The Free New Mexico (FNM) Party State Central Committee (SCC) called a meeting to order at 4:04 PM on Sunday, July 7, 2024. Present at the call to order were the Chair, Vice Chair/Secretary, Treasurer, Affiliate Director, Campaigns Director, Communications Director, Legislative Director, and Fundraising Director.
The agenda for the meeting was:
1) Report on the acceptance of our petition to become a minor party by the Secretary of State
2) Organize appropriate press releases
The Chair began the meeting by announcing that the FNM Party’s signature collection, with the great help of the National Libertarian Party, had been declared a success. After turning in the signatures to the Secretary of State, they responded positively and gave us Minor Party status.
There was a discussion about drafting letters of thanks to National and the petitioners, as well as about synchronizing press releases with National in the next few days. Then, the discussion moved to the new abilities of the FNM Party with Minor Party status, including running candidates for partisan races and hosting training programs for potential candidates.
After that, the discussion moved on to the details of the press release to be sent out the next day. The members of the SCC all contributed some ideas, and several members volunteered to stay behind after the end of the meeting to iron out the details.
Once those discussions were complete, the Chair moved to adjourn the meeting. The motion passed with no objections and we adjourned at 5:00 PM.
These minutes were ratified at the August 6, 2024 meeting.