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<div>All:</div><div> </div><div>Thank you for selecting me to be the new Secretary of the
Libertarian National Committee. I am honored to take on this
important role. I will separately send an email to the LNC
regarding the current state of affairs regarding my secretarial
duties, but before that I would like to thank a number of
people.</div>
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<div>I first thank everyone who ran in this election: Robin
Blakey, Mark Cooke, Gary E. Johnson (TX), Bill Lester, Bill
MacElroy, Alicia Mattson, Jim McDermott, Jake McDowell, Chuck
Moulton, Anthony Pellegrino, Robert Reynolds, and Shadrack
Roberts. All of these men and women offered to volunteer their
valuable time, money, and skills to help our national party in
this time of transition, and I am grateful to them. <br>
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I especially want to thank Alicia Mattson and Chuck Moulton. I
had the privilege to see Alicia execute the duties of national
Secretary during the last LNC. Her performance of those duties
was remarkable, in that she was so effective that no one felt a
need to remark upon it! Chuck, like Alicia, is an outstanding
parliamentarian, and a dedicated Libertarian activist. I
consider both Alicia and Chuck to be friends of mine, and I hope
to see Alicia at the LNC meeting in Chicago. (Good luck in Reno at your chess event, Chuck!)</div>
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<div>I also want to thank the LNC. Chairman Neale devised, and the LNC
approved and executed, a transparent search and voting process. Despite the rather urgent need to fill the vacancy, rather than
taking hasty action, the LNC acted cautiously and deliberately
for the benefit of the party. I would like to especially thank
Dr. Jim Lark for his pro tempore performance of the Secretary's
duties.</div>
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<div>In connection with my thanks to the LNC, I especially thank John Jay Myers for his service. As you all know by now, last night Mr. Myers resigned his position on the LNC due to having too many other commitments. In honor of his support of the headquarters building, I pledge to redouble my efforts to get the national party situated into the best new space we can find.</div>
<div> </div><div>I also thank Vicki Kirkland and Mark Hinkle for their
tireless efforts to campaign for me. I spoke with Vicki almost
every day throughout the election process, from deciding whether
to run all the way through to the final day of voting. Mark was
an excellent lobbyist on my behalf, and provided insights into
campaign strategy that served very well.</div><div> </div>
<div>Finally, I want to thank someone you probably don't know: my
girlfriend. She didn't give me permission to use her name here,
so for now she'll have to remain anonymous. But she provided me
clarity of thought and the encouragement to run. When I told
her about the pros and cons of seeking this position, and that I
was having trouble making up my mind whether to run, she asked
me two questions: whether I wanted to run, and whether I could
do a good job. When I answered yes to both questions, she said,
simply: "So what's stopping you?"</div>
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<div>I won't let anything stop me from being an outstanding
national Secretary. Thank you all.</div><div> </div><div>Best regards,<br> Dave<br><br></div><div><hr> <br><b>David E. Blau, Esq.</b> <br> Chairman, Libertarian Association of Massachusetts. <a href="mailto:chair@lpmass.org" target="_blank">chair@lpmass.org</a><br>
Secretary-elect, Libertarian National Committee. <a href="mailto:David.Blau@lp.org" target="_blank">David.Blau@lp.org</a><br><a>www.lpmass.org</a> | <a>www.lp.org</a> <br><a href="tel:617.396.4253" target="_blank" value="+16173964253">617.396.4253</a></div>
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