<div dir="ltr">Brett, I agree with you.  Typical members will have zero idea what any of that means.  Of course, many typical members do not get into that granularly, they just want the big picture which is very easy to ascertain from the wonderful graphs.<div><br></div><div><div><font size="2"><b style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">In Liberty,</b></font></div><div><b style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)"><font size="2">Caryn Ann Harlos</font></b></div><div><font size="2"><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">Region 1 Representative, Libertarian National Committee (Alaska, Arizona, Colorado, Hawaii, Kansas, Montana, Utah, Wyoming, Washington) - <a>Caryn.Ann. Harlos@LP.org</a></span></font></div><div><font size="2"><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">Communications Director, <a href="http://www.lpcolorado.org/" target="_blank">Libertarian Party of Colorado</a></span></font></div><div><font size="2"><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">Colorado State Coordinator, <a href="http://www.lpradicalcaucus.org/" target="_blank">Libertarian Party Radical Caucus</a></span></font></div><div><font size="2"><br></font></div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Aug 6, 2016 at 9:06 AM, Caryn Ann Harlos <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:carynannharlos@gmail.com" target="_blank">carynannharlos@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">Thank you Wes, that was clear and straightforward.<div><br></div><div>It seems to me that this "active mem" number is not terribly meaningful then for the membership report.  A member said to me that this also might include some "lifetime donors" that get benefits but are not accorded BSM membership under some old scheme.  Is this correct?</div><div><br></div><div>I know to some people this seems hopelessly pedantic.  I am a paralegal.  I am hopelessly pedantic.  It is my super power.  But at least you know I truly examined this document.</div><span class=""><div><br></div><div><div><font size="2"><b style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">In Liberty,</b></font></div><div><b style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)"><font size="2">Caryn Ann Harlos</font></b></div><div><font size="2"><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">Region 1 Representative, Libertarian National Committee (Alaska, Arizona, Colorado, Hawaii, Kansas, Montana, Utah, Wyoming, Washington) - <a>Caryn.Ann. Harlos@LP.org</a></span></font></div><div><font size="2"><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">Communications Director, <a href="http://www.lpcolorado.org/" target="_blank">Libertarian Party of Colorado</a></span></font></div><div><font size="2"><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">Colorado State Coordinator, <a href="http://www.lpradicalcaucus.org/" target="_blank">Libertarian Party Radical Caucus</a></span></font></div></div></span></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div><div class="h5">On Sat, Aug 6, 2016 at 9:06 AM, Wes Benedict <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:wes.benedict@lp.org" target="_blank">wes.benedict@lp.org</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 bgcolor="#FFFFFF" text="#000000"><div><div class="h5">
    <p>If John signed the pledge and paid dues on 1/1/2015, then, at
      that point, their "Active Membership" and "Sustaining Membership"
      both expire on 1/1/2016.</p>
    <p>We start sending renewal letters and renewal emails before
      people's memberships expire.</p>
    <p>If John renews his dues on 11/1/2015 (2 months before his
      expiration date), then his "Active Membership" is extended to
      1/1/2017 (per the policy manual), but his "Sustaining Membership"
      will expire 11/1/2016 (per the bylaws).<br>
    </p>
    <p>The above kind of thing is one example of how the two sets of
      numbers can vary--sometimes records aren't 100% complete updated
      right when a report is run as well. And sometimes errors are made.<br>
    </p>
    <p><br>
    </p>
    <pre cols="72">Wes Benedict, Executive Director
Libertarian National Committee, Inc.
1444 Duke St., Alexandria, VA 22314
<a href="tel:%28202%29%20333-0008%20ext.%20232" value="+12023330008" target="_blank">(202) 333-0008 ext. 232</a>, <a href="mailto:wes.benedict@lp.org" target="_blank">wes.benedict@lp.org</a>
<a href="http://facebook.com/libertarians" target="_blank">facebook.com/libertarians</a> @LPNational
Join the Libertarian Party at: <a href="http://lp.org/membership" target="_blank">http://lp.org/membership</a></pre>
    <div>On 8/6/2016 10:52 AM, Caryn Ann Harlos
      wrote:<br>
    </div>
    </div></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><div class="h5">
      <div dir="ltr">Wes, yes please!
        <div><br>
        </div>
        <div>I am asking members and no one seems to understand this.</div>
      </div>
      </div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br>
        <div class="gmail_quote"><div><div class="h5">On Sat, Aug 6, 2016 at 8:50 AM, Wes
          Benedict <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:wes.benedict@lp.org" target="_blank">wes.benedict@lp.org</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 bgcolor="#FFFFFF" text="#000000"><div><div class="h5">
              <p>Cary, do you want me to answer this question?  <br>
              </p>
              <pre cols="72">Wes Benedict, Executive Director
Libertarian National Committee, Inc.
