<html><head><style type="text/css"><!-- DIV {margin:0px;} --></style></head><body><div style="font-size: 13px;color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family: arial,sans-serif;"> <br> Yes Daniel, I am supportive of the Affinity Group Support Committee idea – although as I just responded to David Demarest, I would recommend a slightly different name such as the "Freedom Solidarity Committee". I think you're right that better outreach to and support for non-libertarian groups that are working on pro-freedom issues could help accelerate paradigm shift as well as realize mutual benefit.<br><br><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Love & Liberty,<b><br></b> ((( starchild )))<br>At-Large Representative, Libertarian National Committee<br> (415) 625-FREE<br> @StarchildSF</span><br><br><blockquote style="padding-left: 5px; margin-left: 0px; border-left: #0000ff 2px solid; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial,sans-serif; color: black;">-----Original Message-----
<br>From: Daniel Hayes <danielehayes@icloud.com>
<br>Sent: Dec 7, 2016 5:56 AM
<br>To: Starchild <sfdreamer@earthlink.net>, lnc-business@hq.lp.org
<br>Cc: "lnc-business@hq.lp.org" <lnc-business@hq.lp.org>
<br>Subject: Re: [Lnc-business] Save Scranton article on LP.org – Why cover non-Libertarian freedom fighters?
<br><br><zzzhtml><zzzbody><div>Starchild,<br><br>It sounds like you might be supportive of the Affinity Group Support committee. It's something that the Democrats and Republicans actually use to my understanding. Affinity groups seems like something that might be more useful to a party of activists than to establishment parties. We have overlap on many specific issues with people that otherwise do not line up with our party AT ALL. If we can make better use of this as long as there are some core libertarians involved with whatever group it is, we can hopefully shift some paradigms. <br><br>That all said, I need to get back to work on the likely to be "late" Affiliate Support Committee Report.<br><br>Daniel Hayes<br>LNC At Large Member</div><div><br>On Dec 07, 2016, at 04:44 AM, Starchild <sfdreamer@earthlink.net> wrote:<br><br></div><div><blockquote type="cite"><div class="msg-quote"><div style="font-size: 13px; color: #000000; font-family: arial,sans-serif;" data-mce-style="font-size: 13px; color: #000000; font-family: arial,sans-serif;"><style type="text/css"></style><div style="font-size: 13px; color: #000000; font-family: arial,sans-serif;" data-mce-style="font-size: 13px; color: #000000; font-family: arial,sans-serif;"><br> I want to commend whoever on staff is responsible for the article on <a target="_blank" href="http://LP.org" data-mce-href="http://LP.org">LP.org</a> about the group Save Scranton, which is fighting to defend the people of that town in Pennsylvania against the abuses of bloated government, along with whoever used the national LP Twitter account to tweet about them back in July, and Carla Howell for taking the time to talk with and give advice to someone from the group back in January.<br><br> The <a target="_blank" href="http://LP.org" data-mce-href="http://LP.org">LP.org</a> piece, published December 3, attracted my attention in part because it's the only story on the front page of our website that does <i><b>not</b></i> mention the Libertarian Party:<br><br><a target="_blank" href="https://www.lp.org/st-fleur-using-ballot-measure-to-force-city-bankruptcy/" data-mce-href="https://www.lp.org/st-fleur-using-ballot-measure-to-force-city-bankruptcy/">https://www.lp.org/st-fleur-using-ballot-measure-to-force-city-bankruptcy/</a><br><br> Wait, you may be saying – am I arguing that not mentioning the LP in this story is a <i><b>good</b></i> thing? Yes! Every other currently listed story on the front page of <a target="_blank" href="http://LP.org" data-mce-href="http://LP.org">LP.org</a> explicitly mentions our party. Of course it's good to cover and praise Libertarians who are fighting for freedom, but it's also good to cover others who are fighting for freedom, who do <i><b>not</b></i> necessarily have any connection to the Libertarian Party*.<br><br> The fact that doing so can in turn generate positive exposure for the LP among folks who might not otherwise be much aware of us...<br><br><a target="_blank" href="http://savescranton.com/2016/01/13/the-ball-rolling/" data-mce-href="http://savescranton.com/2016/01/13/the-ball-rolling/">http://savescranton.com/2016/01/13/the-ball-rolling/</a><br><a target="_blank" href="http://savescranton.com/2016/07/14/thanks-to-the-libertarian-party-for-the-shout-out/" data-mce-href="http://savescranton.com/2016/07/14/thanks-to-the-libertarian-party-for-the-shout-out/">http://savescranton.com/2016/07/14/thanks-to-the-libertarian-party-for-the-shout-out/</a><br><br> ...is a nice side effect, but it's not the main reason we should do it. We should do it because it shows that we are not just another self-promoting organization mainly concerned with tooting our own horn, but part of a larger movement for freedom: <b>It sends the message that <i>if you stand for freedom, we stand with you</i>. </b>Isn't that part of what being the Party of Principle is about? <b><br><br></b>Love & Liberty,<b><br></b> ((( starchild )))<br>At-Large Representative, Libertarian National Committee<br> (415) 625-FREE<br> @StarchildSF<b><br><br></b>*I don't know whether Gary St. Fleur or his Save Scranton group have any connections to the Libertarian Party, but if they do the article does not mention it. If they haven't been aware of our supported the LP in the past, this kind of recognition from us may make them more likely to do so in the future.<br><blockquote style="padding-left: 5px; margin-left: 0px; border-left: #0000ff 2px solid; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial,sans-serif; color: black;" data-mce-style="padding-left: 5px; margin-left: 0px; border-left: #0000ff 2px solid; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial,sans-serif; color: black;"><div style="color: #000; background-color: #fff; font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" data-mce-style="color: #000; background-color: #fff; font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><div class="yahoo_quoted" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1480983045917_196827" style="display: block;" data-mce-style="display: block;"><div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1480983045917_196826" data-mce-style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1480983045917_196825" data-mce-style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><br></div></div></div></div></blockquote></div></div><div class="_stretch"><span class="ZZZbody-text-content">_______________________________________________<br>Lnc-business mailing list<br><a target="_blank" href="mailto:Lnc-business@hq.lp.org" data-mce-href="mailto:Lnc-business@hq.lp.org">Lnc-business@hq.lp.org</a><br><a target="_blank" href="http://hq.lp.org/mailman/listinfo/lnc-business_hq.lp.org" data-mce-href="http://hq.lp.org/mailman/listinfo/lnc-business_hq.lp.org">http://hq.lp.org/mailman/listinfo/lnc-business_hq.lp.org</a><br></span></div><style class="existing-message-styles" type="text/css">.msg-quote div {margin: 0px;}
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