January 2016 - 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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2018 Annual Convention
by Norm Olsen 23 Mar '16

23 Mar '16

Hello All . . . I presume that we will be discussing the dates and venues of the 2018 Annual Convention in Phoenix; possibly even selecting a particular venue and the dates thereof. I would like to provide to my constituents a list of the possibilities so that they may provide me with some feedback as to their preferences. Details are not necessary. A simple list of the venues under consideration and the dates associated with each venue would suffice. Norm -- Norman T Olsen Regional Representative, Region 1 Libertarian National Committee 7931 South Broadway, PMB 102 Littleton, CO 80122-2710 303-263-4995

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Proposals
by Sam Goldstein 21 Feb '16

21 Feb '16

NationBuilder and RFP attached. Sam

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new convention website using NationBuilder
by Wes Benedict 16 Feb '16

16 Feb '16

Unless I detect significant opposition soon from the LNC, I plan to have built a 2016 convention website using the NationBuilder platform. I've already broached the topic with Nick Sarwark and Sam Goldstein. I'm excited about the possibilities the NationBuilder technology offers, but not yet completely sold on the platform or the enormity of the conversion task. Starting with a convention website will allow us to get our feet wet with the technology, and at the same time, to quickly roll out some of our new branding. And since this won't involve a massive wholesale instantaneous changeover from our current website, LP.org on Drupal, and our current membership database, RaisersEdge, it's something we can manage without the risk of destabilizing our entire organization at the start of a Presidential election year. If you like the content of the 2013 Libertarian Party of Texas Annual Report: http://www.lp.org/files/LPTX_2014_Annual_Report.pdf then I think you're going to like our upcoming branding efforts and convention website. The makers of that annual report, including the events portrayed, the graphics, and I'll add to that--most of the content of the current LPTexas website http://lptexas.org/ (joomla platform I think), will be building the 2016 convention website. Separately, Andy Burns, our affiliate support specialist, has already implemented a couple NationBuilder sites at the state level. He won't be the main driver of this project, but of course we'll consult him for practical advice. The convention theme, as voted on by members, will be #LegalizeFreedom <http://www.lp.org/> Starting with a convention website allows us to import a small portion of our database contacts, which keeps the pricing very low, but allows us to experiment with its interactivity capabilities with our best activists. If things go well, I can see migrating other things, like perhaps http://lpstore.org/ to the NationBuilder site. Perhaps the site could eventually morph into the replacement for LP.org, but that's something we can decide later. Perhaps we will be able to get away from some of the additional payment portals we've had to rely on, like Piryx pages <https://secure.piryx.com/donate/uO2ehmy0/libertarian/llpp22>, and Authorize.net <http://www.lp.org/office-fund>, and consolidate those functions into the NationBuilder system. The 2014 convention website is here, https://lpcon2014.org/ and I suspect we'll easily outdo that one. Content for the 2016 convention is currently embedded in pages on our existing website: http://www.lp.org/convention/welcome I see the new website as a combination of a convention project, an I.T. project, and a branding project. The costs will be relatively low. The risks will be relatively low. Our Treasurer and Audit Committee will have plenty of fun double-checking the cost allocations. I plan to tell our team to get started on this next week, and to have it live before the end of the year, unless you guys want to stop this before then, which I can live with. There are many viable paths around the roadblocks of progress. -- 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: Fw: CPPA v. Aichele: WE WIN!
by William Redpath 08 Feb '16