1444 Duke St., Alexandria, VA 22314
<a href="tel:%28202%29%20333-0008%20ext.%20232" value="+12023330008" target="_blank">(202) 333-0008 ext. 232</a>, <a href="mailto:wes.benedict@lp.org" target="_blank">wes.benedict@lp.org</a>
<a href="http://facebook.com/libertarians" target="_blank">facebook.com/libertarians</a> @LPNational
Join the Libertarian Party at: <a href="http://lp.org/membership" target="_blank">http://lp.org/membership</a></pre>
              <div>On 8/6/2016 10:37 AM, Caryn Ann Harlos wrote:<br>
              </div>
              </div></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><div class="h5">
                <div dir="ltr">Well you couldn't have signed the Pledge
                  in 1971 since it wasn't around then ;)
                  <div><br>
                  </div>
                  <div>But I am still confused by your example.  Maybe
                    here is the better question to help me.</div>
                  <div><br>
                  </div>
                  <div>What does one have to do to have "member
                    benefits" that are not co-extensive with BSM? 
                    Because it says "active mems" have signed the
                    Pledge.</div>
                  <div><br>
                  </div>
                  <div>Does this just mean a contribution under $25?</div>
                  <div><br>
                  </div>
                  <div>How can you be an active pledge-signer member
                    (for active mem) and not be a BSM?  The only way I
                    can see that is if one gave less than $25.</div>
                  <div><br>
                  </div>
                  <div>
                    <div><font size="2"><b style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">In
                          Liberty,</b></font></div>
                    <div><b style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)"><font size="2">Caryn Ann Harlos</font></b></div>
                    <div><font size="2"><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">Region
                          1 Representative, Libertarian National
                          Committee (Alaska, Arizona, Colorado, Hawaii,
                          Kansas, Montana, Utah, Wyoming, Washington) - <a>Caryn.Ann.
                            Harlos@LP.org</a></span></font></div>
                    <div><font size="2"><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">Communications
                          Director, <a href="http://www.lpcolorado.org/" target="_blank">Libertarian Party of
                            Colorado</a></span></font></div>
                    <div><font size="2"><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">Colorado
                          State Coordinator, <a href="http://www.lpradicalcaucus.org/" target="_blank">Libertarian Party Radical
                            Caucus</a></span></font></div>
                    <div><br>
                    </div>
                    <div><br>
                    </div>
                  </div>
                </div>
                </div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br>
                  <div class="gmail_quote"><div><div class="h5">On Sat, Aug 6, 2016 at 8:28
                    AM, Robert Kraus <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:robert.kraus@lp.org" target="_blank">robert.kraus@lp.org</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 link="blue" vlink="blue" lang="EN-US">
                        <div><div><div class="h5">
                          <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Verdana" color="navy" size="2"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:navy">I
                                amy have signed the NAP in 1971. Doesn’t
                                matter when I signed the NAP or if I
                                signed the NAP ( for my active
                                membership benefits expire date).</span></font></p>
                          <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Verdana" color="navy" size="2"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:navy"> </span></font></p>
                          <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Verdana" color="navy" size="2"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:navy">But
                                in this example the ONLY thing the
                                bylaws care about is that I contributed
                                $25 within the last year.</span></font></p>
                          <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Verdana" color="navy" size="2"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:navy"> </span></font></p>
                          <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Verdana" color="navy" size="2"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:navy">Thus
                                the last time I did this was $25 on
                                07/01/15 thus I am no longer a BSM as of
                                07/01/16.</span></font></p>
                          <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Verdana" color="navy" size="2"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:navy"> </span></font></p>
                          <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Verdana" color="navy" size="2"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:navy">Now
                                on the “membership benefits side” –
                                which the Policy Manual dictates – I get
                                my “benefits” expire date updated by 12
                                months from my previous date. So if my
                                previous expire date was 08/30/15 and I
                                renewed early on 07/01/15 my new expire
                                date is 08/30/16. Thus you can say my
                                BSM ended on 07/01/16 yet my ?membership
                                benefits” expire date ends on 08/30/16.</span></font></p>
                          <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Verdana" color="navy" size="2"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:navy"> </span></font></p>
                          <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Verdana" color="navy" size="2"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:navy">My
                                BSM would not end on 08/30/16 simply
                                because that would violate the bylaws
                                since I had not given since 07/01/15.</span></font></p>
                          <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Verdana" color="navy" size="2"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:navy"> </span></font></p>
                          <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Verdana" color="navy" size="2"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:navy">Keep
                                in mind it really doesn’t matter when
                                your BSM “ends” except for counts for
                                delegates 6 months pior to a convention
                                or your status on the LNC or JC which
                                requires you to be a BSM.</span></font></p>
                          <span>
                            <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Verdana" color="navy" size="2"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:navy"> </span></font></p>
                            <div>
                              <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Verdana" color="navy" size="2"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:navy">Live
                                    Free!</span></font><font color="navy"><span style="color:navy">​​​​</span></font></p>
                              <p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><font face="Verdana" color="navy" size="1"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:navy"> </span></font></p>
                              <p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><em><b><i><font face="Freestyle Script" color="navy" size="6"><span>Robert</span></font></i></b></em><b><i><font face="Verdana" color="navy" size="2"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:navy;font-weight:bold;font-style:italic"><br>
                                        <br>
                                        <br>
                                      </span></font></i></b><font face="Verdana" color="navy" size="1"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:navy"></span></font></p>
                              <p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><font face="Verdana" color="navy" size="2"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:navy">Robert S. Kraus
                                    - Dir of Operations<br>
                                    <a href="mailto:Operations@LP.org" target="_blank">Operations@LP.org</a><br>
                                    Libertarian National Committee<br>
                                    Ph: <a href="tel:202.333.0008%20x%20231" value="+12023330008" target="_blank">202.333.0008 x 231</a></span></font></p>
                              <p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><font face="Verdana" color="navy" size="2"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:navy"> </span></font></p>
                              <p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><font face="Verdana" color="navy" size="2"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:navy">Join today: <a href="https://www.lp.org/membership" target="_blank">https://www.lp.org/membership</a></span></font></p>
                              <p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><font face="Verdana" color="navy" size="2"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:navy">LP FB Page: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/libertarians" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/liber<wbr>tarians</a>
                                  </span></font></p>
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                              <div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center" align="center"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> size=2
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                            <p class="MsoNormal"><b><font face="Tahoma" size="2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold">From:</span></font></b><font face="Tahoma" size="2"><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@h<wbr>q.lp.org</a>]
                                  <b><span style="font-weight:bold">On
                                      Behalf Of </span></b>Caryn Ann
                                  Harlos<br>
