[Lnc-business] MOTION: Update Liberty Links page on our website

[Alicia Mattson]

Is there a reason we're not addressing this at the LNC meeting this
weekend, as opposed to finding co-sponsors for an email ballot later?

-Alicia


On Thu, Dec 8, 2016 at 7:56 AM, Starchild <sfdreamer at earthlink.net> wrote:

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>      One cool feature which has been on LP.org for a few years now but
> which looks better on the new site is the Liberty Links page –
> https://www.lp.org/liberty-links/ – which can be found by clicking on
> that title under the "Contact" header found at the bottom of each page on
> the site.
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>      Like the story on Save Scranton currently on the front page of LP.org
> that I mentioned in another recent post,  linking to other pro-freedom
> organizations and websites is an important affirmation of our status as the
> Party of Principle – a party that isn't just another political party, but
> part of a larger libertarian movement which is made up of an ever-growing
> number of organizations and people in the United States and around the
> world who are fighting for freedom and with whom we stand in solidarity.
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>      However while our movement continues to grow, the number of fellow
> traveler organizations linked from our site has remained about the same
> since the feature was added in December 2010, going from 18 listings then
> to just 25 listings currently. [Thanks to the Internet Archive by the way
> for making this and so much other historical data about our site and many
> other websites available – see https://web.archive.org/web/
> 20100601000000*/http://www.LP.org ]
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>      I propose we expand our listings to reflect the growing freedom
> movement  by adding links to the following 35 additional groups and
> informational resources, including many prominent movement sites that have
> been too long overlooked, to bring our total number of linked sites to 60
> (a round number, divisible by four to nicely fit the formatting of the new
> site), and request co-sponsors for this motion.
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> *MOTION: I move that we direct staff to add these pro-freedom groups and
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> *https://www.lp.org/liberty-links/ <https://www.lp.org/liberty-links/>
> ):Alliance for the Separation of School and State – SchoolAndState.orgAtlas
> Network – AtlasNetwork.orgBitcoinNotBombs – BitcoinNotBombs.comBleeding
> Heart Libertarians – BleedingHeartLibertarians.comCampaign For Liberty –
> CampaignForLiberty.comCenter for a Stateless Society – C4SS.orgCopblock –
> Copblock.orgEconomic Freedom Network – FreeTheWorld.comElectronic Frontier
> Foundation – EFF.orgErotic Service Providers Legal Education & Research
> Project – DecriminalizeSexWork.comFamilies Against Mandatory Minimums –
> FAMM.orgThe Free State Project – FreeStateProject.orgFree Talk Live –
> FreeTalkLive.comFreedoms Phoenix – FreedomsPhoenix.comFully Informed Jury
> Association – FIJA.orgThe Future of Freedom Foundation – FFF.orgGun Owners
> of America – GunOwners.orgIndependent Political Report –
> IndependentPoliticalReport.comThe Innocence Project –
> InnocenceProject.orgInstitute for Humane Studies – TheIHS.orgLewRockwell –
> LewRockwell.comLibertarian Rock – LibertarianRock.comThe Liberty Radio
> Network – LRN.fmMiss Liberty's Film & Documentary World –
> MissLiberty.comLPedia – LPedia.orgNational Youth Rights Association –
> YouthRights.orgNiskanen Center – NiskanenCenter.orgOpen Borders –
> OpenBorders.infoOutright Libertarians – OutrightUSA.orgRational Review –
> RationalReview.comRestore The 4th – RestoreThe4th.comThe Seasteading
> Institute – Seasteading.orgStop The Drug War – StopTheDrugWar.orgStossel In
> The Classroom – StosselInTheClassroom.orgStrike The Root –
> StrikeTheRoot.org*------------------------------
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>      While our listing of libertarian-oriented groups active in the United
> States or worldwide will remain far from comprehensive with these
> additions, I believe adding the above groups and sites will showcase the
> scope and diversity of the freedom movement and help visitors to LP.org
> explore the movement and increase their understanding of and support for
> libertarian ideas.
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>      I expect that these groups and websites, especially the less-visited
> ones, will also appreciate the new traffic they get via our site, and be
> more favorably disposed toward the Libertarian Party as a result. But as
> with the article on Scranton Saves, that is not the main reason I believe
> we should do this. Expressing our solidarity with others in the libertarian
> movement is simply the right thing to do.
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> Love & Liberty,
>                               ((( starchild )))
> At-Large Representative, Libertarian National Committee
>                             (415) 625-FREE
>                                @StarchildSF
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