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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#000000" vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>Starchild, nice addition. How about this combination?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'> </span><i><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>“</span></i><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>Libertarianism = FREEDOM - Nothing More, Nothing Less<i>”<o:p></o:p></i></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>As you point out, there is no reason why we can’t have several interchangeable mottos or slogans. I agree that “Party of Principles and Patrick’s “Liberty For All” are both excellent choices.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>Let’s keep the ball rolling with more good ideas. This is Libertarian branding at its best.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>Thoughts?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><i><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>Celebrate Life, Set the Bar High and LIVE FREE!<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><i><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>The Invisible Hand of Self-Interest is Mightier Than the Sword of Government!</span></i></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'> </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>~David Pratt Demarest<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black'><a href="http://www.lpne.org"><u><span style='color:blue'>http://www.lpne.org</span></u></a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><a href="mailto:secretary@lpne.org" target="_blank"><u><span style='color:blue'>secretary@lpne.org</span></u></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><a href="mailto:dpdemarest@centurylink.net"><u><span style='color:blue'>dpdemarest@centurylink.net</span></u></a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><a href="mailto:david.demarest@firstdata.com"><u><span style='color:blue'>david.demarest@firstdata.com</span></u></a> </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>Cell: 402-981-6469<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>Home: 402-493-0873<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>Office: 402-222-7207<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'> Lnc-business [mailto:lnc-business-bounces@hq.lp.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Starchild<br><b>Sent:</b> Sunday, November 06, 2016 12:03 PM<br><b>To:</b> lnc-business@hq.lp.org<br><b>Cc:</b> david.demarest@firstdata.com<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Lnc-business] Libertarian Party slogans<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-tab-span> </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. <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-tab-span> </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. <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-tab-span> </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!<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Love & Liberty,<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal> ((( starchild )))<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>At-Large Representative, Libertarian National Committee<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal> (415) 625-FREE<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal> @StarchildSF<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>On Nov 6, 2016, at 4:31 AM, David Demarest wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><br><br><o:p></o:p></p><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>“Party of Principle” is excellent but I prefer something more specific:</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'> </span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'> “</span><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>Freedom: Nothing More - Nothing Less”</span></b><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'> </span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>Thoughts?</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'> </span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><i><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>Celebrate Life, Set the Bar High and LIVE FREE!</span></i></b><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black'> </span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><i><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>The Invisible Hand of Self-Interest is Mightier Than the Sword of Government!</span></i></b><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'> </span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>~David Pratt Demarest</span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'> </span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in;border-width:initial;border-color:initial'><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>From:</span></b><span class=apple-converted-space><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'> </span></span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>Lnc-business [<a href="mailto:lnc-business-bounces@hq.lp.org">mailto:lnc-business-bounces@hq.lp.org</a>]<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><b>On Behalf Of<span class=apple-converted-space> </span></b>Tim Hagan<br><b>Sent:</b><span class=apple-converted-space> </span>Sunday, November 06, 2016 12:12 AM<br><b>To:</b><span class=apple-converted-space> </span><a href="mailto:lnc-business@hq.lp.org">lnc-business@hq.lp.org</a><br><b>Subject:</b><span class=apple-converted-space> </span>Re: [Lnc-business] Concerns on Party messaging and the<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><a href="http://LP.org">LP.org</a><span class=apple-converted-space> </span>site</span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1478324904545_98865"><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background: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.