                                  <b><span style="font-weight:bold">Sent:</span></b>
                                  Saturday, August 06, 2016 10:16 AM</span></font></p>
                            <div>
                              <div><font face="Tahoma" size="2"><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] Newbie question -
                                  Membership Report</font></div>
                            </div>
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                            <div><div><div class="h5">
                              <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New
                                  Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> </span></font></p>
                              <div>
                                <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times
                                    New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Ahh okay
                                      (you messed up a date in there, I
                                      think you meant 7/1/16 in the
                                      example of BSM expiring).  Is that
                                      number even meaningful for
                                      membership stats?  It is really
                                      terribly confusing.</span></font></p>
                                <div>
                                  <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times
                                      New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> </span></font></p>
                                </div>
                                <div>
                                  <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times
                                      New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">It
                                        seems in most cases that the two
                                        dates would be concurrent.</span></font></p>
                                </div>
                                <div>
                                  <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times
                                      New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> </span></font></p>
                                </div>
                                <div>
                                  <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times
                                      New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">So in
                                        your above example, you had
                                        "membership benefits" due to
                                        paying some money around 8/30/14
                                        prior to agreeing with the NAP
                                        which was done on 7/1/15. 
                                        Because if you had agreed with
                                        the NAP and paid money on
                                        8/30/14 and renewed early on
                                        7/1/15, your BSM membership
                                        would still go through 8/30/16,
                                        correct?  </span></font></p>
                                </div>
                                <div>
                                  <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times
                                      New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> </span></font></p>
                                </div>
                                <div>
                                  <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times
                                      New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Am I
                                        understanding this now?  If I
                                        am, I am going to write up a
                                        mini-article on this to explain
                                        it to others.  I cannot be the
                                        only one confounded by this, no
                                        one just wasn't obsessed enough
                                        to pursue an answer since the
                                        numbers were negligible.</span></font></p>
                                </div>
                                <div>
                                  <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times
                                      New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> </span></font></p>
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                                <div>
                                  <div>
                                    <p class="MsoNormal"><b><font face="Times New Roman" size="2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold">In
                                            Liberty,</span></font></b></p>
                                  </div>
                                  <div>
                                    <p class="MsoNormal"><b><font face="Times New Roman" size="2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold">Caryn
                                            Ann Harlos</span></font></b></p>
                                  </div>
                                  <div>
                                    <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Region
                                          1 Representative, Libertarian
                                          National Committee (Alaska,
                                          Arizona, Colorado, Hawaii,
                                          Kansas, Montana, Utah,
                                          Wyoming, Washington)
                                          - Caryn.Ann. <a href="mailto:Harlos@LP.org" target="_blank">Harlos@LP.org</a></span></font></p>
                                  </div>
                                  <div>
                                    <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Communications
                                          Director, <a href="http://www.lpcolorado.org/" target="_blank">Libertarian
                                            Party of Colorado</a></span></font></p>
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                                  <div>
                                    <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Colorado</span></font><font size="2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">
                                          State</span></font><font size="2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">
                                          Coordinator, <a href="http://www.lpradicalcaucus.org/" target="_blank">Libertarian
                                            Party Radical Caucus</a></span></font></p>
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                                <div><div><div class="h5">
                                  <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times
                                      New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">On Sat,
                                        Aug 6, 2016 at 8:06 AM, Robert
                                        Kraus <<a href="mailto:robert.kraus@lp.org" target="_blank">robert.kraus@lp.org</a>>
                                        wrote:</span></font></p>
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                                    <div><div><div class="h5">
                                      <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Verdana" color="navy" size="2"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:navy">Sorry
                                            meant I would be a BSM until
                                            07/01/2016 not 15.</span></font></p>
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                                        <p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><font face="Verdana" color="navy" size="2"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:navy"> </span></font></p>
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                                              <hr align="center" size="2" width="100%"> </span></font></div>
                                        <p class="MsoNormal"><b><font face="Tahoma" size="2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold">From:</span></font></b><font face="Tahoma" size="2"><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@h<wbr>q.lp.org</a>]
                                              <b><span style="font-weight:bold">On
                                                  Behalf Of </span></b>Robert
                                              Kraus<br>
                                              <b><span style="font-weight:bold">Sent:</span></b>
                                              Saturday, August 06, 2016
                                              10:05 AM<br>
                                              <b><span style="font-weight:bold">To:</span></b>
                                              <a href="mailto:lnc-business@hq.lp.org" target="_blank">lnc-business@hq.lp.org</a><br>
                                              <b><span style="font-weight:bold">Subject:</span></b>
                                              Re: [Lnc-business] Newbie
                                              question - Membership
                                              Report</span></font></p>
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                                      <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> </span></font></p>
                                      <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Verdana" color="navy" size="2"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:navy">Simple
                                            explanation: BSM (Sustaining
                                            Membership) is per the
                                            bylaws which basically says
                                            you are a sustaining member
                                            if you contribute a total of
                                            $25 within a year and agree
                                            to the NAP</span></font></p>
                                      <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Verdana" color="navy" size="2"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:navy"> </span></font></p>
                                      <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Verdana" color="navy" size="2"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:navy">Example
