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Re: [Lnc-business] Email Ballot 2017-06: Move Archive Records to CO
by William Redpath 24 Mar '17

24 Mar '17

$248/month x 12 = $2,976 per year. Do I correctly recall our mortgage interest rate at 4.85%? $2,976 divided by (0.0485 - minus a cash flow growth rate that I will assume to be zero) = $61,361 present value in perpetuity. Present Value for a 24 month annuity is $5,662. Bill Redpath -------------------------------------------- On Fri, 3/24/17, Wes Benedict <wes.benedict(a)lp.org> wrote: Subject: Re: [Lnc-business] Email Ballot 2017-06: Move Archive Records to CO To: lnc-business(a)hq.lp.org Date: Friday, March 24, 2017, 12:07 PM Actually, if Caryn Ann does a good enough job, we should no longer need an off-site storage unit. The unit we're in now just went up to $248 per month starting in March 2018 (up about $20 from February). William Redpath, can you calculate the Prevent Value of the saving of $248 per month in perpetuity? And if you can do that, can you then get a bit more precise by making the assumption the $248 per month spending won't stop for 2 years? Thanks Bill, that'd be great. 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 On 3/24/2017 11:43 AM, Wes Benedict wrote: Around 300 boxes with the miscellaneous "slips of paper" have been shredded since 2013. I spent many days on that work myself doing a first and second pass through the mountain of junk in the cool, damp, rat-infested dungeon storage underneath the Watergate complex, and then doing 3rd and 4th passes at our storage units after moving the stuff to Alexandria. (I did not shred the stuff myself--just identified the boxes and then had a professional service handle it). I am not exaggerating about the rats. I do not recall finding dead rats in any boxes and did not necessarily see rats inside our particular unit, but there were dead dried out rat carcasses less than 20 feet outside the door to our unit and in the hallway leading up to our unit and inside adjacent units. In addition to things that have been shredded, I did not count the number of boxes of stuff that I threw away that did not need to be shredded. I also personally tore apart, dismantled, and sawed when necessary (with my personal Bosch circular saws and drill), large painted plywood structures that I think were used in the 2000 and 2004 national conventions (along with the wooden pallets). For a decade, it seemed, no one was willing to throw things away. I can't blame them. Who wants to throw something away when someone might complain later? Plus, it's easier to just box up an old employees stuff and push it aside rather than go through it and sort it all out. The result was valuable things were getting buried by old broken furniture and useless pieces of returned mail slips that had no value. Boxes of potentially valuable documents were getting crushed and split and were spilling in the damp basement of the Watergate. The basement of the Watergate obviously wasn't climate controlled and the storage facilities were down an underground hallway from the dumpsters for CVS and the grocery store Safeway, and just 200 yard crawl for rats from the shores of the Potomac. Grocery stores generate a lot of smelly garbage that attracts rats. For the most part, I did not go through many individual boxes and sort through individual pieces of stuff. I either kept the whole box, or through the whole box out (or shredded if necessary). We still have over a dozen 4-drawer file cabinets and maybe 100 boxes of stuff that needs to be gone through more carefully. That takes a lot of time. When it's time to bring the stuff back from Colorado, I expect the content to be 15% of it's original size. That's because there is still stuff to throw away, and also, for things like fundraising letters that were sent in 1992--there are probably 5 or 10 copies of each. That stuff is getting older every day, but at least we now have it stored in a climate controlled storage unit in Alexandria, instead of the basement of the Watergate. I probably inadvertently threw some things out that we wished I hadn't, but I feel like my actions to jettison some garbage even if there was some collateral damage, was urgent, and necessary for the greater good of the documents that were saved, and because we needed space for our more recent documents. A few photos attached. 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 On 3/24/2017 4:43 AM, Alicia Mattson wrote: Having spent some time digging through these materials a few years ago, I know there are a LOT of boxes of old membership forms with hand-written signatures on the membership certification. I don't imagine those going online for the world to see, so why ship 50 boxes to Colorado and back? I don't recall a terribly high percentage of those files being things that are of historical value that would belong in an online archive. Some of it was, but much was not. Old invoices and vendor contracts. Miscellaneous contents of the desk drawers of former employees. Is there really enough historical material to fill a UHaul? _______________________________________________ Lnc-business mailing list Lnc-business(a)hq.lp.org http://hq.lp.org/mailman/listinfo/lnc-business_hq.lp.org -----Inline Attachment Follows----- _______________________________________________ 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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LNC reflector list
by Starchild 24 Mar '17

