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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Verdana><span style='font-size:
11.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:navy'>I know I am speaking out of turn as a
staff member on this important issue under consideration, but being it was just
Eater I am concerned about what happens if someone is “resurrected”? <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Verdana><span style='font-size:
11.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Verdana><span style='font-size:
11.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:navy'>Does a “post-life” member automatically
become a current life member or do they need to re-join? <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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11.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Verdana><span style='font-size:
11.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:navy'>I am also not sure our data base can
handle that type of membership so I would request that the LNC vote to assign a
committee to look into hiring a professional outside contractor to create a
specialized multi dimensional database that would work in an environment where
the past could also be the future. Perhaps the re-membership committee can work
with the IT committee on this? Staff would really like clarification especially
since we already have had several folks inquire about this. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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11.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Verdana><span style='font-size:
11.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:navy'>Live Free!</span></font><font
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face=Verdana><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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color:navy;font-weight:bold'>Robert</span></font></i></b></em><b><i><font
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font size=2
face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'> Lnc-business
[mailto:lnc-business-bounces@hq.lp.org] <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>On
Behalf Of </span></b>Joshua Katz<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Friday, April 01, 2016 1:17
PM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> <st1:PersonName w:st="on">lnc-business@hq.lp.org</st1:PersonName><br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> Re: [Lnc-business] LIBERTARIAN
PARTY POST-LIFE MEMBERSHIPS</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>While I like this in principle, I have some concerns in practice.
In only one state (<st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Illinois</st1:place></st1:State>),
deceased people frequently vote. In a few other states, they do so on an
irregular basis, and in many states, only currently live people are permitted
to vote. This may give unfair advantages to some affiliates at the
expense of others. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Furthermore, in my state of <st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Connecticut</st1:place></st1:State>,
some towns and Congressional districts have affiliates, while others used to
have affiliates. The latter affiliates are sometimes said to have
died. Would post-live members be organized into dead affiliates?
Along those lines, what impact would post-life memberships have on the delegate
allocation algorithm? <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>As I said, though, I like the idea, and I prefer to offer some
alternatives rather than a blanket dismissal. I would suggest that some
of these problems can be ameliorated by adopting, instead, a plan I call the
"it's complicated" plan. Under this plan, all post-life memberships
and pre-life memberships, which are called "complex memberships,"
would cost $33,400i and will run from the day of adoption of the plan until the
date of birth of the post-life member. I believe we should market this
plan beginning today, and running until the 2012 Presidential election.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Joshua Katz<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Joshua A. Katz<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Westbrook CT Planning Commission (L in R seat)<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>On Fri, Apr 1, 2016 at 9:35 AM, Daniel Wiener <<a
href="mailto:wiener@alum.mit.edu" target="_blank">wiener@alum.mit.edu</a>>
wrote:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:
auto;text-align:center'><font size=5 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:18.0pt'>LIBERTARIAN PARTY POST-LIFE MEMBERSHIPS</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
text-align:justify'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
text-align:justify'><b><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'>EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: </span></font></b><i><span
style='font-style:italic'>When the Libertarian Party raised the price of Life
Memberships from $1,000 to $1,500 in 2014, there was a one-time spike in the
purchase of Life Memberships to beat the deadline, which resulted in a revenue
windfall of tens of thousands of dollars. That bump suggested that other
extended-period memberships might be equally profitable. Accordingly, the
Re-Membership Committee was formed to consider out-of-the-box options to the
existing Libertarian Party dues structure. Our committee was tasked with
presenting its recommendations in time for the 2016 national convention to
consider them. This is our committee’s report.</span></i><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
text-align:justify'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
text-align:justify'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
text-align:justify'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>The Libertarian Party’s membership structure currently consists of non-dues-paying
members who have signed the non-initiation-of-force pledge; sustaining members
who have paid at least $25 per year; and life members who have paid $1,500 (or
more in some cases, for higher honorary levels). But each life membership
ends by definition with that person’s death. What happens
afterwards? In rare cases supporters have left bequests for the LP in
their wills, but that is an unpredictable and undependable source of
revenue. Furthermore, it provides little direct benefit to the donor
after his or her death, and only hypothetical benefit for the furtherance of
libertarian values which the donor will never actually see.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
text-align:justify'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
text-align:justify'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>We propose to solve this problem by offering Post-Life Memberships in
the Libertarian Party, which will be pre-paid but take effect only after a
person’s death, thus filling a currently under-served donor niche.
