<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:12pt"><div style="" class=""><span style="" class="">Way back in 2001, the LNC developed a Strategic Plan. I found it still available at http://www.dehnbase.org/lpus/library/spt/. They came up with six goals in support of the LP's mission, and twenty strategies to support the goals. The plan has metrics to measure the goals, and possible tactics for each strategy. Much is still applicable today.<br style=""><br style="" class="">The next step should have been for the LNC to prioritize which strategies and tactics the LNC and the national staff should concentrate their resources on. In our consideration of goals and strategic planning, we can review what was done thirteen years ago.<br></span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: HelveticaNeue,Helvetica
Neue,Helvetica,Arial,Lucida Grande,sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;" class=""><br><span style="" class=""></span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: HelveticaNeue,Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Arial,Lucida Grande,sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;" class=""><span style="" class="">Tim Hagan<br style="" class=""></span></div><div style="" class=""><br style="" class=""></div> <div class="" style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div class="" style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div style="" class="" dir="ltr"> <hr style="" class="" size="1"> <font style="" class="" size="2" face="Arial"> <b style="" class=""><span class="" style="font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> Brett Bittner <brett@brettbittner.com><br
style="" class=""> <b style="" class=""><span class="" style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> lnc-business@hq.lp.org <br style="" class=""> <b style="" class=""><span class="" style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Monday, September 15, 2014 1:00 PM<br style="" class=""> <b style="" class=""><span class="" style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> Re: [Lnc-business] LNC Goal for the 2014-16 LNC term<br style="" class=""> </font> </div> <div style="" class=""><br style="" class=""><div style="" class="" id="yiv6861008133"><div style="" class=""><div style="" class="" dir="ltr">Joshua,<div style="" class=""><br style="" class="" clear="none"></div><div style="" class="">There is still debate about the reason our party exists, 43 years after its founding. </div><div style="" class=""><br style="" class="" clear="none"></div><div style="" class="">There is no clearly defined vision, nor is there a plan to achieve it, and arguments about
both abound in our discussions. There are no defined goals that support a plan or a vision that are more than Dr. Lieberman's (and others) suggestions via e-mail.</div><div style="" class=""><br style="" class="" clear="none"></div><div style="" class="">My apologies for using the S.M.A.R.T. terminology. We can build goals that are specific, measurable, attainable, realistic and timely to support a defined vision and plan. </div><div style="" class=""><br style="" class="" clear="none"></div><div style="" class="">Or we can continue to fight about the reason our party exists, and the 4908 visions our membership has for it, and the 9816 plans for achieving those visions.</div><div style="" class=""><br style="" class="" clear="none"></div><div style="" class="">Personally, I'd like to see some strategic planning, rather than the "by the seat of our pants" method it seems is the status quo.</div></div><div style="" class=""><br style="" class=""
clear="all"><div style="" class="">Brett C. Bittner<div style="" class=""><br style="" class="" clear="none"></div><div style="" class=""><a style="" class="" original_target="mailto:brett@brettbittner.com" saprocessedanchor="true" rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:brett@brettbittner.com" target="_blank" href="mailto:brett@brettbittner.com">brett@brettbittner.com</a></div><div style="" class="">404.492.6524</div><div style="" class=""><div style="" class=""><br style="" class="" clear="none"></div><div style="" class="">"I would rather be exposed to the inconveniences attending too much liberty than those attending too small a degree of it." -- Thomas Jefferson</div></div></div>
<br style="" class="" clear="none"><div style="" original_target="http://hq.lp.org/mailman/listinfo/lnc-business_hq.lp.org" class="" id="yiv6861008133yqtfd43544"><div style="" class="">On Mon, Sep 15, 2014 at 3:47 PM, Joshua Katz <span style="" class="" dir="ltr"><<a style="" class="" saprocessedanchor="true" rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:planning4liberty@gmail.com" target="_blank" href="mailto:planning4liberty@gmail.com">planning4liberty@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br style="" class="" clear="none"><blockquote class="" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;"><div style="" class="" dir="ltr">Not having gone to business school (well, having stopped after a term) I am having trouble understanding what is being said. How are "having as many Libertarians in office as possible" or "40 state ballot access in December 2016" not strategic goals? I agree about the need for both a plan and a vision.
