[Lnc-business] Developing and approving new and revised literature
Caryn Ann Harlos
caryn.ann.harlos at lp.org
Mon Jul 9 19:42:07 EDT 2018
This is wonderful and the historical archives will be of use here.
On Mon, Jul 9, 2018 at 4:47 PM, James Lark via Lnc-business <
lnc-business at hq.lp.org> wrote:
> Dear colleagues:
> I hope all is well with you. In a previous message I suggested the
> consideration of various goals for the LNC during the 2018-2020 term.
> In particular, I suggested that we consider adopting the following
> goal:
> G4: The LNC will develop and approve new and revised outreach
> literature, to be available no later than Dec. 31, 2018. Some of the
> literature (e.g., issue pamphlets) should be available in the form of
> PDFs that can be downloaded from LP.org.
> I believe the LNC should pursue this goal as part of a more general
> process of literature development and evaluation. Specifically, I
> believe we should institute an ongoing process that will accomplish the
> following tasks:
> 1) Evaluate our current literature needs
> As part of this evaluation, we should address various questions,
> including the following:
> * Do we need new literature? If so, what type of literature? Types
> of literature include:
> (a) Material focused upon a very narrow issue, such as the problems
> with the National Defense Authorization Act.
> (b) Material dealing with several issues bundled under a general topic
> heading, such as national defense, civil liberties, economic liberties,
> etc. (A special case of this type involves literature that targets
> specific demographic groups.)
> (c) A general description of the Libertarian Party and a brief
> overview of our positions on several topics.
> (d) Material that can be readily adapted by our candidates (i.e.,
> literature templates which our candidates can tailor to their specific
> needs).
> (e) "Inreach literature," which is designed to assist LP members in
> learning about the libertarian perspective, and to help our members
> become better advocates of liberty.
> (f) Material that is written in languages other than English
> (especially Spanish, Vietnamese, Korean, and Mandarin/Cantonese)
> * Is it sufficient for the LP to produce a PDF of the literature that
> can be downloaded? Should the LP arrange to have the literature
> printed in bulk in addition to making a PDF available for download? (I
> suspect this will depend upon the particular piece of literature.)
> Note: As part of our consideration, we may wish to discuss the
> preparation of signs that can be used at rallies, protests, information
> tables, etc. Such signs could be available for download (in the
> appropriate format) from LP.org.
> 2) Develop our literature
> After ascertaining our literature needs, we must do the following:
> * Determine whether what we need is already available (perhaps in the
> form of something that can be readily adapted to our needs). To assist
> in this determination (an ongoing process), I suggest that we build a
> repository of LP and "LP-friendly" literature. We should request that
> all LP-affiliated organizations (as well as some "friend of the family
> organizations") send electronic copies of their literature (or perhaps
> links to such electronic copies) to LPHQ.
> * If what we need is not already available, determine who will design
> the literature and authorize those chosen to prepare and submit their
> designs. Note: I believe we should establish a process in which we
> routinely solicit literature designs from our members and "friends of
> the family." In some cases, we may wish to establish competitions and
> prizes to encourage participation and reward excellence.
> * Determine and implement the means by which material under
> consideration will be "test-marketed" prior to selecting the literature
> to produce.
> * Determine the best designs and submit them for review to the
> Advertising and Publication Review Committee (APRC).
> * Produce the literature and make it available. (As part of this
> process, we should consider the pricing of our literature.)
> 3) Evaluate the effectiveness of our literature
> To the extent possible, we should seek to evaluate whether our
> literature is serving the purpose for which it was developed. Thus, we
> should design mechanisms to do the following:
> (a) Solicit and receive feedback about our literature from those who
> are distributing our literature and those who are reading our
> literature.
> (b) Solicit and receive feedback about our literature from selected
> target populations.
> (c) Evaluate the feedback and develop recommendations concerning our
> literature.
> 4) Evaluate our future literature needs
> Perhaps it would be appropriate for the LNC to reconstitute the
> Outreach Committee for the purpose of overseeing the literature
> development and evaluation process, with the understanding that the LNC
> will make the final choices concerning what literature to produce.
> Presumably the literature development and evaluation process will be
> guided by the goals and strategies the LNC adopts.
> In considering the more narrow issue of what new and revised
> literature we should produce prior to Dec. 31, 2018, allow me to offer
> the following comments and suggestions:
> As we proceed, we should determine what we really need in terms of
> a pamphlet. That is, perhaps what we really need is to develop an
> extensive series of issue papers for LP.org. We would also develop
> associated pamphlets/flyers that provide basic info about a given issue
> and direct the reader to LP.org for more detailed information.