                                            – I agree with the NAP and
                                            paid $25 for anything on
                                            07/01/2015 thus I was a
                                            “BSM” until 07/01/2015 (I am
                                            no longer a “BSM” in this
                                            example)</span></font></p>
                                      <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Verdana" color="navy" size="2"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:navy"> </span></font></p>
                                      <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Verdana" color="navy" size="2"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:navy">The
                                            “Active” (doesn’t matter Mem
                                            or Sub) part is dictated by
                                            the policy manual and
                                            relates to “membership
                                            benefits” like LP News. For
                                            example I paid $25 on
                                            07/01/15 to renew my “active
                                            membership” but my benefits
                                            did not expire until
                                            08/30/15. In other words in
                                            this example I renewed
                                            early. According to our
                                            rules my “expire” date for
                                            “membership benefits” would
                                            be extended by one year.
                                            Thus my new “active
                                            membership expire date” is
                                            08/30/16. So I am “active”
                                            until the end of this month
                                            even though I am no longer a
                                            BSM. </span></font></p>
                                      <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Verdana" color="navy" size="2"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:navy"> </span></font></p>
                                      <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Verdana" color="navy" size="2"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:navy">So
                                            if I come from the state of
                                            PR and am the only “active”
                                            member – my state will show
                                            zero (0) for BSM and one (1)
                                            for MEM.</span></font></p>
                                      <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Verdana" color="navy" size="2"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:navy"> </span></font></p>
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                                        <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Verdana" color="navy" size="2"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:navy">Live
                                              Free!</span></font><font color="navy"><span style="color:navy">​​​​</span></font></p>
                                        <p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><font face="Verdana" color="navy" size="1"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:navy"> </span></font></p>
                                        <p style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><em><b><i><font face="Freestyle
                                                  Script" color="navy" size="6"><span>Robert</span></font></i></b></em></p>
                                        <p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><font face="Verdana" color="navy" size="2"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:navy">Robert
                                              S. Kraus - Dir of
                                              Operations<br>
                                              <a href="mailto:Operations@LP.org" target="_blank">Operations@LP.org</a><br>
                                              Libertarian National
                                              Committee<br>
                                              Ph: <a href="tel:202.333.0008%20x%20231" target="_blank">202.333.0008
                                                x 231</a></span></font></p>
                                        <p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><font face="Verdana" color="navy" size="2"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:navy"> </span></font></p>
                                        <p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><font face="Verdana" color="navy" size="2"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:navy">Join
                                              today: <a href="https://www.lp.org/membership" target="_blank">https://www.lp.org/membership</a></span></font></p>
                                        <p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><font face="Verdana" color="navy" size="2"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:navy">LP
                                              FB Page: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/libertarians" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/liber<wbr>tarians</a>
                                            </span></font></p>
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                                        <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center" align="center"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><hr
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                                              tabindex=-1> </span></font></p>
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                                            <p class="MsoNormal"><b><font face="Tahoma" size="2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold">From:</span></font></b><font face="Tahoma" size="2"><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@h<wbr>q.lp.org</a>]
                                                  <b><span style="font-weight:bold">On
                                                      Behalf Of </span></b>Caryn
                                                  Ann Harlos<br>
                                                  <b><span style="font-weight:bold">Sent:</span></b>
                                                  Saturday, August 06,
                                                  2016 8:47 AM<br>
                                                  <b><span style="font-weight:bold">To:</span></b>
                                                  <a href="mailto:lnc-business@hq.lp.org" target="_blank">lnc-business@hq.lp.org</a><br>
                                                  <b><span style="font-weight:bold">Subject:</span></b>
                                                  Re: [Lnc-business]
                                                  Newbie question -
                                                  Membership Report</span></font></p>
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                                          <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> </span></font></p>
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                                            <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">First
                                                  line should say on
                                                  "page 2" of the
                                                  report.</span></font></p>
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                                            <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> </span></font></p>
                                            <div><div><div class="h5">
                                              <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">On
                                                    Sat, Aug 6, 2016 at
                                                    6:46 AM, Caryn Ann
                                                    Harlos <<a href="mailto:carynannharlos@gmail.com" target="_blank">carynannharlos@gmail.com</a>>
                                                    wrote:</span></font></p>
                                              <div>
                                                <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New
                                                    Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Joshua, let me explain.</span></font></p>
                                                <div>
                                                  <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New
                                                      Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> </span></font></p>
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                                                  <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New
                                                      Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">There are five columns on page of the report.  </span></font></p>
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                                                  <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New
                                                      Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> </span></font></p>
                                                </div>
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                                                  <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New
                                                      Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">1.  Total "MEM" - this is the total number of
                                                        constituents in
                                                        state that have
                                                        signed the
                                                        pledge - whether
                                                        they have paid
                                                        dues or not.  It
                                                        includes
                                                        inactive folks
                                                        who are not
                                                        reflected on
