July 2014 - Lnc-business - Moellman Enterprises Email

LNC Meeting Details
by Robert Kraus 29 Jul '14

29 Jul '14

All, Here are the details for the upcoming LNC Meeting in Sept: What: LNC Meeting Sat 09/20 9 am – 6 pm & Sun 09/21 9 am - ? Where: Marriott Residence Inn, 1456 Duke Street, Alexandria, VA 22314 Room Rate: $119 Per Night includes Buffet Breakfast Reservations: (703) 548-5474 and ask for the “Libertarian National Committee" room block or via this <http://www.marriott.com/meeting-event-hotels/group-corporate-travel/groupCo…> link: http://www.marriott.com/meeting-event-hotels/group-corporate-travel/groupCo… <http://www.marriott.com/meeting-event-hotels/group-corporate-travel/groupCo…> &app=resvlink&stop_mobi=yes Parking: $15 per day. Free street parking available in area plus possible limited parking by office in Round House square (details to follow in a couple weeks). King Street Metro (2 stops from National Airport on Blue or Yellow line): Less than ¼ mile away. Exit Metro and cross parking lot. Go down either Dangerfield Rd. or Reinekers Ln (straight ahead as your cross parking lot & Diagonal Rd. from Metro). Hotel is less than 2 blocks away straight ahead on opposite side of Duke St. Other: LPHQ Reception / Grand Opening Party Sat night 09/20 from 7-10 pm or so. The hotel offers a free shuttle with drop off & pickup service throughout Old Town. There is also a free trolley on King Street that goes from metro to the river and points in between. Live Free! Robert Robert S. Kraus - Dir of Operations Operations(a)LP.org Libertarian National Committee Ph: 202.333.0008 x 231 Fx: 703.935.8015 *** WE HAVE MOVED *** PLEASE NOTE: Effective June 1st our address is 1444 Duke Street, Alexandria VA 22314. Please help us with this move by donatiing today here: <http://www.lp.org/office-fund> http://www.lp.org/office-fund

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Email Ballot 2014-10: Oregon Resolution v2
by Evan McMahon 29 Jul '14

29 Jul '14

I vote No on email ballot 2014-10: Oregon Resolution v2. In Liberty, Evan McMahon At-Large Representative Libertarian National Committee evan.mcmahon(a)lp.org

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Dan Wiener Oregon resolution
by William Redpath 29 Jul '14

29 Jul '14

I vote "Yes." Bill Redpath

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approved minutes from 6/29/14 Columbus session
by Alicia Mattson 29 Jul '14

29 Jul '14

Attached are the now-approved minutes from the post-convention LNC session in Columbus on 6/29/14. Staff, please post these to the website when you get a chance to do so. Alicia Mattson LNC Secretary

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Update on New Hampshire for the LNC
by Nicholas Sarwark 26 Jul '14

26 Jul '14

All, The Executive Committee met 7/24 to authorize spending up to $9900 to backstop a petitioning campaign to put Gardner Goldsmith on the ballot for U.S. Senate in New Hampshire. The total cost of the drive was estimated as $15,000 by a petition contractor in Massachusetts. The next morning, Mr. Goldsmith contacted the contractor to get started and ensure that he was "highly confident" that it could be completed by the August 6 deadline. He indicated that he could not do so in the time remaining, though if he had another week, it would be possible. Rather than spend donors' money on a drive we're not "highly confident" can succeed, we are not going forward with the drive. Thank you to everyone who scrambled to try to make this a success on such short notice. -Nick

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Fwd: Lucky Kentucky - still $4, 977 short for New York
by Wes Benedict 24 Jul '14

