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

Tue Aug 6 13:28:36 EDT 2019

Thank you, Jeff.

Best wishes.

On Tue, Aug 6, 2019, 10:00 AM Jeff Lyons via Lnc-business <
lnc-business at hq.lp.org> 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.
>
> --
> In Liberty,
> Jeff Lyons
>
> Former Region 8 Alternate
> https://www.lp.org/wethepeople/?f=jly
>
> Libertarian Assoc. of MA
> Former State Chair
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