The Free New Mexico (FNM) Party brought its 2025 State Convention to order at 1:23 PM on Saturday, March 29, 2025.
The Chair began by showing the agenda, which was:
1) Approval of Agenda
2) Treasurer’s Report
3) Speeches by Chair and Vice Chair
4) Board Elections: Chair, Vice Chair, Treasurer, Affiliate Director, Campaigns Director, Membership Director, Communications Director, and Outreach Director
The Treasurer reported income and expenses over the previous year. Income streams included membership fees and the Party’s work with the LNC and Kennedy Victory Fund. Expenses included website upkeep, the State Convention, and payments for people who gathered signatures during the minor party drive in the summer.
There were some questions and discussion about various line items in the report, as well as some talk about the status of the Libertarian name in New Mexico.
After that, the Chair and Vice Chair both gave short speeches about prospects for the upcoming year and similar topics.
Next, Board elections were held. All Board position votes were done by paper ballot.
For Chair, Rudolph Kohn nominated Dereck Scott. Dereck Scott nominated Rudolph Kohn. After some discussion, the vote came back with 7 for Scott and 2 for Rudolph. Dereck Scott was re-elected Chair.
For Vice Chair, Bret Konsavage nominated Rudolph Kohn. Rudolph Kohn received 9 votes and was re-elected as Vice Chair.
For Treasurer, Rudolph Kohn nominated Bret Konsavage. Bret received 8 votes, with 1 vote for NOTA. Bret won re-election as Treasurer.
For Affiliate Director, Betsy Honce nominated Nathan Shocklee. Nathan received 8 votes with 1 vote for NOTA. Nathat won re-election as Affiliate Director.
For Membership Director, Cynthia Canner nominated Aisla Scott, but Aisla declined the nomination. No other nominations were forthcoming, so the position of Membership Director became vacant for the time being.
For Communications Director, Dereck Scott nominated Richard Gurry. Richard received 8 votes and won re-election as Communications Director.
For Outreach Director, Aisla Scott nominated herself. Aisla received 8 votes and won election as the new Outreach Director.
After elections were finished, there was some discussion about making more regular meetings. The Treasurer moved to create a special rule that the Secretary shall, unless directed otherwise by the Chair, schedule a meeting for the first Tuesday of each month at 7 PM. After some discussion, there was a vote by raising of hands. All hands present voted in favor of the special rule. The Chair then instructed the Secretary to move April’s meeting to the second Tuesday of the month.
The assembled convention then continued with some more discussions, about using the Libertarian moniker as well as setting up a partial agenda for the next regular Board meeting. Three agenda items were decided:
1) Allocate funds for Outreach at State Fair, etc.
2) FEC situation update from Treasurer
3) Talk by Hawaii LP Chair or Legislative Director regarding membership drives and outreach
Finally, the Chair moved to adjourn the Convention sine die. There were no objections, and the 2025 State Convention adjourned sine die at 2:21 PM.