[Lnc-business] Social Media Links on LNC page on lp.org

[Justin O'Donnell]

While I would agree with Mr Phillips that taking cues from the Other 
Parties may not be the best guiding rod, in the age of social media it 
is becoming more and more common for members to reach out to us there 
rather than via traditional email. I can see the merit in listing 
people's official pages as another point of contact for members to reach 
members of this body. However, I would be against listing personal pages 
and profiles, and only be in favor of listing managed Professional pages 
as such a point of contact. And at the same time, it may be 
unprofessional of us to list pages for members that exist not primarily 
in regards to their positions with this body, but rather to promote 
their Candidacy for public office.

For Example, Ms Harlos runs a page specifically for the purpose of 
outreach AS The LNC Secretary to reach out to members, and the page is 
titled and managed as such. I would have no problem listing this page as 
a point of contact.

However, the only official verified page I control on Facebook or 
twitter is solely promoting my candidacy for public office, and not my 
position with the LNC, I would be opposed to listing my own page for 
that reason, as well as listing other pages i'm aware that other members 
of the Body similarly manage.

The simple answer is that those of us without official pages simply 
create new ones, separate from our campaign activities - But that would 
be a requirement for me to support the idea. I largely support it now, 
and honestly don't understand the objection to providing another point 
of contact for our members to more easily reach out to the LNC, so long 
as it is done in an official manner, not representing people's personal 
profiles as official.


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Yours in Liberty,

Justin O'Donnell
LNC Region 8 Representative
LPNH Alternate- LNC Platform Committee
Chair- LPNH Platform Committee
Candidate for US Congress, NH-2
www.odonnell2018.org

On 2018-08-30 17:48, john.phillips--- via Lnc-business wrote:
> Lol Craig, while I agree with your point, and really could argue this
>    one both ways, I have to throw out there that the GOP and DNC 
> already
>    doing it is probably an argument against for lots of us.
>    I am very mildly inclined against, but not enough to even think 
> about
>    it except when it is in my inbox, much less take any effort to argue
>    it.
>    John Phillips
>    Libertarian National Committee Region 6 Representative
>    Cell [1]217-412-5973
> 
>    ------ Original message------
>    From: Craig Bowden via Lnc-business
>    Date: Thu, Aug 30, 2018 4:38 PM
>    To: [2]lnc-business at hq.lp.org;
>    Cc: Craig Bowden;
>    Subject:Re: [Lnc-business] Social Media Links on LNC page on 
> [3]lp.org
> Just going to throw it out there that this is actually a standard
> operating practice for political parties.
> 
> GOP links Twitter: [4]https://www.gop.com/leaders/national/
> DNC links Twitter: [5]https://www.democrats.org/about/our-leaders
> 
> I am not saying that it is necessary per se, but this is already being
> done regularly.
> 
> Regards,
> Craig Bowden
> Region 1 Alternate
> 
> References
> 
>    1. tel:217-412-5973
>    2. mailto:lnc-business at hq.lp.org
>    3. http://lp.org/
>    4. https://www.gop.com/leaders/national/
>    5. https://www.democrats.org/about/our-leaders