[Lnc-business] Request for Update on LP.org
Wes Benedict
wes.benedict at lp.org
Thu Nov 3 18:42:52 EDT 2016
Kevin spent probably 80 or more hours working on a few tech challenges
with the new website over the past few weeks. Some of the problems we've
had did not happen until we switched on the live version of the website.
In any case, it's live now and we're going to keep making it a great
website.
Wes Benedict, Executive Director
Libertarian National Committee, Inc.
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 11/3/2016 6:37 PM, Kevin Ludlow wrote:
> 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 <mailto: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
> <mailto: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
> <mailto: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 <tel:%28202%29%20333-0008%20ext.%20232>,wes.benedict at lp.org <mailto:wes.benedict at lp.org>
> facebook.com/libertarians <http://facebook.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
>> <mailto: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
> <mailto: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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