Cumberland County Libertarian Committee

Report prepared for 07/09/05 LPPA Board Meeting

Officers         
Position   Name   Phone   Email
Chair   Ron Goodman   717-243-5708   rocket1g@earthlink.net
Vice Chair   Doug Keegan   717-440-4785   doug_keegan@hotmail.com
Treasurer   Alan Yottey   717-697-1282   ANYO@aol.com
Secretary         
L.P.P. Board Representative   Ron Goodman   717-243-5708   rocket1g@earthlink.net

Meetings are held on the second Monday of the month at the Market Cross Pub in Carlisle, PA.  Meetings were held on the following dates:

9/20/04, 10/18/04, 11/15/04, 12/06/04 (CALP meeting), 1/17/05, 2/10/05, 3/10/05, 4/14/05, 5/12/05, 6/13/05

Committee Highlights

At our June meeting we processed a Membership mailing to over 1,000 past members.

Alan Yottey agreed to become our Time Line Manager (An idea from Tim Crowley’s presentation at the state convention)

Tony agreed to scan the Carlisle Sentinel newspaper for libertarian leaning letters for follow-up phone calls and mailings from the chair.

I’ve identified 78 open offices in Cumberland County up for election this year and put the information into a spreadsheet.

Jubilee Day was another success this year.  We had a total of 10 volunteers throughout the day and we blanketed the street fair with our “Want Freedom – Vote Libertarian” balloons.  Willie Harmon was on fire giving out balloons faster that we could make them.  We also generated 26 leads mostly from Cumberland County.  A follow-up letter and e-mail were sent to all the leads.  Quite a few leads were young people who were familiar with the Worlds Smallest Political Quiz.  They had taken the quiz in school and scored in the libertarian quadrant and were very excited to visit our booth.  Our goal is to turn these leads into functioning H.S. chapters at Mechanicsburg and Cumberland Valley schools.  We gave away around 20 Cato Audio CD’s which is a great outreach tool.  They were my old copies that I saved.  We also distributed the National Debt information and LPPA Press Release that was very well received.

The business cards I ordered from Vistaprint came in handy as well.

I called all the current and past LP and LPPA members in Cumberland County that didn’t list their e-mail address.  This resulted in some good conversations with people and netted 6 more e-mail addresses.  We now have 127 people in Cumberland County on our e-mail distribution list.

Spoke to Will Gabig, our State Representative again about supporting our Ballot Access changes.  He continues to be supportive of the idea.

Had lunch with Doug Keegan who volunteered to be in charge of Advertising and gathering information necessary to run for office.

Listed below are the volunteer positions we would like to fill within our county:
·   Membership Drive
·   Calling Registered Libs
·   College and H.S. Chapter Organizer
 
Respectfully submitted by
Ron Goodman
Chairman - CCLC

Cumberland County Libertarian Committee

Report prepared for 09/10/05 LPPA Board Meeting

Officers         
Position   Name   Phone   Email
Chair   Ron Goodman   717-243-5708   rocket1g@earthlink.net

Vice Chair   Doug Keegan   717-440-4785   doug_keegan@hotmail.com

Treasurer   Alan Yottey   717-697-1282   ANYO@aol.com

Secretary   Joe Scinta   717-763-8454   jscinta@hotmail.com

L.P.P. Board Representative   Ron Goodman   717-243-5708   rocket1g@earthlink.net


Meetings are held on the second Monday of the month at the Market Cross Pub in Carlisle, PA.  Meetings were held on the following dates:

9/20/04, 10/18/04, 11/15/04, 12/06/04 (CALP meeting), 1/17/05, 2/10/05, 3/10/05, 4/14/05, 5/12/05, 6/13/05, 7/11/05, 8/08/05

Committee Highlights

At our August meeting, we reviewed progress on our county goals and discussed some new initiatives.  We have 6 people running for local office this fall:

1.   Barry Dively      Silver Spring Township Auditor
2.   Doug Keegan      Silver Spring Township Auditor
3.   Karen Simons      Silver Spring Township Auditor
4.   Joe Scinta      Judge of Elections
5.   John Goddard      Inspector of Elections
6.   Ron Goodman      North Middleton Township Auditor

We have several “irons in the fire,” as follow:

