<div dir="ltr"><div><div><div><div><div>Caryn,<br><br></div>I was under the impression from speaking with Lauren et al that we would be able to get those pages up relatively fast or I'd not have had that exchange with you and Lauren last week. That said, and as I've stated before, I am 100% behind whatever priorities Wes has been organizing for staff.<br><br></div><div>My position is that we absolutely did not prematurely go live. If anything we launched later than planned mostly due to a series of infrastructure issues (many of which are cost-dependent and detailed in a report I've been working on). <br></div><div><br></div>To expound on my response, the website was built and launched to serve as a marketing tool for the Libertarian Party. I know some may disagree with this, but the majority did agree with that premise and that's why the project was taken on in the first place. The most important marketing we could do right now is for Gary Johnson (much like the GOP is using their website to promote Trump and the DNC is using their website to promote Hillary). This has been a marketing strategy and by all accounts is a pretty practical and intuitive one.<br><br></div>Still, I'm not dismissing the other pages needing to go online. I fully agree with you that they do need to. But the marketing of the Johnson campaign has been given priority over some of the internal components. I'm fairly certain that our marketing people are not of the position that people will avoid voting for Johnson because they can't immediately find our party's bylaws online.<br><br>Also, I managed to make the old site available for staff internally. This in itself took a lot of work, but has been done to ensure they can compare pages.<br><br></div>Finally, and as briefly noted above, I've been preparing a lengthy report for the LNC and for LP staff so that all of the components we are working with are spelled out. Once I finish the report I will gladly share it provided that the LNC DOES agree to keep it confidential (given it contains highly sensitive information related to our infrastructure).<br><br></div>-Kevin<br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Nov 3, 2016 at 5:21 PM, 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">In short, we made a mistake in prematurely going live.<span class=""><div><br></div><div>-- <br><div class="m_-8344884178131405986gmail-m_-550559475414641832gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><font size="4" color="#666666" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><b>In Liberty,</b></font></div><div><font size="4" color="#666666" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><b>Caryn Ann Harlos</b></font></div><div><font size="1">Region 1 Representative, Libertarian National Committee </font><span style="font-size:x-small">(Alaska, Arizona, Colorado, Hawaii, Kansas, Montana, Utah, Wyoming, Washington) - <a href="mailto:Caryn.Ann.Harlos@LP.org" target="_blank">Caryn.Ann. Harlos@LP.org</a></span></div><div><span style="font-size:x-small">Communications Director, <a href="http://www.lpcolorado.org/" target="_blank">Libertarian Party of Colorado</a></span></div><div><span style="font-size:x-small">Colorado State Coordinator, <a href="http://www.lpradicalcaucus.org/" target="_blank">Libertarian Party Radical Caucus</a></span></div><div><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></span></div><div class="HOEnZb"><div class="h5"><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Nov 3, 2016 at 4:15 PM, Wes Benedict <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:wes.benedict@lp.org" target="_blank">wes.benedict@lp.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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<p>The website has come a long way, but we have a lot of work yet to
do on it. I have personally instructed various staff members to
focus on certain things in front of others. While getting bylaws
up and new LNC photos is a priority, it may still be a while
before we get those up. Again, I have told staff there are higher
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<p>things that have displayed poorly on the home page are a higher
priority for now. For example, below is taken from an email I sent
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<p><img src="cid:part1.AFB92718.72A8FB62@lp.org" alt="" width="456" height="685"></p>
<p>If I inaccurately promised some things in a few days, I revise
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<p>We are making progress. But again, especially while we were
having some issues with files and images appearing and then
disappearing, I have told staff to focus on certain other things.<br>
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<div dir="ltr">Hello, I am following up on the several things I
was assured would be resolved shortly (likely a few days) that
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<div>First, the minutes archives is not yet restored. These are
required by the Bylaws, and I must object once again that we
have a non-Bylaws-complaint page up.</div>
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<div>Second, the LNC members photos have partially disappeared.
I have been getting a ton of publicity for the LPCO in CO and
when the news there is looking up my credentials, they see an
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<div>I waited well past the few days discussed to followup. </div>
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<div>Yes the election is coming up but our Bylaws are our Bylaws
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