County Convention Announced
Sunday, March 14, 2010

It is time for our annual convention of the Libertarian Party of Hamilton County!

We will take care of a great deal of important organizational business at this convention, including:

Nomination of local candidates
Adoption of a platform for the 2010 election season
Nomination of officers, in the positions of Vice Chair and Secretary
Nomination of delegates to the State & National conventions of the Libertarian Party

There will also be speakers of interest at our convention:

Mark Rutherford, ex-State Chair of the LPIN, is a candidate for Vice Chair of the Libertarian National Committee. He will speak during dinner about all things related to the LNC, and about his candidacy
All filed candidates for legislative, statewide, or federal offices are invited to speak during the business meeting. There will be opportunities for Q&A from our members.

This will be an outstanding event that you won't want to miss. Here are the details:

When: Thursday, April 15
Time: Dinner at 6pm, Business Meeting at 7:30pm
Where: Claude & Annie's, SW corner of SR 37 & E. 141st, Fishers

RSVPs to Mike Kole are greatly appreciated, so we can have a head count for the restaurant. Email mikekole (at) comcast.net, or call 317 - 709- 3874.

If you wish to be a delegate to any of the other conventions, it is important that you be present in order to secure nomination. We will fill our delegate allocations for both the state and national conventions. Don't be left behind!

Labels: Claude and Annie's, County Convention, Hamilton County Libertarian Party, Libertarian National Committee, Mark Rutherford

posted by Mike Kole @ 1:42 PM, ,

State Convention Notes
Sunday, May 17, 2009

I'm pleased to report that Hamilton County sent a full delegation to Clarksville, Indiana for this past weekend's annual convention of the Libertarian Party of Indiana. The strength of our county affiliate was evident to the state organization and its leadership.

The top convention news is that Sam Goldstein was elected to a 2-year term as State Chair. Sam is an Indianapolis resident and long-time Libertarian activist, having run for several offices and having previously been the Party's Vice Chair to Mark Rutherford. I have worked together with Sam, when he was Marion County's Chair, and I was the Vice Chair, in 2003-04. I can tell you this: Sam is tenacious and driven. When he gets behind an initiative, it gets done. I'm very excited for some of the fundraising plans he has, and can't wait to see them implemented.

Todd Singer is the outgoing Chair, having served a full 2-year term. Todd's wife is pregnant with their second child, and family concerns obviously come first.

I appreciate the heavy lifting Todd has done behind the scenes to build a very sound foundation to the organization in the very unsexy, and therefore sometimes not emphasized, areas of business organization, database management, and membership retention. These are not the sort of things that make news, or sometimes are even apparent, but will be showing up in useful ways like the number of candidates we run, and the financial support Sam is going to be able to generate because of the groundwork laid by Todd.

Labels: Libertarian Party of Indiana, Mark Rutherford, Sam Goldstein, Todd Singer

posted by Mike Kole @ 9:34 PM, ,