Recent Posts

Pages: 1 ... 7 8 [9] 10
81
Region 14 / Region 14 Report
« Last post by Fundraising on July 27, 2025, 11:53:58 AM »
Reached out to Region 14 Rep to introduce myself and assist with onboarding. 6/9 invited him to lpmd meeting for 6/10 floated the idea of starting a north and south chapter affiliate for Monroe. 
Attended lpmd6/10 to reacquaint myself and introduce myself with the affiliate.  Reported to them the new officers and informed them of utilizing nationbuilder and the press release program is available to them. Continued a meeting with Chair Hector Roos about goals.
 Assisted in properly registering  vetting Christopher Mc queen. 
Began recruiting upper keys libertarians reaching out to two time Islamorada village council candidate Casey Watkins to spearhead affiliation. 6/13
Received a current list of over 200 names of registered libertarians in monroe got quotes for mailing invitations to an affiliation event for Monroe.Secured a venue thanks to Steven Nekhaila we will be at Island grill in islamorada. secured free beer and finger foods
Golob
.I got myself trained in the process of affiliating a new county reaching out to Asc creator and former ec member greg peele.
Had many spirited conversations with secretary ganski to help along the process.
Successfully Recruited a potential chair with a verbal commitment. met with him once and have a meeting monday for him to sign the nap. we gain a member an affiliate chair and a candidate in local government all in one swoop.
made several fundraising attempts to cover mailing costs.had several telephone and chats with lpf chair discussing critical paths and pland of action and execution of goals
 Had dinner with DAL3 Recuero and lpf member Marc Tancer mostly as a social but equity building nonetheless.
Wrote a convention followup newsletter / email from convention updating recipients of election results news and a fundraising call enumerating our liabilities and receivables. 
82
Platform / 2025 July Platform Report
« Last post by platform on July 24, 2025, 02:48:37 PM »
Mission: To champion liberty in Florida by systematically applying the LP Florida Platform into legislative action, informing the electorate, and refining our principles based on real-world political engagement, thereby making the LP Florida the most principled and effective voice for freedom in the state.
Goal: The committee's goal is to translate the LP Florida's principles into tangible political influence in Tallahassee. We will achieve this by producing the party's official, principled analysis of all relevant legislation, using this output to identify legislative champions and opponents of liberty. This process will, in turn, serve as a primary tool for educating voters, growing the party's membership, and making the platform a living document that guides our path to a freer Florida.
Executive Summary & KPI Dashboard
Top 3 Accomplishments this Month:

We are still getting set up and will have much more to offer next month
We’ll include Key performance indicators (KPIs) for proposed Florida laws of interest to the Libertarian Party for the upcoming 2026 legislative session.
We will also address any potential platform changes as they come up, if they do.
We will be setting up regular meetings soon with members and ex officio members.
Committee Governance & Health

This section details the internal operations and health of the committee.
Meetings:
Committee Meetings Held: None yet
Chair's Meetings Attended:
LP Florida EC Meeting July 20, 2025
Brevard County Commissioners’ Meeting July 22, 2025


Committee Operations & Member Engagement:

