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    We should have Egg and Sperm memberships as well. <br>
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    <pre class="moz-signature" cols="72">Wes Benedict, Executive Director
Libertarian National Committee, Inc.
1444 Duke St., Alexandria, VA 22314
(202) 333-0008 ext. 232, <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:wes.benedict@lp.org">wes.benedict@lp.org</a>
facebook.com/libertarians @LPNational
Join the Libertarian Party at: <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://lp.org/membership">http://lp.org/membership</a></pre>
    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 4/1/2016 5:53 PM, Roland Riemers
      wrote:<br>
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        <div id="yui_3_16_0_ym18_1_1459633747675_9042"><span>I believe
            any lawyer would tell you the deceased member looses all
            legal rights and identity, and therefore would have to
            submit a new membership application.</span></div>
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        <div id="yui_3_16_0_ym18_1_1459633747675_9042" dir="ltr"><span>In
            the interest of fairness though, I would suggest we allow
            returning member a 50% discount.</span></div>
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        <div id="yui_3_16_0_ym18_1_1459633747675_9042" dir="ltr"><span>Roland
            Riemers ND</span></div>
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                  <hr size="1"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b>
                  Robert Kraus <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:robert.kraus@lp.org"><robert.kraus@lp.org></a><br>
                  <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b>
                  <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:lnc-business@hq.lp.org">lnc-business@hq.lp.org</a> <br>
                  <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b>
                  Friday, April 1, 2016 1:40 PM<br>
                  <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b>
                  Re: [Lnc-business] LIBERTARIAN PARTY POST-LIFE
                  MEMBERSHIPS<br>
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                            that makes perfect sense and I just
                            talked to our Blackbaud Rep and of course
                            they have a plug in for Raiser’s Edge
                            that can handle these types of memberships
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id="yui_3_16_0_ym18_1_1459633747675_9197"> Lnc-business
                                [<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="mailto:lnc-business-bounces@hq.lp.org">mailto:lnc-business-bounces@hq.lp.org</a>]
                                <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">On
                                    Behalf Of </span></b>Daniel Wiener<br
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                                <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">Sent:</span></b>
                                Friday, April 01, 2016 2:36
                                PM<br clear="none">
                                <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">To:</span></b>
                                <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:lnc-business@hq.lp.org">lnc-business@hq.lp.org</a><br clear="none">
                                <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">Subject:</span></b>
                                Re: [Lnc-business] LIBERTARIAN
                                PARTY POST-LIFE MEMBERSHIPS</span></font></div>
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                                style="font-size:12.0pt;">Robert, there
                                is a simple solution. I believe that
                                "resurrection" should be treated as the
                                functional equivalent of a
                                successful revival from cryogenic
                                storage.  As such the resurrected person
                                (irrespective of his or her potential
                                divinity) would be recategorized as </span></font><font
                              size="2"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;">“un-dead”
                                and the Post-Life Membership
                                would be suspended until such time as
                                that person/divinity later re-died. 
                                The important take-away is that anyone
                                categorized as "undead" would
                                have to purchase a regular LP membership
                                in order to be listed as a sustaining
                                member, unless that person/divinity was
                                already a life member.</span></font></div>
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                                    style="font-size:12.0pt;">On Fri,
                                    Apr 1, 2016 at 11:11 AM, Robert
                                    Kraus <<a moz-do-not-send="true"
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                                    wrote:</span></font></div>
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                                        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”? </span></font></div>
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                                        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? </span></font></div>
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                                        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
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                                          Lnc-business [mailto:<a
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                                          <b><span
                                              style="font-weight:bold;">On
                                              Behalf Of </span></b>Joshua
                                          Katz<br clear="none">
                                          <b><span
                                              style="font-weight:bold;">Sent:</span></b>
                                          Friday, April 01, 2016 1:17
                                          PM<br clear="none">
                                          <b><span
                                              style="font-weight:bold;">To:</span></b>
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ymailto="mailto:lnc-business@hq.lp.org" target="_blank"
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                                          <b><span
                                              style="font-weight:bold;">Subject:</span></b>
                                          Re: [Lnc-business]
                                          LIBERTARIAN PARTY POST-LIFE
                                          MEMBERSHIPS</span></font></div>
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                                              style="font-size:12.0pt;">While
                                              I like this
                                              in principle, I have some
                                              concerns in practice.  In
                                              only one state ( Illinois
                                              ), 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.  </span></font></div>
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style="font-size:12.0pt;">Furthermore, in my
                                                state of Connecticut ,
                                                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?  </span></font></div>
                                        </div>
                                        <div>
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style="font-size:12.0pt;"> </span></font></div>
                                        </div>
                                        <div>
                                          <div
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                                            style=""><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.</span></font></div>
                                        </div>
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                                        <div>
                                          <div
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                                              face="Times New Roman"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;">Joshua Katz</span></font></div>
                                        </div>
                                      </div>
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                                                style=""><font size="3"
                                                  face="Times New Roman"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;">Joshua A. Katz</span></font></div>
                                              <div>
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                                                  style=""><font
                                                    size="3" face="Times
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                                                      style="font-size:12.0pt;">Westbrook
                                                      CT
                                                      Planning
                                                      Commission (L in R
                                                      seat)</span></font></div>
                                              </div>
                                            </div>
                                          </div>
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                                        <div>
                                          <div
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                                            style=""><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