24 Mar '17

Anybody know who maintains the page https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21forum/lncvotes ? It contains an oddly-worded paragraph that could use some improvement: "This is a reflector list for the LNC Business Group showing LNC Votes. This is a read only list. The archives for the LNC Business List can be found here..." I propose that language be changed to read, "This is a read-only reflector list for the Libertarian National Committee's email list, to which only LNC representatives and alternates are allowed to post. The LNC's email list archives can be found here..." If there are no objections, can we get this done without going through the process of voting on a formal motion? Love & Liberty, ((( starchild ))) At-Large Representative, Libertarian National Committee (415) 625-FREE @StarchildSF

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LP Records Motion - Request for Co-Sponsors
by Caryn Ann Harlos 23 Mar '17

23 Mar '17

As there have been several discussion threads on this and I believe I have the requisite number of people interested in being co-sponsors and no further feedback, here is the official request for co-sponsors for this motion: Move to budget up to an additional $5,000 (budget line 90) to relocate the historical records in the Duke Street basement and in the off-site storage facility to a location in Colorado to be determined by Historical Preservation Committee Chair. The facility will be paid by for and under the control of the LNC and will be obtained at a cost equal or less to the price paid for the similar facility in Virginia. The Executive Director will be directed to send out up to two fundraising emails to cover this expense and the prior budgeted Historical Committee expense (credit to budget line 25). (a lot of discussion on the particulars was in the other thread which I will revisit in any vote thread if I get the number of co-sponsors. The committee would like to move forward one way or the other) I will answer things as soon as I can. I am at the LPCO convention this week and hope to sign up a lot of new national members. -- *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> Chair, LP Historical Preservation Committee A haiku to the Statement of Principles: *We defend your rights* *And oppose the use of force* *Taxation is theft*

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by Wes Benedict 23 Mar '17

23 Mar '17

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Discussion on proposed Motion on Records Move (historical committee)
by Caryn Ann Harlos 22 Mar '17

22 Mar '17

Okay now that we have discussed the moving of the historical records, I am ready to put forth a proposed motion but am asking for feedback before asking for co-sponsors. Move to budget up to an additional $5,000 (budget line 90) to relocate the historical records in the Duke Street basement and in the off-site storage facility to a location in Colorado to be determined by Historical Preservation Committee Chair. The facility will be paid by for and under the control of the LNC and will be obtained at a cost equal or less to the price paid for the similar facility in Virginia. The Executive Director will be directed to send out up to two fundraising letters to cover this expense and the prior budgeted Historical Committee expense (credit to budget line 25). -- *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> Chair, LP Historical Preservation Committee A haiku to the Statement of Principles: *We defend your rights* *And oppose the use of force* *Taxation is theft*

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FW: LNC Meeting Info for 04/15-16
by Robert Kraus 22 Mar '17

22 Mar '17

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Re: [Lnc-business] Discussion on proposed Motion on Records Move (historical committee)
by Caryn Ann Harlos 21 Mar '17

