[Lnc-business] LP History and archiving

Tue Dec 13 11:20:37 EST 2016

I will be getting with you on that, and I agree that LPedia seems like the
most likely candidate.  We are a bit away from getting that off the ground
but the archiving and planning efforts can start earlier.  There is a whole
storage unit as well with more boxes including audio recordings of old
conventions.

-- 
*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
<http://www.lpcolorado.org/>
Colorado State Coordinator, Libertarian Party Radical Caucus
<http://www.lpradicalcaucus.org/>

On Tuesday, December 13, 2016, Ken Moellman <ken.moellman at lpky.org> wrote:

>
> I applaud your efforts here, Caryn Ann.  We must not lose sight of our
> history.  I had the same thoughts when I was in the building on Saturday
> evening.  All of these file cabinets full of great history of the party
> should be digitized and archived. Disk space is cheaper than real estate,
> and electronic copies mean we can have an easy backup of all the data.
>
> Given that this is to be a group effort, I would suggest that LPedia is
> probably the right place to place all of this information.  The Wiki format
> better allows for collaborative volunteer projects.
>
> I can train some people on how I scanned in and used OCR to transcribe the
> old platforms for LPedia.  It's pretty straight forward, and makes the
> content searchable.
>
>
> ---
>
> Ken C. Moellman, Jr.
> LNC Region 3 Alternate Representative
> LPKY Judicial Committee
>
>
>
> On 2016-12-13 08:14, Caryn Ann Harlos wrote:
>
> 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.
>
> 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.
>
> This ties in nicely into the LP archive site and LPedia.
>
> 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.
>
> 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.
>
> 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
>
> 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.
>
>
> --
> *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
> <http://www.lpcolorado.org/>
> Colorado State Coordinator, Libertarian Party Radical Caucus
> <http://www.lpradicalcaucus.org/>
>
>
> 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
>>> <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 <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','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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