<div dir="ltr"><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><font size="4"><u><b>Please respond ASAP</b></u></font>. <br><br><a href="http://polljunkie.com/poll/zamzoj/poll-2-please-do-not-open-the-page-and-then-not-vote" target="_blank">http://polljunkie.com/poll/zamzoj/poll-2-please-do-not-open-the-page-and-then-not-vote</a><br><br>As
of 3:30pm CST, here are the tallies. I will continue to update this until we have a clear majority. I would appreciate those friendly with members who have not yet voted to push them to do it.<br><br>I would also like to remind somebody that they cast a vote for OKC, did not leave their name, and nobody has claimed it. I've removed that vote since it presumably is somebody on the "Not Yet Voted" list. Anybody is free to download the results for themselves here:<br><br><a href="http://polljunkie.com/poll/yqbizi/poll-2-please-do-not-open-the-page-and-then-not-vote/view">http://polljunkie.com/poll/yqbizi/poll-2-please-do-not-open-the-page-and-then-not-vote/view</a><br><br></div><u><b>Oklahoma City, OK</b></u><br></div>Marc Feldman<br></div>Doug Craig<br></div><div>Vicki Kirkland<br></div><div>Gary Johnson<br></div><div>Nick Sarwark<br></div><div>Bill Redpath<br><span class="im">Sean O'Toole</span><br></div><div><br></div><u><b>Phoenix, AZ</b></u><br></div>Kevin Ludlow<br>Brett Bitner<br></div><div>Jim Lark<br></div><div>Scott Lieberman<br>Sam Goldstein (name missing from comment - sent me email)<br>Dan Weiner<br></div><div><br></div><u><b>NOTA</b></u><br></div>Wes Benedict<br></div>Daniel Hayes<br>Arvin Vohra (name missing from comment - sent me email)<br><br></div><u><b>Not Yet Voted</b></u><br><span><span><span><span><span><span>Josh Katz<br></span></span></span></span></span></span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>Ed Marsh</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br><div>Guy McLendon<br></div><div>Norm Olsen<br></div><span class="im"></span><div>Scott Spencer<br></div><div>Alicia Mattson<br></div><div>Tim Hagan<br></div><div>Roland Rimers<br></div><div>Ron Windeler<br></div>Rich Tomasso</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Jan 6, 2016 at 1:39 PM, Kevin Ludlow <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:ludlow@gmail.com" target="_blank">ludlow@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><font size="4"><u><b>Please respond so that this process can be put to rest</b></u></font>. <br><br><a href="http://polljunkie.com/poll/zamzoj/poll-2-please-do-not-open-the-page-and-then-not-vote" target="_blank">http://polljunkie.com/poll/zamzoj/poll-2-please-do-not-open-the-page-and-then-not-vote</a><br><br>As of 1:30pm CST, here are the tallies. I have sent personal emails to each and every person who has not yet responded. Please let me know if I have missed anyone.<br><br></div><u><b>Oklahoma City, OK</b></u><br></div>Marc Feldman<br></div>Doug Craig<br></div><div>Vicki Kirkland<br></div><div>Gary Johnson<br></div><div>Nick Sarwark<br></div><div>[unknown vote]<br></div><div>Bill Redpath<br></div><div><br></div><u><b>Phoenix, AZ</b></u><br></div>Kevin Ludlow<br>Brett Bitner<br></div><div>Jim Lark<br></div><div>Scott Lieberman<br></div><div><br></div><u><b>NOTA</b></u><br></div>Wes Benedict<br></div>Daniel Hayes<br><br></div><u><b>Not Yet Voted</b></u><br><span><span><span><span><span><span>Josh Katz<br></span></span></span></span></span></span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>Ed Marsh</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br><div>Guy McLendon<br></div><div>Norm Olsen<br></div><span class=""><div>Jim Lark<br></div><div>Sean O'Toole<br></div></span><div>Scott Spencer<br></div><div>Sam Goldstein<br></div><div>Dan Weiner<br></div><div>Alicia Mattson<br></div><div>Tim Hagan<br></div><div>Arvin Vohra<br></div><div>Roland Rimers<br></div><div>Ron Windeler<br></div><div>Rich Tomasso<br></div><div><br><div><span><div><span></span></div></span><span><span><span><span><span><span><u><b></b></u></span></span></span></span></span></span><br><br></div></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div><div class="h5">On Wed, Jan 6, 2016 at 11:10 AM, Scott L. <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:scott73@earthlink.net" target="_blank">scott73@earthlink.net</a>></span> wrote:<br></div></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div><div class="h5">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Verdana" color="black" size="2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana">It is not the job of the LNC to “reward”
state affiliates for their “activism” by holding an LNC Session in
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Verdana" color="black" size="2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana">Since we have a limited number of
finalists for our 2018 Convention site, and WE, the LNC, are the ones who make the
final decision as to which hotel gets our Convention, we have an obligation to
our members to gather as much information about those finalists as possible.<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Verdana" color="black" size="2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana">I will note that the LP of
California has retained ballot access without a single dollar of National LP
money since the early 1980’s, and we have 17 Elected
Libertarians. The LP of Oklahoma has never retained ballot access,
and they have 0 Elected Libertarians.<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Verdana" color="black" size="2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana">Which state affiliate deserves
more “recognition” from the LNC?<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Verdana" color="black" size="2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana">Do you REALLY think that having 3
or 4 LNC Members at a Friday or Monday press conference will increase the
number of media outlets that cover the press conference? Again – if
the Chair wants to attend such a press conference, <u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Verdana" color="black" size="2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana">that is a perfectly reasonable
