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

[Daniel Fishman]

I guess this mean Hewitt wins as best dressed Jeff on the LNC.
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Daniel Fishman
Executive Director
The Libertarian Party
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On Wed, Aug 7, 2019 at 2:45 PM Alex Merced (LNC Vice Chair) via
Lnc-business <lnc-business at hq.lp.org> wrote:

> 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
> >>
> >>
> >>
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