<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div>I will be moving during our Convention Oversight Committee meeting this Monday to establish preferential seating suggestions for our Post Life Members during our convention banquet. The LNC will be able to vote on these suggestions during our Meeting April 15th.</div><div id="AppleMailSignature"><br></div><div id="AppleMailSignature">Mr. Chairman, no need to add time for this to the agenda. It will be included in the COC report I deliver at the meeting.</div><div id="AppleMailSignature"><br></div><div id="AppleMailSignature"><br></div><div id="AppleMailSignature"><br></div><div id="AppleMailSignature">Daniel Hayes</div><div id="AppleMailSignature">LNC At Large Member<br><br>Sent from my iPhone</div><div><br>On Apr 1, 2017, at 10:37 AM, Caryn Ann Harlos <<a href="mailto:carynannharlos@gmail.com">carynannharlos@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><div dir="ltr">This adds additional motivation to my pledge on a life membership if the records motion passes. I really hated to think my membership would end when I was hit by a car as we were planning for.<div><br></div><div>- Caryn Ann</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Apr 1, 2017 at 6:32 AM, Brett Bittner <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:brett.bittner@lp.org" target="_blank">brett.bittner@lp.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto">Wes, <div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Please share my thanks with the members of the committee not on the list for their hard work in making this a reality. </div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">I think that we could really see some benefits from this new program, and I look forward to the outcome. </div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Thanks again, </div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Brett <br><br><div data-smartmail="gmail_signature" dir="auto">**This message sent from my phone. Please excuse any typos.</div></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div><div class="h5">On Apr 1, 2017 07:15, "Wes Benedict" <<a href="mailto:wes.benedict@lp.org" target="_blank">wes.benedict@lp.org</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"></div></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div><div class="h5">
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</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><b>EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:<span> </span></b><i>When the Libertarian Party
raised the price
of Life Memberships from $1,000 to $1,500 in 2014, there was a
one-time spike
in the purchase of Life Memberships to beat the deadline,
which resulted in a
revenue windfall of tens of thousands of dollars.<span> </span>That bump suggested that
other
extended-period memberships might be equally profitable.<span> </span>Accordingly, the
Re-Membership Committee was
formed to consider out-of-the-box options to the existing
Libertarian Party dues
structure.<span> </span>Our
committee was tasked with
presenting its recommendations in time for the 2016 national
convention to
consider them.<span> </span>This is
our committee’s
report.<u></u><u></u></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><b><u></u> <u></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify">The Libertarian
Party’s
membership structure currently consists of non-dues-paying
members who have
signed the non-initiation-of-force pledge; sustaining members
who have paid at
least $25 per year; and life members who have paid $1,500 (or
more in some
cases, for higher honorary levels).<span> </span>But
each life membership ends by definition with that person’s
death.<span> </span>What happens
afterwards?<span> </span>In rare
cases supporters have left bequests
for the LP in their wills, but that is an unpredictable and
undependable source
of revenue.<span> </span>Furthermore,
it provides
little direct benefit to the donor after his or her death, and
only
hypothetical benefit for the furtherance of libertarian values
which the donor
will never actually see.<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify">We propose to
solve this problem
by offering Post-Life Memberships in the Libertarian Party,
which will be
pre-paid but take effect only after a person’s death, thus
filling a currently
under-served donor niche.<span> </span>Establishing
a
much freer society for our nation and indeed the entire world is
a
life-and-death matter and should be treated that way.<span> </span>By purchasing a Post-Life
Membership, a
person’s association with the LP will transcend that artificial
boundary, and
will represent an enduring legacy.<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Suggested Post-Life Membership levels would
be as follows:<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="m_-862510844788550925m_3290766425330478455MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:Symbol"><span>·<span>
</span></span></span><b>Libertarian
Party Angel -- $3,000</b>.<span> </span>This
would be
a limited-period post-life membership which would only extend
until the year
