[Lnc-business] LNC Member Blogging

[Scott L.]

When I read the e-mail below, I get the feeling that the Vice-Chair is
perfectly OK with LNC members getting to post articles on the LP's blog, as
long as the Vice-Chair approves of the content.

 

All of us on the LNC are here because various subsets of our membership feel
that we are qualified to be here.  I don't think it is a good idea to then
permit a small, select group of LNC members to censor fellow LNC member's
blog posts because that small, select group disagrees with their content.

 

I might be willing to give after-the-fact censorship power to a
super-majority of the entire LNC, or perhaps to a super-majority of the EC.

 

 

Permitting LNC members to blog on the official LP web site will open a can
of worms that yet again focuses the LNC's attention on trivial internal
governance matters, rather than on our Mission of electing Libertarians to
public office.

 

So - I recommend that we do NOT permit LNC members to post blog articles on
the LP's web site.  It's not like our web site is the only web site on the
Internet that permits libertarians to post articles.

 

    Scott Lieberman

 

 

 

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"From: Lnc-business [mailto:lnc-business-bounces at hq.lp.org] On Behalf Of
Arvin Vohra
Sent: Tuesday, July 29, 2014 10:33 PM
To: lnc-business at hq.lp.org
Subject: Re: [Lnc-business] LNC Member Blogging

 

Hi all - this was something I advocated for last term, before I properly
understood the ramifications. At this point, I am much more hesitant.

 

If we can set very clear guidelines, that keep this on message, I'm for it.
Those guidelines, in my mind, would be basically similar to Who's Driving.

 

1. Must at some point bring up cutting/repealing/dismantling existing
government structures. Not just blocking future increases, dismantling
current structures.

2. Must at least state the advantages of those cuts.

3. This one is obvious. A post should not, even for a moment, even
inadvertently, advocate for more government.

4. Recommended: show that this differentiates us from the R's and D's.

 

Our blog is a marketing instrument. Any marketing instrument must make sure
the clients (voters), at the very least,

 

1. Know what we're offering

2. Understand why it's good.

 

And we aren't offering Hayek, our own personal life experiences, or an edgy
brand. We are offering less government and more freedom. We are offering to
downsize, dismantle, cut, abolish, and repeal. At this point, most of the
country Does Not Know What We Are Offering. Most of the information being
shared is flat out wrong. Some if this is because of D and R misinformation,
but most of it comes from our own uncontrolled, constantly off message,
presentation.

 

Most of the country believes the Libertarian tax position is Fair Tax, not
eliminating the income tax. Most of the country understands us in terms of
our beliefs (Socially Liberal and Fiscally Conservative), not in terms of
what service we are offering (cutting government.) Many of the people who do
vote for us are not voting because of what we're offering, but because of
irritation with our opponents. 

 

Anyway, I know we have an amazing talent pool on this LNC. I agree that
using it on our blog has great potential. But used in an off-message,
undirected way, I believe it will do more harm than good. Thus, I would
strongly support this with the above guidelines, or an alternative set of
guidelines that makes sure that we are marketing effectively by putting our
unique selling proposition front and center of every post.

 

   Arvin"

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