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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'>Yes 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 so no problem! <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>
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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
color=navy><span style='color:navy'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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face=Verdana><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><em><b><i><font size=6 color=navy
face="Freestyle Script"><span style='font-size:24.0pt;font-family:"Freestyle Script";
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>Daniel Wiener<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Friday, April 01, 2016 2:36
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'>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><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'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
9.5pt'>Dan Wiener</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'><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 11:11 AM, <st1:PersonName w:st="on">Robert Kraus</st1:PersonName>
<<a href="mailto:robert.kraus@lp.org" target="_blank">robert.kraus@lp.org</a>>
wrote:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><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”? </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><font
size=2 color=navy face=Verdana><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Verdana;
color:navy'> </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><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? </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><font
size=2 color=navy face=Verdana><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Verdana;
color:navy'> </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><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. </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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size=2 color=navy face=Verdana><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Verdana;
color:navy'> </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><font
size=2 color=navy face=Verdana><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Verdana;
color:navy'>Live Free!</span></font><font color=navy><span style='color:navy'></span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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face=Verdana><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:navy'> </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;
margin-left:0in'><em><b><i><font size=6 color=navy face="Freestyle Script"><span
style='font-size:24.0pt;font-family:"Freestyle Script";color:navy;font-weight:
bold'>Robert</span></font></i></b></em><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>size=2
width="100%" align=center tabindex=-1> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><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:<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>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> <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]
LIBERTARIAN PARTY POST-LIFE MEMBERSHIPS</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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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 style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><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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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 style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><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 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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<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'>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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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 style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><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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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 style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><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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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 style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><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:l3 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 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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<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 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>
<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>
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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 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 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>
<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>
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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>
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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>
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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>
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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@01D18C24.727EA9F0" alt="Inline image 1"><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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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>
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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>
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text-align:justify'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
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<p class=MsoNormal><i><font size=1 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:7.5pt;font-style:italic'>"In general, we look for a 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 size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-weight:bold;font-style:italic'> If it disagrees with experiment, it’s
WRONG. In that simple statement is the key to science.</span></font></i></b><i><font
size=1><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-style:italic'> It doesn’t make any
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 size=1><span
style='font-size:7.5pt'> -- Richard Feynman</span></font> <font size=1><span
style='font-size:7.5pt'>(<a href="https://tinyurl.com/lozjjps" target="_blank">https://tinyurl.com/lozjjps</a>)</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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