[Lnc-business] Email Ballot 2017-13: Issues of LPNews
Arvin Vohra
votevohra at gmail.com
Mon Jul 3 11:52:15 EDT 2017
Yes
On Jul 1, 2017 7:46 PM, "Starchild" <sfdreamer at earthlink.net> wrote:
I vote *no* on this motion, for the reasons discussed in my June 20 message
below.
Love & Liberty,
((( starchild )))
At-Large Representative, Libertarian National Committee
RealReform at earthlink.net
(415) 625-FREE
@StarchildSF
On Jun 20, 2017, at 5:24 PM, Starchild wrote:
Thanks, Wes. I'm glad you clarified, because your initial message had given
me the impression that unexpected and possibly important stuff had come up.
Here it sounds like you are talking about just the usual competing
priorities. It seems to me that the pressure to reduce newsletter
production in favor of doing things like fundraising, writing press
releases, improving the website, corresponding with state affiliates, etc.,
will always be there, and maybe even more so during campaign season when
things are presumably busier. If we succumb to this pressure, I think the
tendency over time will be to put out LP News less and less frequently. I
don't recall, but wouldn't be surprised if the initial move to stop
publishing the newspaper monthly and go to a less frequent schedule was
prompted by a similar rationale about needing to focus on other stuff, and
put forward as a temporary measure, and that this is how we lost our
monthly publication.
It's not so much that *I* miss getting LP News every month, or would miss
that extra issue if we drop below publishing bi-monthly, as what I think is
best for the party. Although I think the publication could use a broader
focus (e.g. more coverage of government injustices, especially those likely
to generate passion and outrage, more inspiring stories of people who
aren't necessarily big-L Libertarians fighting for freedom, etc.), I would
rather see it improved than cut back. You mention membership numbers going
down, and that something needs to be done about that. I'd suggest that
cutting the most concrete thing we give dues-paying members (a physical
copy of LP News), would not be productive in this regard. Especially during
a post-election year when we historically expect many members to drop, it
seems unwise to short people on receiving this tangible benefit of
membership without a stronger reason than the competing demands of the
regular workload. That's my 2ยข anyway.
Love & Liberty,
((( starchild )))
At-Large Representative, Libertarian National Committee
RealReform at earthlink.net
(415) 625-FREE
@StarchildSF
On Jun 20, 2017, at 4:38 PM, Wes Benedict wrote:
A quick follow-up: I will not be upset regardless of how the LNC votes on
this. I'm a bit flattered (for the organization) that many of you would
feel like you were missing out by missing one issue of LP News--glad you
all want to keep it going and many thanks to Carla who has served as editor
for a couple years on that.
Wes Benedict, Executive Director
Libertarian National Committee, Inc.
1444 Duke St., Alexandria, VA 22314(202) 333-0008 ext. 232
<(202)%20333-0008>, wes.benedict at lp.orgfacebook.com/libertarians
@LPNational
Join the Libertarian Party at: http://lp.org/membership
On 6/20/2017 7:32 PM, Wes Benedict wrote:
The short answer is "everything I do except LP News." But let me elaborate
on some of the things I need to get done that I've had time giving enough
attention to:
Interviewing prospects and hiring: Press Secretary, Candidate Support
Specialist, Members Services manager (we have a temp member services
manager, Mat, who I want to get back on phoning for renewals).
Working with those new people to insure good integration into the
organization.
Our website still needs plenty of improvements, like our current list of
candidates.
Well thought-out facebook prospecting ads where we monitor closely the
R.O.I. (you don't want to just spend money and count views and clicks).
Eric produced profitable facebook membership ads for us in the past. Others
haven't been able to do that for me.
More press releases on current issues.
We've done some prospecting to the Johnson for President 2016 list, but
need to do more of that via email, facebook, and snail mail. Our contract
for that data makes the process a bit more cumbersome than would be
obvious.
Better integration or at least syncing between Raisers Edge and our email
blast service.
Our attorney is waiting on me for some info a ballot access case.
A state affiliate is waiting on me for some helpful registered libertarian
data that I'll also make available to other states if I have time to let
them know about it.
Membership numbers are going down. Need to work on that more.
Take the time to respond to Andy, the petitioners, collecting of names for
us to send membership invitations to to say "thanks, we'll send membership
inquiry packages--of the 60 or so that we've sent in recent years that were
legible enough, we raised $10, so worth doing when we have the names, but
not worth making a top priority compared to just getting our petitioners to
focus and do good work getting signatures."
Eric's a big help to me on a lot of important things I need help with (he's
already started making website fixes that used to take me long to describe
in detail--now I can tell him real quick in person and he's getting things
working better).
But seriously, I'm overloaded with many major things. Outside help is
sometimes helpful, but not always so easy to use--I've spent quite a bit of
time lately explaining FEC rules and regulations to people who are
helping--takes time with new folks--some outside help from volunteers ends
up taking a lot of time perhaps counter-intuitively.
When I can't give staff the attention they need to make themselves helpful,
it hurts their productivity. I think I'd be better off having staff work
on other projects than that 6th issue of LP News this year.
I do try to prioritize. There are 4 major inputs that affect my
prioritization: 1) my thoughts of course, 2) the chairs, 3) the LNC's, 4)
significant opportunities that pop up out of the blue that are worth taking
advantage of.
We can do all 6 LP News issues if that's what the LNC requests. It's a
minor decision for you all regardless of which direction you go and will
have a minor impact--not a major decision in my opinion.
Thanks for asking.
I am unable to answer all the emails and calls I get.
Wes Benedict, Executive Director
Libertarian National Committee, Inc.
1444 Duke St., Alexandria, VA 22314(202) 333-0008 ext. 232
<(202)%20333-0008>, wes.benedict at lp.orgfacebook.com/libertarians
@LPNational
Join the Libertarian Party at: http://lp.org/membership
On 6/20/2017 7:06 PM, Starchild wrote:
Before voting on this, I'd like to hear what Wes wants to spend staff time
on that would otherwise be spent producing an issue of LP News. I don't see
how we can make an informed decision on the merits of the motion without
that information.
Love & Liberty,
((( starchild )))
At-Large Representative, Libertarian National Committee
RealReform at earthlink.net
(415) 625-FREE
@StarchildSF
On Jul 1, 2017, at 2:19 PM, James Lark wrote:
Dear colleagues:
I hope all is well with you. I am writing in my capacity as Region 5
representative to vote "aye" on the motion.
As always, thanks for your work for liberty.
Take care,
Jim
James W. Lark, III
Dept. of Systems and Information Engineering
Applied Mathematics Program, Dept. of Engineering and Society
Affiliated Faculty, Dept. of Statistics
University of Virginia
Advisor, The Liberty Coalition
University of Virginia
Region 5 Representative, Libertarian National Committee
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On 6/21/2017 4:48 AM, Alicia Mattson wrote:
We have an electronic mail ballot.
*Votes are due to the LNC-Business list by July 1, 2017 at 11:59:59pm
Pacific time. *
*Co-Sponsors:* Hayes, Bilyeu, Goldstein, Redpath, Harlos, Demarest
*Motion:* to allow staff the discretion to choose between publishing a
total of five or six physical issues of LPNews for the year of 2017,
subject to the approval of the Chairman.
-Alicia
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