<p dir="ltr">My idea is "Liberty for All" because it's short, inclusive and familiar to the general public.</p>
<p dir="ltr">Thanks,<br>
Patrick McKnight<br>
Region 8 Rep</p>
<div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Nov 6, 2016 1:04 PM, "Starchild" <<a href="mailto:sfdreamer@earthlink.net">sfdreamer@earthlink.net</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div style="word-wrap:break-word"><div><span class="m_2510263517829010441Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre-wrap">        </span>I love it, David! Just a slight proposed change – "We Stand for Freedom – Nothing More, Nothing Less." Otherwise it could sound like we're saying <i>freedom</i> means nothing more and nothing less. </div><div><br></div><div><span class="m_2510263517829010441Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre-wrap">     </span>To be clear, my appreciation for this slogan isn't a suggestion we give up "The Party of Principle" by any means. I see no reason we can't continue to use multiple slogans. </div><div><br></div><div><span class="m_2510263517829010441Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre-wrap">  </span>However I don't think these types of catch phrases should be trademarked (I noticed a ™ after the "Party of Principle" phrase in Wes's message). Slogans asserting commitment to principle, or to the cause of liberty, <i>rightly belong to whichever party earns them by its actions</i>, not to whomever managed to file first with some government registration office. May the Libertarian Party long continue to live up to these ideals!</div><div><br></div><div>Love & Liberty,</div><div>                                    ((( starchild )))</div><div>At-Large Representative, Libertarian National Committee</div><div>                                 (415) 625-FREE</div><div>                                  @StarchildSF</div><div><br></div><br><div><div>On Nov 6, 2016, at 4:31 AM, David Demarest wrote:</div><br class="m_2510263517829010441Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><span class="m_2510263517829010441Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse:separate;font-family:Helvetica;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:normal;text-align:-webkit-auto;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;font-size:medium"><div lang="EN-US" link="blue" vlink="purple"><div class="m_2510263517829010441WordSection1"><div style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">“Party of Principle” is excellent but I prefer something more specific:<u></u><u></u></span></div><div style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></div><div style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">                “</span><b><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Freedom: Nothing More - Nothing Less”<u></u><u></u></span></b></div><div style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></div><div><div style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Thoughts?<u></u><u></u></span></div><div style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)"><u></u> <u></u></span></div><div style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"><b><i><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)">Celebrate Life, Set the Bar High and LIVE FREE!<u></u><u></u></span></i></b></div><div style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:black"><u></u> <u></u></span></div><div style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"><b><i><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)">The Invisible Hand of Self-Interest is Mightier Than the Sword of Government!</span></i></b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></div><div style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)"> </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></div><div style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)">~David Pratt Demarest<u></u><u></u></span></div></div><div style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></div><div><div style="border-right-style:none;border-bottom-style:none;border-left-style:none;border-width:initial;border-color:initial;border-top-style:solid;border-top-color:rgb(225,225,225);border-top-width:1pt;padding-top:3pt;padding-right:0in;padding-bottom:0in;padding-left:0in"><div style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"><b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span class="m_2510263517829010441Apple-converted-space"> </span>Lnc-business [mailto:<a href="mailto:lnc-business-bounces@hq.lp.org" target="_blank">lnc-business-bounces@<wbr>hq.lp.org</a>]<span class="m_2510263517829010441Apple-converted-space"> </span><b>On Behalf Of<span class="m_2510263517829010441Apple-converted-space"> </span></b>Tim Hagan<br><b>Sent:</b><span class="m_2510263517829010441Apple-converted-space"> </span>Sunday, November 06, 2016 12:12 AM<br><b>To:</b><span class="m_2510263517829010441Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:lnc-business@hq.lp.org" style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">lnc-business@hq.lp.org</a><br><b>Subject:</b><span class="m_2510263517829010441Apple-converted-space"> </span>Re: [Lnc-business] Concerns on Party messaging and the<span class="m_2510263517829010441Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://LP.org" style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">LP.org</a><span class="m_2510263517829010441Apple-converted-space"> </span>site<u></u><u></u></span></div></div></div><div style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"><u></u> <u></u></div><div><div id="m_2510263517829010441yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1478324904545_98865"><div style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;background-image:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;background-color:white"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica Neue',serif;color:black">If the LNC is to direct an official party slogan, it should be added to the Policy Manual so it won't get lost. Probably in Section 2.06, Party Communications.