<div dir="ltr"><div><div><div><div><div><div>Wes,<br><br></div>Thanks for the quick reply. If that is the case, then I will simply set something up and make sure that everyone on the LNC has access to it. At least to start, I would like to ensure that it is LIMITED to members of the LNC only. This is not to be secretive, but rather to ensure that we can build it up before hearing an unlimited number of opinions on how to change it.<br><br></div>Your comment is incredibly well-taken. However if that's truly the case then this is something the LNC and LP need to learn how to do better and of course I would be happy to help facilitate that.<br><br></div>Opinions are not especially useful for knowledge bases. What is useful is having unrestrained access to rules, facts, and data that is otherwise spread all over the place. Per my yard sign not having the word Libertarian on it, that is indeed an opinion. Understanding the laws regarding font sizes, the legal language about right of ways and things of this nature are not opinions and rather facts about how it needs to work.<br><br></div>Additionally I would argue that since design work is no doubt very subjective that we should have a variety of templates available to people. There need not be a homogeneity to our processes, but it would be really useful if candidates (and others) didn't need to waste time starting from scratch. That was the part I found incredibly frustrating as a new candidate. As a business person, I can tell you that it's mind-boggling to see a complete lack of process documentation available. This is again what Kurt has largely worked to create within Texas and I would advocate that we do it at a national level too.<br><br></div>Even the ballot access need not have opinions. It should have facts about what is available to us. This kind of fact gathering would likely make our future decisions much more valuable and of course turns us from discussing opinions to discussing strategies. Meaning, if could historically show the time it takes to get 10,000 signatures then we are better equipped to determine whether or not to spend money on such a venture.<br><br></div><div>I will try to set something up for us.<br><br>-Kevin <br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Dec 21, 2015 at 2:10 PM, Wes Benedict <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:wes.benedict@lp.org" target="_blank">wes.benedict@lp.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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For example, whether or not to put "Libertarian" on a yard sign (I
prefer seeing the word Libertarian - but you had your reasons not to
put it):<br>
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</span><div><div class="h5"><div>On 12/21/2015 3:06 PM, Wes Benedict
wrote:<br>
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Kevin, I like the concept of having a repository for information.
One of the challenges to putting something like that together is
the vast differences of opinion on what ought to be done.<br>
<br>
Imagine the section for planning LNC meeting:<br>
Opinion A: hold it someplace inexpensive for board members like
OKC<br>
Opinion B: hold it someplace more expensive that will impressive
people (NYC)<br>
Opinion C: hold it online instead of in person<br>
<br>
I think you can imagine other disagreements on other topics:<br>
<br>
Ballot access:<br>
Opinion A<br>
Opinion B<br>
<br>
Conventions:<br>
Opinion A (hold it on a cruise ship).<br>
etc.<br>
<br>
Running for office:<br>
Opinion A<br>
etc.<br>
<br>
In any case, there is a ballot access committee tasked with
putting together best practices for ballot access. And some places
with repositories of info that that is hard to keep up to date.
Great ideas and goals to have overall.<br>
<br>
<div>Wes Benedict, Executive Director<br>
<small><small>Libertarian National Committee, Inc.<br>
<b>New address: 1444 Duke St., Alexandria, VA 22314</b><br>
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<div>On 12/21/2015 2:53 PM, Kevin Ludlow
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<div>Wes,<br>
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It's really nice to see visual data like that;
thanks so much for putting that together!<br>
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I had a question for the LNC in general: do we have a
knowledge-base or some kind of repository for keeping
up with this kind of material? It would be really
nice to know that there is a single place, accessible
by all, where all of this information goes.<br>
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<div>When I ran in Texas last year it was immediately
obvious that LPTexas had never made any effort to try
to put such a knowledge base together. My campaign
team and I did our best to collect everything we did
and place it into a navigable Wiki so that other
candidates could use it. It's far from exhaustive,
but it was a start and many other candidates were able
to use it. Incidentally Kurt Hildebrand has been
really good at creating those systems within LPTexas
using our org-system.<br>
<br>
Anyway, if we don't have anything like it then I would
be happy to setup something like this for the LNC so
that we're not relying solely upon email chains for
historical information in the future.<br>
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<div>LPTexas Campaign Wiki: <a href="http://www.ludlow2014.com/wiki/" target="_blank">http://www.ludlow2014.com/wiki/</a><br>
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<div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Dec 21, 2015 at 12:12 PM, Wes
Benedict <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:wes.benedict@lp.org" target="_blank">wes.benedict@lp.org</a>></span>
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<div bgcolor="#FFFFFF" text="#000000"> Horizontal axis is
the week. The drive has about 27 weeks from the time we
started paying for signature till the deadline.<br>
<br>
Week ending 8/20/2015 ("1") through week ending
2/28/2016 ("27").<span><br>
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<small><small>Libertarian National Committee, Inc.<br>
<b>New address: 1444 Duke St., Alexandria, VA
22314</b><br>
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333-0008 ext. 232</a>, <a href="mailto:wes.benedict@lp.org" target="_blank"></a><a href="mailto:wes.benedict@lp.org" target="_blank">wes.benedict@lp.org</a><br>
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<div>On 12/21/2015 12:59 PM, Scott L. wrote:<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Verdana" color="black" size="2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana"> </span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Verdana" color="black" size="2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana">That’s
what I get for using words I haven’t used
since high school.</span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Verdana" color="black" size="2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana"> </span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Verdana" color="black" size="2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana">It
should have read:</span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Verdana" color="black" size="2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana"> </span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" color="black" size="3"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> </span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Verdana" color="black" size="2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana"> </span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Verdana" color="black" size="2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana">Mr.