Establishing a much freer society for our nation and indeed the entire world is
a life-and-death matter and should be treated that way. By purchasing a
Post-Life Membership, a person’s association with the LP will transcend that
artificial boundary, and will represent an enduring legacy.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
text-align:justify'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><font
size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Suggested
Post-Life Membership levels would be as follows:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><font
size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><b><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'>Libertarian Party Angel --
$3,000</span></font></b>. This would be a limited-period post-life
membership which would only extend until the year 3,000.<o:p></o:p></li>
</ul>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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<ul type=disc>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
mso-list:l2 level1 lfo2'><b><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'>Libertarian Party Archangel --
$33,400.</span></font></b> This is an unlimited post-life
membership, with the amount indexed to the FEC’s maximum annual
contribution limit.<o:p></o:p></li>
</ul>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<ul type=disc>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3'><b><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'>Libertarian Party Heavenly
Inhabitor -- $100,200.</span></font></b> This is a specialized
post-life membership aimed at Libertarians who are focused on where they
will dwell in the after-life. It represents the maximum annual
amount which the FEC says can be contributed to the LP Building Fund, and
will also be indexed to that contribution limit.<o:p></o:p></li>
</ul>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<ul type=disc>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
mso-list:l3 level1 lfo4'><b><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'>Libertarian Party Lucifer --
$1,000,000 and up.</span></font></b> This is an unrestricted
post-life membership for Libertarians who refuse to be bound in either
life or death by arbitrary rules and standards, and are willing to brave
the consequences (whatever they may be) in the cause of freedom.<o:p></o:p></li>
</ul>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
text-align:justify'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>All Post-Life Members will be sent electronic copies of the <i><span
style='font-style:italic'>LP News</span></i> to their last known email addresses,
and their estates will continue to receive the same email fundraising pitches
as all other LP members. Their names will be placed on plaques in the LP
office and memorialized at the next national convention, and they will continue
to pad the Libertarian Party’s membership rolls just as Life Members do.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
text-align:justify'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
text-align:justify'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>(As a side note, we believe that libertarians who have been placed in
cryogenic storage should still be able to qualify for Post-Life
Memberships. When they are successfully revived, they would then be
categorized as “un-dead” and their Post-Life Memberships would be suspended
until such time as they later re-died.)<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
text-align:justify'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
text-align:justify'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>The Re-Membership Committee is optimistic that a test mailing targeted
to older sustaining members and especially to current Life Members could
produce exceptionally lucrative results. We urge that this be done as
rapidly as possible, since time is of the essence before more of this
demographic passes away.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
text-align:justify'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
text-align:justify'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>This report is hereby submitted on behalf of the Re-Membership
Committee this day of April 1, 2016 by Daniel Wiener, Chair, who wishes to
express his appreciation to the rest of the Committee, especially Aaron Starr,
Alicia Mattson, and David Nolan (deceased).<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
text-align:justify'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
text-align:justify'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'><img border=0 width=181 height=40 id="_x0000_i1025"
src="cid:image001.gif@01D18C20.5341D340" alt="Inline image 1"><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
text-align:justify'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
text-align:justify'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Daniel Wiener, Re-Membership Chair<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
text-align:justify'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
text-align:justify'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>P.S. While we had originally intended to include Pre-Life LP
memberships with the Post-Life proposals, our committee has been unable to
complete that portion by the April 1<sup>st</sup> target date. Several
complex issues remain to be resolved, such as whether the Pre-Life memberships
would apply prior to conception between the sperm and the egg, or prior to
actual birth? Also, in the case of a miscarriage, would the parents be
entitled to a full refund or a pro-rata refund based on the fraction of nine
months? And how would unexpected multiple births be handled? For
example, are twins each entitled to half of a Pre-Life membership, or must
parents buy an extra one? These represent difficult philosophical questions
upon which libertarians can reasonably disagree.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
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