<u></u><u></u></span></div></div><div id="m_2510263517829010441yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1478324904545_99333"><div style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;background-image:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;background-color:white"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica Neue',serif;color:black"><u></u> <u></u></span></div></div><div id="m_2510263517829010441yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1478324904545_99332"><div style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;background-image:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;background-color:white"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica Neue',serif;color:black">Tim Hagan<u></u><u></u></span></div></div><div id="m_2510263517829010441yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1478324904545_98864"><div style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;background-image:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;background-color:white"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica Neue',serif;color:black"><u></u> <u></u></span></div></div><div id="m_2510263517829010441yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1478324904545_98850"><div id="m_2510263517829010441yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1478324904545_98849"><div id="m_2510263517829010441yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1478324904545_98848"><div id="m_2510263517829010441yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1478324904545_98862"><div class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;text-align:center;background-image:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;background-color:white;background-position:initial initial;background-repeat:initial initial"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black"><hr size="1" width="100%" align="center"></span></div><div style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;background-image:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;background-color:white"><b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black"><span class="m_2510263517829010441Apple-converted-space"> </span>Caryn Ann Harlos <<a href="mailto:carynannharlos@gmail.com" style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">carynannharlos@gmail.com</a>><br><b>To:</b><span class="m_2510263517829010441Apple-converted-space"> </span>"<a href="mailto:lnc-business@hq.lp.org" style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">lnc-business@hq.lp.org</a>" <<a href="mailto:lnc-business@hq.lp.org" style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">lnc-business@hq.lp.org</a>><span class="m_2510263517829010441Apple-converted-space"> </span><br><b>Cc:</b><span class="m_2510263517829010441Apple-converted-space"> </span>lnc-business <<a href="mailto:lnc-business@lp.org" style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">lnc-business@lp.org</a>>; Chuck Moulton <<a href="mailto:chuck@moulton.org" style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">chuck@moulton.org</a>><br><b>Sent:</b><span class="m_2510263517829010441Apple-converted-space"> </span>Saturday, November 5, 2016 3:53 PM<br><b>Subject:</b><span class="m_2510263517829010441Apple-converted-space"> </span>Re: [Lnc-business] Concerns on Party messaging and the<span class="m_2510263517829010441Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://LP.org" style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">LP.org</a><span class="m_2510263517829010441Apple-converted-space"> </span>site</span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica Neue',serif;color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></div></div><div id="m_2510263517829010441yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1478324904545_98847"><div style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;background-image:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;background-color:white"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica Neue',serif;color:black"><u></u> <u></u></span></div><div id="m_2510263517829010441yiv9190605338"><div id="m_2510263517829010441yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1478324904545_98846"><div style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;background-image:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;background-color:white"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica Neue',serif;color:black">Party of Principle is noted in many non-LP sources as the official party slogan - anyone know if and where this is noted officially?  <u></u><u></u></span></div><div id="m_2510263517829010441yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1478324904545_98859"><div style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;background-image:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;background-color:white"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica Neue',serif;color:black"><u></u> <u></u></span></div></div><div id="m_2510263517829010441yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1478324904545_98845"><div style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;background-image:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;background-color:white"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica Neue',serif;color:black">Losing it from the site masthead without express warrant from the LNC is - to me - beyond a subcommittee decision.<u></u><u></u></span></div></div><div id="m_2510263517829010441yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1478324904545_98852"><div style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;background-image:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;background-color:white"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica Neue',serif;color:black"><u></u> <u></u></span></div></div><div id="m_2510263517829010441yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1478324904545_98896"><div style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;background-image:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;background-color:white"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica Neue',serif;color:black">I like what you did with that Wes <u></u><u></u></span></div></div><div id="m_2510263517829010441yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1478324904545_98898"><div style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;background-image:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;background-color:white"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica Neue',serif;color:black"><u></u> <u></u></span></div></div><div id="m_2510263517829010441yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1478324904545_98903"><div style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;background-image:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;background-color:white"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Helvetica Neue',serif;color:black">-- </span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica Neue',serif;color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></div><div id="m_2510263517829010441yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1478324904545_98910"><div id="m_2510263517829010441yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1478324904545_98909"><div id="m_2510263517829010441yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1478324904545_98908"><div id="m_2510263517829010441yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1478324904545_98907"><div id="m_2510263517829010441yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1478324904545_98906"><div id="m_2510263517829010441yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1478324904545_98905"><div