thing for him to do.<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Verdana" color="black" size="2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana">Note – I argued against
having an LNC Meeting in conjunction with the upcoming Activist Training just
outside of <u></u><u></u>San Francisco<u></u><u></u>
because it would make LNC members choose between attending one or the other,
and because the hotel for the Training is not a finalist for the site of our
2018 Convention.<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Verdana" color="black" size="2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana">I have to wonder if the hotels in
AZ, LA, NJ, and WA could have come up with better offers if they had been
contacted in October instead of late December.<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
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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 [mailto:<a href="mailto:lnc-business-bounces@hq.lp.org" target="_blank">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> Wednesday, January 06, 2016
8:48 AM<br>
<b><span style="font-weight:bold">To:</span></b> <u></u><a href="mailto:lnc-business@hq.lp.org" target="_blank">lnc-business@hq.lp.org</a><u></u><br>
<b><span style="font-weight:bold">Subject:</span></b> [Lnc-business] Fwd: Re:
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" color="black" size="3"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Joshua Katz <a href="mailto:jalankatz@gmail.com" target="_blank"><jalankatz@gmail.com></a>,
Wes Benedict <a href="mailto:wes.benedict@lp.org" target="_blank"><wes.benedict@lp.org></a>,
James W. Lark, III <a href="mailto:jwl3s@virginia.edu" target="_blank"><jwl3s@virginia.edu></a>,
Kevin Ludlow <a href="mailto:ludlow@gmail.com" target="_blank"><ludlow@gmail.com></a>, <u></u>Daniel Hayes<u></u> <a href="mailto:danielehayes@icloud.com" target="_blank"><danielehayes@icloud.com></a><u></u><u></u></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">Dr. Lark wrote<br>
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"* If I understand correctly, the LP <u></u><u></u>Oklahoma<u></u><u></u> is allowed to conduct only one
submission of signatures in its petitioning effort. If so, then if the
deadline for submission of signatures is at least a week later than <span>Feb. 22</span>, my gut feeling is that the signatures should not be
submitted on or about <span>Feb. 22</span>. Thus, it is not
clear to me that one of the possible benefits of an LNC meeting in OKC (a press
conference associated with the submission of the signatures) would
materialize."</span></i><u></u><u></u></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">p] Fri Feb 19 should be
plenty late enough to submit to the state. If we still have any doubt that we
have enough signatures on Feb 19, hopefully at least some of the LNC members
(obviously not all and I don't expect most) will pick up a few signatures
themselves while they are here instead. But I think we are well on track to
have more than enough signatures well before then, with the only question being
at what point LNC wants to cut the funding to get additional padding. <u></u><u></u></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">p] I realize not all, and
quite likely not most, of the LNC will be here in time for the turn-in, but even
having a few of the key LNC members here would add to the impact. More so even
than if Nick Sarwark flies out here by himself. <u></u><u></u></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">p] The Oklahoma Party has
had to overcome ballot access barriers like no other state. They could use a
shot in the arm. The ballot access barriers here should get maximum possible
publicity. OKLP is doing well with prospective candidate recruitment. They have
also done a lot given the ballot access circumstances to be publicly visible
with issue coalitions and public events. Tina told me they are on the cusp of
winning the support of a large chunk of the small-l and
generally-POed-at-poor-duopoly-choices communities here. A shot in the arm
could go a long way. <u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" color="black" size="3"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">p] I am trying to put together an event or several
with several of the campaigns for the presidential nomination. <u></u><u></u>Liberty<u></u><u></u> on Tap OKC is that Thursday (Feb 18).
If LNC meeting is 20-21 and the state turn in is Feb 19 that would give us a
core of dates to try to plan around. Johnson of NM, Kerbel and Petersen all
expressed tentative interest in personal conversation but dates have not been
worked out or specific events <u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
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was a college appearance or several (mini-tour?), maybe some debates/joint
appearances between the campaigns. I was hoping for January but Tina and Larry
Kelly think it's not enough time to promote and organize the events that
quickly. In conjunction with the state turn in and the LNC meeting would be
good as well. I can try to fit in a few college dates right before or after. <u></u><u></u></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">p] It could also serve as
the official kickoff for some of the state and local candidates' campaigns.
Plus, maybe we can get more of them if the LNC shows up, as some people haven't
decided whether to run or not yet. <u></u><u></u></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">p] We are one day or less
drive for many active nearby state parties, such as much (probably most) of the
<u></u><u></u>Texas<u></u><u></u>
membership and some others. <u></u><u></u>Dallas<u></u><u></u>
is about 3 hours drive from OKC. <u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
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consideration for the LNC on where to have its meeting, for once I won't have
to travel to cover the LNC meeting for IPR because the meeting will come to me.
Please, no "in Soviet Russia" or "in Soviet Oklahoma"
jokes. <u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
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