January 2017 - Lnc-business - Moellman Enterprises Email

Historic Preservation Committee Proposal
by Ken Moellman 08 Jan '17

08 Jan '17

All - Caryn Ann and I have been working on language for a committee to maintain the party's history, dubbed the Historic Preservation Committee. This committee would operate and maintain both LPedia and the physical document archive. She and I believe we are ready for more eyes to look at the proposal and provide feedback. The link to the Google Docs version of the proposal is included below. Anyone with the link may make a comment on the doc. To make a comment on a particular section, highlight (select) that section, and an icon will appear on the right that has a speech bubble inside of a circle. Click that icon, and you will be able to make comments about that section. Please sign your comments, if you are not logged into Google, so that we know who has made the particular comment. Please take a few minutes to read through the proposal. https://docs.google.com/document/d/15PTl9Ns-S7MwNs1HwrgTx8kqn-bXkJSsvrsXmpa… Thank you. -- Ken C. Moellman, Jr. LNC Region 3 Alternate Representative LPKY Judicial Committee

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Bequest page?
by Caryn Ann Harlos 06 Jan '17

06 Jan '17

It was suggested in a volunteer group that perhaps our site should have a bequest page something similar to this: http://www.biketexas.org/about/memorial-fund?lang=en_US.utf8%2C%20en_US.UTF… -- *In Liberty,* *Caryn Ann Harlos* Region 1 Representative, Libertarian National Committee (Alaska, Arizona, Colorado, Hawaii, Kansas, Montana, Utah, Wyoming, Washington) - Caryn.Ann. Harlos(a)LP.org <Caryn.Ann.Harlos(a)LP.org> Communications Director, Libertarian Party of Colorado <http://www.lpcolorado.org> Colorado State Coordinator, Libertarian Party Radical Caucus <http://www.lpradicalcaucus.org>

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Libertarian Party Wins Procedural Ruling in Case over Bequest to the Party
by Wes Benedict 05 Jan '17

05 Jan '17

Richard Winger just notified me about his story regarding a procedural step forward on our case vs. the FEC: http://ballot-access.org/2017/01/05/libertarian-party-wins-procedural-rulin… I'm usually surprised when a judge or legislature rules or passes something in our favor, but in reality, it's not uncommon, in large part due to Richard constantly pushing us to fight so many battles. -- 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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LPedia
by Ken Moellman 05 Jan '17

05 Jan '17

All - After discussion with Sean and staff, we believe we have found a good, long-term solution for LPedia. We have found a hosting company who has offered to host LPedia for less than $500/yr. This solution is a corporate plan with a Virtual Private Server with DDOS protection. They offer advice on best practices as well as services to help block the spam that has plagued LPedia. Best of all, the solution includes support. So, if LPedia has a problem, there's a number to call to get it fixed. This fixes the technical problems with LPedia and moves us towards our goal of saving the party money. I wanted to give the LNC the opportunity to object to this move prior to pulling the trigger. If you have any questions, please let me know. -- Ken C. Moellman, Jr. LNC Region 3 Alternate Representative LPKY Judicial Committee

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Information on how to pay dues by check.
by Daniel Hayes 04 Jan '17

04 Jan '17

Robert, I can't seem to find any info for how people can make donations and become a member by check. Am I missing it or is that an intentional omission from the website. We do have members that don't like/refuse to use credit cards. I can pretty much extrapolate out what to tell them to do. Send $25 or more to 1444 Duke St,etc. The check made out to the Libertarian National Committee . Include this: "I certify that I oppose the initiation of force to achieve political or social goals." "I am a United States citizen or a permanent resident alien. This contribution is not made from the general treasury funds of a corporation, labor organization, or national bank. This contribution is not made from the treasury of an entity or person who is a federal contractor. The funds I am donating are not being provided to me by another person or entity for the purpose of making this contribution." Also, name , address occupation and employer if over $200. Tell em to sign it and that should work. That all said...shouldnt it be on the website? Daniel Hayes LNC At Large Member Sent from my iPhone

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Re: [Lnc-business] Enough pussyfooting. Time for a fearless platform.
by Starchild 03 Jan '17

03 Jan '17

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Enough pussyfooting. Time for a fearless platform.
by Arvin Vohra 02 Jan '17

