[Lnc-business] Request for Update on LP.org

Thu Nov 3 18:37:32 EDT 2016

Caryn,

I was under the impression from speaking with Lauren et al that we would be
able to get those pages up relatively fast or I'd not have had that
exchange with you and Lauren last week.  That said, and as I've stated
before, I am 100% behind whatever priorities Wes has been organizing for
staff.

My position is that we absolutely did not prematurely go live.  If anything
we launched later than planned mostly due to a series of infrastructure
issues (many of which are cost-dependent and detailed in a report I've been
working on).

To expound on my response, the website was built and launched to serve as a
marketing tool for the Libertarian Party.  I know some may disagree with
this, but the majority did agree with that premise and that's why the
project was taken on in the first place.  The most important marketing we
could do right now is for Gary Johnson (much like the GOP is using their
website to promote Trump and the DNC is using their website to promote
Hillary).  This has been a marketing strategy and by all accounts is a
pretty practical and intuitive one.

Still, I'm not dismissing the other pages needing to go online.  I fully
agree with you that they do need to.  But the marketing of the Johnson
campaign has been given priority over some of the internal components.  I'm
fairly certain that our marketing people are not of the position that
people will avoid voting for Johnson because they can't immediately find
our party's bylaws online.

Also, I managed to make the old site available for staff internally.  This
in itself took a lot of work, but has been done to ensure they can compare
pages.

Finally, and as briefly noted above, I've been preparing a lengthy report
for the LNC and for LP staff so that all of the components we are working
with are spelled out.  Once I finish the report I will gladly share it
provided that the LNC DOES agree to keep it confidential (given it contains
highly sensitive information related to our infrastructure).

-Kevin

On Thu, Nov 3, 2016 at 5:21 PM, Caryn Ann Harlos <carynannharlos at gmail.com>
wrote:

> In short, we made a mistake in prematurely going live.
>
> --
> *In Liberty,*
> *Caryn Ann Harlos*
> Region 1 Representative, Libertarian National Committee (Alaska, Arizona,
> Colorado, Hawaii, Kansas, Montana, Utah, Wyoming, Washington) - Caryn.Ann.
> Harlos at LP.org <Caryn.Ann.Harlos at LP.org>
> Communications Director, Libertarian Party of Colorado
> <http://www.lpcolorado.org/>
> Colorado State Coordinator, Libertarian Party Radical Caucus
> <http://www.lpradicalcaucus.org/>
>
>
> On Thu, Nov 3, 2016 at 4:15 PM, Wes Benedict <wes.benedict at lp.org> wrote:
>
>> The website has come a long way, but we have a lot of work yet to do on
>> it. I have personally instructed various staff members to focus on certain
>> things in front of others. While getting bylaws up and new LNC photos is a
>> priority, it may still be a while before we get those up. Again, I have
>> told staff there are higher priorities in the short run.
>>
>> things that have displayed poorly on the home page are a higher priority
>> for now. For example, below is taken from an email I sent to staff on some
>> things we had to do for the home page.
>>
>>
>> If I inaccurately promised some things in a few days, I revise that
>> estimate to a few weeks.
>>
>> We are making progress. But again, especially while we were having some
>> issues with files and images appearing and then disappearing, I have told
>> staff to focus on certain other things.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Wes Benedict, Executive Director
>> Libertarian National Committee, Inc.
>> 1444 Duke St., Alexandria, VA 22314(202) 333-0008 ext. 232, wes.benedict at lp.orgfacebook.com/libertarians @LPNational
>> Join the Libertarian Party at: http://lp.org/membership
>>
>> On 11/3/2016 6:05 PM, Caryn Ann Harlos wrote:
>>
>> Hello, I am following up on the several things I was assured would be
>> resolved shortly (likely a few days) that remain unresolved.
>>
>> First, the minutes archives is not yet restored.  These are required by
>> the Bylaws, and I must object once again that we have a
>> non-Bylaws-complaint page up.
>>
>> Second, the LNC members photos have partially disappeared.  I have been
>> getting a ton of publicity for the LPCO in CO and when the news there is
>> looking up my credentials, they see an LP.org LNC page that is incomplete.l
>>
>> I waited well past the few days discussed to followup.
>>
>> Yes the election is coming up but our Bylaws are our Bylaws and having an
>> incomplete page looks bad when people are looking us up.
>>
>> --
>> *In Liberty,*
>> *Caryn Ann Harlos*
>> Region 1 Representative, Libertarian National Committee (Alaska,
>> Arizona, Colorado, Hawaii, Kansas, Montana, Utah, Wyoming, Washington) - Caryn.Ann.
>> Harlos at LP.org <Caryn.Ann.Harlos at LP.org>
>> Communications Director, Libertarian Party of Colorado
>> <http://www.lpcolorado.org>
>> Colorado State Coordinator, Libertarian Party Radical Caucus
>> <http://www.lpradicalcaucus.org>
>>
>>
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>
> --
> *In Liberty,*
> *Caryn Ann Harlos*
> Region 1 Representative, Libertarian National Committee (Alaska, Arizona,
> Colorado, Hawaii, Kansas, Montana, Utah, Wyoming, Washington) - Caryn.Ann.
> Harlos at LP.org <Caryn.Ann.Harlos at LP.org>
> Communications Director, Libertarian Party of Colorado
> <http://www.lpcolorado.org>
> Colorado State Coordinator, Libertarian Party Radical Caucus
> <http://www.lpradicalcaucus.org>
>
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