<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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