                                                        this chart.</span></font></p>
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                                                  <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New
                                                      Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">2.   Active "MEM"- Current Dues Payer or
                                                        Lifetime Donor
                                                        with a signed
                                                        pledge</span></font></p>
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                                                  <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New
                                                      Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">3.  Active "SUB" - Current due payer or
                                                        lifetime donors
                                                        who have not
                                                        signed the
                                                        Pledge</span></font></p>
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                                                  <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New
                                                      Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">4.  Total Active - that is just adding numbers
                                                        2 and numbers 3.</span></font></p>
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                                                  <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New
                                                      Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">5. Total BSM- By-Law Definition of "Sustaining
                                                        Member" and
                                                        number used for
                                                        delegate count
                                                        with a
                                                        parenthetical
                                                        comment of Art
                                                        5-3 that a
                                                        Sustaining
                                                        member is any
                                                        Party member who
                                                        has given at
                                                        least $25 to the
                                                        party in the
                                                        prior twelve
                                                        months, or who
                                                        is a life
                                                        member.  By that
                                                        definition, a
                                                        Pledge signer.</span></font></p>
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                                                  <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New
                                                      Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> </span></font></p>
                                                </div>
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                                                  <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New
                                                      Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">What is the different between Numbers 2 and
                                                        Number 5?  Dues
                                                        payers? Check. 
                                                        Lifetime
                                                        donors?  Check. 
                                                        Signed Pledge? 
                                                        Check.  That is
                                                        true for both of
                                                        those
                                                        categories, so
                                                        what is the
                                                        difference?</span></font></p>
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                                                  <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New
                                                      Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> </span></font></p>
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                                                  <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New
                                                      Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">And the different between those numbers in the
                                                        states is only a
                                                        few people, and
                                                        in some states
                                                        (such as Hawaii,
                                                        Nebraska, Rhode
                                                        Island, South
                                                        Carolina), they
                                                        are exactly the
                                                        same.</span></font></p>
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                                                  <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New
                                                      Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> </span></font></p>
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                                                    <p class="MsoNormal"><b><font face="Times
                                                          New Roman" size="2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold">In Liberty,</span></font></b></p>
                                                  </div>
                                                  <div>
                                                    <p class="MsoNormal"><b><font face="Times
                                                          New Roman" size="2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold">Caryn Ann Harlos</span></font></b></p>
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                                                    <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New
                                                        Roman" size="2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Region 1 Representative, Libertarian National
                                                          Committee (Alaska,
                                                          Arizona,
                                                          Colorado,
                                                          Hawaii,
                                                          Kansas,
                                                          Montana, Utah,
                                                          Wyoming,
                                                          Washington)
                                                          - Caryn.Ann. <a href="mailto:Harlos@LP.org" target="_blank">Harlos@LP.org</a></span></font></p>
                                                  </div>
                                                  <div>
                                                    <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New
                                                        Roman" size="2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Communications Director, <a href="http://www.lpcolorado.org/" target="_blank">Libertarian Party of
                                                          Colorado</a></span></font></p>
                                                  </div>
                                                  <div>
                                                    <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New
                                                        Roman" size="2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Colorado</span></font><font size="2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">
                                                          State</span></font><font size="2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">
                                                          Coordinator, <a href="http://www.lpradicalcaucus.org/" target="_blank">Libertarian
                                                          Party Radical
                                                          Caucus</a></span></font></p>
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                                                  <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New
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                                                  <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New
                                                      Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> </span></font></p>
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                                                  <div>
                                                    <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New
                                                        Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> </span></font></p>
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                                                      <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times
                                                          New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">On Sat, Aug 6, 2016 at 6:04 AM, Joshua Katz
                                                          <<a href="mailto:planning4liberty@gmail.com" target="_blank">planning4liberty@gmail.com</a>>
                                                          wrote:</span></font></p>
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                                                        <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times
                                                          New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Active subs need not sign the pledge, I agree. 