21 Mar '17

Sam, this was discussed in another email chain. Rather than copy and paste, I will bump that chain for you. -Caryn Ann On Tue, Mar 21, 2017 at 11:15 AM, Wes Benedict <wes.benedict(a)lp.org> wrote: > Yes, I meant email. I think that will work. > > Wes Benedict, Executive Director > Libertarian National Committee, Inc. > 1444 Duke St., Alexandria, VA 22314(202) 333-0008 ext. 232 <(202)%20333-0008>, wes.benedict(a)lp.orgfacebook.com/libertarians @LPNational > Join the Libertarian Party at: http://lp.org/membership > > On 3/21/2017 1:07 PM, Caryn Ann Harlos wrote: > > What did you mean when we discussed? I assumed email. No cost. > > -Caryn Ann > > On Tue, Mar 21, 2017 at 11:06 AM, Wes Benedict <wes.benedict(a)lp.org> > wrote: > >> By "send out up to two fundraising letters" do you mean emails or snail >> mails? >> >> Wes Benedict, Executive Director >> Libertarian National Committee, Inc. >> 1444 Duke St., Alexandria, VA 22314(202) 333-0008 ext. 232 <%28202%29%20333-0008>, wes.benedict(a)lp.orgfacebook.com/libertarians @LPNational >> Join the Libertarian Party at: http://lp.org/membership >> >> On 3/21/2017 1:04 PM, Caryn Ann Harlos wrote: >> >> Okay now that we have discussed the moving of the historical records, I >> am ready to put forth a proposed motion but am asking for feedback before >> asking for co-sponsors. >> >> Move to budget up to an additional $5,000 (budget line 90) to relocate >> the historical records in the Duke Street basement and in the off-site >> storage facility to a location in Colorado to be determined by Historical >> Preservation Committee Chair. The facility will be paid by for and under >> the control of the LNC and will be obtained at a cost equal or less to the >> price paid for the similar facility in Virginia. The Executive Director >> will be directed to send out up to two fundraising letters to cover this >> expense and the prior budgeted Historical Committee expense (credit to >> budget line 25). >> >> >> >> -- >> *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> >> Chair, LP Historical Preservation Committee >> >> A haiku to the Statement of Principles: >> *We defend your rights* >> *And oppose the use of force* >> *Taxation is theft* >> >> >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Lnc-business mailing listLnc-business@hq.lp.orghttp://hq.lp.org/mailman/listinfo/lnc-business_hq.lp.org >> >> -- > *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> > Chair, LP Historical Preservation Committee > A haiku to the Statement of Principles: > *We defend your rights* > *And oppose the use of force* > *Taxation is theft* > > -- *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> Chair, LP Historical Preservation Committee A haiku to the Statement of Principles: *We defend your rights* *And oppose the use of force* *Taxation is theft*

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Re: [Lnc-business] Discussion on LP records archives
by Caryn Ann Harlos 21 Mar '17