In my years as EMS Chief, then as Department Head, and even now as an Emergency Planning consultant, I think that my main work as a leader is to have and transmit a vision - and if I can fire up the people around me to buy into my vision, and then assign each a part of achieving it, they will then do what they need to do to actualize their piece - so breaking it up is the plan, and firing them up is far better than requiring them to do it. If my employees - direct reports all the way down - aren't fired up about what we're doing, that's my fault, not theirs. I get that. What I don't get is how the things being proposed don't fit that.<div style="" class=""><br style="" class="" clear="none"></div><div style="" class="">Anyway, I will say this. Having, again, spent one term in business school, and having a reason to leave, I will not participate in any discussion using terms like SMART, SWOT, Sigma, 6th Degree Black Belt,
Moving My Cheese, Road to Abilene, or whatever else is floating around in business terminology nowadays. It was banned from the administrative office when I was EMS Chief, and it was banned from my department when I was Department Head. It is currently banned in any Health and Safety meeting I am asked to consult for (especially the one where I am an external chair.) I don't mind if you want to use these things, but I'll put my head down. I just can't take this stuff. Seriously. I can't. I'm sorry. </div><div style="" class=""><br style="" class="" clear="none"></div><div style="" class="">Accounting, on the other hand, uses terminology I love.</div><div style="" class=""><br style="" class="" clear="none"></div><div style="" class="">Joshua Katz</div></div><div style="" class=""><br style="" class="" clear="all"><div style="" class=""><div style="" class="" dir="ltr">Joshua A. Katz<div style=""
class="">Westbrook CT Planning Commission (L in R seat)</div></div></div><div style="" class=""><div style="" class="">
<br style="" class="" clear="none"><div style="" class="">On Mon, Sep 15, 2014 at 3:38 PM, Brett Bittner <span style="" class="" dir="ltr"><<a style="" class="" saprocessedanchor="true" rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:brett@brettbittner.com" target="_blank" href="mailto:brett@brettbittner.com">brett@brettbittner.com</a>></span> wrote:<br style="" class="" clear="none"><blockquote class="" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;"><div style="" class="" dir="ltr">Colleagues, <div style="" class=""><br style="" class="" clear="none"></div><div style="" class="">As we are discussing goals, I see a glaring failure among libertarian groups, whether political, social, or otherwise. We are not setting strategic goals, period. Full stop.</div><div style="" class=""><span class="" style="font-family:arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;"><br style="" class="" clear="none"></span></div><div style="" class=""><span
class="" style="font-family:arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;">This is something that I shared during my tenure as the Executive Director in Georgia. I've edited a few things to make it pertinent to our discussions here.</span></div><div style="" class=""><span class="" style="font-family:arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;"><br style="" class="" clear="none"></span></div><div style="" class=""><span class="" style="font-family:arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;">It's my belief that the Libertarian Party needs a <b style="" class="">VISION</b> for our existence. In my opinion, that vision should be optimistic. We have yet to define what we are doing, and why we are doing it.</span><br style="" class="" clear="none"></div><div style="" class=""><div class="" dir="ltr" style="font-family:arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;">We also need a <b style="" class="">PLAN</b> to attain that optimistic vision. That plan should be strategic and
broad, yet focused enough to achieve that vision.</div><div class="" dir="ltr" style="font-family:arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;">To supplement that plan we need <b style="" class="">GOALS</b> that are aligned with the S.M.A.R.T. goal philosophy ( <a style="" class="" saprocessedanchor="true" rel="nofollow" shape="rect" target="_blank" href="http://topachievement.com/smart.html">http://topachievement.com/smart.html</a> ), so that there is no question about their focus, achievement (or lack thereof), and position on the path to success.</div><div class="" dir="ltr" style="font-family:arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;">These goals should have action plans that assign <b style="" class="">TASKS</b> designed to achieve them. They should be assigned to individuals or roles within our organization with defined timelines for completion with actionable consequences for failure.</div><div class="" dir="ltr"
style="font-family:arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;">I believe once we've defined these items, we will be on a path TOWARD success, and I believe that we can then move to focus on the standards by which we operate.</div><div class="" dir="ltr" style="font-family:arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;">As I believe we have discussed, it is my belief that the LNC should be working toward defining the "<b style="" class="">big picture</b>" for our organization, our members, and our progress. All of which can be accomplished via the items I've outlined above.</div><div class="" dir="ltr" style="font-family:arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;">During my tenure as Executive Director in Georgia, I saw the body float in between "fires" in need of extinguishing without any true, singular vision or even general direction goals. This makes accountability impossible. It also makes misunderstandings about roles, responsibilities, and actions much easier to bubble
