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draft minutes from 4/15/15 EC meeting
by Alicia Mattson 25 Apr '15

25 Apr '15

Attached are the draft minutes from Wednesday's EC meeting regarding ballot access lobbying in Oklahoma. Absent objection from an EC member who attended, these minutes will auto-approve on 4/30/15. Alicia Mattson LNC Secretary

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all LNC member photos posted
by Wes Benedict 24 Apr '15

24 Apr '15

I believe all the photos that we have of LNC members are posted here now: https://www.lp.org/lnc-leadership If you see anything that needs attention, please let me know. For the new photos we had taken in Phoenix and posted, you can click on the image that's posted, it brings up a higher-resolution version, and it also includes parts of the image that were cropped for the leadership page. Sometime print or other media prefers to start with a higher-resolution photo and one where they can crop it to their preferred view. Perhaps someone can explain what I just wrote in more easy to understand terms. Thanks, -- 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

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Fwd: Please Renew your Libertarian membership
by Brett Bittner 24 Apr '15

24 Apr '15

I'd like to recognize something in this recent communication regarding the expiration date of my membership. Please see below for an auto-generated reminder coming from LPHQ. I've shared with both Robert and Wes my appreciation for this type of "ask." I renewed yesterday at the suggested level as my "answer" to that ask. The only thing that would have made it better were defining the benefits (the value proposition that Arvin and Carla keep mentioning) attained by this type of membership over the one that just expired. Kudos to the staff for recognizing that we won't get what we don't ask for. Brett C. Bittner brett(a)brettbittner.com 404.492.6524 "I would rather be exposed to the inconveniences attending too much liberty than those attending too small a degree of it." -- Thomas Jefferson ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Libertarian Party <info(a)lp.org> Date: Tue, Apr 14, 2015 at 9:40 AM Subject: Please Renew your Libertarian membership To: brett(a)brettbittner.com [image: Libertarian Party] Dear Brett Bittner, According to our records, your membership expires on *5/20/2015*. Please renew your Libertarian Party membership today! Your current support level is Foundation Member. Won't you please upgrade to the *Supporter Member *level for *50.00*? We depend on the support of members like you. Your membership contribution helps to pay for our activities like LP News, LP.org, ballot access, and our Libertarian Party Headquarters activities. Please renew today online at lp.org/membership <http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=108590951&msgid=501983&act=EJGX&c…> . Or you can renew by phone at 1-800-ELECT-US. Thank you for your valuable support. Please renew today at lp.org/membership <http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=108590951&msgid=501983&act=EJGX&c…> . Yours in liberty, Wes Benedict Executive Director Libertarian National Committee **** WE HAVE MOVED! **** Our address is now : *1444 Duke Street, Alexandria, VA 22314. * *Please help us with this move by donatiing today at http://www.lp.org/office-fund <http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=108590951&msgid=501983&act=EJGX&c…>* Paid for by the Libertarian National Committee 1444 Duke St., Alexandria, VA 22314 Content not authorized by any candidate or candidate committee. This message was sent to brett(a)brettbittner.com from: Libertarian Party | info(a)lp.org | The Libertarian Party | 1444 Duke St. | Alexandria, VA 22314 Email Marketing by [image: iContact - Try It Free!] <http://www.icontact.com/a.pl/144186> Unsubscribe <http://app.icontact.com/icp/mmail-mprofile.pl?r=108590951&l=6765&s=EJGX&m=5…>

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Advocates for Self-Government President Sharon Harris to Retire After Twenty Years
by Brett Bittner 24 Apr '15

