Hi again,
Minutes from our meeting are below. Please email me with corrections and
I'll post to the site soon.
-Nick
LPSF Meeting - 8 April 2017
SF Public Library, 4th Floor Conference Room
Attendance Aubrey Freedman Nick Smith Rebecca Lau Françoise Fielding
Jawj
Greenwold Michael Denny Phil Berg
Activist Reports Rebecca: Attended 4 or 5 Libertarian events; speakers:
Tom
Palmer, Larry Reid on Free Speech, GGLR meetup speaking about Free State
Project, Free Market Road Show
Nick: Also attended GGLR event to hear about the FSP and the Free Market
Road
Show
Aubrey: Finally wrote and sent a Newsletter, working on getting speakers
for
the panel discussion event we are planning. Also attended GGLR event
with Matt
speaking about FSP.
Jawj: Also went to the FSP event on Tuesday!
Mike: Introduced a group of French dinner party guests to
Libertarianism, which
they were excited to learn more about.
Announcements Gun Show going on at Cow Palace this weekend. Aubrey will
look
into getting a table for LPSF at the next event, probably in about 3
months.
https://www.meetup.com/RonPaulSF/events/239017585/
Free Speech March in Berkeley next weekend
https://www.meetup.com/RonPaulSF/events/238455279/
GGLR Monthly Meeting https://www.meetup.com/RonPaulSF/events/239058405/
JSA Semi-Annual Convention - Aubrey will be tabling
California Libertarian Party Annual State Convention
https://ca.lp.org/convention-2017/ This will be held in the Bay Area for
the
first time in years, in Santa Clara. The speakers are announced
including David
Friedman and Patrick Byrne.
Membership / Newsletter Report 21 lifetime members, 23 regular members -
44
total Aubrey: Record keeping by the State party is still messed up, but
they
are working on it.
Newsletter sent out to 237 people, with only a few bounces and one
unsubscribe.
Webmaster update: Full access to site administration is transferred,
credentials are changed. Backup service is expiring and will renew on
8-May,
($30/yr). Calendar module is fully working and auto-imports events from
GGLR,
ca.lp.org, lp.org, our meetup group. Added some analytics to get an
idea of
how many people visit our website. AI: Nick to take a look at Yahoo!
Announce
list to fix timezone issue (event times in GMT)
Treasurer’s Report Bank of America: $4612.11 Paypal: $946.27 Total:
$5558.38
Change to Credit Union Starchild has previously told us about SF Fire
Credit
Union Mike banks with SF Federal Credit Union and highly recommends
them.
Either option seems good, the biggest deciding factor for us is
convenience--
Jawj, our Secretary, lives in Oakland and wants something near the
financial
district.
Aubrey called the IRS yesterday and gave them all the information, needs
to
mail a letter into the IRS requesting this information-- this will take
at
least a month.
Vote to switch to SF Federal Credit Union Aubrey makes the motion,
Francoise
seconds. The resolution passes with 5 votes for, 0 votes against. In
favor:
Aubrey, Françoise, Mike, Jawj, Nick
4th Annual Panel Discussion Topic: Sanctuary Cities Opposing side
speaker:
Steve Frank -- he is a writer for California Political Review
http://www.capoliticalreview.com/. Pro side: Contacted David Campos,
who
seemed interested, but since has been unresponsive. Also reached out to
Jeff
Adachi, who replied he is not available. Matt Gonzalez, who has not
replied at
all. Then Aubrey tried Sandra Fuhr, but she has not responded either.
Marcy
suggested to try Kevin DeLeon, but has no response. Also contacted Jane
Kim,
whose office declined. Most recently: Tim Redman, editor of 48 Hills--
waiting
for a response, but not for too much longer.
Aubrey was looking to use the main library as the location, hoping to
have a
room for about 50 people, but it is booked through the summer. Looking
for
other locations, Aubrey has looked at the Mechanics Institute, the
Unitarian
Church, and the Jewish Community Center.