[Lnc-business] FW: LPEX and National

Thu Feb 26 13:44:55 EST 2015

To clarify, there have been at least 18 emails to the state chairs list
since January 15 that mention LPEX, an official announcement from the
California LP of their convention sent February 2 that also announces LPEX,
an article published in the January LP News promoting LPEX, articles on IPR
about LPEX, and publicly available announcements on the LPEX website (
http://www.lpex.org/news ) posted on February 12.

Maybe all of those announcements weren't official and "none of the state
chairs know about LPEX" as Brett claims in his email, but it's not from
lack of publicity and LPEX is not some kind of under wraps project that Wes
Benedict let out of the bag by asking the state chairs who is planning to
attend.

-Nick

On Thu, Feb 26, 2015 at 11:26 AM, Scott L. <scott73 at earthlink.net> wrote:

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> This is relevant because Mr. Benedict is our Executive Director.
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> Mr. Pojunis sent a private e-mail to the National LP ED and asked Mr.
> Benedict to call him.
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> I just verified with Brett that instead of calling or e-mailing Mr.
> Pojunis, Mr. Benedict chose to immediately post the e-mail below
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> to the State Chairs e-mail list.
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> 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?”
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> Don’t blame me – I was very publicly against the auto forward function for
> the lnc-business e-mail list.
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>   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
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> Wes, I can't even describe how disgusted I am with that email.
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>      JW
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> On Thursday, February 26, 2015:
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> Wes and State Chairs,
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> 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?
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> 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.
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> Hopefully that satisfies any questions you have.
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> Best,
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> 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> wrote:
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> State Chairs,
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> 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.
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> 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?
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> 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.
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> Thanks for your prompt feedback.
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> 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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> -------- Forwarded Message --------
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> *Subject: *
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> LPEX and National
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> *Date: *
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> Thu, 26 Feb 2015 06:16:47 -0800
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> *From: *
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> Brett H. Pojunis <brett at pojunis.com>
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> *To: *
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> Wes Benedict <wes.benedict at lp.org>, Nicholas Sarwark <nsarwark at gmail.com>
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> Hi Wes,
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> 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.
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> There are some major updates and we have some real value for Libertarians.
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> The best number for me is 702.325.7426, thanks.
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> Best,
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> Brett H. Pojunis
> Chairman of the Libertarian Party of Nevada
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