<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><br></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>I'm opposed to any increase in dues until such payments are decoupled from the right to participate in party decision-making (e.g. serve as a delegate), which ought to be based strictly on agreement with libertarian principles. The Libertarian Party should not be a pay-to-play organization.</div><div><br></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>I'm less opposed to a convention set-aside, but while I think we could usefully spend more on conventions if the money were well-spent – an "if" in which I confess I do not have a great deal of confidence – and the goal of avoiding floor fees is certainly admirable, I'm unconvinced it's the best approach. The idea would seem to suggest that a well-planned convention will necessarily fall into a certain range in terms of costs, and I don't believe that's necessarily true. </div><div><br></div><div>Love & Liberty,</div><div><br></div><div> ((( starchild )))</div><div>At-Large Representative, Libertarian National Committee</div><div> <a href="mailto:RealReform@earthlink.net">RealReform@earthlink.net</a></div><div> (415) 625-FREE</div><div> @StarchildSF</div><div><br></div><br><div><div>On Sep 11, 2017, at 10:45 AM, Caryn Ann Harlos wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr">A member suggested this Bylaws proposal and I would like to know the LNC's thoughts on it. See attached.<br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><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">Chair, LP Historical Preservation Committee</span><br></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 style="font-size:12.8px"><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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