Holy Bylaws, Batman!

[Will McVay]

Good Morning.

I am once again grateful to everyone who attended our last meeting for your patience.  Some people really enjoy protracted discussions of the minute details of an organization's bylaws, and well crafted bylaws are important to the success of an organization, but if you are not one of those people then I am especially grateful to you for indulging this effort so we can move forward effectively with our real mission, promoting Libertarian policies in Kent County, in Delaware, and across the country and the world.  Since no one called for orders of the day as we ran well over time dealing with only one article of our bylaws, we did again table the remaining two articles.  For our next meeting though, the agenda calls for tabling one of those and only attempting to deal with one so we have time to do some other business.

In particular, at the request of a member, we will be including a discussion about membership and outreach and possible methods for us to grow our numbers in terms of meeting attendance, but also in terms of fundraising, membership, candidates, votes, and all of the other things a political party does.  Also, at our meeting last week, we approved the creation of a "Platform Committee" to begin work of crafting resolutions or planks in what might ultimately become a platform for the Kent County LPD, inspired by the National LP's Platform and Libertarian principles, but applied particularly to issues of interest to Kent County and to Delaware.  This committee is an open "committee of the whole", open to any members of the Kent County LPD, and meeting for the moment on the State Party's Discord Server.  If you are interested in helping out or have a particular issue that you feel we should focus on, please join us or send an email to ke...@lpdelaware.org.

The efforts of the Platform Committee will be presented at our next monthly meeting on September 20th.  It will once again be held at McGlynn's Pub in Dover starting around 7p.  You can also attend remotely on the State Party's Discord Server.  The draft agenda can be found here and may be updated prior to the meeting.  Links from the agenda include the minutes from our last meeting as well as the proposed amendments to the county bylaws that have been notified and tabled for action on the 20th.

As a reminder, we have established a PayPal account and added a donate button to our website.  Our fundraising enables outreach efforts, candidate support, and assistance to the State Party in statewide endeavors.  With PayPal, there's an easy way to sign up for a monthly donation to the county party to help us out in that area and your assistance is greatly appreciated!

Finally, in addition to our regular meeting and the Waffle House Caucus gatherings, we are looking to start a tradition of meeting up for food and/or drinks in other places around the county.  In July, Irene was kind enough to open her home to us.  This month, we are looking at meeting up at Fraziers on Friday the 27th at 7p.  Please join us for a less formal social event with no party business.  Especially no bylaws!

Thank you again for your efforts, your patience, and your participation!  I look forward to seeing you soon.

Will McVay,

Kent County Chair,

Libertarian Party of Delaware.

[Will McVay]

Good Morning,

Please note that several items have been added to the proposed agenda.  Work is progressing on two planks in our Platform Committee regarding Public Health and Medical Freedom, a resolution has been drafted to be passed ultimately at the state level regarding refugees from Afghanistan along with a donation to a local organization working with refugees, and a resolution has been added in support of the Indian River School District.  As a reminder, the September meeting will take place on the 20th at the usual time and place, 7p at McGlynns in Dover.

Will McVay,

Kent County Chair,

Libertarian Party of Delaware.

[Will McVay]

Good Morning.

The proposed agenda has not changed much since last week, though the State Board did pass an "Open Letter" that is not the same as the initially advertised statement in support of the Indian River School District.  Both versions are now included in the agenda for consideration.  In addition to the other items already on the agenda, a moment for discussion of a possible guest speaker from Concerned Veterans for America has been added.  Thank you, and I look forward to seeing you on the 20th.

Will McVay,

Kent County Chair,

Libertarian Party of Delaware.

[Will McVay]

Good Morning.

This is another reminder about the upcoming Kent meeting for September on the 20th at 7p.  We have also scheduled a Waffle House Caucus gathering for Sunday the 19th at 10a in Smyrna.

Look forward to seeing everyone!

Will McVay,

Kent County Chair,

Libertarian Party of Delaware.

[Will McVay]

Good Morning.

This is a final reminder about this evening's meeting.  We will meet at 7p at the McGlynns in Dover as usual.  Please take the time to review the agenda and all of the associated documents prior to the meeting in hopes that we will be able to save some time getting everyone caught up.

Thank you, and I look forward to seeing you tonight.

Will McVay,

Kent County Chair,

Libertarian Party of Delaware.