02 Jan '17

If 2016 showed us one thing, it's that timid positions are neither necessary nor effective in current politics. Our current platform is designed to technically be accurate, while not scaring anyone too badly. This is a losing proposition. A clear, inspiring, and immediately comprehensible platform is far better than the fine-print pretending to be marketing we have now. Take the education plank, for example: Education is best provided by the free market, achieving greater quality, accountability and efficiency with more diversity of choice. Recognizing that the education of children is a parental responsibility, we would restore authority to parents to determine the education of their children, without interference from government. Parents should have control of and responsibility for all funds expended for their children’s education. What it means: Eliminate all public schools. Let people choose between free, world-class, online offerings, homeschooling, and private education in any form. Intransigent supporters of public schools won't be fooled by the current obfuscation. Opponents and potential opponents won't be inspired. Our job is to convince people of our positions, not to mask our positions and pander. In order for people to be able to be convinced of our positions, they first must understand what the position is. I intend to support people for platform committee who will commit to an honest, comprehensible, fearless platform. In Liberty, Arvin Vohra Vice Chair Libertarian National Committee -- Arvin Vohra www.VoteVohra.com VoteVohra(a)gmail.com (301) 320-3634

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Dec Membership Report
by Robert Kraus 02 Jan '17

02 Jan '17

Happy New Year! Please find the latest membership report 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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Re: [Lnc-business] Enough pussyfooting. Time for a fearless platform.
by Starchild 02 Jan '17

02 Jan '17

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Re: [Lnc-business] - Omaha Accord Libertarian UnConvention
by David Demarest 02 Jan '17