24 Jul '14

Given that the ballot access donation page is at $41,857.57 today, the email below probably raised $1,834 or less. Wes Benedict, Executive Director Libertarian National Committee, Inc. *New address: 1444 Duke St., Alexandria, VA 22314* (202) 333-0008 ext. 232, wes.benedict(a)lp.org facebook.com/libertarians @LPNational Join the Libertarian Party at: http://lp.org/membership -------- Original Message -------- Subject: Lucky Kentucky - still $4,977 short for New York Date: Wed, 02 Jul 2014 12:46:15 -0400 From: Wes Benedict <info(a)lp.org> Reply-To: info(a)lp.org To: <wes.benedict(a)lp.org> Libertarian Party Dear Libertarian, /Michael McDermott/ /Chris Edes/ I'm happy to report that our petitions in Alabama and Illinois are finished. That's great news -- and we thank our donors and volunteers who made that possible. However, we're still $4,977 short of our $45,000 online fundraising goal for ballot access, which puts New York in danger. New York's petitioning starts next week and the deadline for collecting over 15,000 valid signatures is August 19. That gives them only six weeks! And they'll need to collect 25,000 to 30,000 total signatures to be safe. Our LPNY Chair, Mark Axinn, tells me they have a strong ticket headed by Michael McDermott for Governor and Chris Edes for Lieutenant Governor. Our focus in New York is getting 50,000 votes for Governor which would automatically qualify the LP for ballot access in the future, without having to collect expensive petition signatures. In 2010, our candidate received 48,300 votes -- just a little bit short. So we're very hopeful we can hit 50,000 votes this time. Please donate $200 or $100 or even just $25 today if you can. <http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=59142716&msgid=452424&act=41BX&c=…> You can visit the donation page <http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=59142716&msgid=452424&act=41BX&c=…> for real time updates on our progress towards closing our $4,977 shortfall. By the way, I thought I was going to have to ask you to help me raise $7,000 to get our U.S. Senate candidate from Kentucky, David Patterson, onto the ballot. But good news -- that money was raised last week at the national convention! That's lucky for Kentucky, because Patterson will be challenging the Senate Minority Leader, Mitch McConnell. I can describe Mitch McConnell's voting record in one word: *ugly*. McConnell voted for the TARP bailouts, ethanol subsidies, Medicare Part D, the Patriot Act, No Child Left Behind, and Bush's 2008 stimulus checks. Libertarian David Patterson is a cop -- a cop against the war on drugs -- and of course he's against bailouts. I expect plenty of Republicans will bend over backwards making excuses for McConnell and begging Libertarians to vote for McConnell. But Libertarians would be *insane* to vote for Mitch McConnell. Separately, I'm delighted to report that our fantastic 2013 candidate for Virginia Governor, Robert Sarvis, just successfully finished his petition drive to qualify for the November ballot for U.S. Senate. Let's keep this momentum going! Please support our ballot access efforts today <http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=59142716&msgid=452424&act=41BX&c=…>! Yours in liberty, Wes Benedict Executive Director Libertarian National Committee ------------------------------------------------------------------------ <http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=59142716&msgid=452424&act=41BX&c=…>Please donate to the Libertarian Party today. Shrink government — expand liberty. <http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=59142716&msgid=452424&act=41BX&c=…> Paid for by the Libertarian National Committee 1444 Duke Street, Alexandria, VA 22314 Content not authorized by any candidate or candidate committee. This message was sent to wes.benedict(a)lp.org from: Wes Benedict | info(a)lp.org | The Libertarian Party | 1444 Duke St. | Alexandria, VA 22314 Email Marketing by iContact - Try It Free! <http://www.icontact.com/a.pl/144186> Manage Your Subscription <http://app.icontact.com/icp/mmail-mprofile.pl?r=59142716&l=6765&s=41BX&m=45…>

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Re: [Lnc-business] Executive Committee Conference Call - 7/24/14 @ 9:30 pm ES...
by SAM8074＠aol.com 24 Jul '14

24 Jul '14

Is that the same as EDT? Sam In a message dated 7/24/2014 9:53:55 A.M. US Eastern Daylight Time, chair(a)lp.org writes: All, There will be an Executive Committee conference call tonight at 9:30 pm EST to discuss spending ballot access funds to petition to put Gardner Goldsmith from the Libertarian Party of New Hampshire on the ballot. Wes or Robert will follow-up with the call-in details. -Nick _______________________________________________ Lnc-business mailing list Lnc-business(a)hq.lp.org http://hq.lp.org/mailman/listinfo/lnc-business_hq.lp.org

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Biographical information and goals, International Representative position, and other items
by James Lark 23 Jul '14