In the future, we will include any internal workings of interest here.
Legislative Wing Activities
This section focuses on the "action" arm of the committee: analyzing and responding to legislation.
Key Bills Analyzed:
This section will include bills we are focusing on that are of interest to our state Party.
I have re-set up my Tracker account with the Florida legislature to keep track of certain bills.
Here is a link to all the 2025 bills filed, so far: https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bills/2025
2025 – 2026 FLORIDA LEGISLATURE INTERIM COMMITTEE MEETING SCHEDULE
October 2025 — Week of the 6th
October 2025 — Week of the 13th
November 2025 — Week of the 3 rd
November 2025 — Week of the 17th
December 2025 — Week of the 1 st
 December 2025 — Week of the 8th
2026 REGULAR SESSION DATES
August 1, 2025: Deadline for filing claim bills (Senate Rule 4.81(2))
January 13, 2026 Noon: Regular Session convenes (Article III, section 3(b), State Constitution) deadline for filing bills for introduction (Senate Rule 3.7(1))
February 28:  Motion to reconsider made and considered the same day (Senate Rule 6.4(4)). All bills are immediately certified (Senate Rule 6.8)
March 3, 2026: 50th day – Last day for regularly scheduled committee meetings (Senate Rule 2.9(2))
March 13, 2026: 60th day – Last day of Regular Session (Article III, section 3(d), State Constitution)
Direct Advocacy & Outreach:
Communications to Legislators/Staff: Going forward, I will summarize calls and emails made to legislative offices. Example: "Contacted the aides for all members of the House Judiciary Committee to provide our analysis on HB 123."
Coalition Building: In the future, I will note any engagement with allied, non-partisan groups. Example: "Met with Jodi from Florida Cannabis Action in Melbourne, Florida, re: 2026 legislative session”
Platform Wing Activities
This section focuses on the "principles" arm of our committee: developing and refining the LP Florida platform.
Platform Amendment Cycle Status:
We’ll include that information here.
Proposals Under Active Review:
If there are any proposed changes to the LP Florida platform, we will include it/them here.
Platform Gaps Identified:
Here, we plan to address any legislative issues that reveal weaknesses or gaps in our current LP Florida platform.
Public Engagement & Candidate Support
Published Content:
None yet, officially, although I have and will include it in my Substack and other places, as per the LP Florida EC's direction.
LP Florida Candidate Support:
Candidates Supported: In the future, any names of LP Florida candidates I or the committee have assisted will be mentioned here.
Support Provided:  In the future, we will mention that we provided candidate “John Doe” with our analysis on key tax bills, "Briefed candidate Jane Smith on the LP Florida's official platform regarding education policy."
Challenges & Roadblocks
Internal Challenges: In the future, I will include any internal challenges the committee will face. I have none to include now as we are just getting started.
External Challenges: In the future, I will include any challenges with the Florida legislature the committee will be facing.
Goals for Next Month
Legislative Goals: Since the last day to file proposed bills is August 1, 2025, identify those that are of Libertarian Party interest.
Platform Goals: Forthcoming
Outreach & Governance Goals: Forthcoming

83
Rules / 7-21-25 draft meeting minutes
« Last post by platform on July 21, 2025, 09:42:37 PM »
Meeting Agenda
Call To Order – 8:04pm EST
Location: LPF Discord – Meeting Room A Voice Channel
Determination of Quorum
Thompson (Chair), Willey(Vice Chair), Turney (Sec) as members; Johnson (not present), Appler, Gansky as Ex Oficio
Public Comment
Zalesaik - Mentioned the possibility of changing the requirement for a Annual Business Meeting prior to the LNC convention by a discussion of the following actions:
Constitution ARTICLE V Conventions & Meetings Section 3. Qualified and willing LPF members shall be selected as delegates to the Libertarian National Committee Business Meeting at the immediately prior LPF Annual Business Meeting. The qualifications and procedures for selecting national delegates and filling vacancies in national delegate seats shall be prescribed in the Bylaws and Standing Rules.
ARTICLE VIII Adoption & Amendments Section 2. Amendments to the Constitution may be made in the following manner: B. Upon establishment of affiliates in each county in Florida, a proposed Amendment can be accepted by a three-fourths vote of the Executive Committee and ratified by three-fourths (¾) of the county affiliates. Section 4. The LPF Bylaws shall be subordinate to this Constitution. . . In any conflict between these documents, the conflicting term from the subordinate document shall be deemed unenforceable.
"Biennial LNC Delegate Selection"

