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<p>Patrick, I share your concern regarding our dues-paying
membership decline and think a survey would be worthwhile.<br>
</p>
<p>I have done some surveys in the past by snail mail, but it's been
a while. I think it's time to do another set. <br>
</p>
<p>See attached survey mailings.<br>
</p>
<p>See some survey results on page 7 of LP News:
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.lp.org/wp-content/uploads/2011-4_LP_News.pdf">http://www.lp.org/wp-content/uploads/2011-4_LP_News.pdf</a><br>
</p>
<p>I found the two responses regarding the Tea Party questions to be
especially illustrative. <br>
</p>
<p>I will plan to do another survey this Fall. <br>
</p>
<p>I'll also be asking for a budget increase at this LNC meeting to
pay for prospecting for new donors/members to lists that have
routinely been our best performers. <br>
</p>
<p><br>
</p>
<pre class="moz-signature" cols="72">Wes Benedict, Executive Director
Libertarian National Committee, Inc.
1444 Duke St., Alexandria, VA 22314
(202) 333-0008 ext. 232, <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:wes.benedict@lp.org">wes.benedict@lp.org</a>
facebook.com/libertarians @LPNational
Join the Libertarian Party at: <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://lp.org/membership">http://lp.org/membership</a></pre>
<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 8/11/2017 8:20 AM, Patrick McKnight
wrote:<br>
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<div dir="ltr">All,
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<div>I don't understand why our declining membership isn't our
number one priority as an organization. These reports come out
showing we have a real problem and no one seems to notice. Too
often the LNC is too busy having pointless philosophical
debates amongst ourselves while people are voting with their
feet and leaving the party.</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>I would like us to do an email survey of our membership to
determine what people like and don't like about the party. I
don't accept this culture of failure that since our numbers
went up last year they have to go down this year. </div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>I don't pretend to have all the answers to this problem.
But I think a good place to start is simply asking our
membership. It would be free and we might learn something. </div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>Interest in liberty is exploding, if our numbers don't
reflect that we are doing something wrong. </div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>Thanks,</div>
<div>Patrick McKnight</div>
<div>LNC Region 8 Rep</div>
<div>Chair, New Jersey Libertarian Party</div>
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<div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Aug 4, 2017 at 10:13 AM, Robert
Kraus <span dir="ltr"><<a
href="mailto:robert.kraus@lp.org" target="_blank"
moz-do-not-send="true">robert.kraus@lp.org</a>></span>
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color="navy"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:navy">Attached
thank you for pointing that
out! </span></font></p>
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color="navy"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:navy">Live
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size="6" face="Freestyle Script"
color="navy"><span
style="font-size:24.0pt;font-family:"Freestyle
Script";color:navy;font-weight:bold">Robert</span></font></i></b></em><b><i><font
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size="2" face="Verdana" color="navy"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:navy"><span
class="">Robert
S. Kraus - Dir of Operations<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:Operations@LP.org">Operations@LP.org</a><br>
Libertarian National Committee<br>
</span>Ph:
<a href="tel:%28202%29%20333-0008"
value="+12023330008" target="_blank"
moz-do-not-send="true">202.333.0008 x 231</a></span></font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><font
size="2" face="Verdana" color="navy"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:navy">Join
today: <a
href="https://www.lp.org/membership"
target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">https://www.lp.org/membership</a></span></font></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><font
size="2" face="Verdana" color="navy"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:navy">LP
FB Page: <a
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target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">https://www.facebook.com/<wbr>libertarians</a>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><font size="2" face="Tahoma"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold">From:</span></font></b><font
size="2" face="Tahoma"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma">
Lnc-business
[mailto:<a
href="mailto:lnc-business-bounces@hq.lp.org"
target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">lnc-business-bounces@<wbr>hq.lp.org</a>]
<b><span style="font-weight:bold">On
Behalf Of </span></b>Aaron Starr<br>
<b><span style="font-weight:bold">Sent:</span></b>
Thursday, August 03, 2017
4:32 PM<br>
<b><span style="font-weight:bold">To:</span></b>
<a href="mailto:lnc-business@hq.lp.org"
target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">lnc-business@hq.lp.org</a>;
<a href="mailto:lnc-business@lp.org"
target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">lnc-business@lp.org</a>;
'LP-State Chairs'; <a
href="mailto:staff@lp.org" target="_blank"
moz-do-not-send="true">staff@lp.org</a><br>
<b><span style="font-weight:bold">Subject:</span></b>
Re: [Lnc-business] Jul
Membership Report</span></font></p>
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Roman"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> </span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="Calibri"
