[Lnc-business] FW: LPEX and National

Thu Feb 26 13:26:01 EST 2015

This is relevant because Mr. Benedict is our Executive Director.

Mr. Pojunis sent a private e-mail to the National LP ED and asked Mr.
Benedict to call him.

I just verified with Brett that instead of calling or e-mailing Mr. Pojunis,
Mr. Benedict chose to immediately post the e-mail below

to the State Chairs e-mail list.

Although I would not use the word "disgusted", I still sympathize with Mr.
Weinman's comment.  The registration page for LPEX went live only in the
last 48 hours,  so it is extremely premature to publicly ask questions like
"Are you going?" and  "How many from your state do you expect to go?"

Normally, I would expect the ED to call the LPEX organizer privately, and
ask these same questions.  If the ED did not get satisfactory answers, then,
at that point, it might have been appropriate to send the e-mail below to
the State Chairs e-mail list.

And yes, I know I am giving the RNC and the DNC access to a couple of
e-mails from our State Chair's e-mail list.  

Don't blame me - I was very publicly against the auto forward function for
the lnc-business e-mail list.

  Scott Lieberman

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From: Statechairs [mailto:statechairs-bounces at hq.lp.org] On Behalf Of Jason
Weinman
Sent: Thursday, February 26, 2015 9:53 AM
To: Brett H. Pojunis
Cc: statechairs at hq.lp.org; Nicholas Sarwark
Subject: Re: [Statechairs] Fwd: LPEX and National

Wes, I can't even describe how disgusted I am with that email. 

    JW

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On Thursday, February 26, 2015:

Wes and State Chairs,

First, I called Wes and sent him an email AFTER speaking with our National
Chair who suggested I reach out to Wes to work out Nationals involvement, if
any. There has not been a full public announcement to the state chairs nor
do the state chairs know about LPEX. Therefore, to ask questions about who
is attending is premature. 

The fact that this is not automatically promoted through National is
absolutely beyond me. The LNC promotes events like SFL, Free and Equal and
many other NON-Libertarian organizations. So not promoting an LSLA, LPNevada
and LP California event is absurd.

There is no reason to explain the financing, unless of course you did the
same with SFL, Free and Equal etc. Here is what I will tell you. I have
personally taken the risk and personally signed for this event. I have made
a big financial commitment to produce LPEX. No organization is on the hook
financially, nor any risk associated with LPEX other than me personally. The
LNC has no involvement at this time so how could there possibly be any risk
associated with the LNC? 

The LSLA pledged money to LPEX and that information is publicly available as
it is in the minutes. In return there will be fundraising opportunities for
the LSLA during LPEX. Unlike in the past, I will be responsible for covering
the costs of speakers, trainers, the venue, etc., not the LSLA. 

Hopefully that satisfies any questions you have.

On to LPEX. The primary reason I am organizing this conference is to provide
much needed training for Libertarians. Once I get the information out to the
state chairs (probably by tomorrow) I would hope state chairs would take
advantage of LPEX.

Including the National party was probably a bad idea to begin with. The LNC
and staff have more pressing issues to address such as our decreasing
membership.

Best,

Brett H. Pojunis
Chairman of the Libertarian Party of Nevada

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On Thu, Feb 26, 2015 at 8:58 AM, Wes Benedict <wes.benedict at lp.org
<javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','wes.benedict at lp.org');> > wrote:

State Chairs,

Brett Pojunis has asked for my help promoting LPEX. See the note below. My
inclination is to help, but first I wanted to get some feedback from the
state chairs on this.

Are you going?
How many from your state do you expect to go?
Do you plan to have your state party email your state database about this?
Do you mind if LPHQ sends emails to promote this?

I don't understand the financing for this project. I'll be asking Brett to
explain a bit more about it in writing to the state chairs and the LNC. If
turnout is low, is the LSLA at risk financially? If turnout is great, does
the LSLA benefit? Who else is at risk? My understanding it that there is and
should be no financial risk to the Libertarian National Committee. I'm not
certain where I read it or about the amounts, but I think I've read that the
LSLA has already contributed around $7,000 for this event.

Thanks for your prompt feedback.

Wes Benedict, Executive Director
Libertarian National Committee, Inc.
New address: 1444 Duke St., Alexandria, VA 22314
(202) 333-0008 ext. 232 <tel:%28202%29%20333-0008%20ext.%20232> ,
wes.benedict at lp.org <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','wes.benedict at lp.org');> 
facebook.com/libertarians @LPNational
Join the Libertarian Party at: http://lp.org/membership

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Subject: 

LPEX and National

Date: 

Thu, 26 Feb 2015 06:16:47 -0800

From: 

Brett H. Pojunis  <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','brett at pojunis.com');>
<brett at pojunis.com>

To: 

Wes Benedict  <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','wes.benedict at lp.org');>
<wes.benedict at lp.org>, Nicholas Sarwark
<javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','nsarwark at gmail.com');> <nsarwark at gmail.com>

Hi Wes,

Could you please give me a call when you get a chance. I would like to see
if we can get National's assistance next week with promotion for LPEX.

There are some major updates and we have some real value for Libertarians.

The best number for me is 702.325.7426, thanks.

Best,

Brett H. Pojunis
Chairman of the Libertarian Party of Nevada

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