LPF Candidates Committee Report, April 2022
Chair: Hector Roos
Vice Chair: Marcus Reeder
Secretary: Matt Johnson
Last Meeting: Monday, May 9, 2022 at 7:30pm
Next Meeting: Monday, May 23, 2022 at 7:30pm
Meetings are held through Zoom:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89854388733?pwd=bkF5aFIzKzBQbm5TL3R4TlpncFQzQT092022-2023 Action Plan:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1coIzJlRQicBCs7naWNZRMGy2-kW8J3xA/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=100421007467880575709&rtpof=true&sd=trueCommittee Objectives Summary:
- Grow the committee to at least 10 members (currently 6) recruit more members to the Candidate Cmte from the areas of Tampa Bay, SWFL, Panhandle and Central Florida.
- Campaign Bootcamp, currently slated for June 25th in Jacksonville. These are to organized quarterly (next is either Panhandle or South Florida)
- Petition Tree: Goal: Commit 1500 libertarians to sign petitions for the next 3 months for our candidates and continue to grow this list after.- Recruit at least 100 candidates for public office in Florida
- Candidate Pipeline (list development): Take any interest from people to run for office and assign them to 3 paths (one at a time or concurrently): operation first step (join civic boards), run for something (less than 1 year), and parajump (at least 2 years out).
- Motivate early arrival for all FL delegates to Reno to register for Thursday, May 26 training Day of Education.
https://lnc2022.com/event/2022-day-of-education-2022-05-26/.
After a series of meetings and workshops, the Candidates Cmte narrowed its action plan to fit the calendar limitations and reach most of its action plans.
- June 25th Campaign Bootcamp is hosted in partnership with FACL. Registration costs $40 / $25 for students, lunch and snacks included. Registration link:
https://facl-training.org/schools/events/jacksonville-fl-cms-25jun2022- The immediate focus of the Vote LPF project has been focused on SMS and drawing leads from registered LPF voters from across the state to run for office or support candidates. For instance, 47 leads for Broward County, 9 for a limited Deland (Volusia) with the rest of the county to follow, 29 leads for Okaloosa County, 109 leads for Duval.
- I have spent a considerable amount of time with our Soil and Water board elected supervisors and the impact of SB 1078 that establishes draconian qualification requirements on those boards. Before the governor signs the bill, he can also veto it. It is entirely possible that this law if enacted will not have time to affect the 2022 elections. However, if it is enacted in law, we may want to consider supporting a lawsuit to overturn it.
- We continue to develop Vote LPF as a repository of candidate support and recruitment funnel beyond the 2022 election cycles.
- We are already recruiting candidates for the 2023 municipal races.