> By "issue paper" I do not mean a long, scholarly treatise along the
> lines of an academic journal article or a Cato Policy Analysis. Rather,
> I mean a reasonably short article that lays out the LP position and (if
> appropriate) contains relevant graphics and photographs to illustrate
> the main points of the article. If possible, the issue paper would be
> linked to an assortment of scholarly articles to assist those
> interested in pursuing the matter in depth.
> If we choose to develop pamphlets that are more detailed than the
> "basic info + point the reader to LP.org" model mentioned above, it may
> be best to proceed by developing an extensive issue paper about a topic
> and designing a pamphlet based upon that issue paper. I suggest this
> because the marginal cost of designing a pamphlet based upon an
> extensive issue paper may be relatively small.
> Based upon my seat-of-the-pants empirical analysis, I believe we
> should consider producing pamphlets on the following topics (listed in
> no particular order):
> * Government involvement in health care and insurance markets
> * American foreign policy (in particular, the various conflicts in
> which we are currently (or were recently) engaged)
> * Immigration/emigration issues
> * Government efforts to eviscerate Fourth Amendment rights
> * Police and prosecutorial misconduct (perhaps in the context of a
> discussion of the doctrine of qualified immunity for government
> officials)
> * The massive amount of federal government spending
> * Efforts by governments to prevent people from monitoring the
> behavior of government officials (especially efforts to criminalize
> videotaping the conduct of police officers)
> * The extraordinary costs of Drug Prohibition, along with the
> increasing militarization of police
> * "Crony Capitalism"
> * Eminent domain abuses
> * "Food freedom" issues
> Some additional topics we should consider include the war on gaming
> (especially online gambling), government involvement with marriage,
> increasing efforts to regulate the Internet and tax Internet commerce,
> and government destruction of jobs via licensing laws. Unfortunately,
> there is a depressingly long list of topics about which we can prepare
> literature.
> As always, thanks for your work for liberty, and for your
> consideration of my comments and suggestions. I hope these comments
> and suggestions are helpful to you.
> Take care,
> Jim
> James W. Lark, III
> Professor, Dept. of Systems and Information Engineering
> Professor, 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
>
--
--
*In Liberty,*
*Caryn Ann Harlos*
Libertarian Party and Libertarian National Committee Secretary - Caryn.Ann.
Harlos at LP.org <Caryn.Ann.Harlos at LP.org> or Secretary at LP.org.
Chair, LP Historical Preservation Committee - LPedia at LP.org
A haiku to the Statement of Principles:
*We defend your rights*
*And oppose the use of force*
*Taxation is theft*
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This is wonderful and the historical archives will be of use here.
On Mon, Jul 9, 2018 at 4:47 PM, James Lark via Lnc-business
<[1]lnc-business at hq.lp.org> wrote:
Dear colleagues:
I hope all is well with you. In a previous message I
suggested the
consideration of various goals for the LNC during the 2018-2020
term.
In particular, I suggested that we consider adopting the
following
goal:
G4: The LNC will develop and approve new and revised outreach
literature, to be available no later than Dec. 31, 2018. Some of
the
literature (e.g., issue pamphlets) should be available in the
form of
PDFs that can be downloaded from LP.org.
I believe the LNC should pursue this goal as part of a more
general
process of literature development and evaluation. Specifically,
I
believe we should institute an ongoing process that will
accomplish the
following tasks:
1) Evaluate our current literature needs
As part of this evaluation, we should address various
questions,
including the following:
* Do we need new literature? If so, what type of literature?
Types
of literature include:
(a) Material focused upon a very narrow issue, such as the
problems
with the National Defense Authorization Act.
(b) Material dealing with several issues bundled under a general
topic
heading, such as national defense, civil liberties, economic
liberties,
etc. (A special case of this type involves literature that
targets
specific demographic groups.)
(c) A general description of the Libertarian Party and a brief
overview of our positions on several topics.
(d) Material that can be readily adapted by our candidates
(i.e.,
literature templates which our candidates can tailor to their
specific
needs).
(e) "Inreach literature," which is designed to assist LP members
in
learning about the libertarian perspective, and to help our
members
become better advocates of liberty.
(f) Material that is written in languages other than English
(especially Spanish, Vietnamese, Korean, and Mandarin/Cantonese)
* Is it sufficient for the LP to produce a PDF of the literature
that
can be downloaded? Should the LP arrange to have the literature
printed in bulk in addition to making a PDF available for
download? (I
suspect this will depend upon the particular piece of
literature.)
Note: As part of our consideration, we may wish to discuss the
preparation of signs that can be used at rallies, protests,
information
tables, etc. Such signs could be available for download (in the
appropriate format) from LP.org.