id="m_2510263517829010441yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1478324904545_120879"><div style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;background-image:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;background-color:white"><b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Helvetica Neue',serif;color:black">In Liberty,</span></b><span style="font-family:'Helvetica Neue',serif;color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></div></div><div id="m_2510263517829010441yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1478324904545_98904"><div style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;background-image:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;background-color:white"><b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Helvetica Neue',serif;color:black">Caryn Ann Harlos</span></b><span style="font-family:'Helvetica Neue',serif;color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></div></div><div id="m_2510263517829010441yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1478324904545_121172"><div style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;background-image:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;background-color:white"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Helvetica Neue',serif;color:black">Region 1 Representative, Libertarian National Committee (Alaska, Arizona, Colorado, Hawaii, Kansas, Montana, Utah, Wyoming, Washington) - <span class="m_2510263517829010441MsoHyperlink" style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline">Caryn.Ann.<span class="m_2510263517829010441Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:Harlos@LP.org" style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">Harlos@LP.org</a></span></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica Neue',serif;color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></div></div><div id="m_2510263517829010441yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1478324904545_120745"><div style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;background-image:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;background-color:white"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Helvetica Neue',serif;color:black">Communications Director, <a href="http://www.lpcolorado.org/" id="m_2510263517829010441yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1478324904545_121174" style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">Libertarian Party of Colorado</a></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica Neue',serif;color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></div></div><div id="m_2510263517829010441yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1478324904545_121181"><div style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;background-image:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;background-color:white"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Helvetica Neue',serif;color:black">Colorado State Coordinator, <a href="http://www.lpradicalcaucus.org/" id="m_2510263517829010441yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1478324904545_121178" style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">Libertarian Party Radical Caucus</a></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica Neue',serif;color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></div></div><div id="m_2510263517829010441yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1478324904545_120880"><div style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;background-image:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;background-color:white"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica Neue',serif;color:black"><u></u> <u></u></span></div></div><div id="m_2510263517829010441yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1478324904545_98920"><div style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;background-image:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;background-color:white"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica Neue',serif;color:black"><u></u> <u></u></span></div></div><div id="m_2510263517829010441yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1478324904545_98912"><div style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;background-image:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;background-color:white"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica Neue',serif;color:black"><u></u> <u></u></span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div id="m_2510263517829010441yiv9190605338yqt57103"><div id="m_2510263517829010441yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1478324904545_98914"><div style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;background-image:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;background-color:white"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica Neue',serif;color:black"><br>On Saturday, November 5, 2016, Wes Benedict <<a href="mailto:wes.benedict@lp.org" id="m_2510263517829010441yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1478324904545_121279" style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">wes.benedict@lp.org</a>> wrote:<br><br><u></u><u></u></span></div><blockquote style="border-top-style:none;border-right-style:none;border-bottom-style:none;border-width:initial;border-color:initial;border-left-style:solid;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-width:1pt;padding-top:0in;padding-right:0in;padding-bottom:0in;padding-left:6pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-right:0in"><div id="m_2510263517829010441yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1478324904545_98918"><div id="m_2510263517829010441yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1478324904545_121183"><div style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;background-image:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;background-color:white"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica Neue',serif;color:black">I'm eager to work with whatever slogan the LNC adopts. I like "Party of Principle." We can easily add it places similar to this image show below and attached.<u></u><u></u></span></div></div><div id="m_2510263517829010441yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1478324904545_98917"><div style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;background-image:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;background-color:white"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica Neue',serif;color:black"><span><image001.png></span><u></u><u></u></span></div></div><div id="m_2510263517829010441yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1478324904545_120747"><div style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;background-image:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;background-color:white"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica Neue',serif;color:black">Below is an image from the top of the old website. It contains both "The Party of Principle" and "Minimum Government-Maximum Freedom."