May 2015 - Lnc-business - Moellman Enterprises Email

A short reminder regarding decorum
by Nicholas Sarwark 29 Oct '19

29 Oct '19

Dear All, I expect that members of the Libertarian National Committee will disagree with each other with respect. I expect that after the Libertarian National Committee comes to a decision on an issue, be it the purchase of an office or the choice to make a goal a certain number of candidates running for public office, that every member of the committee will either support the goal or at least stop trying to publicly fight against it after they've lost. I expect that every member of the Libertarian National Committee will be polite and respectful to the rest of the members and to the national office staff. If anyone is unwilling or unable to meet these expectations, I will happily accept your resignation from the Libertarian National Committee and wish you the best of luck in whatever future endeavors you choose. Yours in liberty, Nicholas J. Sarwark Chair, Libertarian National Committee

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goals adopted today
by Alicia Mattson 07 Dec '16

07 Dec '16

I've had two region reps request that I provide copies of the 6 goals the LNC adopted today. They are (in descending order of support level): 1. 1000 candidates in 2016 2. Take action to see that each state has operational affiliate by June 1, 2015 3. 300 candidates by 2016 trained in Who’s Driving 4. Updated issue-based outreach literature this term 5. 38-state party-status ballot access as of Dec 1, 2016 6. 200 elected Libertarian officials in Dec 2016 Alicia Mattson LNC Secretary

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List of events and dates in 2015
by James Lark 01 Jan '16

01 Jan '16

Dear Wes: I hope all is well with you. In a separate message I shall send you a Word file containing a list of events and dates that may be helpful to you. As with 2014, I have assembled a list of events and dates in 2015 to which the LP may wish to draw attention. For example, it may be useful for LPHQ to issue press releases and/or state affiliates to conduct outreach efforts on or about some of these dates. I have added supplemental information regarding some of these events/dates. Several of the events are included because I know something about them, or because I suspect they will be of special interest to libertarians. Some events and dates are included at the suggestion (or request) of LP colleagues. Allow me to emphasize that the inclusion of an event does not imply that I believe it is particularly important, or that the LP should commemorate it in some manner. Similarly, the fact that an event is not listed does not imply I believe it is not important or that we should not commemorate it in some manner. Please note that while I endeavored to check the accuracy of the listings, in some cases I did so using sources such as Wikipedia. Thus, if you wish to use information on this list, I strongly suggest that you conduct research to ascertain that the information is indeed correct. (Some of the events sent to me by Libertarian colleagues evidently did not occur on the dates provided.) Please note also that I shall send the Word file to the LNC and the State Chairs' list. I hope my LNC colleagues and the state chairs' list subscribers will review the information and offer suggestions concerning additional events and dates (as well as any corrections that should be made). As always, thanks for your work for liberty. Best wishes to you for a great 2015. Take care, Jim James W. Lark, III Advisor, The Liberty Coalition University of Virginia Region 5 Representative, Libertarian National Committee

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Fwd: My resignation
by Nicholas Sarwark 03 Jun '15

03 Jun '15

All, I meant to forward this message at the same time as the report on the initial founding of the IALP, but didn't hit send this morning. With this resignation, Dr. Lark is currently our only representative to the IALP. -Nick ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Geoffrey Neale <liber8or(a)austin.rr.com> Date: Wed, Apr 22, 2015 at 8:09 AM Subject: My resignation To: chair(a)lp.org Dear Nick, I am formally tendering my resignation from my position of International Representative for the LNC, effective upon the selection of a replacement. I feel that I have fulfilled the intent of the motion passed by the delegates of the 2014 National Convention. The IALP has been created. Since I have been selected as the first Chair of the IALP, I wish to devote my energies solely to this effort. Additionally, I wish to avoid any appearance or implication of any conflict of interest, real or perceived. Geoffrey Neale, Chairman gneale(a)ialp.com <gneale(a)IALP.com> 512-554-1523 (US) [image: IALPlogo]

