[Lnc-business] Jul Membership Report

[Patrick McKnight]

Jason,

That's fantastic! Congratulations! Do you have some best practices you can
share? NJ registered voters are also exploding, but we haven't been able to
convert that into national memberships which is what's at issue. Have you
also experienced that in Nevada?

Caryn Ann, thank you as always for your hard work. But I'm not sure why you
are getting so defensive, with all due respect this isn't about "you". This
is about the fact we are a national organizations without a national
strategy to stop losing members. Is our national strategy for LNC members
to call people in their free time? That's a nice gesture but I don't see
that as a solution. I suspect there is something wrong with our brand and
the way we are messaging our principles. But at this point I don't think
anyone really knows because we haven't asked our members for their feedback.

I have made a suggestion that we do a survey of our members to gather this
information. Then we can use this data to construct a strategy.

Thanks,
Patrick McKnight
LNC Region 8
Chair, NJLP

On Fri, Aug 11, 2017 at 8:30 AM, Caryn Ann Harlos <carynannharlos at gmail.com>
wrote:

> How many LNC members took me up on my challenge to call lapsed members?
>
> It's easy to say what others or "we" should do.
>
> The last time you said this Patrick I took it to heart and *I* did
> something.
>
> I call lapsed members nearly every day.
>
> It's hard to get people on the phone, but when I do (do we want the
> truth?) this is what I hear in order of frequency:
>
> 1. Economy is bad and they lost their job
> 2. They've been a member and they felt we're no longer representing what
> we claim to (i.e. the last election was a missed opportunity, the
> candidates did not represent a different enough liberty message)
> 3. Waxing and waning interest in politics concurrent with the election
> seasons
>
> That is what I hear.  The stories of number 1 are heartbreaking.  I've
> gotten my rear chewed out with stories of 2 and managed to retain some of
> them by being nice and letting them yell.
>
> My effort alone is obviously a drop in a sea. But I decided to be part of
> the solution.
>
> -Caryn Ann
>
>
>
> On Fri, Aug 11, 2017 at 6:21 AM Patrick McKnight <patrick.joseph.mcknight@
> gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> All,
>>
>> I don't understand why our declining membership isn't our number one
>> priority as an organization. These reports come out showing we have a real
>> problem and no one seems to notice. Too often the LNC is too busy having
>> pointless philosophical debates amongst ourselves while people are voting
>> with their feet and leaving the party.
>>
>> I would like us to do an email survey of our membership to determine what
>> people like and don't like about the party. I don't accept this culture of
>> failure that since our numbers went up last year they have to go down this
>> year.
>>
>> I don't pretend to have all the answers to this problem. But I think a
>> good place to start is simply asking our membership. It would be free and
>> we might learn something.
>>
>> Interest in liberty is exploding, if our numbers don't reflect that we
>> are doing something wrong.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Patrick McKnight
>> LNC Region 8 Rep
>> Chair, New Jersey Libertarian Party
>>
>> On Fri, Aug 4, 2017 at 10:13 AM, Robert Kraus <robert.kraus at lp.org>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Attached thank you for pointing that out!
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Live Free!​​​​
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> *Robert*
>>>
>>>
>>> Robert S. Kraus - Dir of Operations
>>> Operations at LP.org
>>> Libertarian National Committee
>>> Ph: 202.333.0008 x 231 <(202)%20333-0008>
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>>>
>>>
>>> Join today: https://www.lp.org/membership
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>>> *From:* Lnc-business [mailto:lnc-business-bounces at hq.lp.org] *On Behalf
>>> Of *Aaron Starr
>>> *Sent:* Thursday, August 03, 2017 4:32 PM
>>> *To:* lnc-business at hq.lp.org; lnc-business at lp.org; 'LP-State Chairs';
>>> staff at lp.org
>>> *Subject:* Re: [Lnc-business] Jul Membership Report
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Robert,
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> For some reason the report compares July 2017 with June 2016, so the
>>> prior year data point did not get updated from last month’s report.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Can you revise this report to compare July 2017 with July 2016?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Aaron Starr
>>>
>>> (805) 583-3308 Home
>>>
>>> (805) 404-8693 Mobile
>>>
>>> starrcpa at gmail.com
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> *From:* Lnc-business [mailto:lnc-business-bounces at hq.lp.org] *On Behalf
>>> Of *Robert Kraus
>>> *Sent:* Thursday, August 03, 2017 9:32 AM
>>> *To:* lnc-business at lp.org; 'LP-State Chairs'; staff at lp.org
>>> *Subject:* [Lnc-business] Jul Membership Report
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Jul Membership Report is attached. Open to find out who is no longer
>>> tied for 10th!
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Live Free!​​​​
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> *Robert*
>>>
>>> Robert S. Kraus - Dir of Operations
>>> Operations at LP.org
>>> Libertarian National Committee, Inc.
>>>
>>> 1444 Duke Street
>>>
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>>>
>>>
>>> Join today: https://www.lp.org/membership
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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>
> Chair, LP Historical Preservation Committee
>
> A haiku to the Statement of Principles:
> *We defend your rights*
> *And oppose the use of force*
> *Taxation is theft*
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