Minutes – Board Meeting March 2023
Minutes
Meeting – Libertarian Party of El Paso County Board of Directors Meeting
Date – Saturday, March 4, 2023
Time – 11:00 AM
Location – Library 21C; 1175 Chapel Hills Dr; Colorado Springs, CO 80920
- Opening/Welcome/Introductions
Board Members present: John Angle, Mike Ciesko, Phoebe Ciesko, Jason Calvert, Daryl Kuiper, Heidi Baird, and John Hjersman
Quorum
Call to Order: 11:33 AM
- Presentation and adoption of Agenda
Adoption without Objection
- Director/Officer Reports
- Chair, John Angle
- Adoption of previous minutes w/o Discussion
- Continuity Binders for Officers: Job description, Reports filed to present to Board; LP Treasurer & fines
- Vice Chair, Mike Ciesko – Numbers to track, user base (CRM); Training & meeting of people who want to use database; meet with David Aitkin
- Secretary, Heidi Baird – Next Board Meeting Saturday, April 8, 11:00 AM at Library 21C; Room B2; May 6 at 11:00 AM in B2 also
- Education Director, Daryl Kuiper – NTR
- Communications Director, Jason Calvert – NTR
- Outreach Director, Phoebe Ciesko – Outreach events; work with Heidi (Secretary)
- Fundraising Director, Doug Jones
- To be discussed under new business
- Phoebe, Bar crawl, no luck
- Janet, not present
- Treasurer, no activity
- Chair, John Angle
- Committee Reports
- Bylaws committee: Bylaw changes list to expedite approval of changes
- Newsletter, Access to CRM
- IT, John A – Database & emails have been problematic
- Made updates to continuity files; deadline for continuity files; cloud files of minutes, agendas, etc.
- Using personal emails because LPEPC emails are not working
- CRM – David Aitken; administrator access
- Amy helped with flyer, information on mayoral forum (March 15 at 5:30 updated website
- Next Board Meeting not on 1st Saturday because state board meeting
- Mayoral candidate forum
- List of topics: John will be sharing a copy
- Covid
- Colo Spgs Utilities
- Mayoral Council
- Executive team, staffing
- Plans, priorities
- Gun ownership & legislation to raise age
- Crime
- How will we ask questions?
- Meeting to decide questions, etc.
- List of topics: John will be sharing a copy
- Empowerment meetings – presentations on the Constitutions & Declaration of Independence
- Unfinished Business
- Schedule new meetings
- Board meetings: Since the 1st Saturday in April conflicts with the LPCO Annual meeting, Daryl moved that the LPEPC Board meeting be held on April 8
- Monthly Empowerment Meetings held on 3rd Thursday – March 16 at 6:00 PM; Old Chicago’s: Austin Bluffs & Academy
- Territory Days for outreach event – Daryl proposes this be our priority
- Soapbox Event for later in the summer
- New Business
- Content Calendar – Doug Jones
- 1st Saturday, State Convention
- Announcements
- LPCO Convention April 1st
- CO Legislation SB-23/169 – Increased age to purchase/carry firearm to 21
- Next Empowerment Meeting to be held March 16, 6:00 PM; Old Chicago’s
Adjourn: 12:42 PM