Executive Director:</span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Verdana" color="black" size="2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana"> </span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Verdana" color="black" size="2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana">I
assume the ordinate (vertical axis) on the
graph below represents raw signatures that
have been turned in to Mr. Frankel.</span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Verdana" color="black" size="2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana"><br>
What does the <s>ordinate</s> </span></font><span><b><font face="Verdana" size="2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;font-weight:bold">abscissa</span></font></b></span><font face="Verdana" size="2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana">
(horizontal axis) represent?</span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Verdana" color="black" size="2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana"> </span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Verdana" color="black" size="2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana">
Scott Lieberman</span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Verdana" color="black" size="2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana"> </span></font></p>
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Roman" color="black" size="3"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:windowtext">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><font face="Tahoma" color="black" size="2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;color:windowtext;font-weight:bold">From:</span></font></b><font face="Tahoma" color="black" size="2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;color:windowtext">
Lnc-business [<a href="mailto:lnc-business-bounces@hq.lp.org" target="_blank">mailto:lnc-business-bounces@hq.lp.org</a>]
<b><span style="font-weight:bold">On
Behalf Of </span></b>Wes Benedict<br>
<b><span style="font-weight:bold">Sent:</span></b>
Monday, December 21, 2015 9:30 AM<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] early Christmas
present - $20, 000 for quiz door hangers</span></font><font color="black"><span style="color:windowtext"></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><font face="Times New Roman" color="black" size="3"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">We have ramped up
our collection rate dramatically. I
currently predict (but I caution that my
prediction could be off due to many
factors such as weather, competing
petitions, validity issues, math or count
errors, and many other issues), but again,
I currently predict we will finish around
January 15 plus or minus 10 days. So be
sure to check back with me before making
concrete plans. See graph below.<br>
<br>
<br>
<img src="cid:part13.04040308.05080904@lp.org" height="289" width="506"></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><font face="Times New Roman" color="black" size="3"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Wes Benedict,
Executive Director<br>
</span></font><font size="1"><span style="font-size:7.5pt">Libertarian
National Committee, Inc.<br>
<b><span style="font-weight:bold">New
address: 1444 Duke St., Alexandria,
VA 22314</span></b><br>
<a href="tel:%28202%29%20333-0008%20ext.%20232" value="+12023330008" target="_blank">(202)
333-0008 ext. 232</a>, <a href="mailto:wes.benedict@lp.org" target="_blank"></a><a href="mailto:wes.benedict@lp.org" target="_blank">wes.benedict@lp.org</a><br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" color="black" size="3"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">On 12/19/2015
3:33 PM, Roland Riemers wrote:</span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><font face="Helvetica" color="black" size="4"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Helvetica">Wes,
I
understand the SD petitioners got
sidetracked to Texas for a few
weeks, and then will be in
Oklahoma.
I should be there about that time
as well. Aim is still to hit the
Tulsa area.</span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><font face="Helvetica" color="black" size="4"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Helvetica">Roland
Riemers
ND</span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><font face="Arial" color="black" size="2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold">From:</span></font></b><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">
Wes Benedict <a href="mailto:wes.benedict@lp.org" target="_blank"></a><a href="mailto:wes.benedict@lp.org" target="_blank"><wes.benedict@lp.org></a><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">Sent:</span></b>
Friday, December 18, 2015 3:46
PM<br>
<b><span style="font-weight:bold">Subject:</span></b>
[Lnc-business] early Christmas
present - $20, 000 for quiz
door hangers</span></font><font face="Helvetica" size="4"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Helvetica"></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:13.5pt;background:white"><font face="Helvetica" color="black" size="4"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Helvetica">I'm
pleased
to announce a check
received for $20,000 to
help finance a major quiz
door hanger distribution
project in 2016. <br>
<br>
The check was hand
delivered recently by
Michael Chastain, of
Austin, Texas. Mr.
Chastain also recently
contributed $4,000 for
Oklahoma ballot access.<br>
<br>
I plan to do something
similar to what we did in
2010:<br>
<a href="http://www.lp.org/blogs/staff/lp-monday-message-help-reach-a-million" target="_blank">http://www.lp.org/blogs/staff/lp-monday-message-help-reach-a-million</a><br>
<a href="http://www.lp.org/blogs/staff/quiz-across-america-door-hangers-5-per-100" target="_blank">http://www.lp.org/blogs/staff/quiz-across-america-door-hangers-5-per-100</a><br>
<br>
but this time, I want to
do over a million door
hangers. I can see having
the quiz on one side, and
our presidential nominee
on the other.<br>
<br>
In 2010, we also received
a $20,000 check from a
different donor to help
support door hangers. With
the extra financing, we're
able to sell them at five
cents each and waive
shipping charges, rather
than selling at 10 cents
each plus $5 shipping as
we do now.<br>
<br>
For those of you new to
the LNC, I've written
separately, and will write
more in the future, about
how the door hangers do
much more than simply
provide the printed
advertising benefits. They
encourage local activity,
etc. I'll write more about
it later. <br>
<br>
To me, this was an early
Christmas present to the
LP, but I certainly
understand others might
see it differently:<br>
<a href="http://www.lp.org/poll/i-consider-myself-to-be-a-libertarian-politically-and-the-word-that-best-describes-my-religion" target="_blank">http://www.lp.org/poll/i-consider-myself-to-be-a-libertarian-politically-and-the-word-that-best-describes-my-religion</a><br>
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Happy Holidays!</span></font></p>
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</span></font><font face="Helvetica" size="2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Helvetica">Libertarian National
Committee, Inc.<br>
<b><span style="font-weight:bold">New
address: 1444 Duke
St., Alexandria, VA
22314</span></b><br>
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