[Lnc-business] student memberships for $10?

Fri Dec 5 13:53:09 EST 2014

Oh, I forgot to mention the overall point is to get students to start 
thinking of themselves as Libertarian Party members and to get them in 
our database. So perhaps they'll become future donors and activists. 
Would be nice to get them in our database.

I would not be encouraging them to attend monthly meetings focused on 
bylaws tweaking.

I joined as a student. I realize not everyone has. I didn't go to 
monthly meetings as a student. I would have liked a nice long sleeve 
balck t-shirt - not an ugly one. We have lots of people in our database 
who started out donating $25, and later are donating hundreds and thousands.

I'd also like to give candidate, county chairs, and others a reason to 
visit SFL and YAL events as guests, and something to do when they're 
there. I'd like to have a nice membership application card in their hand 
that is professionally designed and printed that they can bring.

"Hi, I'm running for Congress as a Libertarian. I'd be happy to be a 
guest speaker at one of your future meetings."

Gary Johnson for President filled an auditorium at LSU with over 300 
students. I was there. No one handed out "Join the LP" forms. Even the 
Gary Johnson campaign didn't have signs or stickers hardly at all at 
that point.

I brought signs and stickers from my Super PAC. Those were taken in huge 
quantities. I had my mother, father, and wife handing them out. It's the 
first and only time I've ever got my family involved. They enjoyed 
handing out stuff to the students and the students enjoyed taking it.

  Wish I had had a student membership form just in case.

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

On 12/5/2014 1:33 PM, Wes Benedict wrote:
> We could leave one "fill in the blank" benefit for locals to add.
>
> For example, "Bring membership card or paid ap for free hurricane at 
> your first Orleans Parish event."
>  Or "Bring card for free lunch with famous professor Walter Block."
> Or "Bring card for free professional ten minute neck massage."
>
>
> 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
>
> On 12/5/2014 1:16 PM, Daniel Hayes wrote:
>> One of my delegates to Natcon complained about the cost of everything 
>> and wanted a student discount. SO he wanted the same voice we had for 
>> less money. I know with  100% certainty that there are some college 
>> students that want the BSM...for a discount.
>> I can understand the desire to get more student involvement. So offer 
>> a basic student membership with some minor 
>> swag(non-pornographic)..and then offer the full student membership 
>> for $25... No matter what we do..someone is gonna complain..and at 
>> the end of the day...if its important to them and they have to pay 
>> that big awful $25..then it will mean that much more to them.
>>
>> Daniel Hayes
>> LNC Region 7 Alternate Representative.
>>> On Dec 5, 2014, at 12:02 PM, Wes Benedict <wes.benedict at lp.org 
>>> <mailto:wes.benedict at lp.org>> wrote:
>>>
>>> I'll propose the opposite question first: would any student care if 
>>> they weren't considered a "bylaws sustaining member"? Would they 
>>> even know what that meant or care to listen to an answer? I probably 
>>> wouldn't bring it up, though might put it in the fine print.
>>>
>>> Why join is in the "benefits TBD".
>>>
>>> I can imagine the benefits including whatever seems to work, such as 
>>> a nice shirt, a nice set of bumper stickers and other stuff, special 
>>> access to Dr. Jim Lark, a membership card, a free candidate for 
>>> President yard sign or window decal, or a free book, LP News if they 
>>> check the box requesting it, etc. Whatever we can afford. Probably 
>>> not an AR-15. I'd experiment to see what students want, plus do some 
>>> research.
>>>
>>> I seem to recall $10 memberships at other student organizations but 
>>> didn't want to get too deep into deciding benefits. We have free 
>>> memberships now. Plus all these others.
>>> https://www.lp.org/membership-levels
>>>
>>>
>>> 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 <http://facebook.com/libertarians> @LPNational
>>> Join the Libertarian Party at: http://lp.org/membership
>>>
>>> On 12/5/2014 12:12 PM, Daniel Hayes wrote:
>>>> If its not a sustaining member then what would be the reason for 
>>>> the student to even do it?
>>>>
>>>> Daniel Hayes
>>>> LNC Region 7 Alternate Representative
>>>>> On Dec 5, 2014, at 11:09 AM, Wes Benedict <wes.benedict at lp.org 
>>>>> <mailto:wes.benedict at lp.org>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Dear LNC,
>>>>>
>>>>> I'd like to offer some type of student membership for $10 with 
>>>>> appropriate benefits TBD.  These memberships would not be 
>>>>> considered "bylaws Sustaining Members."
>>>>>
>>>>> First, I'd like feedback from the LNC on the concept, before I get 
>>>>> into suggestions on programs. Second, I'd like the bylaws and 
>>>>> Policy Manual aficionados to advise on what would have to happen 
>>>>> for the technical implementation if that were decided upon.
>>>>>
>>>>> -- 
>>>>> 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 <http://facebook.com/libertarians> 
>>>>> @LPNational
>>>>> Join the Libertarian Party at: http://lp.org/membership
>>>>>
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