<u></u><u></u></span></div></div><div id="m_2510263517829010441yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1478324904545_120749"><div style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;background-image:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;background-color:white"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica Neue',serif;color:black">I believe it was in 2010 that the LNC adopted "Minimum Government - Maximum Freedom" which was championed by David Nolan. If anything, I think to be in strict compliance with old LNC directives, we probably would be required to have "Minimum Government - Maximum Freedom" and not "The Party of Principle". But I'm not certain on that. The LNC takes occasional votes or makes directives on things over time that may have overturned that old directive (which I think was from the LNC, but it's possible it was just a directive from the chair.<u></u><u></u></span></div></div><div id="m_2510263517829010441yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1478324904545_120847"><div style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;background-image:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;background-color:white"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica Neue',serif;color:black"><span><image002.png></span><u></u><u></u></span></div></div><div id="m_2510263517829010441yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1478324904545_120845"><div style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;background-image:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;background-color:white"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica Neue',serif;color:black"><u></u> <u></u></span></div></div><pre id="m_2510263517829010441yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1478324904545_121256" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:0.0001pt;font-size:10pt;font-family:'Courier New';background-image:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;background-color:white;background-position:initial initial;background-repeat:initial initial"><span style="color:black">Wes Benedict, Executive Director<u></u><u></u></span></pre><pre style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:0.0001pt;font-size:10pt;font-family:'Courier New';background-image:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;background-color:white;background-position:initial initial;background-repeat:initial initial"><span style="color:black">Libertarian National Committee, Inc.<u></u><u></u></span></pre><pre style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:0.0001pt;font-size:10pt;font-family:'Courier New';background-image:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;background-color:white;background-position:initial initial;background-repeat:initial initial"><span style="color:black">1444 Duke St., Alexandria, VA 22314<u></u><u></u></span></pre><pre style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:0.0001pt;font-size:10pt;font-family:'Courier New';background-image:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;background-color:white;background-position:initial initial;background-repeat:initial initial"><span style="color:black"><a href="tel:%28202%29%20333-0008%20ext.%20232" value="+12023330008" target="_blank">(202) 333-0008 ext. 232</a>, <span class="m_2510263517829010441MsoHyperlink" style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline"><a href="mailto:wes.benedict@lp.org" style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">wes.benedict@lp.org</a></span><u></u><u></u></span></pre><pre style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:0.0001pt;font-size:10pt;font-family:'Courier New';background-image:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;background-color:white;background-position:initial initial;background-repeat:initial initial"><span style="color:black"><a href="http://facebook.com/libertarians" style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">facebook.com/libertarians</a> @LPNational<u></u><u></u></span></pre><pre style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:0.0001pt;font-size:10pt;font-family:'Courier New';background-image:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;background-color:white;background-position:initial initial;background-repeat:initial initial"><span style="color:black">Join the Libertarian Party at: <a href="http://lp.org/membership" style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">http://lp.org/membership</a><u></u><u></u></span></pre><div><div style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;background-image:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;background-color:white"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica Neue',serif;color:black">On 11/4/2016 9:06 PM, Caryn Ann Harlos wrote:<u></u><u></u></span></div></div><blockquote style="margin-top:5pt;margin-bottom:5pt"><div><div style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;background-image:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;background-color:white"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica Neue',serif;color:black">I am not copying Kevin on this as this is an internal LNC thing, but Chuck Moulton wrote this earlier:<u></u><u></u></span></div><div><div style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;background-image:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;background-color:white"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica Neue',serif;color:black"><u></u> <u></u></span></div></div><div><div style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;background-image:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;background-color:white"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica Neue',serif;color:black">==</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:'Helvetica Neue',serif;color:black">I worry that some people are using this website transition to forward an agenda -- whether that be removing content, re-branding the party, moderating the LP's messaging, or whatever.  Those changes should be LNC level decisions.  In the chaos of the website transition, perhaps some people are hoping no one will notice... and even if they do, it will be unclear who made the decisions and who can be held accountable.  Was it Kevin Ludlow?  Wes Benedict?  Nick Sarwark?  Someone else?</span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica Neue',serif;color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></div></div><div><div style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;background-image:initial;backgroun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