LP Aims to Capture Expertise, Volunteers with Operations Manual

Libertarian candidates, county chairs and volunteers now have training and support materials so extensive they had to be gathered onto compact discs.

A new 80-page Operations Manual caps a MOLP “Resource CD” to be distributed to County Chairs, Libertarian Party candidates and volunteers at the state convention. The manual grew out of Greg Tlapek’s presentation at the October Executive Committee meeting.

“Greg was describing the things that he did in his job as Executive Director, and we had to get all this written down”, explained chair Bob Sullentrup.

In addition to the 40 pages documenting database procedures that Greg Tlapek wrote, other sections were written by Bob Sullentrup, Andy Shirkey, Hugh Emerson, and Kevin Tull

Also on the CD are a County Chair’s manual and Candidate Information Packet.

LaDonna Higgins penned an original County Chair’s manual a decade ago. In 2002 George Mussmann extended the manual to over 40 pages.

LaDonna also drafted the original Libertarian Party Candidate Information packet, which Bob Sullentrup upgraded in 2000, Allen Glosson in 2002 and Don Benski in 2004.

The Operations Manual contains information on:

• How to maintain our websites
• How to maintain our membership database
• How to organize and conduct our annual convention
• How to produce the newsletter
• Party organization and statutory requirements
• Miscellaneous information such as post office box numbers, and reminders such as renewal dates.

These documents as well as a copy of our tax forms, Libertarian Party leadership contact information, the MO Libertarian Party Bylaws and the last four Libertarian State Chair’s Conference reports complete the CD to be distributed at the State Convention. The conference reports are also available online at http://www.stcharlesco.lpmo.org/SC/LSLA_Reports.htm.

“This CD will make it possible for different volunteers to handle different tasks and help make sure certain tasks don’t get fumbled as volunteers move on”, Bob Sullentrup noted. “And by laying out our operations, we are hoping additional people with the requisite skills will recognize where they could benefit the Party and become an activist in our pursuit of Liberty”.