02 Jan '17

Wow, this is a healthy debate that is generating some light and much heat! How can we channel all this energy? The Dallas Accord, as I understand it, allows Anarchists and Minarchists (and Voluntaryists?) to coexist within the LP. However, this coexistence compromise does not address the ongoing LP and LNC internals struggles between the radicals and pragmatists to agree on a coherent platform and a consistent method of communicating our platform to those outside of the LP. We can’t even agree whether we should have a platform of principles, platitudes or something in between or beyond. We do not appear to be even remotely close to bridging the rad-prag divide or achieving a consensus on platform and messaging concerns. We need tackle this cancerous divide and critical platform/messaging questions head on if we seriously intend to make 2017 a year beyond all expectations for the LP. There is some urgency to resolving this dilemma in light of our current unsustainable economic model. First, I want to heat up and summarize the rad-prag divide and then expand the discussion to explore how we can bridge the rad-prag gap and address the all-important platform and messaging concerns. The radicals say we must align our moral compass with a solid platform of fundamental principles. They say it makes no sense to fill up the tank and put the pedal to the metal if the steering wheel is not pointed in the right direction. The pragmatists say that the radicals can’t even agree among themselves on a consistent set of principles. They say we should focus instead on a top-down approach of just getting Libertarians elected with the hope that nature will take its course and result in smaller government. Here is an exaggerated paraphrase of this comparison: - Libertarians – We stand for freedom, nothing more, nothing less OR - Libertarians – We stand for getting Libertarians elected, nothing more, nothing less >From my free-market Voluntaryist bias, I would interject that we already have two major parties whose “principles” focus on just getting their leaders elected to public office, nothing more, nothing less. Do we really need a third party dedicated to just getting Libertarians elected regardless of whether the LP and our candidates reflect a consistent set of principles? I think not! However, this heated discussion is not generating much light. The above rad-prag comparison is obviously an exaggeration. Nevertheless, the reality is that we have wide range of Libertarian flavors within the LNC and LP between those two extremes. Further, this disagreement is getting us nowhere on achieving our wide range of divergent Libertarians goals. The pragmatists are correct that the radicals cannot reach consensus among themselves on principle details and interpretations. If radicals are to present a coherent set of principles for consideration by the pragmatists, they have considerable homework to do. For example, as a bleeding-edge free-market Voluntaryist, it is my perception that radicals have not reached an agreement on how to connect the dots to incorporate some basic facts of human behavior and underlying incentives into their principles. Most Libertarian economists support the widely-accepted Adam Smith “Invisible Hand” theory that the success of the free-market is an unintended consequence of everyone acting in their self-interest in competition for scarce resources. However, most Libertarians and many radicals have not expanded the “Invisible Hand” theory to encompass all human interactions and the need for competitive governance to minimize the cancer of cronyism. The above is just one example of the lack of consensus among radicals. The more important point is that we Libertarians have a lot of homework to do. Instead of sitting around complaining about dysfunctions of society, we need to get off our intellectual backsides and do the hard work of outside-the-box brainstorming and root-cause analysis if we seriously intend to bridge the rad-prag divide and get on with our Libertarian goal of freedom. So, what to do? I suggest that we use 2017 as an opportunity to develop proposals for an expanded accord beyond mere coexistence. We can then present our expanded accord proposals for delegate approval at the 2018 NOLA LP national convention. One venue for working on an expanded accord proposal will be the fall 2017 #UnConvention# to be held in Omaha tentatively scheduled for the weekend of October 21-22. The Omaha #UnConvention# initiative is less than a week old but several Libertarians have already expressed an interest in speaking and presenting seminars and workshops including several LNC/staff/affiliate members. Joshua Katz has asked what the theme of the #UnConvention# would be is so he can select an appropriate topic for his workshop that aligns well with the #UnConvention# theme. Joshua’s request and our ongoing enthusiastic rad-prag discussion has inspired me to expand the #UnConvention# theme beyond “Winning hearts and minds, not arguments” and “LP 2017 beyond all expectations”. The expanded theme will be “[Omaha] Accord Libertarian #UnConvention#. NOTE: Replace the [Omaha] bracket contents with the name of your own choosing. In broad terms, the [Omaha] Accord Libertarian #UnConvention# theme will encompass speeches, workshops, seminars, open discussion forums and inspired meet-and-greets focused on developing an expanded accord that addresses both the rad-prag divide and how to get Libertarian outreach and election stuff done while we are researching and developing solutions to bridge the rad-prag gap. Thoughts? [Omaha] Accord – Rad-Prag Research While Getting Libertarian Stuff Done ~David Pratt Demarest Region 6 Representative, Libertarian National Committee (IA, IL, MN, MO, ND, NE, WI) Secretary, Nebraska Libertarian State Central Committee Secretary, LNC Affiliate Support Committee Member, LNC Empowered Future Committee Board Member & Nebraska State Coordinator, LP Radical Caucus Cell: 402-981-6469 Home: 