[Lnc-business] Suggestion/Request from Region 7 Member

[Caryn Ann Harlos]

Love it.

On Monday, November 28, 2016, Whitney Bilyeu <whitneycb76 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Colleagues, please consider the suggestion/request below from a Region 7
> member...
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> *The media essentially works in favor of the old parties by pumping out
> constant talking points that feed into the public. This is created out of
> the never-ending churn of political events and legislation. An example is
> the TPP.The idea I have is to create a group of people committee/think-tank
> at the national level that could discuss and research issues that come up.
> As libertarians we talk a lot and have resources that we look at like CATO
> and Reason, but we do not have something like this of our own. A core group
> of people that could respond quickly if needed and do the research required
> to give a solid LP response to the issues of the day. These could be
> compressed into short briefs with talking points to the state parties that
> could use them as they wish.Many of us get the newsletter from national but
> a chair or ED cannot respond quickly to everything nor to detailed research
> on all issues that arise. This group would have that goal. These releases
> would be internal and the party structure could use them as deemed fit. The
> team would need to have people capable of looking more deeply into
> legislation than just a cursory overview and be committed to turnaround
> times that made us responsive to ongoing events.This group would allow us
> to speak with a more singular and united strong voice against the hailstorm
> of media people are inundated with every day.*
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> *In general, each brief would be a short synopsis of the subject and the
> LP position on it. For, Against, Neutral (pro/con). Talking points should
> be listed. Details can be given further after that as needed but the goal
> would be to be brief. People simply do not look into the details of the
> constant stream of information we have in front of us. It's too much. We
> need to get out a quick tool that can be trusted and add a counter voice in
> a news market that we are forced to compete with.*
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> Thoughts?
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> Whitney Bilyeu
> Region 7 Representative
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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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