You are reading a comment that has been elevated to the status of a post. The Comment was on my post noting that Project Archimedes failed. Joe Bishop-Henchman wrote: George, you understand fundraising economics very well, but I can add some industry averages to reinforce your points. Direct mail coupled with major gifts (upgrading donors with capacity) can be a…
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Chapter Three Browne’s 1994-1995 Campaign Finances Chapter One described the Willis Invoice, Willis’s surprising response, and evidence that Browne knew and approved of Willis’s conduct. The Invoice was itself unremarkable, being simply a billing for routine fundraising efforts. Only in context is the Willis Invoice staggering. The context appeared in Chapter Two, where I described machinations involving Perry Willis, Bill…
December 1995: The LNC Acts The December National Committee Meeting resumed its consideration of conflict of interest issues. LNC Treasurer Hugh Butler proposed a resolution: “Whereas, the LNC is aware that LP headquarters employees have accepted outside consulting work, and, in as much as the LNC deplores conflicts of interest within the Party, Therefore be it resolved that consulting work…
With permission of Mike Shaner, who heroically obtained the report and posted it on his substack, https://theseditionpapers.substack.com/p/full-lnc-report-from-strategists we publish here the text of the report as leaked, allegedly by a member of the LNC. Please reward Mike Shaner for his diligence in distributing the document by visiting his site. Full LNC Report From Strategists Inc Mr. Steven Nekhaila Board Chair…
They start. Presentation by Debbie Mason of Strategists. Rather hard to hear. We seem to lose the lower frequencies. Condemns having the Board Chair being also the CEO. She is challenged on the Bylaws issue, which she did not know. She says she will recognize best practices. Says Executive Director should be CEO; Board Chair should be moderator. Proposes ED…
https://www.youtube.com/@LibertarianParty/streams will get you there. So will https://www.youtube.com/live/TbU6408onQc?si=toYpaxurNCdS86Ar courtesy Adrian Malagon. Public comments: I cannot catch names of speakers. I am told that they are The speakers, in order: #1 Jay Gillotte #2 Andrew Duke #3 Dana Carver #4 John Hudak #1 My county affiliate was disaffiliated by the state. You received my letter. #2 We must draw a line…
We infer that they keep finding more issues. The memo as forwarded to us reads
In short, Project Archimedes is a myth. For more detail, I provide below Chapter 9 of my book Funding Liberty, available from Third Millennium (3mpub.com), slightly edited so the time perspective is from 2025, not 2003: Chapter Nine Project Archimedes The ancient philosopher Archimedes is said to have written ‘give me a long enough lever, and a place to rest…
LPNH Chair Ben Weir has kindly contacted us and supplied the full text of his letter to the LNC. The full text of his letter to the LNC follows: Ben Weir has been kind enough to provide us with the full text of his letter to the Libertarian National Committee. It appear below. We hadee This was the full email:…
December 1995: The LNC Acts The December National Committee Meeting resumed its consideration of conflict of interest issues. LNC Treasurer Hugh Butler proposed a resolution: “Whereas, the LNC is aware that LP headquarters employees have accepted outside consulting work, and, in as much as the LNC deplores conflicts of interest within the Party, Therefore be it resolved that consulting work…