color="#1f497d"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:#1f497d">Robert,</span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="Calibri"
color="#1f497d"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:#1f497d">For
some reason the
report compares July 2017 with June 2016, so
the prior year data point did not
get updated from last month’s report.</span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="Calibri"
color="#1f497d"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:#1f497d"> </span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="Calibri"
color="#1f497d"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:#1f497d">Can
you revise this
report to compare July 2017 with July 2016? </span></font></p>
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color="#1f497d"><span
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="Calibri"
color="#1f497d"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:#1f497d">Aaron
Starr</span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="Calibri"
color="#1f497d"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:#1f497d"><a
href="tel:%28805%29%20583-3308"
value="+18055833308" target="_blank"
moz-do-not-send="true">(805) 583-3308</a>
Home</span></font></p>
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color="#1f497d"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:#1f497d"><a
href="tel:%28805%29%20404-8693"
value="+18054048693" target="_blank"
moz-do-not-send="true">(805) 404-8693</a>
Mobile</span></font></p>
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color="#1f497d"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:#1f497d"><a
href="mailto:starrcpa@gmail.com"
target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">starrcpa@gmail.com</a></span></font></p>
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style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold">From:</span></font></b><font
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style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma">
Lnc-business
[mailto:<a
href="mailto:lnc-business-bounces@hq.lp.org"
target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">lnc-business-bounces@<wbr>hq.lp.org</a>]
<b><span style="font-weight:bold">On
Behalf Of </span></b>Robert Kraus<br>
<b><span style="font-weight:bold">Sent:</span></b>
Thursday, August 03, 2017
9:32 AM<br>
<b><span style="font-weight:bold">To:</span></b>
<a href="mailto:lnc-business@lp.org"
target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">lnc-business@lp.org</a>;
'LP-State
Chairs'; <a href="mailto:staff@lp.org"
target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">staff@lp.org</a><br>
<b><span style="font-weight:bold">Subject:</span></b>
[Lnc-business] Jul
Membership Report</span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="Verdana"
color="navy"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:navy">Jul
Membership Report is attached. Open
to find out who is no longer tied for 10<sup>th</sup>!</span></font></p>
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color="navy"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:navy"> </span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="Verdana"
color="navy"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:navy">Live
Free!</span></font><font color="navy"><span
style="color:navy"></span></font></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><font
size="1" face="Verdana" color="navy"><span
style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:navy"> </span></font></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><em><b><i><font
size="6" face="Freestyle Script"
color="navy"><span
style="font-size:24.0pt;font-family:"Freestyle
Script";color:navy;font-weight:bold">Robert</span></font></i></b></em><b><i><font
size="2" face="Verdana" color="navy"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:navy;font-weight:bold;font-style:italic"><br>
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</span></font></i></b><font size="2"
face="Verdana" color="navy"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:navy">Robert
S. Kraus - Dir
of Operations<br>
<a href="mailto:Operations@LP.org"
target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">Operations@LP.org</a><br>
Libertarian National Committee, Inc.</span></font><font
color="navy"><span style="color:navy"></span></font></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><font
size="2" face="Verdana" color="navy"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:navy">1444
Duke Street</span></font><font color="navy"><span
style="color:navy"></span></font></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><font
size="2" face="Verdana" color="navy"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:navy">Alexandria</span></font><font
size="2" face="Verdana" color="navy"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:navy">,
VA 22314</span></font><br>
<font size="2" face="Verdana" color="navy"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:navy">Ph:
<a href="tel:%28202%29%20333-0008"
value="+12023330008" target="_blank"
moz-do-not-send="true">202.333.0008 x 231</a></span></font></p>
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size="2" face="Verdana" color="navy"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:navy"> </span></font></p>
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size="2" face="Verdana" color="navy"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:navy">Join
today: <a
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size="2" face="Verdana" color="navy"><span
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FB Page: <a
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target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">https://www.facebook.com/<wbr>libertarians</a>
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