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<p>Kevin spent probably 80 or more hours working on a few tech
challenges with the new website over the past few weeks. Some of
the problems we've had did not happen until we switched on the
live version of the website. In any case, it's live now and we're
going to keep making it a great website. <br>
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<pre class="moz-signature" cols="72">Wes Benedict, Executive Director
Libertarian National Committee, Inc.
1444 Duke St., Alexandria, VA 22314
(202) 333-0008 ext. 232, <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:wes.benedict@lp.org">wes.benedict@lp.org</a>
facebook.com/libertarians @LPNational
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 11/3/2016 6:37 PM, Kevin Ludlow
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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
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<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>
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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>
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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>
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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>
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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>
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sans-serif" color="#666666" size="4"><b>Caryn
Ann Harlos</b></font></div>
<div><font size="1">Region 1
Representative, Libertarian National
Committee </font><span
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Arizona, Colorado, Hawaii, Kansas,
Montana, Utah, Wyoming, Washington) - <a
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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 priorities in the short run.</p>
<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
to staff on some things we had to do for the
home page.</p>
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<p><img src="cid:part6.86609E88.8D44F3DD@lp.org"
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<p>If I inaccurately promised some things in a
few days, I revise that estimate to a few
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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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<p>Thanks,<br>
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Libertarian National Committee, Inc.
1444 Duke St., Alexandria, VA 22314
<a moz-do-not-send="true" href="tel:%28202%29%20333-0008%20ext.%20232" value="+12023330008" target="_blank">(202) 333-0008 ext. 232</a>, <a moz-do-not-send="true" class="m_-8344884178131405986m_-1360504342063274445moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:wes.benedict@lp.org" target="_blank">wes.benedict@lp.org</a>
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the several things I was assured would
be resolved shortly (likely a few days)
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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
LP.org LNC page that is incomplete.l</div>
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<div>I waited well past the few days
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<div>Yes the election is coming up but
our Bylaws are our Bylaws and having
an incomplete page looks bad when
people are looking us up.<br
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