23 Jul '14

Dear colleagues: I hope all is well with you. I am writing to provide you with some information about various items; I hope you find this information interesting and helpful. 1) In response to the request that LNC members provide some biographical information, I have enclosed below my "libertarian biography" for your consideration. This biography contains some basic info about my professional life, and provides info about some of my major positions, responsibilities, and honors within the LP and the liberty movement. I prepared the original version several years ago to have biographical material readily available for organizations that expressed interest in my serving as a speaker at their events; I update the bio on a regular basis. If I may suggest, if you have not prepared such a biography, it may be worth your time to do so. I have found it very useful to have such a bio readily available. 2) To the extent that I have personal goals for 2014-2016, they are (in general terms) to continue to improve outreach to young people (especially high school and college students), to improve our media presence by obtaining more "earned media," and to prepare new and improved literature as part of a more general literature development/evaluation process. 3) I am flattered by Ron Windeler's suggestion that I serve as an International Representative of the Libertarian Party, and by the willingness of Norm Olsen to offer a motion for my appointment to this position. In response to Vicki Kirkland's question, I shall be delighted to accept the position of International Representative should the LNC consider me worthy of appointment. As I mentioned in a previous message, I have been invited to address libertarian conferences in Paris, France in September and in Madrid, Spain in October; I may visit Brazil and/or Argentina during December/January. In addition, on Saturday I was invited to visit Mexico to discuss the formation of a libertarian party there. Due to my service as secretary of the International Society for Individual Liberty and my work with organizations such as European Students For Liberty and the Freedom and Entrepreneurship Foundation in Poland, I anticipate making several trips to meet with libertarians in other countries during this LNC term. Thus, I believe I can help the efforts to build the international association of Libertarian Party organizations. 4) Allow me to share an observation you may find encouraging. On Saturday evening I had the honor of delivering the keynote address to the annual Students For Liberty Campus Coordinator Retreat. (As you may recall, SFL executive director Alexander McCobin addressed the LP national convention on the afternoon of Friday, June 27.) If I understand correctly, there are at least 200 students in this year's class. In contrast, the 2010 class (the first year of the Campus Coordinator program) consisted of 30 students. I believe you would have enjoyed meeting these students. As far as I can tell, the campus coordinators are bright, talented, knowledgeable advocates for liberty; they are also very nice people. I suspect they will do great things for the liberty movement. 5) After sharing the encouraging observation above, I regret to report that a great libertarian has left us. John Blundell, General Director of the Institute of Economic Affairs in London, passed away yesterday. He served as the president of the Atlas Network (then known as the Atlas Economic Research Foundation) and the Institute for Humane Studies. He was a major force in the development of several free-market organizations within the U.S. I had the pleasure of meeting him and his wife Christine (who also worked at IHS) when I was the president of Students for Individual Liberty at the University of Virginia. He was very helpful to me and others who were involved in growing the liberty movement on college campuses. He was truly a scholar and a gentleman, and he will be sorely missed. As always, thanks for your work for liberty. I look forward to seeing you at the September LNC meeting, if not before. Take care, Jim James W. Lark, III Advisor, The Liberty Coalition University of Virginia Region 5 Representative, Libertarian National Committee ----- *BIOGRAPHY: JAMES W. LARK, III* James W. Lark, III currently serves as a professor in the Department of Systems and Information Engineering and the Applied Mathematics Program of the Department of Engineering and Society at the University of Virginia. Prior to the 2003-2004 academic year he served as assistant professor in the Department of Systems and Information Engineering and as adjunct professor in the McIntire School of Commerce at U.Va.From 2003-2009 he served as Assistant to the Athletics Director for Special Projects at U.Va.During the 2012-2013 academic year he served as a professor in the Department of Statistics at U.Va. in addition to his position in the Department of Systems and Information Engineering. He received a B.S. in Mathematics from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Va. Tech) and a Ph.D. in Systems Engineering from the University of Virginia. Dr. Lark has served as visiting scholar at the Center for the Study of Public Choice at Virginia Tech.He was an Earhart Foundation Visiting Fellow at the Center for Research in Government Policy and Business in the Graduate School of Management at the University of Rochester.He has also served as a visiting scholar in the Department of Mathematics at the University of California, Berkeley, and the Department of Mathematics at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville.He is the author of publications in mathematics, operations research, and artificial intelligence.His solution procedure for finite-horizon partially observed Markov decision processes is known in the research literature as the "Lark algorithm" (or "Lark filtering algorithm"). He has been a member of the Libertarian Party since 1983.He currently serves as the Region 5 representative on the Libertarian National Committee.In addition, he is a member of the LNC's Executive Committee.He served as chairman of the Libertarian Party during the 2000-2002 term, and as secretary pro tem during part of the 2012-2014 term.He served as an at-large member of the LNC during the 1998-2000 term, and as a regional representative during the 2004-2006, 2006-2008, 2008-2010, 2010-2012, and 2012-2014 terms.He was a member of the Libertarian Party's Platform Committee in 1991, 1998, 2010, and 2012, and a member of the Bylaws Committee in 2000.He was a founding member of the Board of Directors of the Libertarian National Congressional Committee. Dr. Lark is the recipient of the 2008 Thomas Jefferson award (the Party's highest honor), given at national LP conventions for lifetime achievement.He is also the recipient of the 2004 Samuel Adams award (given at national LP conventions to the member deemed the most effective activist) and the 2012 Thomas Paine award (given at national LP conventions to the member deemed the most effective communicator).He is the only person to win each of these awards. He currently serves as the vice chairman of the Libertarian Party of Virginia; he also serves as Local Affiliate Parties Committee chairman and the campus coordinator for the LPVA.He is the secretary of the Jefferson Area Libertarians (Charlottesville, Virginia). He has previously served as vice-chairman and secretary of the LPVA. Dr. Lark currently serves as advisor to The Liberty Coalition and its constituent organizations at the University of Virginia. He founded several of the Coalition organizations while a graduate student at the University of Virginia. He also serves as national campus coordinator for the Libertarian Party, and advises college and high school libertarians throughout the country on promoting libertarian ideas on campus. He has conducted several campus organizing tours on behalf of the LP. He has lectured and conducted workshops on campus organizing at many state Libertarian Party conventions, and at the Libertarian Party national conventions in 1987, 1989, 1991, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, and 2014.He served as a member of the Libertarian Leadership School faculty, and as a member of the Libertarian Party's "Success '97" and "Success '99" Leadership Seminar faculty. Dr. Lark is the chairman of the Board of Directors of the Advocates for Self-Government.He is the secretary of the Board of Directors of the International Society for Individual Liberty, and serves as a member of the Board of Advisors of Students For Liberty.He is a member of the Board of Advisors of the Freedom and Entrepreneurship Foundation (Fundacja Wolnosci I Przedsiebiorczosci) in Poland.

