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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><font size=1 color=black
face=Arial><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial'>“When I was
executive director of the LP Texas, I had one personal goal: run as many
candidates as possible. It's not all that I did, but it was by far THE top
priority. I made whatever database I needed to make that happen (or got someone
else too. </span></font><font size=1 face=Wingdings><span style='font-size:
9.0pt;font-family:Wingdings'>J</span></font><font size=1 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial'> And I raised
whatever funds I needed to make that happen.<br>
<br>
We also greatly increased fundraising, membership, and elected Libertarians in <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:State w:st="on">Texas</st1:State></st1:place>. But much of that
happened as a result of (or was improved as a result of) my top priority, which
was to run as many candidates as possible.<br>
<br>
I'm expecting a broad range of goals for the national LP, with perhaps funding
IT-Committee projects being #1. But an example of a very focused set of goals
could be:<br>
<br>
2015 goal: increase membership from 15,000 to 20,000.<br>
2016 goal: run 1,000 candidates for office.<br>
<br>
<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><font size=1 color=black
face=Arial><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Wes Benedict,
Executive Director<br>
Libertarian National Committee, Inc.”<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><font size=2 color=black
face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>The above
e-mail helps confirm my belief that our Executive Director is extremely good at
coming up with an achievable goal, and then doing “whatever it takes”
to accomplish that goal. That is a very good trait for the COO (1) of the
Libertarian Party to have.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><font size=2 color=black
face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>I certainly
welcome the ED’s input into process of goal setting for the organization.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><font size=2 color=black
face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>I like to
imagine what the end goal is like, and then work backwards from that. If
we agree that we want a libertarian <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">America</st1:place></st1:country-region>, then we need to figure out
how to get there without a violent revolution. Although changing to a
proportional representation system and the like might get us to that goal
faster, that is not the job of a political party – that is the job of an
advocacy group specifically set up for that purpose.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><font size=2 color=black
face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>Since myself
and much of the outside world believes that political parties exist to enact
legislation that fits their ideology, the question is – how do we get to
that point?<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><font size=2 color=black
face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>Increasing
membership might make staff and the board happy, but does it help us elect
Libertarians to public office? . I maintain that although those
goals might be good tactical goals for the ED or for specific LNC Committees, I
don’t think they quite fill the bill for a BHAG that I described in an
e-mail last night.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><font size=2 color=black
face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>The advantages
of 40 in 16 are:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></font></span></span></font><![endif]><font
size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>It is
definitely achievable.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:
12.0pt;margin-left:29.25pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><font
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style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></font></span></span></font><![endif]><font
size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>It shows
the major parties that we are serious when we say that we are getting very
close to being the 3<sup>rd</sup> major party in the <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">United States</st1:place></st1:country-region>.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:
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style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></font></span></span></font><![endif]><font
size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>Given
the amount of blood, sweat, tears, and money that our donors have spent on
ballot access over the past 4 decades, achieving this goal will get us much
closer to ballot-access nirvana.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:
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size=2 color=black face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'><span
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size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>By
definition, achieving this goal will have taught dozens of LP candidates and
volunteers across the country how to lift their vote percentages for statewide
offices from the low single digits to the high single digits. Remember –
the marginal cost of getting votes is much lower when you are trying to go from
3% to 5%, than it is to go from 30% to 32%.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><font size=2 color=black
face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>Needless to
say, Mr. Redpath’s continued help with ballot access will be invaluable
if the LP wishes to achieve this goal, <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><font size=2 color=black
face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>since 40 state
ballot access in Dec 2016 will be impossible unless we have 48 to 50 state
ballot access in October 2016.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><font size=2 color=black
face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>
Scott Lieberman<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><font size=2 color=black
face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>1. COO is
my personal definition for the job description of the ED of the LP. It is
not in any way an official or even semi-official description of the ED position.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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