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

[Alex Merced (LNC Vice Chair)]

Jeff,

 Thank you for everything you’ve done, are doing and will do for what we all believe in. I’ll be sad we won’t get to talk Karaoke at the next LNC meeting, but as always excited to see you continue to skyrocket in your efforts and results.

I’m always a call or text away when you need anything.

Alex Merced
Vice Chair of the Libertarian National Committee/LP

> On Aug 7, 2019, at 2:58 AM, Caryn Ann Harlos via Lnc-business <lnc-business at hq.lp.org> wrote:
> 
> Living the dream brother!
> 
> *In Liberty,*
> 
> * Personal Note:  I have what is commonly known as Asperger's Syndrome
> (part of the autism spectrum).  This can affect inter-personal
> communication skills in both personal and electronic arenas.  If anyone
> found anything offensive or overly off-putting (or some other social faux
> pas), please contact me privately and let me know.  *
> 
> 
> 
> On Tue, Aug 6, 2019 at 11:50 AM John Phillips via Lnc-business <
> lnc-business at hq.lp.org> wrote:
> 
>> Dammit Jeff. At least you waited until after Dan was here to keep me
>> apprised of where the Karaoke is.
>> 
>> Good luck brother, you'll be missed.
>> 
>> John Phillips
>> Libertarian National Committee Region 6 Representative
>> Cell 217-412-5973
>> 
>> On Aug 6, 2019 11:00 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
>> http://www.lpmass.org/join
>> 
>> 
>>