up. We've seen them turn into "fires," burning those who are genuinely loyal to our Party's success.</div><div class="" dir="ltr" style="font-family:arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;">For me personally, it made the position stressful and tenuous at times, while being reassured that things are "going well." Often, I felt as though I was rowing a boat in a fog without a map or GPS and no idea if the people in that boat are rowing in the same direction, or if they even have paddles or are in the boat with me.</div><div class="" dir="ltr" style="font-family:arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;">I share these sentiments to provide you with some feedback that I feel is important to our success and a continued relationship working for liberty. </div><div class="" dir="ltr" style="font-family:arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;">Thanks for taking a bit of time to read this, and I look forward to your response.</div></div></div><div style="" class=""><br
style="" class="" clear="all"><div style="" class="">Brett C. Bittner<div style="" class=""><br style="" class="" clear="none"></div><div style="" class=""><a style="" class="" original_target="mailto:brett@brettbittner.com" saprocessedanchor="true" rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:brett@brettbittner.com" target="_blank" href="mailto:brett@brettbittner.com">brett@brettbittner.com</a></div><div style="" class=""><a href="" style="" class="" rel="nofollow" shape="rect">404.492.6524</a></div><div style="" class=""><div style="" class=""><br style="" class="" clear="none"></div><div style="" class="">"I would rather be exposed to the inconveniences attending too much liberty than those attending too small a degree of it." -- Thomas Jefferson</div></div></div>
<br style="" class="" clear="none"><div style="" class=""><div style="" class=""><div style="" class="">On Sun, Sep 14, 2014 at 9:53 PM, Scott L. <span style="" class="" dir="ltr"><<a style="" class="" saprocessedanchor="true" rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:scott73@earthlink.net" target="_blank" href="mailto:scott73@earthlink.net">scott73@earthlink.net</a>></span> wrote:<br style="" class="" clear="none"></div></div><blockquote class="" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;"><div style="" class=""><div style="" class="">
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<div style="" class=""><font style="" class="" face="Verdana"><span class="" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;">From the minutes of the Nov 2010 LNC Session:<u style="" class=""></u><u style="" class=""></u></span></font></div>
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<div style="" class=""><font style="" class="" face="Times New Roman"><span class="" style="font-size:10.0pt;">“the main motion became that the LNC adopt the following goals
for the 2010-2012 LNC term: <u style="" class=""></u><u style="" class=""></u></span></font></div>
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<div style="" class=""><font style="" class="" face="Times New Roman"><span class="" style="font-size:10.0pt;">1. Membership: 20,000 sustaining members by April 15, 2012<u style="" class=""></u><u style="" class=""></u></span></font></div>
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<div style="" class=""><font style="" class="" face="Times New Roman"><span class="" style="font-size:10.0pt;">2. Organization: Operational affiliates in 48 states (out of 51
“states”). Defined as...<u style="" class=""></u><u style="" class=""></u></span></font></div>
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<div class="" style="text-indent:.5in;"><font style="" class="" face="Times New Roman"><span class="" style="font-size:10.0pt;">a. Runs at least 2 candidates for non-partisan or partisan
office every 2 year election cycle <u style="" class=""></u><u style="" class=""></u></span></font></div>
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<div class="" style="text-indent:.5in;"><font style="" class="" face="Times New Roman"><span class="" style="font-size:10.0pt;">b. Has a REAL web site (not a Meetup Group or Blog) that
is updated with news or <u style="" class=""></u><u style="" class=""></u></span></font></div>
<div class="" style="text-indent:.5in;"><font style="" class="" face="Times New Roman"><span class="" style="font-size:10.0pt;">meeting info at least once per month <u style="" class=""></u><u style="" class=""></u></span></font></div>
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<div class="" style="text-indent:.5in;"><font style="" class="" face="Times New Roman"><span class="" style="font-size:10.0pt;">c. Has a Chair or Contact Person who responds to most
inquires within 2 business days <u style="" class=""></u><u style="" class=""></u></span></font></div>
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<div class="" style="text-indent:.5in;"><font style="" class="" face="Times New Roman"><span class="" style="font-size:10.0pt;">d. Place candidates on the ballot and attempt to maintain
ballot access. <u style="" class=""></u><u style="" class=""></u></span></font></div>
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<div class="" style="text-indent:.5in;"><font style="" class="" face="Times New Roman"><span class="" style="font-size:10.0pt;">e. The affiliate will provide the latest copy of their
