[Lnc-business] Jul Membership Report

Fri Aug 11 08:50:02 EDT 2017

It's not defensive- it's tired of talk and this same speech.

Doing is better than talking.  I support your email idea.

I was wondering what everyone did since last meeting.

Yelling at the rest of the LNC isn't helpful.

-Caryn Ann

On Fri, Aug 11, 2017 at 6:46 AM Patrick McKnight <
patrick.joseph.mcknight at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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 at 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>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Join today: https://www.lp.org/membership
>>>>
>>>> LP FB Page: https://www.facebook.com/libertarians
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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
>>>>
>>>> Alexandria, VA 22314
>>>> Ph: 202.333.0008 x 231 <(202)%20333-0008>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Join today: https://www.lp.org/membership
>>>>
>>>> LP FB Page: https://www.facebook.com/libertarians
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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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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*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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