•   In conjunction with the Dauphin County Libertarian Party, we prepared and funded several newspaper ads regarding the recent Pennsylvania legislature pay increase, as an outreach tool.  Readers were urged to change their voter registration to the Libertarian party.  
•   We have received positive responses and at least 1 new potential active member from our Libertarian Outreach program.
•   We sent a thank-you letter, along with an LP decal, to 33 members who renewed as a result of the June 13 Renewal Mailer.
•   Ron Goodman spoke on the Bob Durgin radio show about the Libertarian Party and current issues.  Several callers requested additional information.
•   We are continuing our LTE scanning initiative – contacting authors of libertarian-leaning letters-to-the-editor as an outreach tool.  In addition, their contact information will be forwarded to The Cato Institute to be included in the Cato’s Letter distribution.  This resulted in another person joining our e-mail list and they are planning to attend our next meeting.
•   We are planning a mailing to 650 registered Libertarian voters in Cumberland County.  We are determining details such as whether to send a post card vs. informative letter with pre-filled membership form.
•   36 follow-up phone calls were made to people on the LPPA list from Cumberland County encouraging them to become members of LPPA.
•   We reserved a table at the Harrisburg Gun Show on August 20 and 21 to distribute Libertarian Party literature and to recruit potential members.  Many people were encouraged to change their voter registration to Libertarian.
•   We are targeting Cumberland County Young Professionals for informal outreach via direct involvement.  CCYP is politically active in the community, so it would be beneficial to share additional viewpoints.  20 members of CCYP will be added to the Cato Letter distribution to begin planting seeds of libertarian thought to this influential group.
•   Ron Goodman had a LTE on Social Security reform published in the Carlisle Sentinel.
•   We delivered the 8/13/05 Election Reform Legislation to Representative Will Gabig’s office.
 
Respectfully submitted by
Joe Scinta
Secretary - CCLC

Cumberland County Libertarian Committee

Report prepared for 11/12/2005 LPPA Board Meeting

Officers         
Position   Name   Phone   Email
Chair   Ron Goodman   717-243-5708   rocket1g@earthlink.net

Vice Chair   Doug Keegan   717-440-4785   doug_keegan@hotmail.com

Treasurer   Alan Yottey   717-697-1282   ANYO@aol.com

Secretary   Joe Scinta   717-763-8454   jscinta@hotmail.com

L.P.P. Board Representative   Ron Goodman   717-243-5708   rocket1g@earthlink.net


Meetings are held on the second Monday of the month at the Market Cross Pub in Carlisle, PA.  Meetings were held on the following dates: 1/17/05, 2/10/05, 3/10/05, 4/14/05, 5/12/05, 6/13/05, 7/11/05, 8/08/05, 9/12/05, and 10/10/05.

Committee Highlights: At our October meeting, we reviewed progress on our county goals and discussed some new initiatives.  We have 7 people running for local office this fall.  Quince Eddens is considering a run for State Rep in 2006.  At the meeting, we discussed open action items regarding the Voters’ Choice Act and donations to Hurricane Katrina victims, as well as election day strategies such as LP yard signs and handouts for poll workers.  Further information is in the attached agenda.

Some of our activities for October included the following:

•   Voters’ Choice Act – rallies and publicity efforts to promote the ballot access reform initiative in Pennsylvania
•   Libertarian club sponsorship at Cumberland Valley High School
•   Coordination with the Dauphin County Libertarian Party on achieving common goals in the Harrisburg metropolitan area
•   Outreach booth at the Pennsboro Pumpkin Festival
•   Proposed bylaws and constitution for the CCLC
•   Sent letters to every state rep and senator in Cumberland County regarding the Voters' Choice Act
•   Handed out roughly 25 Voters' Choice Act and U.S. National Debt Scorecards at the Todd Platts Townhall meeting Oct. 13th.
•   Strategic Planning meeting among the Dauphin, York, Lebanon and Cumberland counties’ Libertarian party groups
•   Letters-to-the-Editor sent to local newspapers regarding ballot access initiatives
•   Campaign flyer prepared for election day distribution
•   Supported Terry Monn in his candidacy for the Cumberland Valley school board
•   Made inroads to starting a Libertarian club at Dickinson College

Respectfully submitted by
Joe Scinta
Secretary – CCLC