bylaws and constitution to the national <u style="" class=""></u><u style="" class=""></u></span></font></div>
<div class="" style="text-indent:.5in;"><font style="" class="" face="Times New Roman"><span class="" style="font-size:10.0pt;">office or post the same on their state website. <u style="" class=""></u><u style="" class=""></u></span></font></div>
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<div style="" class=""><font style="" class="" face="Times New Roman"><span class="" style="font-size:10.0pt;">3. Fundraising: $1,400,000 gross revenue for calendar year 2011. <u style="" class=""></u><u style="" class=""></u></span></font></div>
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<div style="" class=""><font style="" class="" face="Times New Roman"><span class="" style="font-size:10.0pt;">4. Training : Several seminars around the country in 2011 to include
training on winnable and party-building campaigns, and training that teaches affiliate
development <u style="" class=""></u><u style="" class=""></u></span></font></div>
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<div style="" class=""><font style="" class="" face="Times New Roman"><span class="" style="font-size:10.0pt;">5. Political: <u style="" class=""></u><u style="" class=""></u></span></font></div>
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<div style="" class=""><font style="" class="" face="Times New Roman"><span class="" style="font-size:10.0pt;">a. 200 U.S. House of Representative candidates in 2012 <u style="" class=""></u><u style="" class=""></u></span></font></div>
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<div style="" class=""><font style="" class="" face="Times New Roman"><span class="" style="font-size:10.0pt;">b. 200 elected Libertarians by Apr 15, 2012 (for the purpose of this
goal, Inspectors and Judges of Elections in <u style="" class=""></u><u style="" class=""></u>Pennsylvania<u style="" class=""></u><u style="" class=""></u> only count as 1/3 of an elected
Libertarian) <u style="" class=""></u><u style="" class=""></u></span></font></div>
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<div style="" class=""><font style="" class="" face="Times New Roman"><span class="" style="font-size:10.0pt;">c. 30 state ballot access by Apr 15, 2012 (that means actually
certified by the SOS or equivalent), which puts us in position for 45 or more
state ballot access by Election <u style="" class=""></u><u style="" class=""></u></span></font></div>
<div style="" class=""><font style="" class="" face="Times New Roman"><span class="" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Day 2012”<u style="" class=""></u><u style="" class=""></u></span></font></div>
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<div style="" class=""><font style="" class="" face="Verdana"><span class="" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;">Somehow I ended up moving the motion above, but most of the
original wording was suggested by Dr. Lark.<u style="" class=""></u><u style="" class=""></u></span></font></div>
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<div style="" class=""><font style="" class="" face="Verdana"><span class="" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;">Now, here is my handy-dandy ballot access chart:<u style="" class=""></u><u style="" class=""></u></span></font></div>
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<div style="" class=""><font style="" class="" face="Courier New"><span class="" style="font-size:11.0pt;">Number of states where the LP had ballot access<u style="" class=""></u><u style="" class=""></u></span></font></div>
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<div style="" class=""><font style="" class="" face="Verdana"><span class="" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;">As you can see, this chart shows how well the LP retained
ballot access after each of the last 4 presidential elections.<u style="" class=""></u><u style="" class=""></u></span></font></div>
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<div style="" class=""><font style="" class="" face="Verdana"><span class="" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;">The noticeable bump after the Johnson campaign was not because
Gov. Johnson himself did well enough to retain ballot access in a bunch of
states, but more likely because his coattails were able to boost a few more
statewide candidates past the ballot access retention threshold.<u style="" class=""></u><u style="" class=""></u></span></font></div>
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<div style="" class=""><font style="" class="" face="Verdana"><span class="" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;">I will let other LNC members come up with scorecards that
detail how well that LNC did with respect to the above goals.<u style="" class=""></u><u style="" class=""></u></span></font></div>
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<div style="" class=""><font style="" class="" face="Verdana"><span class="" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;"><u style="" class=""></u> <u style="" class=""></u></span></font></div>
<div style="" class=""><font style="" class="" face="Verdana"><span class="" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;">Here is the problem – after being in existence for
42 years, we are <b style="" class=""><span class="" style="font-weight:bold;">STILL</span></b> a
$1,000,000 per year organization, with fewer than 15,000 dues-paying members.