Member Reports
Jim and Lisa spoke about the “Craig” Discord Bot to record meetings.  Testing of the bot will be done at a future time.
Lisa provided the Annual Business Meeting Minutes for Review.
Approval of Minutes
-   Minutes for 6/23 approved.
Old Business
Parlimentarian Comments 3/29/25 to Matt Johnson
ABM Referrals 6/7/25 (only one item)
Floor motions – Constitution
Title: Motion to Require Regional Representatives to Reside in Their Region
Mover: Lisa Gansky, seconded by Joe Sokol (Duval)
Motion: I move to amend the Constitution of the Libertarian Party of Florida Article III, Section 3, subsection E to require that each Regional Representative shall reside in the region they represent. If a Regional Representative moves out of the region they represent, they must resign. A Regional Representative who does not reside in the region is ineligible to serve.
Regional Representatives for each region shall be regularly elected at each Annual Business Meeting by a majority of delegates present that reside in the region. Each Regional Representative shall reside in their region.
Rationale: The intent behind this motion is to ensure that Regional Representatives are best positioned to serve the counties within their region. This amendment ensures that only individuals with a direct connection to the region they represent will serve, protecting the integrity of the Executive Committee (EC) as well as minimizing the opportunity for bad actors to take up a slot on the EC.
A motion to refer this item to the Rules Committee as a commitment for next year was made and seconded by Gabriel Wozniak (Volusia). The motion passed.
A second item considering realignment and reduction of regions was discussed but ultimately not referred to rules.
New Business
Question from Nicole Skelly about putting money into Money Market accounts or other interest earning accounts. - General guidance appears correct, but the interested party is encouraged to seek opinion from the State Division of Elections.
Discussion
-   Referred Motion from ABM on requiring regional representatives to reside with the region.
-    Merging Constitution and by-laws per CAH recommendations
-    LNC convention and ABM date to provide sufficient space between selection and commitment to 4 day LNC in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
- Ed Clarke virtual memorial event 9pm Eastern on August 1st.
Notice of Next Meeting
Plan to meet at 8pm EST Monthly on the Monday after the 3rd Sunday of the month, which should be the day after the LPF Monthly Business meeting.
Next meeting is August 18, 2025.
Adjournment meeting adjourned at 9:41pm EST.
84
Region 4 / July 2025 Region 4 report
« Last post by Region4 on July 20, 2025, 07:53:29 PM »
We would love public feedback. We are a large region and are are quite a ways from different members. I would love to hear if we would want to try zoom meetings once a week. We also recognize the abuses committed by the presidential leadership of the United States of Alligator Alcatraz. If anyone wants to coordinate with me send an email.

Thanks All
Leon Armstrong
85
Rules / 7-21 Agenda
« Last post by platform on July 20, 2025, 07:37:29 PM »
Meeting Agenda
Call To Order – 8:00pm EST
Location: LPF Discord – Meeting Room A Voice Channel
Determination of Quorum
Thompson (Chair), Willey(Vice Chair), Turney (Sec) as members; Johnson, Appler, Gansky as Ex Oficio
Public Comment
Member Reports
Approval of Minutes
Old Business
Parlimentarian Comments 3/29/25 to Matt Johnson
ABM Referrals 6/7/25
New Business
Question from Nicole Skelly about putting money into Money Market accounts or other interest earning accounts.
Discussion
Notice of Next Meeting
Plan to meet at 8pm EST Monthly on the Monday after the 3rd Sunday of the month, which should be the day after the LPF Monthly Business meeting.
Next meeting is August 18, 2025.
Adjournment

86
Convention / July 2025 Post Convention Committee Report
« Last post by Chair on July 20, 2025, 07:30:43 PM »
Convention Report is attached as a word doc.
87
Platform / 6-23 notes
« Last post by platform on July 20, 2025, 07:22:19 PM »
Emails from Karl Dickey and Wayne Jackman about joing the committee.
88
Rules / 6-23 Draft meeting minutes
« Last post by platform on July 20, 2025, 07:20:02 PM »
Meeting Minutes
Call To Order – 8:00pm EST - Meeting started at 8:05pm EST
Location: LPF Discord – Meeting Room A Voice Channel
Determination of Quorum
Thompson, Willey, Turney present as Members, Gansky present as Ex Oficio, Johnson and Appler absent as Ex Oficio
Public Comment
As vs at Scrivener's Error in documents, Constitution Article 3 Section 3 Paragraph F - should be "as" not “at” - Theodore Zalesiak
Member Reports
None
Approval of Minutes
None
Old Business
Parlimentarian Comments 3/29/25 to Matt Johnson
ABM Referrals 6/7/25 - Expect these by the July 21 Meeting.
New Business
Establish VC and Secretary - Ken to serve as VC, Jim as Secretary; without objection.
Review LPF Guidance on LNC Delegation with regard to Convention Committee/LPF requirements. - Constitution Article V Section 3 and Section 4 do not allow an alternate mechanism for delegation selection outside of the ABM and prescribes the ABM must be immediately prior to the LNC.
Discussion
Potential addition of AI bot into meetings for note taking.
Notice of Next Meeting
Plan to meet at 8pm EST Monthly on the Monday after the 3rd Sunday of the month, which should be the day after the LPF Monthly Business meeting.
Next meeting is July 21, 2025.
Adjournment - 8:48pm EST.
89
Treasurer / Report as of June 30, 2025
« Last post by Treasurer on July 20, 2025, 05:10:26 PM »
Stripe Summary included
90
Region 5 / July 2025 Report
« Last post by Region5 on July 20, 2025, 04:52:58 PM »
See the attached Report for July 2025
Pages: 1 ... 7 8 [9] 10