3,000.<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="m_-862510844788550925m_3290766425330478455MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:Symbol"><span>·<span>
</span></span></span><b>Libertarian
Party Archangel -- $33,400.</b><span>
</span>This is
an unlimited post-life membership, with the amount indexed to
the FEC’s maximum
annual contribution limit.<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="m_-862510844788550925m_3290766425330478455MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:Symbol"><span>·<span>
</span></span></span><b>Libertarian
Party Heavenly Inhabitor -- $100,200.</b><span>
</span>This is a specialized post-life membership aimed at
Libertarians who are
focused on where they will dwell in the after-life.<span> </span>It represents the maximum
annual amount which
the FEC says can be contributed to the LP Building Fund, and
will also be
indexed to that contribution limit.<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="m_-862510844788550925m_3290766425330478455MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:Symbol"><span>·<span>
</span></span></span><b>Libertarian
Party Lucifer -- $1,000,000 and up.</b><span>
</span>This is an unrestricted post-life membership for
Libertarians who refuse
to be bound in either life or death by arbitrary rules and
standards, and are willing
to brave the consequences (whatever they may be) in the cause of
freedom.<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify">All Post-Life
Members will be
sent electronic copies of the <i>LP News</i>
to their last known email addresses, and their estates will
continue to receive
the same email fundraising pitches as all other LP members.<span> </span>Their names will be placed
on plaques in the
LP office and memorialized at the next national convention, and
they will
continue to pad the Libertarian Party’s membership rolls just as
Life Members
do.<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify">(As a side note,
we believe that
libertarians who have been placed in cryogenic storage should
still be able to
qualify for Post-Life Memberships.<span>
</span>When
they are successfully revived, they would then be categorized as
“un-dead” and
their Post-Life Memberships would be suspended until such time
as they later
re-died.)<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify">The Re-Membership
Committee is
optimistic that a test mailing targeted to older sustaining
members and
especially to current Life Members could produce exceptionally
lucrative
results.<span> </span>We urge that
this be done as
rapidly as possible, since time is of the essence before more of
this
demographic passes away.<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify">This report is
hereby submitted
on behalf of the Re-Membership Committee this day of April 1,
2017 by Daniel
Wiener, Chair, who wishes to express his appreciation to the
rest of the
Committee, especially Aaron Starr, Alicia Mattson, and David
Nolan (deceased).<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span><img src="cid:part1.DC39687D.1DE43E80@lp.org" height="45" width="198"></span><u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify">Daniel Wiener,
Re-Membership
Chair<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify">P.S.<span> </span>While we had originally
intended to include
Pre-Life LP memberships with the Post-Life proposals, our
committee has been
unable to complete that portion by the April 1<sup>st</sup>
target date.<span> </span>Several
complex issues remain to be resolved,
such as whether the Pre-Life memberships would apply prior to
conception
between the sperm and the egg, or prior to actual birth?<span> </span>Also, in the case of a
miscarriage, would the
parents be entitled to a full refund or a pro-rata refund based
on the fraction
of nine months?<span> </span>And how
would unexpected
multiple births be handled?<span> </span>For
example,
are twins each entitled to half of a Pre-Life membership, or
must parents buy
an extra one?<span> </span>These
represent difficult
philosophical questions upon which libertarians can reasonably
disagree.<u></u><u></u></p>
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<br></blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><font size="4" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" color="#666666"><b>In Liberty,</b></font></div><div><font size="4" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" color="#666666"><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><span style="font-size:x-small">Chair, LP Historical Preservation Committee</span></div><div><span style="font-size:x-small"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size:x-small">A haiku to the Statement of Principles:</span></div><div><span style="font-size:x-small"><i>We defend your rights</i></span></div><div><span style="font-size:x-small"><i>And oppose the use of force</i></span></div><div><span style="font-size:x-small"><i>Taxation is theft</i></span></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><span style="font-size:x-small"><br></span></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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