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<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'>I thank Dr. Phillies for doing the research to dig up the numbers
that he posted below to the State Chairs e-mail list.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'>I have replied here since we are in a much better position
to affect those numbers, as opposed to our affiliates trying to increase <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'>National LP membership.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'>The 1988 membership number is just 2 months after the
election in which Ron Paul was the Libertarian Presidential Nominee. That
is a LONG time ago.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'>Using one of the compound interest calculators on the
Internet, over the 27 years since 1988, the annual increase in our membership
has been 2.3% per year. If I was even slightly devious, I would have used
the 1992 number,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'>since annual membership growth in the 23 years since 1992
has been a shockingly low 0.1% per year!<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'>If we had as many registrants as the Republicans and
Democrats back in 1988 then 2.3% annual growth would be quite reasonable.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'><br>
But when you start out with only 6300 dues paying members and probably fewer
than 100,000 registered Libertarians nationwide, our performance on membership
metrics has been HORRIBLE over the past quarter century.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'>I vaguely remember the number of elected Libertarians
being in the 100 or so range back in the 1980's.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'>I know that correlation does not equal causation. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'>Nevertheless, I have to wonder if the behavior of the LNC’s
during that quarter-century in not requiring or even cajoling our affiliates
into getting their members elected to public office, and not demanding that our
affiliates do whatever it took to maintain semi-permanent major-party ballot
status has caused American voters to view the Libertarian Party<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'>as a washed-up Advocacy Organization, rather than as a dynamic
and growing political party.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'>The longer the LNC ignores this problem, the longer it
will be before the Libertarian Party becomes a Real Political Party™.
<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'>Even as a card-carrying right-libertarian, I have no
problem looking to an article in the Huffington Post for guidance:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'> <a
href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/alice-korngold/the-role-of-the-nonprofit_b_1867740.html">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/alice-korngold/the-role-of-the-nonprofit_b_1867740.html</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>“Sophisticated
and experienced NGO/nonprofit board members and CEOs routinely ask me to
explain the role of the board. It's not surprising and I'm glad they do. So let
me share my four essentials for effective governance.<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'><br>
<strong><b><font face="Times New Roman">1. Achievement: The role of the board
is to achieve the organization's greater potential as well as its mission.</font></b></strong></span></b><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>The role
of the board must be crafted specifically for each and every organization. The
role is determined based on what you seek to achieve in terms of the mission -
the organization's compelling purpose, and the vision - what you imagine to be
your organization's greater potential in the next few years. And while the
mission is usually set, many boards don't discuss the vision. Taking the time out
to create the vision is fundamental to establishing the role of the board.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>If you
wonder why not simply maintain the organization's status quo, I'd point to the <a
href="http://www.fastcompany.com/1826938/nonprofit-finance-fund-state-sector-2012-system-under-pressure"
target="_hplink">Nonprofit Finance Fund State of the Sector 2012</a>, which
shows the extreme financial distress under which so many nonprofits operate. In
today's environment, the nonprofits that survive and thrive are the ones whose
boards and CEOs are highly strategic and effective in identifying opportunities
to pursue their missions in improving communities and the world.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Additionally,
if you are passionate about the mission, as one should be when you join a
board, then the status quo is not sufficient when you know that the
organization's work can be further enhanced or expanded to improve more lives,
or do some greater good.”<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'> Scott Lieberman<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>GGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>-----Original Message-----<br>
From: Statechairs [mailto:statechairs-bounces@hq.lp.org] <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>On Behalf Of George Phillies<br>
<br>
<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>Sent: Sunday, July 05, 2015 10:11 AM<br>
To: State Chairs Libertarian<br>
Subject: [Statechairs] Membership trends</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>I dug up the membership numbers going back into the past. The number is
<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>for the end of the indicated year, except 2015, where the indicated <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>number is the end of June 2015.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>You will see that 1992 brought in a lot of people, 1996 brought in a
lot <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>of people, 2000 lost ground, 2004 brought in 873 people, 2008 brought
in <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>1177 people, and 2012 brought in 281 people.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>Remember that the Presidential campaign is not everything in terms of <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>member recruitment, but it can help. The the extent we credit the <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>Presidential campaign: Note that Barr was more effective than
Badnarik <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>or Johnson at bringing in people, and Badnarik was more effective than <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>Johnson, but all of them were more effective than the second Browne <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>campaign.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>For 2009 and after, there are three columns. The second column
counts <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>people who signed the oath and sent us some money during the year (or <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>are life members), while the third column lists "sustaining
members" as <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>defined in the Bylaws. 2006 is an anomaly because dues changed
several <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>times in different directions.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>1988 - 6253 <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>1989 - 8211 <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>1990 - 9130<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>1991 - 9162 <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>1992 - 11416 <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>1993 - 9539 <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>1994 - 10641 <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>1995 - 13658 <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>1996 - 21580 <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>1997 - 23345 <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>1998 - 30007<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>1999 - 33007 <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>2000 - 32922 <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>2001 - 27731 <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>2002 - 22871<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>2003 - 19410<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>2004 - 20283<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>2005 - 15575<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>2006 - 11014<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>2007 - 14181<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>2008 - 15358<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>2009 - 14076 - 14096<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>2010 - 14077 - 14309<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>2011 - 13468 - 13589<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>2012 - 13749 - 13824<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>2013 - 13670 - 13869<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>2014 - 12053 - 12526<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>2015 - 11640 - 11723 (June)<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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