21 Mar '17

We had our second meeting tonight and are making a lot of headway on LPedia (there are still some host-side bugs to work out before we can do a "general" opening). Any LNC members who want an account now though we can get it to you. Any more commentary on this I would appreciate over the weekend. Wes, if you are reading, can you please give input on the fundraising you thought you could do for this. -Caryn Ann On Thu, Mar 16, 2017 at 11:11 AM, Caryn Ann Harlos <carynannharlos(a)gmail.com > wrote: > It is more than just the basement - in which that would be possible (on > some level but not the most efficient level- and with inconsistent results > - the one thing Jackie impressed on me was having a core group for > consistency in file maintenance and management of some items that may exist > only there - i.e. Irreplaceable). The main bramble is the storage > facility. > > If it were just HQ basement we wouldn't have this discussion and it is the > basement I'm solely focusing on during the beginning because of the > logicistal issues. > > But right now it will likely be me flying there and putting in 3 or 4 > vacation days in a storage locker which is why I'm willing to cover 20plus > percent by signing up for life member as it will cost me that much to do it > half as well. > > Culling and curating will take someone pretty trusts. I hope i am one of > them. > > Then items out to trusted scanners or overseeing a professional company- I > have scoped a few out. > > I do invite you to our committee discussions. > > -Caryn Ann > > > > > > On Thu, Mar 16, 2017 at 7:13 AM Ken Moellman <lpky(a)mu-net.org> wrote: > > Caryn Ann, > > I don't want to disrupt what you're already doing, but I had a thought -- > what about having each drawer of material scanned separately and then > leverage volunteers around the country to sort it out. It's just a thought. > > ken > > On Wed, Mar 15, 2017 at 11:15 PM, Caryn Ann Harlos < > carynannharlos(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > A relevant update: > > Volunteer Jackie Mason was at HQ to start the inventory of items in the > basement only on Monday. There are approximately 10 cabinets of records > (some with four drawers, some with five drawers). Jackie is experienced at > file maintenance, and it took her about an hour per drawer, thus we are > looking at about a total of 40 hours or so of volunteer time to get a > handle on what is there in the basement only - that obviously doesn't touch > the off-site storage which is not organized. Jackie found some things > misfiled which she corrected (over the years people have taken things out > and it is inevitable that things get misfiled). There also is numerous > multiples making it not practical to just blanket send out a cabinet, for > instance, to scan. It needs to be curated - one copy each removed, and > refiled and a recommendation made to the LNC/Staff for retention of these > multiples. These factors all weight heavily in favour of putting these in > direct supervisory control here - when the records are returned, if a > decision is made about duplicates - it is possible that a good amount of > culling can happen. > > Lists of the inventory will be made available once Jackie can scan them to > me. > > -Caryn Ann > > On Wed, Mar 15, 2017 at 11:23 AM, Caryn Ann Harlos < > carynannharlos(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > To all, I would like to add as well... I really like the idea of an > affiliate taking some part in this process and Colorado, as the birthplace > of the Party, is the natural choice for a historical project. I think I > could get a pretty interested set of volunteers here and get some mileage > out of this association. Also, I would be available for any Party members > who wished to visit and see the records. > > We have our convention in about ten days in Westminster (where David Nolan > lived when the meeting took place around his dining room table - actually I > am so obsessed with history I went and took a picture in front of his > address - see attached), and I will be informing Colorado members about > this ongoing project (obviously not saying anything about the records being > here - no decision quite obviously is made on that). > > -Caryn Ann > > > On Wed, Mar 15, 2017 at 11:08 AM, Whitney Bilyeu <whitneycb76(a)gmail.com> > wrote: > > Thanks for all of this, Caryn Ann! > > Whitney > > On Wed, Mar 15, 2017 at 12:05 PM, Caryn Ann Harlos < > carynannharlos(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi Whitney, > > Thanks for asking. All of the initial budget will go to direct records > preservation (or any costs directly associated with that such as if some > software or electronic storage is needed) but I am anticipating it will go > to the direct scanning of prioritized records. None has been spent at this > time as it is very difficult to set priorities until the records are > inventoried and organized (particularly those in the off-site storage). > Note that I have raised about $1,200 of that initial $5,000 already and > once things get opened to the membership I expect to raise more. LPedia is > very close to being re-opened (we have a meeting about this tomorrow - we > are running into an issue with image re-scaling that we are dealing with - > and there is an off-chance we might need to move hosts). So once this > initial planning is all done, a mass scanning project will ensue for which > that money is reserved, and I fully intend to keep raising for it. > > -Caryn Ann > > > > On Wed, Mar 15, 2017 at 7:43 AM, Whitney Bilyeu <whitneycb76(a)gmail.com> > wrote: > > I am in favor of this effort, but would like to know how the initial $5000 > is likely to be spent, as well. > > Thanks for doing this, Caryn Ann! > > Whitney > > On Mar 15, 2017 1:07 AM, "Caryn Ann Harlos" <carynannharlos(a)gmail.com> > wrote: > > Bumping for additional commentary if any. > > -Caryn Ann > > On Sat, Mar 11, 2017 at 10:59 AM, Caryn Ann Harlos < > carynannharlos(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > I have only done preliminary inquiries - it looks like around $210 but I > would need to get with Wes on exact size. > > Short answer- same, or hopefully less. > > -Caryn Ann > > On Sat, Mar 11, 2017 at 10:51 AM Daniel Hayes <danielehayes(a)icloud.com> > wrote: > > What would a storage facility cost in Colorado? > > Daniel Hayes > LNC At Large Member > > Sent from my iPhone > > On Mar 11, 2017, at 11:37 AM, Caryn Ann Harlos <carynannharlos(a)gmail.com> > wrote: > > None yet. We needed to get the committee together and we are budgeting > now. We want to spend wisely and that requires knowing what we have and > not just scanning Willy Nilly. Once reason Jackie is going to HQ on Monday > - we will start making spending decisions after that. > > > > On Sat, Mar 11, 2017 at 10:17 AM Joshua Katz <planning4liberty(a)gmail.com> > wrote: > > Of the initial $5k budget, how much has been spent? > > Joshua A. Katz > > > > > On Sat, Mar 11, 2017 at 11:03 AM, Caryn Ann Harlos < > carynannharlos(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > This is a discussion preliminary to a motion on the records of the LP > after extensive discussion with Wes and Wes running the thoughts by Nick > Sarwark > > Here is the state of things. On the Historical Committee end, we have a > pretty talented group that was chosen, including the original creator of > the LP.org website Joe Dehn and the LPedia curator for the past ten years > James Gholston. LPedia has been cleaned up (gigs and gigs of spam removed) > and moved to the new server. We are kicking the tires to make sure it is > ready to fling back open for new account creation - this is remarkable in > itself, new account creation has been disabled for years (five years I > think). Joe Buchman has been scanning using a professional scanner - but > that is slow going as it is on off hours he gets to use as a volunteer, but > we have some high quality scans to start. And once LPedia gets going > fundraising for the initial budget will ramp up. I have already raised the > first 20% but it is hard to ask for support without some "product" to show. > > A problem is that is it very difficult to get started on bulk scanning as > we don't know what we have in Virginia, compounded