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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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cite="mid:CABMBB6Wq=nUi2OQey0arzknDH9eY77ysj9oaWeuupZwetUe_pw@mail.gmail.com">
      <div dir="ltr">All,
        <div><br>
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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>
      </div>
      <div class="gmail_extra"><br>
        <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>
          wrote:<br>
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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
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                      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>
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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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style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:navy;font-weight:bold;font-style:italic"><br>
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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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                        size="2" face="Verdana" color="navy"><span
                          style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:navy">Join
                          today: <a
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                            target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">https://www.lp.org/membership</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">LP
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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>
                    <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">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>
                    <p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="Calibri"
                        color="#1f497d"><span
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                          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>
                      <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%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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                            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>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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                        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">Live
                          Free!</span></font><font color="navy"><span
                          style="color:navy">​​​​</span></font></p>
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                          style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:navy"> </span></font></p>
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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
                            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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                        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>
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                        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">Join
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                        size="2" face="Verdana" color="navy"><span
                          style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:navy">LP
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