Yet, we keep coming up with long lists of goals, but no realistic way to
accomplish them.<u style="" class=""></u><u style="" class=""></u></span></font></div>
<div style="" class=""><font style="" class="" face="Verdana"><span class="" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;"><u style="" class=""></u> <u style="" class=""></u></span></font></div>
<div style="" class=""><font style="" class="" face="Verdana"><span class="" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;"><u style="" class=""></u> <u style="" class=""></u></span></font></div>
<div style="" class=""><font style="" class="" face="Verdana"><span class="" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;">So – the BHAG:<u style="" class=""></u><u style="" class=""></u></span></font></div>
<div style="" class=""><font style="" class="" face="Verdana"><span class="" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;"><u style="" class=""></u> <u style="" class=""></u></span></font></div>
<div style="" class=""><font style="" class="" size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span class="" style="font-size:12.0pt;">From Wikipedia:<u style="" class=""></u><u style="" class=""></u></span></font></div>
<div style="" class=""><font style="" class="" size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span class="" style="font-size:12.0pt;"><u style="" class=""></u> <u style="" class=""></u></span></font></div>
<div style="" class=""><font style="" class="" size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span class="" style="font-size:12.0pt;">A <b style="" class=""><span class="" style="font-weight:bold;">Big Hairy Audacious Goal</span></b>
(BHAG) is a <a style="" class="" saprocessedanchor="true" rel="nofollow" shape="rect" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strategic_planning" title="Strategic planning">strategic</a> business statement similar to a <a style="" class="" saprocessedanchor="true" rel="nofollow" shape="rect" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vision_statement" title="Vision statement">vision
statement</a> which is created to focus an organization on a single medium-long
term organization-wide goal which is audacious, likely to be externally
questionable, but not internally regarded as impossible.<u style="" class=""></u><u style="" class=""></u></span></font></div>
<div style="" class=""><font style="" class="" size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span class="" style="font-size:12.0pt;"><u style="" class=""></u> <u style="" class=""></u></span></font></div>
<div style="" class=""><font style="" class="" size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span class="" style="font-size:12.0pt;"><u style="" class=""></u> <u style="" class=""></u></span></font></div>
<div style="" class=""><font style="" class="" face="Verdana"><span class="" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;">I would like to suggest that we <b style="" class=""><span class="" style="font-weight:bold;">partially</span></b> put aside our unofficial Mission Statement, and have
just one BHAG<u style="" class=""></u><u style="" class=""></u></span></font></div>
<div style="" class=""><font style="" class="" face="Verdana"><span class="" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;">for the next 2 ¼ years.<u style="" class=""></u><u style="" class=""></u></span></font></div>
<div style="" class=""><font style="" class="" face="Verdana"><span class="" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;"><u style="" class=""></u> <u style="" class=""></u></span></font></div>
<div style="" class=""><font style="" class="" face="Verdana"><span class="" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;">Yes – I really mean it. One goal.<u style="" class=""></u><u style="" class=""></u></span></font></div>
<div style="" class=""><font style="" class="" face="Verdana"><span class="" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;"><u style="" class=""></u> <u style="" class=""></u></span></font></div>
<div style="" class=""><b style="" class=""><font style="" class="" size="5" face="Century Schoolbook"><span class="" style="font-size:20.0pt;">40
in 16<u style="" class=""></u><u style="" class=""></u></span></font></b></div>
<div style="" class=""><b style="" class=""><font style="" class="" size="5" face="Verdana"><span class="" style="font-size:20.0pt;font-family:Verdana;font-weight:bold;"><u style="" class=""></u> <u style="" class=""></u></span></font></b></div>
<div style="" class=""><font style="" class="" face="Verdana"><span class="" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;">That means the goal of this LNC would be to provide our affiliates
with 40 state ballot access on December 1, 2016.<u style="" class=""></u><u style="" class=""></u></span></font></div>
<div style="" class=""><font style="" class="" face="Verdana"><span class="" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;"><u style="" class=""></u> <u style="" class=""></u></span></font></div>
<div style="" class=""><font style="" class="" face="Verdana"><span class="" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;">If we accomplish that, and we can at least maintain that
number in the 2018 mid-term election, that means we would go into the 2020
Presidential year with only 10 states where we would need to petition. That
would be a huge psychological boost to our members, and it might attract some presidential
candidates who don’t want to gamble on the LP achieving 50 state ballot
access for them in Nov 2020 if we go into January 2020 with only 31 state
ballot access.<u style="" class=""></u><u style="" class=""></u></span></font></div>
<div style="" class=""><font style="" class="" face="Verdana"><span class="" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;"><u style="" class=""></u> <u style="" class=""></u></span></font></div>
<div style="" class=""><font style="" class="" face="Verdana"><span class="" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;">The neat thing is – this goal is achievable. I have
some ideas on how to accomplish this goal without gigantic amounts of money,
but before I divulge that part, I would like to see some feedback from the rest
of the LNC regarding this idea.<u style="" class=""></u><u style="" class=""></u></span></font></div>
<div style="" class=""><font style="" class="" face="Verdana"><span class="" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;"><u style="" class=""></u> <u style="" class=""></u></span></font></div>
<div style="" class=""><font style="" class="" face="Verdana"><span class="" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;"> Scott Lieberman</span></font><font style="" class="" face="Verdana"><span class="" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;"><u style="" class=""></u><u style="" class=""></u></span></font></div>
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