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                                                  href="mailto:wiener@alum.mit.edu"><a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:wiener@alum.mit.edu">wiener@alum.mit.edu</a></a>>
                                                wrote:</span></font></div>
                                          <div>
                                            <div>
                                              <div>
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style="text-align:center;" align="center"><font size="5" face="Times New
                                                    Roman"><span
                                                      style="font-size:18.0pt;">LIBERTARIAN
                                                      PARTY POST-LIFE
                                                      MEMBERSHIPS</span></font></div>
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style="text-align:justify;"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;"> </span></font></div>
                                                <div
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style="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></div>
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style="text-align:justify;"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;"> </span></font></div>
                                                <div
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style="text-align:justify;"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;"> </span></font></div>
                                                <div
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style="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.</span></font></div>
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style="text-align:justify;"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;"> </span></font></div>
                                                <div
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style="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.</span></font></div>
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style="text-align:justify;"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;"> </span></font></div>
                                                <div
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                                                  style=""><font
                                                    size="3" face="Times
                                                    New Roman"><span
                                                      style="font-size:12.0pt;">Suggested
Post-Life
                                                      Membership levels
                                                      would be as
                                                      follows:</span></font></div>
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                                                  style=""><font
                                                    size="3" face="Times
                                                    New Roman"><span
                                                      style="font-size:12.0pt;"> </span></font></div>
                                                <ul type="disc">
                                                  <li
                                                    class="yiv8875609666MsoNormal"
                                                    style=""><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.</li>
                                                </ul>
                                                <div
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                                                  style=""><font
                                                    size="3" face="Times
                                                    New Roman"><span
                                                      style="font-size:12.0pt;"> </span></font></div>
                                              </div>
                                              <div>
                                                <ul type="disc">
                                                  <li
                                                    class="yiv8875609666MsoNormal"
                                                    style=""><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.</li>
                                                </ul>
                                                <div
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                                                  style=""><font
                                                    size="3" face="Times
                                                    New Roman"><span
                                                      style="font-size:12.0pt;"> </span></font></div>
                                                <ul type="disc">
                                                  <li
                                                    class="yiv8875609666MsoNormal"
                                                    style=""><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.</li>
                                                </ul>
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                                                  style=""><font
                                                    size="3" face="Times
                                                    New Roman"><span
                                                      style="font-size:12.0pt;"> </span></font></div>
                                                <ul type="disc">
                                                  <li
                                                    class="yiv8875609666MsoNormal"
                                                    style=""><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.</li>
                                                </ul>
                                                <div
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                                                  style=""><font
                                                    size="3" face="Times
                                                    New Roman"><span
                                                      style="font-size:12.0pt;"> </span></font></div>
                                                <div
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style="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.</span></font></div>
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style="text-align:justify;"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;"> </span></font></div>
                                                <div
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style="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.)</span></font></div>
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style="text-align:justify;"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;"> </span></font></div>
                                                <div
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style="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.</span></font></div>
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style="text-align:justify;"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;"> </span></font></div>
                                                <div
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style="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).</span></font></div>
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style="font-size:12.0pt;"> </span></font></div>
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style="text-align:justify;"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span
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                                                <div
                                                  class="yiv8875609666MsoNormal"
style="text-align:justify;"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;">Daniel Wiener, Re-Membership Chair</span></font></div>
                                                <div
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style="text-align:justify;"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;"> </span></font></div>
                                                <div
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style="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.</span></font></div>
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                                        new
                                        law by the following process.
                                        First, we guess it (audience
                                        laughter), no, don’t
                                        laugh, that’s the truth. Then we
                                        compute the consequences of the
                                        guess, to see
                                        what, if this is right, if this
                                        law we guess is right, to see
                                        what it would
                                        imply and then we compare the
                                        computation results to nature or
                                        we say compare
                                        to experiment or experience,
                                        compare it directly with
                                        observations to see if it
                                        works.</span></font></i><b><i><font
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                                          experiment, it’s
                                          WRONG. In that simple
                                          statement is the key to
                                          science.</span></font></i></b><i><font
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                                        difference how beautiful your
                                        guess is, it doesn’t matter how
                                        smart you are,
                                        who made the guess, or what his
                                        name is. If it disagrees with
                                        experiment, it’s
                                        wrong. That’s all there is to
                                        it.”</span></font></i><font
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