by the fact that some of > it is in an offsite storage facility that is not organized (it is safe and > boxed well to preserve but no one has put in the very hard time of getting > those files into shape - there have been more pressing matters - the fact > that they are safe and stored is due to heroic efforts by Wes as far as I > am concerned - the legend was that much more was destroyed in the Watergate > flood than actually was). None of committee members live in Virginia > (one lives several hours a year but is fairly new to Party involvement > though he has made sysadmin skills), and the guiding visionary of the whole > thing - me - lives in Colorado. We can ask volunteers to start (and I have > one dedicated volunteer going down Monday to begin- Jackie Mason) but in > general that can be a spotty method as can using interns, but without a > very systematic organization the effectiveness of the records preservation > will be less than ideal. > > So with this, I would to share some of Wes' thoughts (to which I concur) > which were shared with Nick for the Committee's consideration with some > additional thoughts of mine at the end. These summary thoughts from Wes > was after an extensive phone conference with me: > > ==== > > I'd like Caryn Ann and the Historical committee to have access to > documents. But, coordinating and managing interns, shipping items, etc., is > going to cause a substantial amount of interruption here at LPHQ. > Piece-by-piece, and box-by-box, training one volunteer after another how to > ship, scan, etc. Negotiating pay-rates for interns, etc. Answering hundreds > of questions. It adds up quickly. > > I'd like to send Nick Dunbar with a 20' U-Haul filled with the historical > documents that are in our storage unit and basement. We'll include the > shelves from the storage unit as well, and will shut down our storage unit. > > I'd like to deliver it all to Caryn Ann's neighborhood so she can manage > the project directly, rather than trying to coach an intern or handful of > semi-reliable volunteers from afar, with us at LPHQ having to support the > volunteers and interns, explain parking, arrange keys, etc. > > The 20 foot Uhaul will cost about $1700 plus $700 gas. All will easily fit > in that, and won't get nearly as damaged as if we shipped via carrier, plus > it will require less TLC preparing the stuff to ship. We'll have to spend > on some boxes and tape. Motels and expenses for Nick along the way plus a > flight home. Overall, I'd estimate a roughly $5,000 expense. > > I moved the entire contents from one storage unit to another a year ago to > go from a rate of approximately $400/month to $228/month. I know what I'm > getting into. I used movers that cost about $400 to to unload from one > unit, and upload to another unit in around 4 hours. > > If Caryn Ann fails to make things happen, we'll know the address of the > storage unit and can always go through the process of moving things back. > The LNC will pay for and be in control of the storage unit, just like we > are in control of the one here. They're about to raise our rent from > $228/month to $248/month and we'll just shut it down after we empty it and > send things to Colorado. > > I've had access to all this stuff for years, and it never reaches high > enough priority for LPHQ staff to deal with. It's worth giving Caryn Ann > and her volunteers and committee a shot at taking the stuff, organizing it, > and scanning and preserving and posting it online. > > ====== > > This would require approval of an additional $5000 in expenses. I was > already thinking I would have to fly out to Virginia over the summer and > spend a weekend in that storage unit - this would save me that trip so I > would commit to a donation for this cause, in fact I have been considering > a life membership, so if this passes I would sign up for that at the > monthly rate to have a life membership at the end of one year and while in > CO, Nick can stay in our guest room. Wes is confident he could fundraise > the majority of this money as well through several membership emails. > > When the LP gets the records back they will be organized and inventoried > to be of use for years to come. And I will be able to make meaningful > recommendations to the LNC as to culling. And if the LNC in the future > ever wants to make records retention decisions they will actually know what > they have. > > I can also get the state party here behind setting up a committee of > volunteers as a Historical Committee Support group to arrange organization > weekends in which I can spend weekends down with volunteers getting this > stuff into shape, and I will be able to directly supervise any bulk > scanning company we use. And will be able to make sure we are not paying > to have 50 copies of one thing scanned because I will be able to curate the > items before they get sent out. > > I think also if we video-documented this, it would be an interest piece > for next convention. Also, though I haven't priced this out, I think the > storage costs would be less in CO. The facility doesn't have to be in > Castle Rock, we are spread out and more towards Denver in a less pricier > region would be more convenient for more volunteers here. > > I am soliciting thoughts preliminary to making a motion. I also ask Wes > to weigh in as he is closest to the issue. > > -- > *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> > Chair, LP Historical Preservation Committee > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Lnc-business mailing list > > > Lnc-business(a)hq.lp.org > > > http://hq.lp.org/mailman/listinfo/lnc-business_hq.lp.org > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Lnc-business mailing list > > Lnc-business(a)hq.lp.org > > http://hq.lp.org/mailman/listinfo/lnc-business_hq.lp.org > > > > _______________________________________________ > Lnc-business mailing list > Lnc-business(a)hq.lp.org > http://hq.lp.org/mailman/listinfo/lnc-business_hq.lp.org > > _______________________________________________ > > Lnc-business mailing list > > Lnc-business(a)hq.lp.org > > http://hq.lp.org/mailman/listinfo/lnc-business_hq.lp.org > > > > > -- > *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> > Chair, LP Historical Preservation Committee > > A haiku to the Statement of Principles: > *We defend your rights* > *And oppose the use of force* > *Taxation is theft* > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Lnc-business mailing list > > > Lnc-business(a)hq.lp.org > > > http://hq.lp.org/mailman/listinfo/lnc-business_hq.lp.org > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Lnc-business mailing list > > > Lnc-business(a)hq.lp.org > > > http://hq.lp.org/mailman/listinfo/lnc-business_hq.lp.org > > > > > > > -- > *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> > Chair, LP Historical Preservation Committee > > A haiku to the Statement of Principles: > *We defend your rights* > *And oppose the use of force* > *Taxation is theft* > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Lnc-business mailing list > > > Lnc-business(a)hq.lp.org > > > http://hq.lp.org/mailman/listinfo/lnc-business_hq.lp.org > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Lnc-business mailing list > > > Lnc-business(a)hq.lp.org > > > http://hq.lp.org/mailman/listinfo/lnc-business_hq.lp.org > > > > > > > -- > *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> > Chair, LP Historical Preservation Committee > > A haiku to the Statement of Principles: > *We defend your rights* > *And oppose the use of force* > *Taxation is theft* > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > *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> > Chair, LP Historical Preservation Committee > > A haiku to the Statement of Principles: > *We defend your rights* > *And oppose the use of force* > *Taxation is theft* > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Lnc-business mailing list > > > Lnc-business(a)hq.lp.org > > > http://hq.lp.org/mailman/listinfo/lnc-business_hq.lp.org > > > > > > > -- *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> Chair, LP Historical Preservation Committee A haiku to the Statement of Principles: *We defend your rights* *And oppose the use of force* *Taxation is theft*