2) Develop our literature
After ascertaining our literature needs, we must do the
following:
* Determine whether what we need is already available (perhaps
in the
form of something that can be readily adapted to our needs). To
assist
in this determination (an ongoing process), I suggest that we
build a
repository of LP and "LP-friendly" literature. We should request
that
all LP-affiliated organizations (as well as some "friend of the
family
organizations") send electronic copies of their literature (or
perhaps
links to such electronic copies) to LPHQ.
* If what we need is not already available, determine who will
design
the literature and authorize those chosen to prepare and submit
their
designs. Note: I believe we should establish a process in which
we
routinely solicit literature designs from our members and
"friends of
the family." In some cases, we may wish to establish
competitions and
prizes to encourage participation and reward excellence.
* Determine and implement the means by which material under
consideration will be "test-marketed" prior to selecting the
literature
to produce.
* Determine the best designs and submit them for review to the
Advertising and Publication Review Committee (APRC).
* Produce the literature and make it available. (As part of
this
process, we should consider the pricing of our literature.)
3) Evaluate the effectiveness of our literature
To the extent possible, we should seek to evaluate whether
our
literature is serving the purpose for which it was developed.
Thus, we
should design mechanisms to do the following:
(a) Solicit and receive feedback about our literature from those
who
are distributing our literature and those who are reading our
literature.
(b) Solicit and receive feedback about our literature from
selected
target populations.
(c) Evaluate the feedback and develop recommendations concerning
our
literature.
4) Evaluate our future literature needs
Perhaps it would be appropriate for the LNC to reconstitute
the
Outreach Committee for the purpose of overseeing the literature
development and evaluation process, with the understanding that
the LNC
will make the final choices concerning what literature to
produce.
Presumably the literature development and evaluation process will
be
guided by the goals and strategies the LNC adopts.
In considering the more narrow issue of what new and revised
literature we should produce prior to Dec. 31, 2018, allow me to
offer
the following comments and suggestions:
As we proceed, we should determine what we really need in
terms of
a pamphlet. That is, perhaps what we really need is to develop
an
extensive series of issue papers for LP.org. We would also
develop
associated pamphlets/flyers that provide basic info about a given
issue
and direct the reader to LP.org for more detailed information.
By "issue paper" I do not mean a long, scholarly treatise
along the
lines of an academic journal article or a Cato Policy Analysis.
Rather,
I mean a reasonably short article that lays out the LP position
and (if
appropriate) contains relevant graphics and photographs to
illustrate
the main points of the article. If possible, the issue paper
would be
linked to an assortment of scholarly articles to assist those
interested in pursuing the matter in depth.
If we choose to develop pamphlets that are more detailed than
the
"basic info + point the reader to LP.org" model mentioned above,
it may
be best to proceed by developing an extensive issue paper about a
topic
and designing a pamphlet based upon that issue paper. I suggest
this
because the marginal cost of designing a pamphlet based upon an
extensive issue paper may be relatively small.
Based upon my seat-of-the-pants empirical analysis, I believe
we
should consider producing pamphlets on the following topics
(listed in
no particular order):
* Government involvement in health care and insurance markets
* American foreign policy (in particular, the various conflicts
in
which we are currently (or were recently) engaged)
* Immigration/emigration issues
* Government efforts to eviscerate Fourth Amendment rights
* Police and prosecutorial misconduct (perhaps in the context of
a
discussion of the doctrine of qualified immunity for government
officials)
* The massive amount of federal government spending
* Efforts by governments to prevent people from monitoring the
behavior of government officials (especially efforts to
criminalize
videotaping the conduct of police officers)
* The extraordinary costs of Drug Prohibition, along with the
increasing militarization of police
* "Crony Capitalism"
* Eminent domain abuses
* "Food freedom" issues
Some additional topics we should consider include the war on
gaming
(especially online gambling), government involvement with
marriage,
increasing efforts to regulate the Internet and tax Internet
commerce,
and government destruction of jobs via licensing laws.
Unfortunately,
there is a depressingly long list of topics about which we can
prepare
literature.
As always, thanks for your work for liberty, and for your
consideration of my comments and suggestions. I hope these
comments
and suggestions are helpful to you.
Take care,
Jim
James W. Lark, III
Professor, Dept. of Systems and Information Engineering
Professor, 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
--
--
In Liberty,
Caryn Ann Harlos
Libertarian Party and Libertarian National Committee Secretary
- [2]Caryn.Ann. Harlos at LP.org or Secretary at LP.org.
Chair, LP Historical Preservation Committee - LPedia at LP.org
A haiku to the Statement of Principles:
We defend your rights
And oppose the use of force
Taxation is theft
References
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2. mailto:Caryn.Ann.Harlos at LP.org
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