and paste convenience. Thanks to everyone that already has 
> gotten
> on the donation wagon. Its hard to expect the PECs to do it if the 
> SCC
> doesnt set the example.
>
> "Elections are coming, the politicians are getting fat.
> Won't you please put $17.76/month in the Libertarian hat.
> If you don't have $17.76/month , Ten Dollars will do.
> If you don't have Ten Dollars, then may God bless you."
>
> 
> https://secure.piryx.com/donate/3rejnkrb/Libertarian-Party-of-Louisiana/Mont
> hlyPledge
>
> This brings up, who is in charge of the Piryx account? Has it been 
> switched?
> It still shows the Former Chair and Acting Treasurer as being the 
> contact
> people for it. I am pretty sure this is one Mr. Thompson can't 
> address.
> Hopefully, Mr Trotter can get it covered next week.
>
> I will end this here, I don't want it to turn into a 13 page memo on 
> why I
> don't like Jelly with my peanut butter on my sandwiches.  I just want 
> to
> bring to everyone's attention that things are not where they need to 
> be.
> Having spoken to more than a few people, I have learned that everyone 
> thinks
> everything is fine but are not aware of what needs to be done much 
> less who
> would be handling the matter.  This email is not intended to just be 
> a big
> gripe.  This is a call to action.  We have matters to address and its 
> up to
> us to address it.  Even if it's "not your job"..go out of your way to 
> look
> for things that need to be put in order such as the unchanged 
> donation
> address and bring it to the proper person's attention.
> Before we can make an impact on this state, we must put our on house 
> in
> order and not assume someone else is doing it. We need to take 
> "Personal
> Responsibility".
>
>
> Daniel Hayes
> Jefferson Parish Representative to the LSCC Membership Officer for 
> the
> Jefferson Parish LPEC LPL Finance Committee Member Unoffical Rabble 
> Rouser
> and Cage Rattler
>
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