402-493-0873 Office: 402-222-7207 From: Lnc-business [mailto:lnc-business-bounces@hq.lp.org] On Behalf Of Caryn Ann Harlos Sent: Monday, January 02, 2017 2:31 AM To: Starchild <sfdreamer(a)earthlink.net>; lnc-business(a)hq.lp.org Subject: Re: [Lnc-business] Enough pussyfooting. Time for a fearless platform. Starchild then what you are describing is privately owned schools serving the public. And that is not what anyone means generally. But what we favour is the complete separation of education and state- at least under the Statement of Principles. But put that aside - and put aside the education plank - there is this plank which leaves no place for public schools The protection of individual rights is the only proper purpose of government -- In Liberty, Caryn Ann Harlos Region 1 Representative, Libertarian National Committee (Alaska, Arizona, Colorado, Hawaii, Kansas, Montana, Utah, Wyoming, Washington) - Caryn.Ann. Harlos(a)LP.org <mailto:Caryn.Ann.Harlos@LP.org> Communications Director, Libertarian Party of Colorado <http://www.lpcolorado.org> Colorado State Coordinator, Libertarian Party Radical Caucus <http://www.lpradicalcaucus.org> On Mon, Jan 2, 2017 at 1:14 AM Caryn Ann Harlos <carynannharlos(a)gmail.com <mailto:carynannharlos@gmail.com> > wrote: Starchild - I love that wording on the Dallas Accord. But as I like to point out, because some re-writing of history has occurred, it isn't merely the Dallas Accord which some people are claiming is dead, it is the Statement of Principles which formalized the Dallas Accord at least in part. Thus anyone claiming the Dallas Accord is dead is completely contrary to our Bylaws. The myth of the complete informality of the Accord must die in a fire. It is untrue. -- In Liberty, Caryn Ann Harlos Region 1 Representative, Libertarian National Committee (Alaska, Arizona, Colorado, Hawaii, Kansas, Montana, Utah, Wyoming, Washington) - Caryn.Ann. Harlos(a)LP.org <mailto:Caryn.Ann.Harlos@LP.org> Communications Director, Libertarian Party of Colorado <http://www.lpcolorado.org> Colorado State Coordinator, Libertarian Party Radical Caucus <http://www.lpradicalcaucus.org> On Mon, Jan 2, 2017 at 1:04 AM Starchild <sfdreamer(a)earthlink.net <mailto:sfdreamer@earthlink.net> > wrote: Sam, That language would be contrary to the Dallas Accord agreement that we should leave our wording open as to whether our ultimate goal is non-aggressive government, or no government at all. Love & Liberty, ((( starchild ))) At-Large Representative, Libertarian National Committee (415) 625-FREE @StarchildSF -----Original Message----- From: Sam Goldstein Sent: Jan 1, 2017 12:53 PM To: lnc-business(a)hq.lp.org <mailto:lnc-business@hq.lp.org> Subject: Re: [Lnc-business] Enough pussyfooting. Time for a fearless platform. I will suggested my 2004 platform revision that I presented at the Platform Committee meeting prior to the Atlanta Convention: Replace the entire platform with two sentences: We don't like government. Let's get rid of it. Sam Sam Goldstein Libertarian National Committee Member at Large 8925 N Meridian St, Ste 101 Indianapolis IN 46260 317-850-0726 Phone 317-582-1773 Fax On Sun, Jan 1, 2017 at 3:49 PM, Caryn Ann Harlos <carynannharlos(a)gmail.com <mailto:carynannharlos@gmail.com> > wrote: AMEN!!' I make the same commitment as Arvin. On Sun, Jan 1, 2017 at 1:36 PM Whitney Bilyeu <whitneycb76(a)gmail.com <mailto:whitneycb76@gmail.com> > wrote: Agreed. On Sun, Jan 1, 2017 at 2:19 PM, Arvin Vohra <votevohra(a)gmail.com <mailto:votevohra@gmail.com> > wrote: If 2016 showed us one thing, it's that timid positions are neither necessary nor effective in current politics. Our current platform is designed to technically be accurate, while not scaring anyone too badly. This is a losing proposition. A clear, inspiring, and immediately comprehensible platform is far better than the fine-print pretending to be marketing we have now. Take the education plank, for example: Education is best provided by the free market, achieving greater quality, accountability and efficiency with more diversity of choice. Recognizing that the education of children is a parental responsibility, we would restore authority to parents to determine the education of their children, without interference from government. Parents should have control of and responsibility for all funds expended for their children’s education. What it means: Eliminate all public schools. Let people choose between free, world-class, online offerings, homeschooling, and private education in any form. Intransigent supporters of public schools won't be fooled by the current obfuscation. Opponents and potential opponents won't be inspired. Our job is to convince people of our positions, not to mask our positions and pander. In order for people to be able to be convinced of our positions, they first must understand what the position is. I intend to support people for platform committee who will commit to an honest, comprehensible, fearless platform. In Liberty, Arvin Vohra Vice Chair Libertarian National Committee -- Arvin Vohra www.VoteVohra.com <http://www.VoteVohra.com> VoteVohra(a)gmail.com <mailto:VoteVohra@gmail.com> (301) 320-3634 <tel:(301)%20320-3634> _______________________________________________ Lnc-business mailing list Lnc-business(a)hq.lp.org <mailto:Lnc-business@hq.lp.org> http://hq.lp.org/mailman/listinfo/lnc-business_hq.lp.org _______________________________________________ Lnc-business mailing list Lnc-business(a)hq.lp.org <mailto:Lnc-business@hq.lp.org> http://hq.lp.org/mailman/listinfo/lnc-business_hq.lp.org _______________________________________________ Lnc-business mailing list Lnc-business(a)hq.lp.org <mailto:Lnc-business@hq.lp.org> http://hq.lp.org/mailman/listinfo/lnc-business_hq.lp.org _______________________________________________ Lnc-business mailing list Lnc-business(a)hq.lp.org <mailto:Lnc-business@hq.lp.org> http://hq.lp.org/mailman/listinfo/lnc-business_hq.lp.org

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