</span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1478324904545_99333"><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Helvetica Neue",serif;color:black'> </span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1478324904545_99332"><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Helvetica Neue",serif;color:black'>Tim Hagan</span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1478324904545_98864"><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Helvetica Neue",serif;color:black'> </span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1478324904545_98850"><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1478324904545_98849"><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1478324904545_98848"><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1478324904545_98862"><div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;background:white'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><hr size=1 width="100%" align=center></span></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>From:</span></b><span class=apple-converted-space><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'> </span></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Caryn Ann Harlos <<a href="mailto:carynannharlos@gmail.com"><span style='color:windowtext'>carynannharlos@gmail.com</span></a>><br><b>To:</b><span class=apple-converted-space> </span>"<a href="mailto:lnc-business@hq.lp.org"><span style='color:windowtext'>lnc-business@hq.lp.org</span></a>" <<a href="mailto:lnc-business@hq.lp.org"><span style='color:windowtext'>lnc-business@hq.lp.org</span></a>><span class=apple-converted-space> </span><br><b>Cc:</b><span class=apple-converted-space> </span>lnc-business <<a href="mailto:lnc-business@lp.org"><span style='color:windowtext'>lnc-business@lp.org</span></a>>; Chuck Moulton <<a href="mailto:chuck@moulton.org"><span style='color:windowtext'>chuck@moulton.org</span></a>><br><b>Sent:</b><span class=apple-converted-space> </span>Saturday, November 5, 2016 3:53 PM<br><b>Subject:</b><span class=apple-converted-space> </span>Re: [Lnc-business] Concerns on Party messaging and the<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><a href="http://LP.org"><span style='color:windowtext'>LP.org</span></a><span class=apple-converted-space> </span>site</span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1478324904545_98847"><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Helvetica Neue",serif;color:black'> </span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div id=yiv9190605338><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1478324904545_98846"><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background: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? </span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1478324904545_98859"><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Helvetica Neue",serif;color:black'> </span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1478324904545_98845"><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background: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.</span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1478324904545_98852"><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Helvetica Neue",serif;color:black'> </span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1478324904545_98896"><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Helvetica Neue",serif;color:black'>I like what you did with that Wes </span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1478324904545_98898"><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Helvetica Neue",serif;color:black'> </span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1478324904545_98903"><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",serif;color:black'>-- </span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1478324904545_98910"><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1478324904545_98909"><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1478324904545_98908"><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1478324904545_98907"><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1478324904545_98906"><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1478324904545_98905"><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1478324904545_120879"><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",serif;color:black'>In Liberty,</span></b><o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1478324904545_98904"><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",serif;color:black'>Caryn Ann Harlos</span></b><o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1478324904545_121172"><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",serif;color:black'>Region 1 Representative, Libertarian National Committee (Alaska, Arizona, Colorado, Hawaii, Kansas, Montana, Utah, Wyoming, Washington) - </span><span class=MsoHyperlink><u><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",serif;color:blue'>Caryn.Ann.</span></u></span><span class=apple-converted-space><u><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",serif;color:blue'> </span></u></span><span class=MsoHyperlink><u><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",serif;color:blue'><a href="mailto:Harlos@LP.org">Harlos@LP.org</a></span></u></span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1478324904545_120745"><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",serif;color:black'>Communications Director, <a href="http://www.lpcolorado.org/" target="_blank" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1478324904545_121174"><u><span style='color:blue'>Libertarian Party of Colorado</span></u></a></span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1478324904545_121181"><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",serif;color:black'>Colorado State Coordinator, <a href="http://www.lpradicalcaucus.org/" target="_blank" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1478324904545_121178"><u><span style='color:blue'>Libertarian Party Radical Caucus</span></u></a></span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1478324904545_120880"><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Helvetica Neue",serif;color:black'> </span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1478324904545_98920"><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Helvetica Neue",serif;color:black'> </span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1478324904545_98912"><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Helvetica Neue",serif;color:black'> </span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div id=yiv9190605338yqt57103><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1478324904545_98914"><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background: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" target="_blank" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1478324904545_121279"><u><span style='color:blue'>wes.benedict@lp.org</span></u></a>> wrote:<br><br><br></span><o:p></o:p></p></div><blockquote style='border:none;border-left:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-top:5.