[Lnc-business] Thank you

[Dave Blau]

  All:

Thank you for selecting me to be the new Secretary of the Libertarian
National Committee.  I am honored to take on this important role.  I will
separately send an email to the LNC regarding the current state of affairs
regarding my secretarial duties, but before that I would like to thank a
number of people.

I first thank everyone who ran in this election: Robin Blakey, Mark Cooke,
Gary E. Johnson (TX), Bill Lester, Bill MacElroy, Alicia Mattson, Jim
McDermott, Jake McDowell, Chuck Moulton, Anthony Pellegrino, Robert
Reynolds, and Shadrack Roberts.  All of these men and women offered to
volunteer their valuable time, money, and skills to help our national party
in this time of transition, and I am grateful to them.

I especially want to thank Alicia Mattson and Chuck Moulton.  I had the
privilege to see Alicia execute the duties of national Secretary during the
last LNC.  Her performance of those duties was remarkable, in that she was
so effective that no one felt a need to remark upon it!  Chuck, like
Alicia, is an outstanding parliamentarian, and a dedicated Libertarian
activist.  I consider both Alicia and Chuck to be friends of mine, and I
hope to see Alicia at the LNC meeting in Chicago.  (Good luck in Reno at
your chess event, Chuck!)

I also want to thank the LNC.  Chairman Neale devised, and the LNC approved
and executed, a transparent search and voting process.  Despite the rather
urgent need to fill the vacancy, rather than taking hasty action, the LNC
acted cautiously and deliberately for the benefit of the party.  I would
like to especially thank Dr. Jim Lark for his pro tempore performance of
the Secretary's duties.

In connection with my thanks to the LNC, I especially thank John Jay Myers
for his service. As you all know by now, last night Mr. Myers resigned his
position on the LNC due to having too many other commitments. In honor of
his support of the headquarters building, I pledge to redouble my efforts
to get the national party situated into the best new space we can find.

I also thank Vicki Kirkland and Mark Hinkle for their tireless efforts to
campaign for me.  I spoke with Vicki almost every day throughout the
election process, from deciding whether to run all the way through to the
final day of voting.  Mark was an excellent lobbyist on my behalf, and
provided insights into campaign strategy that served very well.

Finally, I want to thank someone you probably don't know: my girlfriend.
She didn't give me permission to use her name here, so for now she'll have
to remain anonymous.  But she provided me clarity of thought and the
encouragement to run.  When I told her about the pros and cons of seeking
this position, and that I was having trouble making up my mind whether to
run, she asked me two questions: whether I wanted to run, and whether I
could do a good job.  When I answered yes to both questions, she said,
simply: "So what's stopping you?"

I won't let anything stop me from being an outstanding national Secretary.
Thank you all.

Best regards,
Dave

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*David E. Blau, Esq.*
Chairman, Libertarian Association of Massachusetts. chair at lpmass.org
Secretary-elect, Libertarian National Committee. David.Blau at lp.org
www.lpmass.org | www.lp.org
617.396.4253
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