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Email Ballot 2014-09: LNC-Discuss Public v2
by Alicia Mattson 23 Jul '14

23 Jul '14

We have an electronic mail ballot. *Votes are due to the LNC-Business list by July 21, 2014 at 11:59:59pm Pacific time.* *Co-Sponsors:* Dan Wiener, Sam Goldstein, Vicki Kirkland, Bill Redpath *Motion:* to amend the Policy Manual by inserting a new sub-section 4 to Section 2.07 PARTY RECORDS: 4) EMAIL DISCUSSION LIST. Copies of LNC-Discuss emails from June 30, 2014 forward, shall be made publicly viewable with the following limitations: The Chair shall appoint, and may replace at any time, a moderator who will pre-screen and exclude any email with the word "CONFIDENTIAL" in the subject line or which quotes or references or copies any other email with the word "CONFIDENTIAL" in the subject line. Furthermore, any such email shall not be transmitted to anyone who is not a member of the LNC-Discuss list without the explicit approval of that email's author. [Proviso: This section replaces any previous motions on the subject of making public the LNC-Discuss emails.] Alicia Mattson LNC Secretary

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Fwd: LP Web Site Building Fund page
by LP 22 Jul '14

22 Jul '14

Begin forwarded message: > From: "Robert Kraus" <robert.kraus(a)lp.org> > Date: July 21, 2014 at 8:19:23 PM EDT > To: "'Wes Benedict'" <Wes.Benedict(a)lp.org> > Cc: "'Nicholas Sarwark'" <chair(a)lp.org> > Subject: FW: LP Web Site Building Fund page > > Wes, > > Please feel free to forward. Yes we do need to update the page and the tracker. I will work on a new tracker to “pay off the mortgage!” but Erick can probably update the page based on the related LP news article. > > We’ve raised a total thru today of $416,538 gross towards the building not including expenses, down payment, etc. > > We raised $26,238 of that since May 1st (post closing). This is obviously an on going effort that folks want to contribute to and should remain a featured “project” until the mortgage is paid off. > > At this point pretty much everything we raised has been put towards expenses, build-out, moving related costs and the down payment. So we are pretty much as of today at zero with $500,000 to go to pay off the mortgage. > > Live Free! > > Robert > > Robert S. Kraus - Dir of Operations > Operations(a)LP.org > Libertarian National Committee > Ph: 202.333.0008 x 231 > > *** WE HAVE MOVED *** > > PLEASE NOTE: Effective June 1st our address is 1444 Duke Street, Alexandria VA 22314. > > > > size=3 width="100%" align=center tabindex=-1> > From: SAM8074(a)aol.com [mailto:SAM8074@aol.com] > Sent: Monday, July 21, 2014 7:52 PM > To: lnc-business(a)hq.lp.org > Cc: wes.benedict(a)lp.org; robert.kraus(a)lp.org > Subject: LP Web Site Building Fund page > > Wes or Robert, > > I thought that we had already bought an office condo and have moved into it yet our web site has the following active page requesting donations: > > http://www.lp.org/office-fund > > This is very misleading and I would like to know how much, if any, money has been contributed to this effort since the purchase closed. Is it being held in a encumbered account as were the contributions prior to the purchase? Will any contributions be used to pay down the principal on the mortgage? > > Having this contribution page still up might be interfering with efforts to raise money for ballot access, candidate training, affiliate support or other important party functions. > > Please advise. > > Thanks and > > > > Live Free, > > Sam Goldstein > At Large Representative > IT Committee Chair > Libertarian National Committee > 317-850-0726 Mobile > sam.goldstein(a)lp.org Email

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