[Lnc-business] [Statechairs] LP National's dilemma Re: Denver Post Voter's Guidecontact information

[Scott L.]

This is where a signed, legally binding affiliate contract would come in
handy.

 

I don't expect an unpaid State Chair to be available 18 hours a day for LP
work.

 

However, I do expect a state Chair to have on file with LPHQ a list of his
state officers, and designate which ones have permission to act on requests
like the one below when the State Chair is not able to reply quickly enough.


For example, if the state Executive Director, and the Vice-Chair, Secretary,
and Treasurer all have permission, then when Mr. Benedict sends out an
e-mail like this one, then if the State Chair does not reply within 24 hours
(or even 2 hours for really time critical matters), then Mr. Benedict can
send out another e-mail and ask the other qualified persons to respond for
the Chair.

 

If an affiliate is not capable of accomplishing the above, then I would
seriously consider disaffiliation of that affiliate.  I would rather have 35
state affiliates that are able to accomplish the "activities of daily
living" for a political party, then have 50 state affiliates but 30% of whom
are not even able to respond to media inquires in a timely fashion.

 

  Scott Lieberman

 

 

Borrowed from Wikipedia:

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Activities_of_daily_living

 

 

" Health professionals <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Health_professional>
routinely refer to the ability or inability to perform ADLs as a measurement
of the functional status of a person, particularly in regard to people with
disabilities <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disability>  and the elderly
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_age> .[1]
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Activities_of_daily_living#cite_note-EN-1>
Younger children often require help from adults to perform ADLs, as they
have not yet developed the skills necessary to perform them independently."

 

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From: Statechairs [mailto:statechairs-bounces at hq.lp.org] On Behalf Of Wes
Benedict
Sent: Monday, September 29, 2014 1:56 PM
To: Chuck Plunkett; statechairs at hq.lp.org
Subject: [Statechairs] LP National's dilemma Re: Denver Post Voter's
Guidecontact information

 

Perhaps you can imagine the dilemma we face at LP National. Do we help
expedite coverage for our candidates in a quick efficient way, or put
another thing on the plate of the state chair, or engage in a sometimes
time-consuming cumbersome permission process with the state chair?

It's quick and easy for us to make a list and send it to a reporter. It's
even quicker simply to forward a note like this to a state chair. It's time
consuming to contact the state chair, wait for a response for hours or days,
then decide what to do if a response is not forthcoming.

Based on participation rates on recent IT Committee surveys, LP News
affiliate submissions, and responses to requests for updates to things like
State Chair contact lists, I think most state chairs are quite busy and
don't have time to respond to lots of things like this. 

I don't think sending a list of contacts to a reporter violates state
affiliate autonomy. I think telling a state affiliate they are required to
send a list to a reporter DOES violate state affiliate autonomy. 

In this particular case for Colorado and the alleged Denver Post contact,
I'm going to pass the buck and ask our political director Carla Howell to
use her best judgement (meaning to judge whether or not the contact is legit
and is a legit and important enough media outlet to warrant a list, is it
important enough for us to send a list, should the state chair be contacted
first for permission, etc.)

I've heard from one person "it's easier to ask forgiveness than permission"
and also "don't talk to any media in my state." 

LP Colorado, please speak up if you have an opinion on this in the mean
time. I know some states are quick to respond and some almost never respond.
Thanks,

Wes Benedict, Executive Director
Libertarian National Committee, Inc.
New address: 1444 Duke St., Alexandria, VA 22314
(202) 333-0008 ext. 232, wes.benedict at lp.org
facebook.com/libertarians @LPNational
Join the Libertarian Party at: http://lp.org/membership

 

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On 9/29/2014 4:25 PM, Chuck Plunkett wrote:

 

Hello Wes. We are putting together our General Election Voter's Guide and
are inviting candidates to participate by answering our questions and fill
in biographical information.

 

What does this mean for you and the Colorado Libertarian Party?

 

We would really appreciate it if you would send us a spreadsheet with the
e-mail addresses and phone numbers for your party's candidates campaign
spokesperson or manager or in smaller races for the candidates themselves.
The desire here is to quickly connect with actual people in charge of the
campaign to reduce communication lag time or misses.




all the best -- 

 

chuck

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Chuck Plunkett

Politics editor

The Denver Post

303.954.1333 o

303.810.6129 c

 

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