By Mark Tuniewicz Many have criticized the Libertarian National Committee for reflecting “groupthink” in its decision-making. As a member of that body for years, and after 18 months of close observation and participation in the team elected at the “Reno Reset” convention, I can dispel that notion. When you take into account everything….in person and online meetings, emails, leaked private…
Posts published in December 2023
12/9/2023 Facebook has a group photograph of five men, all in the same place in the last day or so. They are Joshua Reed Eakle Jonathan Todd Casey Kevin Gaughen Tyler Harris Chris Luchini Readers will recognize that they are from well-separated states, so this is not a simple coincidence. The significance of this photograph will become apparent in time.…
South Carolina Libertarian Party State Convention 2023—Charleston, SC November 10-12, 2023 The 2023 South Carolina Libertarian Party Convention took place in North Charleston, SC at the Hilton Garden Inn. There were 36 voting delegates along with other party members and interested individuals present for a most informative and enjoyable weekend. Friday night started out with a meet and greet at…
LP Minnesota Collapses Revised: Second Header Courtesy FB Commentator. The Libertarian Party of Minnesota has been struck by mass resignations of its officers. Among those who have resigned areState Chair Marianne Stebbins,State Party Finance Director Pat Barnum,State Secretary Justin Jelinek, StateEvent Coordinator and Executive Committee At-Large member Heather Jelinek,Congressional District 5 and Metro Lakes affiliate chair Nate Atkins, andLibertarian Women…
Today the LNC issued a statement on the Libertarian Presidential candidate’s 2024 ballot access. They offered to pay party members $3 for each collected signature. Their estimate of signature requirements (these are the minimum numbers of valid signatures; the actual number of valid signatures needs to be significantly larger.): George, As we approach the upcoming elections, securing ballot access is…
Overcoming Objections to LP membership Renewal and Fundraising Calls: A Practical Approach By Mark Tuniewicz Many LP activists nationally have been working on membership renewals these past few months. After all, we just passed the delegate allocation deadline for the 2024 LP National convention at the end of November, and it’s normal for states to make this an area of…
They are back. Sound is better. There is a lot of reverberation. Late blogging will cover several days. Communications Director:#1) Communicate current Platform. #2) Many of the things we talk about eradicating will, e.g., remove people’s incomes. We can’t just communicate that we are tearing down, we have to communicate that we are building. Make the future sound positive. Members…
Update: Region 8 reported. Since I couldn’t do a live blog of the meeting, I instead looked at some of the documents. This report will be expanded as time goes on. Regional Representative Reports on state activities: Looking at reports of Regional Representatives, and counting states that submitted reports to their representatives: Region 1: 2 of 7 states reported. Region…
The recording of Part 1 has no sound. Part 2: Fundraising. Some things have improved. “It did not make sense we were not sending out physical mail. We started doing that again.” We have donors who interact via physical mail and are not reached with email. We had a topical mailer and a renewal mailer. I think he said we…