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bidding war for convention theme name ends in 17 minutes
by Wes Benedict 21 Mar '17

21 Mar '17

Surprisingly large donations are pouring in at the last minute. Two themes have passed the $5,000 mark. https://www.lp.org/final-round-of-voting-on-convention-theme/ -- 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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Email Ballot 2017-05: Cuban Arrest v2
by Alicia Mattson 21 Mar '17

21 Mar '17

We have an electronic mail ballot. *Votes are due to the LNC-Business list by March 19, 2017 at 11:59:59pm Pacific time.* *Co-Sponsors:* Bilyeu, Harlos, Demarest, Marsh *Motion:* The Libertarian National Committee strongly opposes the unjust arrest and detention of peaceful individuals. The arrests on February 2, 2017, and subsequent detention of libertarian activists, Ubaldo Herrera Hernandez and Manuel Velazquez, in Cuba illustrate the threats to freedom we all face around the world. The Libertarian Party calls on the Cuban government to immediately release details of the above-mentioned arrests and detentions, including the specific charges being levied against the individuals in question. In the absence of such information, we call for the release of these prisoners. Libertarian activism worldwide must not be deterred by the attempts of authoritarian leaders, totalitarian governments, and dictatorial regimes to silence the voice of freedom. We condemn any acts of official oppression, and uphold the promotion of limited government and free markets in any country. Furthermore, we call on the U.S. Department of State to publicly denounce violations of the right to free speech, the right to peaceably assemble, and the right to due process abroad. -Alicia

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