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Membership Report
by Robert Kraus 28 May '15

28 May '15

The latest Membership Report is attached. Live Free! Robert Robert S. Kraus - Dir of Operations Operations(a)LP.org Libertarian National Committee, Inc. 1444 Duke Street Alexandria, VA 22314 Ph: 202.333.0008 x 231 Join today: https://www.lp.org/membership LP FB Page: https://www.facebook.com/libertarians

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IRS hacked, 100,000 tax accounts breached
by Scott L. 26 May '15

26 May '15

I think this article makes a very good case for the Fair Tax :-) http://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2015/05/26/irs-breach-100000-accounts-get -transcript/27980049/ But seriously - I am posting this because I think this news story is tailor made for an LP Press Release. At a minimum, it makes our case against warrantless spying on American citizens even stronger. Scott Lieberman

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April End-of-Month Financial Reports
by Tim Hagan 25 May '15

25 May '15

The April end-of-month financials are attached. April had a loss of $23.5k. We had expenditures of $23.1k for Ballot Access and $3556 for Affiliate Development & Support. The reserve is $47.6k versus the target of $50.5k. We also made a $7,500 payment towards the mortgage principle. As suggested by Ms. Mattson, we've added the expiration dates of the Sustaining Memberships, along with the expiration dates for membership benefits on the Related Party Transaction sheet. For monthly pledgers, the benefit expiration date is set to December 31 of the current year. Tim Hagan

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Adam Smith and the Libertarian Party
by Scott L. 25 May '15

25 May '15

http://www.wwnorton.com/college/polisci/campaignsandelections/ch/06/outline. aspx "Political Parties 1. The goal of electing public officials is what unites political parties and what distinguishes them from other groups." http://fee.org/freeman/detail/specialization-and-wealth "Adam Smith illustrates the importance of specialization, or the division of labor, by considering the advantage of having each worker in a pin factory concentrate on a particular step in production rather than producing a pin from beginning to end. Through specialization workers can become more skillful, use machinery that increases their productive powers, and avoid the loss of time from constantly changing activities. These advantages are rather obvious, but the increase in productivity is far greater than one would expect. According to Smith, ten pin-makers, by specializing in different tasks, can produce about forty-eight thousand pins a day. But if each attempted to perform every task in pin production, Smith doubted that they could each make twenty pins a day, or two hundred among them." This is why I am so interested in seeing the Libertarian Party elect Libertarians to public office. Having the word "Party" in our name implies that we follow the definition above, which is the standard definition of the phrase "political party". It is clear that the more we specialize in winning elections, the more Libertarians we will elect. I have yet to find anyone who can successfully argue why it is better that the Libertarian Party should be a third-rate Cato Institute, instead of a first-rate political party. Scott Lieberman

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Hedbor vs. Burke
by Scott L. 23 May '15

23 May '15

As some of you might remember, this past Tuesday was the final round of a steel-cage death match between the Wagner and Reeves factions in Oregon. Here is Executive Summary of that match-up: http://www.independentpoliticalreport.com/2015/05/incumbent-richard-burke-be ats-lars-hedbor-for-tualatin-valley-oregon-water-commissioner-in-race-betwee n-two-libertarians/ Scott Lieberman

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Ohio ballot access saga - legal bill
by Scott L. 23 May '15

23 May '15

The URL itself tells you what this very short article is about: http://ballot-access.org/2015/05/19/ohio-republican-party-paid-300000-in-leg al-bills-to-keep-libertarian-gubernatorial-nominee-off-libertarian-primary-b allot/ Needless to say, in almost all cases the Libertarian Party will not have that much money to defend ballot access in one state. That doesn't mean we should give up on 50 state ballot access. But - wouldn't it help our marketing if we can show the public that we are winning lots and lots of elections at the local level, since most of those elections do not even require ballot access? Scott Lieberman

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