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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:black'>I apologize for not
replying to this e-mail sooner. I was out of town last weekend, so today
is “e-mail catch-up day.”<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font size=2
face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'> Starchild
[mailto:sfdreamer@earthlink.net] <br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Monday, September 08, 2014
7:41 PM<br>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-tab-span><font size=3 color=black
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>“</span></font></span><font
size=1 face=Arial><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial'>While I agree
with Brett and Scott that the calendar (<a href="http://www.lp.org/event">http://www.lp.org/event</a>)
is embarrassing as it is due to the paucity of content, there's a better
solution than deleting it or limiting what's listed there to LNC meetings and
conventions. It would be more embarrassing not to have a calendar on-site at
all, or to have one that's even more limited.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 face=Arial><span style='font-size:9.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Activists won't only be interested in stuff happening in
their own states. People have friends, family, relatives, colleagues living in
other places. People travel -- I've attended Libertarian happenings in other
places while traveling, and we've had out of town people show up at our local
events. We meet people at outreach events who live elsewhere. Of course we
could simply refer these people to their state party's website or something,
but if you want to maximize the likelihood of someone getting involved, it's
better to make it easy for them. That way you can say, "I see here that
the LP in your town meets on (day/time/place)," or "Hey, did you know
the Libertarian Party in your state will be having a _____________ happening at
(day/time/place)?<font color=black><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></font></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:black'> starchild</span></font><font
size=1 face=Arial><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial'>"<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:black'>starchild – to “make
it easy for them” in terms of having all events on the National Party’s
web site in addition to the relevant state LP web site, there is a cost in
terms of staff time, but more importantly, the calendar would quickly become
too busy to be useful.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:black'>That is why it is
better to refer prospective attendees to continuously updated event calendars
that are kept on each state party’s web site.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:
9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>“</span></font><font size=1
face=Arial><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial'>The problem with
just saying "Let the affiliates keep their own calendars" is
that calendars on state party websites tend to suffer from the same
problem -- too few people have access to post events, and consequently little
gets posted, because it's just too much trouble in most cases to contact the state
party with an event, get the info to the right person who can post it to the
website, then wait for them to get the listing up and hope they get it right.
Activists *<i><span style='font-style:italic'>might</span></i>* be willing to
deal with this red tape to send in their own events, if they know who to contact
and can rely on the info getting posted promptly, but if they have to go
through this process every time they want to see a libertarian event they come
across that's of interest to LP members posted, they're just not going to be as
likely to do it as if they know they can quickly go and post it themselves and
see it listed right away. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:
9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'> Starchild”<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:black'>Here, starchild has
identified something that I agree is a problem. Having only ONE person
who can add events to a web-based calendar assumes that that person is always
available, and never gets sick.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:black'>When the National LP
comes up with a signed contract that all affiliates must sign, I am loathe to
try to use that contract to micromanage our affiliates.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:black'><br>
But - it would be very tempting to include a clause that there must be at least
3 people that have total access to the affiliate’s web site, and that all
3 of them have the ability to add or edit content. That doesn’t
mean they have to be web designers, it just means they should be able to do
simple edits like adding events to calendars or updating the officer list after
each convention.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:black'> Scott
Lieberman<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:black'>PS – in the
past, starchild has given me blanket permission to forward any of his personal
e-mails sent to me to anybody, without having to ask his permission. So –
since his e-mail was sent to all LNC members, I assume that he is implicitly
giving me permission to forward his e-mail to the official LNC-Business e-mail
list.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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