[Lnc-business] Email Ballot 2017-13: Issues of LPNews

Alicia Mattson agmattson at gmail.com
Mon Jul 3 15:57:50 EDT 2017


Arvin, I'm not able to count your vote because it was cast too late.  The
voting period ended at midnight on Saturday.

-Alicia


On Mon, Jul 3, 2017 at 8:52 AM, Arvin Vohra <votevohra at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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
> -----
>
> 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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