08 Feb '16

>From Oliver Hall re: PA ballot access. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: William Redpath <wredpath(a)biakelsey.com> Date: Tue, Jul 28, 2015 at 11:00 AM Subject: Fw: CPPA v. Aichele: WE WIN! To: "wredpath2(a)gmail.com" ------------------------------ *From:* oliverhall(a)competitivedemocracy.org < oliverhall(a)competitivedemocracy.org> *Sent:* Tuesday, July 28, 2015 10:10 AM *To:* oliverhall(a)competitivedemocracy.org *Subject:* Re: CPPA v. Aichele: WE WIN! Folks: A couple of updates and comments to follow up on Friday’s big win. First, I’m going to be on WESA 90.5’s Essential Pittsburgh today at noon: http://wesa.fm/programs/905-wesas-essential-pittsburgh; and on WHYY Philadelphia’s Radio Times Thursday at 10 AM: http://whyy.org/cms/radiotimes/. I’m going to press for Sen. Folmer’s Voter Choice Act, as well as another easy legislative fix that would completely eliminate the system of private parties challenging nomination papers under Section 2937. In brief, the Secretary of State should be required to validate nomination papers, instead of private parties. This could be accomplished by changing only one word of existing law. I’m also going to call for the law firms holding the judgments against Carl Romanelli and Ralph Nader to relinquish any claim they have against these candidates. Second, did everyone see all the good press we already got on this? - Philadelphia Inquirer: http://www.philly.com/philly/news/318520501.html - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: http://www.post-gazette.com/news/politics-state/2015/07/24/Federal-judge-ru… - AP (this ran nationally): http://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Minor-parties-get-court-win-in-ballot-ac… - WHYY (Philly) (this includes a radio spot featuring GPPA’s Carl Romanelli): http://www.newsworks.org/index.php/local/off-mic/84577-court-pa-unfair-to-3… Finally, regarding Judge Stengel’s decision itself, several questions have been raised about what it means and what happens next. Here is my reading. Section 2911(b) (imposing the 2% signature requirement) and Section 2937 (authorizing private party nomination paper challenges and the imposition of costs against defending candidates) are unconstitutional as applied to minor party and independent candidates (or at least those who are plaintiffs or in privity with the plaintiffs in this case). That means these provisions cannot be enforced against CPPA, GPPA and LPPA, or any of their candidates. Judge Stengel did note that he was not declaring the 2% signature requirement, by itself, unconstitutional. Presumably, therefore, Pennsylvania could enact a new 2% signature requirement, and that probably would be upheld, as it was before in *Rogers v. Corbett*, 468 F. 3d 188 (3rd Cir. 2006). Unless and until that happens, however, the Pennsylvania Election Code is silent about what minor parties and independent candidates must do to gain ballot access. What that should mean is that the Secretary of State should place on the ballot any minor party candidate who demonstrates a “modicum” of support. That standard comes from Supreme Court decisions recognizing that states are permitted to require such a showing. But “modicum” means a small amount. So under current law, CPPA, GPPA and LPPA should be able to place their candidates on the ballot in 2016, provided they each demonstrate some modicum or small amount of support among the electorate. I will follow up with opposing counsel and/or the Secretary of State’s office to ensure that we are in agreement about the effect of Judge Stengel’s decision and procedures for 2016. But I think we can be confident that the system of private party challenges is over – at least insofar as it requires defending candidates to provide their own workers and potentially pay their challengers’ costs. I hope that’s clear. And once again, congratulations to all! Oliver *From:* oliverhall(a)competitivedemocracy.org *Sent:* Friday, July 24, 2015 9:45 AM *To:* oliverhall(a)competitivedemocracy.org *Subject:* CPPA v. Aichele: WE WIN! Good Morning: Judge Stengel entered the attached opinion this morning. I have not read it except for the part that says, “For the reasons that follow, I find that the statutes are unconstitutional as applied to the plaintiffs but they are facially valid.” What this means is: WE WIN!!! Judgment entered in our favor on Counts I and II of the complaint. The judge held the challenged statutes unconstitutional as applied to the plaintiffs, but denied our Count III claim that Section 2937 is unconstitutional on its face. (We don’t need to win Count III to get the relief we seek.) Congratulations everyone – this is huge. More later. Regards, Oliver Hall Legal Counsel Center for Competitive Democracy 1835 16th Street NW, Suite 5 Washington, D.C. 20009 (202) 248-9294 ph. (202) 248-9345 fx. oliverhall(a)competitivedemocracy.org *From:* oliverhall(a)competitivedemocracy.org *Sent:* Wednesday, November 26, 2014 11:20 AM *To:* oliverhall(a)competitivedemocracy.org *Subject:* Re: CPPA v. Aichele: MTD and Opposition Folks: A bit of good news for Thanksgiving: Pennsylvania withdrew its motion to dismiss today. As opposing counsel admitted yesterday on the phone, there was “no way” Judge Stengel could grant it anyway. We have the excellent Third Circuit opinion to thank for that. No we will proceed to summary judgment motions in early 2015, after Pennsylvania files an answer to our Amended Complaint. Happy Thanksgiving! Oliver Hall Legal Counsel Center for Competitive Democracy 1835 16th Street NW, Suite 5 Washington, D.C. 20009 (202) 248-9294 ph. (202) 248-9345 fx. oliverhall(a)competitivedemocracy.org *From:* oliverhall(a)competitivedemocracy.org *Sent:* Tuesday, November 04, 2014 7:55 PM *To:* oliverhall(a)competitivedemocracy.org *Subject:* CPPA v. Aichele: MTD and Opposition Greetings, Please see attached the Defendants’ Motion to Dismiss in *Constitution Party of Pennsylvnia v. Aichele*, and our Opposition to the motion, which was filed on Friday. Now we wait to see how Judge Stengel responds. The Third Circuit provided him with all kinds of helpful guidance, if he will only follow it. Thanks, Oliver Hall Legal Counsel Center for Competitive Democracy 1835 16th Street NW, Suite 5 Washington, D.C. 20009 (202) 248-9294 ph. (202) 248-9345 fx. oliverhall(a)competitivedemocracy.org

