[Lnc-business] Fwd: LNC meeting item

[Caryn Ann Harlos]

I request ten minutes for this agenda item

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From: Keith Laube <laubeeng at gmail.com>
Date: Sun, Apr 15, 2018 at 2:46 PM
Subject: LNC meeting item
To: <caryn.ann.harlos at lp.org>


We need to be gathering and sharing the number of registered Libertarians.

I recently received the 2017 annual report which includes a graph of the
number of dues paying members since 1998. Our dues paying members during
the past decade have been about 14,000 to 15,000. We should track this, but
we publicize this number too much. What we should be publicizing is the
700,000 (my guess) nationwide registered Libertarians.

A few years ago I brought this up to our membership chair and the issue was
that it was hard to obtain and one cannot register as a Libertarian in some
states. I believe we could get these numbers with a little effort and we
could count dues paying members in states where one cannot register "L". *I
would be willing to obtain and track these numbers if so delegated.*

I believe that the number of registered Libertarians has been increasing. I
think a person would be more likely to donate if they new our membership
was 700,000 and growing instead of 15,000 and steady. It is really about
building momentum and optimism using data. People want to be part of a team
moving in a positive direction toward a common goal.

Please share with the LNC, perhaps at your meeting in Denver next week.
Unfortunately I will be on a backcountry ski trip and will not be in
attendance.

You did a great job at the Colorado LP Convention last month.

Keith Laube
Montrose, Colorado
641-417-9024
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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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   I request ten minutes for this agenda item
   ---------- Forwarded message ---------
   From: Keith Laube <[1]laubeeng at gmail.com>
   Date: Sun, Apr 15, 2018 at 2:46 PM
   Subject: LNC meeting item
   To: <[2]caryn.ann.harlos at lp.org>
   We need to be gathering and sharing the number of registered
   Libertarians.
   I recently received the 2017 annual report which includes a graph of
   the number of dues paying members since 1998. Our dues paying members
   during the past decade have been about 14,000 to 15,000. We should
   track this, but we publicize this number too much. What we should be
   publicizing is the 700,000 (my guess) nationwide registered
   Libertarians.
   A few years ago I brought this up to our membership chair and the issue
   was that it was hard to obtain and one cannot register as a Libertarian
   in some states. I believe we could get these numbers with a little
   effort and we could count dues paying members in states where one
   cannot register "L". I would be willing to obtain and track these
   numbers if so delegated.
   I believe that the number of registered Libertarians has been
   increasing. I think a person would be more likely to donate if they new
   our membership was 700,000 and growing instead of 15,000 and steady. It
   is really about building momentum and optimism using data. People want
   to be part of a team moving in a positive direction toward a common
   goal.
   Please share with the LNC, perhaps at your meeting in Denver next week.
   Unfortunately I will be on a backcountry ski trip and will not be in
   attendance.
   You did a great job at the Colorado LP Convention last month.
   Keith Laube
   Montrose, Colorado
   641-417-9024

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   In Liberty,
   Caryn Ann Harlos
   Region 1 Representative, Libertarian National Committee (Alaska,
   Arizona, Colorado, Hawaii, Kansas, Montana, Utah, Wyoming, Washington)
   - [3]Caryn.Ann. Harlos at LP.org
   Communications Director, [4]Libertarian Party of Colorado
   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

References

   1. mailto:laubeeng at gmail.com
   2. mailto:caryn.ann.harlos at lp.org
   3. mailto:Caryn.Ann.Harlos at LP.org
   4. http://www.lpcolorado.org/