                                                          I don't see
                                                          that this
                                                          challenges
                                                          what I said,
                                                          that MEM don't
                                                          pay dues and
                                                          BSM do.</span></font></p>
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                                                        <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times
                                                          New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><br clear="all">
                                                          </span></font></p>
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                                                          <div data-smartmail="gmail_signature">
                                                          <div>
                                                          <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times
                                                          New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Joshua A. Katz</span></font></p>
                                                          <div>
                                                          <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times
                                                          New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Westbrook CT Planning Commission (L in R seat)</span></font></p>
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                                                        <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times
                                                          New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> </span></font></p>
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                                                          <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times
                                                          New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">On Sat, Aug 6, 2016 at 1:40 AM, Caryn Ann
                                                          Harlos <<a href="mailto:carynannharlos@gmail.com" target="_blank">carynannharlos@gmail.com</a>>
                                                          wrote:</span></font></p>
                                                          <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times
                                                          New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">I really suggest reading the categories in the
                                                          membership
                                                          report - that
                                                          isn't the
                                                          difference
                                                          here.  There
                                                          is a
                                                          categories for
                                                          non-pledgers -
                                                          "active subs"
                                                          - that doesn't
                                                          answer the
                                                          difference
                                                          between
                                                          "active mem"
                                                          and BSM.</span></font></p>
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                                                          New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><br>
                                                          On Friday,
                                                          August 5,
                                                          2016, Joshua
                                                          Katz <<a href="mailto:planning4liberty@gmail.com" target="_blank">planning4liberty@gmail.com</a>>
                                                          wrote:</span></font></p>
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                                                          <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times
                                                          New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">To become a member, one signs the pledge.  To
                                                          become a
                                                          bylaws-sustaining
                                                          member, one
                                                          pays dues.  </span></font></p>
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                                                          </span></font></p>
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                                                          <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times
                                                          New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Joshua A. Katz</span></font></p>
                                                          <div>
                                                          <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times
                                                          New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Westbrook CT Planning Commission (L in R seat)</span></font></p>
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                                                          <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times
                                                          New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">On Fri, Aug 5, 2016 at 9:42 PM, Caryn Ann
                                                          Harlos <<a href="mailto:carynannharlos@gmail.com" target="_blank">carynannharlos@gmail.com</a>>
                                                          wrote:</span></font></p>
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                                                          <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times
                                                          New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">hehe</span></font></p>
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                                                          <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times
                                                          New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">But I did read it.  It doesn't answer  my
                                                          question.  So
                                                          perhaps it
                                                          needs to be
                                                          longer to
                                                          answer my
                                                          question.</span></font></p>
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                                                          <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times
                                                          New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">On Fri, Aug 5, 2016 at 7:16 PM, Ken Moellman
                                                          <<a href="mailto:ken.moellman@lpky.org" target="_blank">ken.moellman@lpky.org</a>>
                                                          wrote:</span></font></p>
                                                          </div></div><div><div><div class="h5">
                                                          <p><font face="Verdana" size="2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana"> </span></font></p>
                                                          <div>
                                                          <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Verdana" size="2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana">(If only the policy manual
                                                          weren't so
                                                          long... 
                                                          Sorry, I
                                                          couldn't
                                                          resist. Heh.)</span></font></p>
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                                                          <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Verdana" size="2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana"> </span></font></p>
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                                                          <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Verdana" size="2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana">---</span></font></p>
                                                          <p><font face="Verdana" size="2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana">Ken C. Moellman, Jr.<br>
                                                          LNC Region 3
                                                          Alternate
                                                          Representative<br>
                                                          LPKY Judicial
                                                          Committee</span></font></p>
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                                                          <div><div><div class="h5">
                                                          <p><font face="Verdana" size="2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana"> </span></font></p>
                                                          <p><font face="Verdana" size="2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana">On 2016-08-05 20:41, Caryn
                                                          Ann Harlos
                                                          wrote:</span></font></p>
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                                                          <div>
                                                          <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Verdana" size="2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana">Thank you Robert, I did,
                                                          and perhaps I
                                                          am being slow,
                                                          that doesn't
                                                          explain to me
                                                          the difference
                                                          between Active
                                                          MEM and BSM. 