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LNC Region Map
by Kevin Ludlow 08 Feb '16

08 Feb '16

I could not find a Regional Map anywhere. Can't imagine why we wouldn't have one. Apologies if we do. Here's one for anyone who has ever looked for this and couldn't find it. -Kevin -- ======================================================== Kevin Ludlow 512-773-3968 http://www.kevinludlow.com

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want 2014 convention photos
by Wes Benedict 29 Jan '16

29 Jan '16

If you have a nice photo or two of a scene or small group from the 2014 convention, please send to me. These must be 1 MB or larger file size photos that are crisp and clear (not blurry or grainy). Don't send 40 photos please. If you have 40, review and pick out your best 2 or 3. Thanks, -- Wes Benedict, Executive Director Libertarian National Committee, Inc. 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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LP presidential candidates
by Carla Howell 29 Jan '16

29 Jan '16

Dear State Chairs, For those of you who are booking presidential debates at your state conventions, please note that John Hale was removed from our list of Libertarian presidential candidates because he is below the age required by the Constitution to serve as president (born in 1985). Here's the current list: https://www.lp.org/candidates/presidential-candidates-2016/ Cheers, Carla Howell Political Director National Libertarian Party 202-333-0008 x 222

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new Nation Builder website for Convention
by Wes Benedict 29 Jan '16

29 Jan '16

Dear LNC, We have designed a new website for the National Convention using Nation Builder. This project is a useful "test drive" of Nation Builder. The test drive will continue through the convention and will help us decide if we like this platform and might want to use it for our main website or future projects. You can find the outgoing website for the convention here: www.lp.org/convention You can find the new website for the convention here: libertarian.nationbuilder.com <http://libertarian.nationbuilder.com/> The new website will continue to evolve on practically a daily basis through the convention. In a few days, we'll redirect thewww.lp.org/convention URL to this new site and start sharing it with the broader membership. (Thanks to Denise Luckey and Lauren Daugherty for doing 98% of the work). -- Wes Benedict, Executive Director Libertarian National Committee, Inc. 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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