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:5.0pt;border-width:initial;border-color:initial;z-index:auto'><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1478324904545_98918"><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1478324904545_121183"><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background: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.</span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1478324904545_98917"><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Helvetica Neue",serif;color:black'><image001.png></span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1478324904545_120747"><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background: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."</span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1478324904545_120749"><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background: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.</span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1478324904545_120847"><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Helvetica Neue",serif;color:black'><image002.png></span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1478324904545_120845"><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Helvetica Neue",serif;color:black'> </span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div><pre style='background:white;background-image:initial;background-attachment:initial;background-origin: initial;background-clip: initial;background-position:initial initial;background-repeat:initial initial' id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1478324904545_121256"><span style='color:black'>Wes Benedict, Executive Director</span><o:p></o:p></pre><pre style='background:white;background-image:initial;background-attachment:initial;background-origin: initial;background-clip: initial;background-position:initial initial;background-repeat:initial initial'><span style='color:black'>Libertarian National Committee, Inc.</span><o:p></o:p></pre><pre style='background:white;background-image:initial;background-attachment:initial;background-origin: initial;background-clip: initial;background-position:initial initial;background-repeat:initial initial'><span style='color:black'>1444 Duke St., Alexandria, VA 22314</span><o:p></o:p></pre><pre style='background:white;background-image:initial;background-attachment:initial;background-origin: initial;background-clip: initial;background-position:initial initial;background-repeat:initial initial'><span style='color:black'>(202) 333-0008 ext. 232, </span><span class=MsoHyperlink><u><span style='font-family:"Courier New";color:blue'><a href="mailto:wes.benedict@lp.org">wes.benedict@lp.org</a></span></u></span><o:p></o:p></pre><pre style='background:white;background-image:initial;background-attachment:initial;background-origin: initial;background-clip: initial;background-position:initial initial;background-repeat:initial initial'><span style='color:black'><a href="http://facebook.com/libertarians" target="_blank"><u><span style='color:blue'>facebook.com/libertarians</span></u></a> @LPNational</span><o:p></o:p></pre><pre style='background:white;background-image:initial;background-attachment:initial;background-origin: initial;background-clip: initial;background-position:initial initial;background-repeat:initial initial'><span style='color:black'>Join the Libertarian Party at: <a href="http://lp.org/membership" target="_blank"><u><span style='color:blue'>http://lp.org/membership</span></u></a></span><o:p></o:p></pre><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Helvetica Neue",serif;color:black'>On 11/4/2016 9:06 PM, Caryn Ann Harlos wrote:</span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background: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:</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Helvetica Neue",serif;color:black'> </span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background: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><o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",serif;color:black'><br>I strongly urge the LNC to pay attention to what's going on and not abdicate their responsibilities as stewards of the Libertarian Party assets and strategy on behalf of the membership.==</span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Helvetica Neue",serif;color:black'> </span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",serif;color:black'>I intend upon bringing this up officially soon and may request it be on the December agenda. Ditching our slogan in our masthead - who made that decision? I believe that goes beyond the authority of a committee and to heart of our messaging. Yes, "Party of Principle" is in the About Page. But it is not front and center in our masthead. <br></span><span style='font-family:"Helvetica Neue",serif;color:black'>--</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><b><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#666666'>In Liberty,</span></b><o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><b><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#666666'>Caryn Ann Harlos</span></b><o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",serif;color:black'>Region 1 Representative, Libertarian National Committee </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",serif;color:black'>(Alaska, Arizona, Colorado, Hawaii, Kansas, Montana, Utah, Wyoming, Washington) -<span class=apple-converted-space> </span></span><span class=MsoHyperlink><u><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",serif;color:blue'>Caryn.Ann.</span></u></span><span class=apple-converted-space><u><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",serif;color:blue'> </span></u></span><span class=MsoHyperlink><u><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",serif;color:blue'><a href="mailto:Harlos@LP.org">Harlos@LP.org</a></span></u></span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",serif;color:black'>Communications Director,<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><a href="http://www.lpcolorado.org/" target="_blank"><u><span style='color:blue'>Libertarian Party of Colorado</span></u></a></span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",serif;color:black'>Colorado State Coordinator,<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><a href="http://www.lpradicalcaucus.org/" target="_blank"><u><span style='color:blue'>Libertarian Party Radical Caucus</span></u></a></span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Helvetica Neue",serif;color:black'> </span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></blockquote></div></blockquote></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></blockquote></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>