Hi All. Here are theminutes from the last meeting. Pleasereview them for accuracy and note any bloopers or omissions. Marcy, could you please post them to thewebsite in a few days, after folks have had a chance to review them?Minutes written by Aubrey FreedmanLibertarian Party of San FranciscoMinutesfor Monthly Meeting at the San Francisco Public Library on Saturday, August 8,2015 Attendees: Phil Berg, Marcy Berry(Vice Chair), Chris Bowman (guest), Aubrey Freedman (Chair), Les Mangus(Treasurer), and Starchild.Activist Reports: Marcy worked on ballot measures (Mission moratorium and legacybusinesses) and attended a tech conference. Aubrey worked on the short-term rentals ballot measure and the monthlynewsletter and filed the semi-annual Form 460 with the FPPC. Announcements:
- Young Americans for Liberty(YAL)-1600 Holloway Avenue (at 19 th)-SF State University-StudentGroup Meetings every Thursday at noon in the Cesar Chavez Student Center/RosaParks Room-Outreach Tablings every Tuesday at noon in the Malcolm X Plaza(outside Cesar Chavez Student Center.
- Monday, August 17-7:00-9:00PM-Golden Gate Liberty Revolution-Monthly Meeting-Moksha Life Center-405Sansome Street.
- Free Exchange-Jim Elwood’s in Parkmerced (may be hosted elsewhere this time only)-Saturday, September 5-7:00-11:00 PM.
Membership/NewsletterReport: Aubrey reported that membership is down by 1to 39 (22 lifetime members and 17 current paid up annual members). He reported sending the newsletter to 209people last month with 3 “Unsubscribe” requests, 1 new “Subscribe” request, 0 bounces, and 3 comments. He pulled more email addresses from theDepartment of Elections listing this time and sent the newsletter to them. Marcy mentioned that we’re not “asking forit.” She will post something on thewebsite about becoming a member, and Aubrey will add a little blurb to hisnewsletter encouraging subscribers to join the LPSF, which will become apermanent mention in the newsletter.Website Report: Marcy reported that shetries to write one new article each week for the website. The last one was July 29. She did join the LPCA Facebook and thatstirred up some interest in our LPSF Facebook. Five new members joined our Facebook, bringing the number of members upto 191 now.Treasurer’s Report: Les reported that the beginning balance was $3,941.23. During the month we received two membershiprenewals/donations totaling $100 plus $57 transferred from PayPal for themonthly recurring donations plus an additional donation of $50 pledged earlierin the year. No checks were cut thismonth. The new ending balance is$4,148.23. Semi-Annual FPPC Report: Aubrey reported the report was filed on time for the period endingJune 30, 2015. Les discovered an errorin the beginning balance, so Aubrey noted that he will send in a revised Form460 to correct the error. Freedom of Information Requests: We discussed whether the name of the LPSF should be used whensubmitting FOIA requests. The point wasmade that submitting requests that take up a lot of time at City Hall without aspecific plan to use the information goes against our desire to have smallgovernment. Another point of view wasthat it’s good for the LPSF to get our name out there as a watchdog that’skeeping an eye on government. Wediscussed if the LPSF officers should vote each time someone wants to so submita FOIA request and use our name, but we did not come to a definiteconclusion. We left it that individualsshould submit FOIA requests in their own name, not the party’s name, just likeletters to the editor. Ballot Measure Arguments Due August 13: Chris Bowman from the SFGOP joined us for adiscussion of the ballot measures. Wediscussed which measures the LPSF and the SFGOP would be submitting arguments onat the DOE on August 13. Chris was a bitundecided on Prop F (short-term rentals), so we pointed out how neighborhooddisruptions could be handled without the more restrictive law. Also Phil pointed out that there is already arating system in place for finding out if tenants who have used the hostingplatforms have a history of behavioral problems. In turn Chris provided us with some insightsinto a few of the ballot measures that have a few gray areas: Prop C (new restrictions on expenditure lobbyists)—hepointed out that currently nonprofits and labor unions are paying third partiesto lobby government officials for political favors and there is no transparencyon any of this, so the measure could help put this in the public light; andProp E (new requirements for public meetings)—he pointed out that the 48-hourand translation requirements would make it harder to conduct public meetings. However, Phil noted that they currently haveapps available that can aid the government to translate from any language intoEnglish. We will finish up the ballotmeasures for which we are not submitting arguments to the DOE at the nextmeeting for our official ballot measure recommendations.Thanks!Aubrey