                                                          It seems to me
                                                          those two
                                                          categories are
                                                          identical, yet
                                                          for nearly
                                                          every state
                                                          they vary by a
                                                          few.   </span></font></p>
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                                                          <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Verdana" size="2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana"> </span></font></p>
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                                                          <div>
                                                          <p class="MsoNormal"><strong><b><font face="Verdana" size="3"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Verdana">In Liberty,</span></font></b></strong></p>
                                                          </div>
                                                          <div>
                                                          <p class="MsoNormal"><strong><b><font face="Verdana" size="3"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Verdana">Caryn Ann Harlos</span></font></b></strong></p>
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                                                          <div>
                                                          <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Verdana" size="3"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Verdana">Region 1
Representative, Libertarian National Committee (Alaska, Arizona,
                                                          Colorado,
                                                          Hawaii,
                                                          Kansas,
                                                          Montana, Utah,
                                                          Wyoming,
                                                          Washington)
                                                          - Caryn.Ann. <a href="mailto:Harlos@LP.org" target="_blank">Harlos@LP.org</a></span></font></p>
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                                                          <div>
                                                          <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Verdana" size="3"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Verdana">Communications Director, <a href="http://www.lpcolorado.org/" target="_blank">Libertarian
                                                          Party of
                                                          Colorado</a></span></font></p>
                                                          </div>
                                                          <div>
                                                          <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)"><font face="Verdana" size="3"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Verdana">Colorado</span></font><font face="Verdana"><span style="font-family:Verdana"> State</span></font><font face="Verdana"><span style="font-family:Verdana"> Coordinator, <a href="http://www.lpradicalcaucus.org/" target="_blank">Libertarian Party Radical Caucus</a></span></font></span></p>
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                                                          <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Verdana" size="2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana">On Fri, Aug 5, 2016 at 6:07
                                                          PM, Robert
                                                          Kraus <<a href="mailto:robert.kraus@lp.org" target="_blank">robert.kraus@lp.org</a>>
                                                          wrote:</span></font></p>
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                                                          <div><div><div class="h5">
                                                          <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Verdana" color="navy" size="2"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:navy">See policy
                                                          manual:</span></font></p>
                                                          <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Verdana" color="navy" size="2"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:navy"> </span></font></p>
                                                          <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><font face="TT170Do00" size="3"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:TT170Do00">Section
                                                          2.05
                                                          MEMBERSHIP
                                                          POLICIES......................<wbr>..............................<wbr>............................36</span></font></p>
                                                          <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><font face="TT170Do00" size="3"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:TT170Do00">1)
                                                          Membership
                                                          Forms
                                                          ..............................<wbr>..............................<wbr>..............................<wbr>..............36</span></font></p>
                                                          <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><font face="TT170Do00" size="3"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:TT170Do00">2)
                                                          Association
                                                          Levels
                                                          ..............................<wbr>..............................<wbr>..............................<wbr>...............36</span></font></p>
                                                          <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><font face="TT170Do00" size="3"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:TT170Do00">3)
                                                          Life
                                                          Membership
                                                          Status........................<wbr>..............................<wbr>..............................<wbr>.............36</span></font></p>
                                                          <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><font face="TT170Do00" size="3"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:TT170Do00">4)
                                                          Benefits
                                                          ..............................<wbr>..............................<wbr>..............................<wbr>..............................<wbr>..36</span></font></p>
                                                          <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="TT170Do00" size="3"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:TT170Do00">5)
                                                          Benefits Lapse
                                                          Date
                                                          ..............................<wbr>..............................<wbr>..............................<wbr>.............38</span></font></p>
                                                          <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Verdana" color="navy" size="2"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:navy"> </span></font></p>
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                                                          <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Verdana" color="navy" size="2"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:navy">Live Free!</span></font><font color="navy"><span style="color:navy">​​​​</span></font></p>
                                                          <p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><font face="Verdana" color="navy" size="1"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:navy"> </span></font></p>
                                                          <p style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><em><b><i><font face="Freestyle Script" color="navy" size="6"><span>Robert</span></font></i></b></em></p>
                                                          <p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><font face="Verdana" color="navy" size="2"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:navy">Robert S. Kraus
                                                          - Dir of
                                                          Operations<br>
                                                          <a href="mailto:Operations@LP.org" target="_blank">Operations@LP.org</a><br>
                                                          Libertarian
                                                          National
                                                          Committee<br>
                                                          Ph: <a href="tel:202.333.0008%20x%20231" target="_blank">202.333.0008 x 231</a></span></font></p>
                                                          <p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><font face="Verdana" color="navy" size="2"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:navy"> </span></font></p>
                                                          <p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><font face="Verdana" color="navy" size="2"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:navy">Join today: <a href="https://www.lp.org/membership" target="_blank"><font face="Times
                                                          New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"">https://www.lp.org/membership</span></font></a></span></font></p>
                                                          <p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><font face="Verdana" color="navy" size="2"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:navy">LP FB Page: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/libertarians" target="_blank"><font face="Times
