[Lnc-business] Notice of Vacating Region 8 Alternate, Committees and Roles.

[Elizabeth Van Horn]

Jeff,

I communicated out on social media with you, and will extend my 
congratulations and best wishes to you here as well.

It's been a pleasure to work with you, and you'll be missed. The 
non-profit organization you've joined is fortunate to have you on board.

Thank you for all the effort you've put into the Liberty movement and 
the LP.  Your hard work is much appreciated.

Warmest regards,

Elizabeth Van Horn

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Elizabeth Van Horn
LNC Region 3 Representative (IN, MI, OH, KY)



On 2019-08-06 12:00, Jeff Lyons via Lnc-business wrote:
> Mr. Chairman, Distinguished Colleagues, Friends;
> 
>      Let me start by saying that it has been *quite* an illuminating
> experience this past year that I have served on the Libertarian
> National Committee as its Region 8 Alternate, serving the Northeast-
> New York, New Jersey, and the New England States.  I have enjoyed the
> work we do, the time we have spent doing it, and the nature in which
> we do it!
> 
> I'm incredibly thankful to be a part of this movement with you all.  I
> have met libertarians from every corner of this country and seen the
> work that they do to fight for the liberty of others.  I have traveled
> to numerous meetings and conventions, even helped plan a convention or
> two of my own in Massachusetts while serving as the state chairman.  I
> visited the Sarwark for Mayor campaign offices in Phoenix, Arizona.  I
> knocked doors for County Supervisor Jeff Hewitt's campaign, got to see
> the genius of Boomer Shannon at work.  I phone-banked for the Building
> Fund at our very own LPHQ building. I have visited State Conventions
> in Texas, California, New Jersey, New Hampshire, Rhode Island,
> Connecticut, and an UnConvention in Omaha. Everywhere I've gone, I
> have seen selfless volunteers fighting in complete defiance of the
> stated odds, because win or lose- principles matter.
> 
> Often unacknowledged and unrewarded, the Libertarian Party continues
> to fight for your rights.  In American culture, when we meet a
> military service-member, people usually say "Thank you for your
> service," because we believe that the military fights and defends our
> rights.  As I have grown into an anti-authority, non-obedient, and
> anti-war military veteran, I've always suppressed the urge to discuss
> the underlying issues packed into that phrase like a "woke" social
> justice warrior, and I just respond "Thank YOU!"  But I would like to
> share with you all who feel the world pays little mind to this work
> and doesn't appreciate us, among most of my military buddies I
> frequently get compliments out of the blue and support from them about
> the work they see me doing in the Liberty movement.
> 
> Think about that - active duty troops thanking a libertarian for their
> service, thanking them for the work they do to fight for freedom, and
> wishing they could do the same.  I have said it before and I'll say it
> again - Military Veterans are the key to liberty, they were willing to
> die to defend it when they signed up, and we can tell them they don't
> have to die for this, they can fight alongside us for peace,
> prosperity and freedom.  So on behalf of me and my military brethren
> who are out their fighting and dying for this country because of the
> policy mistakes of our government, I want to let all the libertarians
> out there know they are counting on us, and most of them support us.
> This work is important, it is recognized and it is deeply appreciated
> by many.
> 
> I have been honored time and time again that Libertarians have turned
> to me for leadership, as Campaign Manager for Dan Fishman's Auditor
> Campaign, as a delegate to the National Convention, as Chair of
> LPMass, and as one of the most active alternates on the Libertarian
> National Committee thanks to Mr. O'Donnell's Senate Campaign. I have
> learned a lot about this business of fighting for liberty, and it has
> been an honor to fight along side the likes of you.  I will continue
> to fight for liberty, but I must now shift the capacity in which I do
> so.
> 
> I have been offered paid work in liberty movement at a non-profit that
> has requested that I relinquish all partisan affectations and titles.
> As many hardworking libertarian volunteers well know, this is a dream
> come true for most of us, and I would be remiss to turn this
> opportunity down. My goal has been and will always remain fighting for
> increased liberty for all, by any means necessary, and I must now make
> a decision about how best to apply myself.
> 
> Region 8 Representative O'Donnell and I discussed this possibility and
> planned contingencies for when this time arrived before I accepted an
> internship in the Development Field which lead me away from New
> England.  Regardless of my future employer's request which was
> foreseeable, I will now reside in Texas and though my roots in the
> Northeast run deep, I will not be present to be involved in the
> organization of grassroots activities and I will not be accessible in
> the way the region needs me to be, and therefore Mr. O'Donnell and I
> decided when that time came it would be necessary for me to be
> relieved of this post.
> 
> Therefore, effective immediately, I hereby resign from all partisan
> roles, positions, and committees within the Libertarian Party. As a
> Lifetime Member of the LP, I will remain a friend and a resource to
> the party in my personal capacity whenever I can.  Mr. O'Donnell is
> preparing to send out notice of vacancy and the State Chairs in the
> Region will begin the process of soliciting applications and voting on
> a replacement in the coming weeks.  Mr. O'Donnell and I expect no
> interruptions in representation will occur in the interim.  It will
> probably just get a little quieter on the e-mail list for a while.
> 
> Thank you for all you do to fight for the liberty of others.