[Lnc-business] LP History and archiving
Daniel Hayes
danielehayes at icloud.com
Tue Dec 13 08:22:12 EST 2016
Just think of the time saved for future archivists if the LPNews was in a digital format.
Daniel Hayes
LNC at Large Member
P.S. MIGHT It be that Goldstein is being nice to Caryn Ann in hopes of getting his scarf back?
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> On Dec 13, 2016, at 7:14 AM, Caryn Ann Harlos <carynannharlos at gmail.com> wrote:
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> Yes that is what I was thinking but perhaps some their ideas might come out thinking out of the box. Obviously this is a passion of mine, but if I am alone in this, alas, it is a dream that will die.
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> You knkw me better than most LNC members (as does Nick) and knows this isn't a passing fancy. LP history and platforms are my passions.
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> This ties in nicely into the LP archive site and LPedia.
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> I want to thank Wes who went above and beyond in escorting myself and Susan Hogarth in surveying what is available. What we have is much more extensive than the general party members think there is.
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> Digitizing may also save us space. I am hoping some caucuses might find such a project as a way to give back to the Party in a good will non-factional project.
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> Big shocker but I did chair the LPCO Historical Committee - we are still archiving but have some wonderful CO history here: http://www.lpcolorado.org/archives
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> Mostly thanks to LPCO activist David Aitken. Unfortunately a lot was lost due to spoilage from mouse urine and feces. The national records are in excellent shape.
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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
> Communications Director, Libertarian Party of Colorado
> Colorado State Coordinator, Libertarian Party Radical Caucus
>
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>> On Tuesday, December 13, 2016, Sam Goldstein <goldsteinatlarge at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Caryn Ann,
>>
>> I think your best bet would be to ask Wes to put out a call for volunteer archivists, librarians and others who
>> might be interested in this project and you get to chair the new LP Archives Committee.
>>
>> Sam
>>
>> Sam Goldstein
>> Libertarian National Committee
>> Member at Large
>> 8925 N Meridian St, Ste 101
>> Indianapolis IN 46260
>> 317-850-0726 Phone
>> 317-582-1773 Fax
>>
>>> On Tue, Dec 13, 2016 at 6:21 AM, Caryn Ann Harlos <carynannharlos at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> I spent part of yesterday going through the file cabinets at HQ and some boxes in the external story unit with an eye towards trying to get a group of volunteers together to start electronically preserving some or all of this information - it would be ripe for preservation on a newly launched LPedia. Some of it already exists however- so I am in that information gathering stage as well. My thoughts are to tackle the most general interest items first such as, obviously LP News which we have going back to 1972.
>>>
>>> I would appreciate any thoughts, any persons who might be interested, any referrals of persons who might have records already scanned etc.
>>>
>>> This is a very preliminary start and whether or not anything gets done is if I can find other interested persons, though even if not, I will at least work on trying to get the complete LP news 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
>>> Communications Director, Libertarian Party of Colorado
>>> Colorado State Coordinator, Libertarian Party Radical Caucus
>>>
>>>
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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
> Communications Director, Libertarian Party of Colorado
> Colorado State Coordinator, Libertarian Party Radical Caucus
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