                                                          New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"">https://www.facebook.com/liber<wbr>tarians</span></font></a>
                                                          </span></font></p>
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                                                          <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center" align="center"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">size=2 width="100%" align=center
tabindex=-1> </span></font></p>
                                                          <p class="MsoNormal"><strong><b><font face="Tahoma" size="2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma">From:</span></font></b></strong><font face="Tahoma" size="2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma"> Lnc-business [mailto:<a href="mailto:lnc-business-bounces@h" target="_blank">lnc-business-bounces@h</a><a href="http://q.lp.org" target="_blank"><wbr>q.lp.org</a>]
                                                          <strong><b><font face="Tahoma"><span style="font-family:Tahoma">On Behalf Of </span></font></b></strong>Caryn
                                                          Ann Harlos<br>
                                                          <strong><b><font face="Tahoma"><span style="font-family:Tahoma">Sent:</span></font></b></strong> Friday,
                                                          August 05,
                                                          2016 7:44 PM<br>
                                                          <strong><b><font face="Tahoma"><span style="font-family:Tahoma">To:</span></font></b></strong> <a href="mailto:lnc-business@hq.lp.org" target="_blank">lnc-business@hq.lp.org</a><br>
                                                          <strong><b><font face="Tahoma"><span style="font-family:Tahoma">Subject:</span></font></b></strong>
                                                          [Lnc-business]
                                                          Newbie
                                                          question -
                                                          Membership
                                                          Report</span></font></p>
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                                                          <div>
                                                          <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times
                                                          New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> </span></font></p>
                                                          <div>
                                                          <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times
                                                          New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Can someone please explain to me the different
                                                          categories?  I
                                                          am not
                                                          understanding
                                                          why these
                                                          numbers
                                                          differ.</span></font></p><span class="">
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                                                          <div>
                                                          <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times
                                                          New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Let's just take CO as an example:</span></font></p>
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                                                          <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times
                                                          New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Active MEM: 524</span></font></p>
                                                          </div>
                                                          <div>
                                                          <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times
                                                          New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Active SUB-40</span></font></p>
                                                          </div>
                                                          <div>
                                                          <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times
                                                          New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Total Active-564</span></font></p>
                                                          </div>
                                                          <div>
                                                          <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times
                                                          New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Total BSM- 525</span></font></p>
                                                          </div>
                                                          <div>
                                                          <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times
                                                          New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> </span></font></p>
                                                          </div>
                                                          <div>
                                                          <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times
                                                          New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Here is my question.  What is the difference
                                                          between active
                                                           MEM and BSM
                                                          so that those
                                                          numbers would
                                                          differ?  I
                                                          read the
                                                          explanation in
                                                          the legend,
                                                          but I am not
                                                          understanding. 
                                                          It seems like
                                                          "active" and
                                                          "BSM" are
                                                          functionally
                                                          the same
                                                          thing.  What
                                                          am I missing
                                                          here?  How can
                                                          there be a
                                                          difference of
                                                          "1" between
                                                          these two
                                                          numbers in
                                                          CO?  It seems
                                                          like these two
                                                          numbers are
                                                          near identical
                                                          but not
                                                          actually
                                                          identical in
                                                          nearly every
                                                          state.</span></font></p>
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                                                          </span><div>
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                                                          <p class="MsoNormal"><strong><b><font face="Arial" color="#666666" size="4"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Arial;color:#666666">Caryn Ann
                                                          Harlos</span></font></b></strong></p>
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Representative, Libertarian National Committee </span></font><font size="2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">(Alaska, Arizona, Colorado, Hawaii, Kansas,
                                                          Montana, Utah,
                                                          Wyoming,
                                                          Washington) -
                                                          Caryn.Ann. <a href="mailto:Harlos@LP.org" target="_blank">Harlos@LP.org</a></span></font></p>
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                                                          <p class="MsoNormal"><strong><b><font face="Arial" color="#666666" size="5"><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#666666">Caryn Ann
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Representative, Libertarian National Committee </span></font><font face="Verdana" size="2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana">(Alaska, Arizona, Colorado,
                                                          Hawaii,
                                                          Kansas,
                                                          Montana, Utah,
                                                          Wyoming,
                                                          Washington) -
                                                          Caryn.Ann. <a href="mailto:Harlos@LP.org" target="_blank">Harlos@LP.org</a></span></font></p>
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                                                          Radical Caucus</a></span></font></p>
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