24 Apr '15

If I may share as a moment of personal privilege, please take a moment to reach out to our 2014 Thomas Paine Award-winning to congratulate her on her retirement: *Advocates for Self-Government President Sharon Harris to Retire **After Twenty Years * After 20 years, Sharon Harris is retiring as president of the Advocates for Self-Government. However, she still plans to remain very active with the Advocates and the liberty movement. "I'm not retiring as an active libertarian," Sharon emphasizes. "I'm just stepping down from the varied and time-consuming job of Advocates president. This will let me focus my efforts on the activities I love most: writing and speaking about libertarianism and -- my favorite topic -- the most effective ways to communicate the ideas of liberty. I also plan to continue doing communication workshops on this topic, some of them in conjunction with the Advocates. "Being president of the Advocates for Self-Government has been the most wonderful and fulfilling job I could have ever imagined for myself! It has been an incredible honor for me to follow in the footsteps of the previous two Advocates presidents: Advocates Founder Marshall Fritz and Carole Ann Rand. "They created a fantastic organization that has deeply affected the lives of millions of individuals. The Advocates has enormously increased the size and effectiveness of the libertarian movement, and has introduced tens of millions of people to libertarianism." The Advocates is most famous for the creation and distribution of the World's Smallest Political Quiz. The Advocates is also well-known for its acclaimed libertarian communication training. The Quiz has long been the most popular outreach tool in the libertarian movement. The Quiz presents a far more complete political map than the old left-versus-right line (which excludes libertarians). The Quiz lets takers place themselves on that map by answering ten short questions on current issues. "The Quiz is arguably the most effective tool for libertarian understanding and outreach ever created,” says Sharon. "Millions of people have been exposed to libertarian ideas by the Quiz. It has changed the way Americans view the political landscape." The Quiz went online in 1995, shortly before Sharon became President. Since then the online version of the Quiz has been taken an incredible 22 million-plus times -- and that number grows by tens of thousands each month. * The Quiz has been featured in some of America’s bestselling college and high school textbooks or their supplementary material. Further, the Advocates has supplied educators, at their request, with over 30,000 Quiz cards for their classrooms. "Today, thousands of college and high school students study the Quiz -- and thus libertarianism," Sharon says. "This is a huge breakthrough for the liberty movement." * The Quiz has been printed and discussed in dozens of newspapers and magazines and many popular and scholarly books. * The Advocates has also distributed over 10 million Quiz cards, the original form of the Quiz. * The Quiz forms the basis for another acclaimed outreach tool, Operation Politically Homeless (OPH) -- a highly effective way to discover and recruit libertarian-leaning people at public events. In recent years the Advocates has given more than 1,000 OPH kits to campus libertarian organizations, helping libertarian students identify and recruit thousands of campus activists and foster the growth of libertarianism among tomorrow's leaders and voters. * The Advocates is also famous for teaching libertarians the best ways to persuade others to accept the ideas of liberty. Sharon has taught innumerable libertarian communication classes and seminars in almost every state in America. Last year alone Sharon spoke on successful communication to over 1,000 libertarians. She consistently receives rave reviews for her seminars. Her recent book How To Be A Super Communicator for Liberty presents a selection of some of her best thinking on this, from her 20 years of studying and teaching. Ron Paul has praised Sharon's communication work: "Few in the libertarian movement have spent as much effort working on how to best 'market' the libertarian message as Sharon Harris," said Paul. "I'm extremely proud of our communication work," says Sharon. "I truly believe it has revolutionized the way libertarians present our ideas to the public. We've helped tens of thousands of libertarians become far more persuasive and effective in their outreach. And that has helped build our movement and win others to our side. I look forward to continuing and expanding this work. Sharon has been libertarian since 1967. She was a co-founder of the Libertarian Party of Georgia in 1972. She ran as a Libertarian for Georgia Commissioner of Agriculture in 1994, winning over 300,000 votes. In 2012, the National Libertarian Party honored Sharon with their Thomas Jefferson Award, "presented to the Libertarian Party member whose achievements merit our recognition of outstanding leadership, high character, and dedication to the principles and goals of the Party." In 2014 she received the LP's Thomas Paine Award for "outstanding communication of libertarian ideas, principles, and values." Brett Bittner, former executive director of the Libertarian Party of Georgia and former Chairman of the Libertarian State Leadership Alliance, has been working with the Advocates since April 2014 and has been chosen as new Advocates executive director. He will take the helm on May 1. In addition to celebrating Sharon's 20 years of achievement, the organization is also celebrating its 30th anniversary. The Advocates will celebrate both anniversaries at an informal party in Atlanta, June 27. All are invited. To learn more about this event and Sharon's future plans, "like" Sharon’s page on Facebook <http://facebook.com/SharonHarris> or email her <Sharon(a)TheAdvocates.org>. ### Brett C. Bittner brett(a)brettbittner.com 404.492.6524 "I would rather be exposed to the inconveniences attending too much liberty than those attending too small a degree of it." -- Thomas Jefferson

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photo of LNC members Phoenix 2015
by Wes Benedict 23 Apr '15

23 Apr '15

attached -- 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

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requesting email blast for LPEX
by Alicia Mattson 23 Apr '15

23 Apr '15

Since the LNC adopted a motion to become a sponsor of LPEX, I think it's perfectly appropriate for us to send an email blast to our list to make sure our members know of the opportunity to attend. If we're going to sponsor it, why not take one extra easy step to help it be a bigger success? As Brett Pojunis indicated on the state chairs' email list, the deadline is approaching for booking hotel rooms in the block, so sending a message sooner will be more effective than sending one later. What is the sense of the rest of the LNC? -Alicia

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Glenn Beck comes around on marijuana legalization
by Scott L. 23 Apr '15

23 Apr '15

Glenn Beck is essentially admitting that he is in favor of legalizing marijuana: http://www.glennbeck.com/2015/04/23/wait-what-did-glenn-say-on-radio-this-mo rning/ "STU: You're about to go all Libertarian up in here? GLENN: What's up, my cracker? I'm about to go all Libertarian. I'm about to cross the rubicon on this. Legalize marijuana. Legalize it. PAT: Yeah, I'm not there yet. GLENN: You will be. You will be." Scott Lieberman

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.libertarian domain name
by Sam Goldstein 21 Apr '15

21 Apr '15

A couple members on the LPIN Leadership page just brought this to my attention: Hey, the internet top level domain libertarian is available. This costs $1,000 and would allow us to have that in lieu of .com or .org etc... we would be able to seel the rights to use it for someguy(dot)libertarian etc... The democrats and republicans have .democrat and . republican I worry if we don't then someone else will and we will have no control over it. I suggest that we jump on this as soon as possible. Either out of the IT Committee budget or some other account. Sam

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check for head shot photo
by Wes Benedict 20 Apr '15

20 Apr '15

If you ordered a photo at the Phoenix LNC meeting, you may have received an email today with "Head Shot 3/28/2015 Phoenix" in the subject. It's not spam. It's an email to help you download the photo to your computer directly rather than sending a large attachment. Thanks, -- 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

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Do you need a cheap web cam?
by Daniel Wiener 20 Apr '15

20 Apr '15

Yesterday I bought a $6 webcam (see attached PDF) at a liquidation/thrift shop, and set it up on my wife's computer. It seemed to work adequately, so today I went back and bought their remaining half dozen. So if any of you still need a really cheap web camera for future video conferencing, I've got several available on a first-come first-serve basis. My daughter estimated that shipping would be about $2.50. LNC members and alternates get first dibs, followed by Bylaws Committee members (who I'm copying on this email) and any other members of committees. Dan Wiener

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