[Lnc-business] New Committee does not resolve the problem

[Ken Moellman]

All -

After my family events today, I returned to watch the last segment of the
LNC meeting, which includes the creation of the committee to review how
we're using Facebook.  I continue to have grave concerns about this.  We
are not changing the status quo.  When most organizations make a giant
mistake due to some sort of internal failing, they send in a "crisis
management" team to take immediate action to handle the situation - to
handle the external marketing and the internal procedure improvement.
Apparently, we just create yet another committee to study it.

1.  We have "only" had 2 posts with very negative response, but there have
been other bad posts as well. This motion does not prevent this from
continuing. Nothing has been done to stop this behavior.

2.  We have FB volunteers communicating directly with people via FB private
messaging, responding to negative comments. There is, to my understanding,
no APRC oversight or approval on these communications that come across to
the recipient as from "Libertarian Party".

3. We have no marketing strategy. There's no messaging. There's no
marketing.

4. We have no specific social media strategy.  The first step would be to
have a messaging and marketing strategy, and then to apply that strategy
within the realm of social media.

Simply put, creating a committee to review an existing committee (APRC) who
reviews another committee (FB Admins) who reviews another committee (FB
Volunteers) is not a solution.  It is an attempt to punt and gloss over a
glaring problem with the party.

I can spend hundreds of hours pushing ballot access. I can spend hundreds
of hours doing IT projects. No amount of foundation work matters when we
intentionally allow the negligent burning down of the structure upon which
its built.

I am currently re-evaluating my role in the party and the amount of time I
dedicate to the organization.  Maybe it's my political mid-life crisis. I
just have to question why I kill myself for an organization that kills
itself by refusing to not allow itself to be killed.
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