<p dir="ltr">I have found subsequent arguments persuasive, and so am less confident in my approval. </p>
<p dir="ltr">I would respectfully disagree with the vice chair, for largely the reasons Dr. Lieberman mentions. I like the solution oriented approach, but I disagree with forcing it on LNC members on the website. Also, the primary readers will likely be LP members, not the public at large, but the public at large will also read what is written, raising the concerns the Secretary raises, plus the difficulty in writing for a split audience. </p>
<p dir="ltr">I would instead propose having open comments on everything on the website. Then, if an LNC member chooses to comment, it is clear that it isn't under color of office, since anyone can comment, although they can choose to include their identity and title if they think it will lend credence. </p>
<p dir="ltr">If an LNC member wishes to post elsewhere under color of office, they are free to. Many of us do, and at the regional level, we have more direct means of speaking to constituents. If an LNC member wants to post on the website officially, or other have an LP branded statement, they can go through the APRC. </p>
<p dir="ltr">If we do go this route, though, I would disagree with then specifying what people can say. Without open posting, the justification for allowing posts without APRC approval is board member status, which out ranks staff and most management (we have a combined chair and CEO, hence most.) So either we entrust board members in this way, or we don't. Or limit it to some subset, say, those who do or may supervise staff directly, ie. Chair and Vice Chair. </p>
<p dir="ltr">Joshua Katz </p>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Jul 30, 2014 10:23 AM, "Scott L." <<a href="mailto:scott73@earthlink.net">scott73@earthlink.net</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font color="black" face="Verdana"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:black">When I read the e-mail
below, I get the feeling that the Vice-Chair is perfectly OK with LNC members
getting to post articles on the LP’s blog, as long as the Vice-Chair
approves of the content.<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font color="black" face="Verdana"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:black">All of us on the LNC are
here because various subsets of our membership feel that we are qualified to be
here. I don’t think it is a good idea to then permit a small,
select group of LNC members to censor fellow LNC member’s blog posts
because that small, select group disagrees with their content.<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font color="black" face="Verdana"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:black">I <b><span style="font-weight:bold">might </span></b>be willing to give after-the-fact
censorship power to a super-majority of the entire LNC, or perhaps to a
super-majority of the EC.<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font color="black" face="Verdana"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:black">Permitting LNC members
to blog on the official LP web site will open a can of worms that yet again
focuses the LNC’s attention on trivial internal governance matters,
rather than on our <u></u><u></u>Mission<u></u><u></u>
of electing Libertarians to public office.<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font color="black" face="Verdana"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:black">So – I recommend
that we do NOT permit LNC members to post blog articles on the LP’s web
site. It’s not like our web site is the only web site on the
Internet that permits libertarians to post articles.<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
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Scott Lieberman<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><font face="Tahoma"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold">“From:</span></font></b><font face="Tahoma"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma">
Lnc-business [mailto:<a href="mailto:lnc-business-bounces@hq.lp.org" target="_blank">lnc-business-bounces@hq.lp.org</a>] <b><span style="font-weight:bold">On Behalf Of </span></b>Arvin Vohra<br>
<b><span style="font-weight:bold">Sent:</span></b> Tuesday, July 29, 2014 10:33
PM<br>
<b><span style="font-weight:bold">To:</span></b> <a href="mailto:lnc-business@hq.lp.org" target="_blank">lnc-business@hq.lp.org</a><br>
<b><span style="font-weight:bold">Subject:</span></b> Re: [Lnc-business] LNC
Member Blogging</span></font><u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Hi all - this was something I advocated for last term, before I
properly understood the ramifications. At this point, I am much more hesitant.<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">If we can set very clear guidelines, that keep this on message, I'm for
it. Those guidelines, in my mind, would be basically similar to Who's Driving.<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">1. Must at some point bring up cutting/repealing/dismantling existing
government structures. Not just blocking future increases, dismantling current
structures.<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">3. This one is obvious. A post should not, even for a moment, even
inadvertently, advocate for more government.<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Our blog is a marketing instrument. Any marketing instrument must make
sure the clients (voters), at the very least,<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">And we aren't offering Hayek, our own personal life experiences, or an
edgy brand. We are offering less government and more freedom. We are offering
to downsize, dismantle, cut, abolish, and repeal. At this point, most of the
country Does Not Know What We Are Offering. Most of the information being
shared is flat out wrong. Some if this is because of D and R misinformation,
but most of it comes from our own uncontrolled, constantly off message,
presentation.<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Most of the country believes the Libertarian tax position is Fair Tax,
not eliminating the income tax. Most of the country understands us in terms of
our beliefs (Socially Liberal and Fiscally Conservative), not in terms of what
service we are offering (cutting government.) Many of the people who do vote
for us are not voting because of what we're offering, but because of irritation
with our opponents. <u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Anyway, I know we have an amazing talent pool on this LNC. I agree that
using it on our blog has great potential. But used in an off-message,
undirected way, I believe it will do more harm than good. Thus, I would
strongly support this with the above guidelines, or an alternative set of
guidelines that makes sure that we are marketing effectively by putting our
unique selling proposition front and center of every post.<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
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