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For life and liberty, David Macko ----- Original Message ----- From: "terry12622000" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, March 17, 2006 10:43 PM Subject: [Libertarian] Re: The LP and Conventions > Well I guess I could afford to miss 2 days of work, drive up to > Nashville, pay 75 dollars a night to stay in the hotel where the > state convention is going to be held and if I go to Portland that > will be more worked missed, the plane ticket out there plus all the > other expenses. Of course I could attend the Sat business meeting in > Nasville, drive up that morning and back that evening, then get up > Sunday Morning and go to work, but all that sounds either like a big > unnecessary headache or expense. Just drving up to Nasville and back > I'm still probally going to spend at least 20 dollars which could be > going to something more > productive. > > I think my state party will pretty much let and member go to > the national that wants to, they aren't elitest, still there has go > to be a better way. I think it is a good idea to discuss > options. > In the mean time I am counting on most of those who attend the > nation to turn down the reformers proposals. Looking at the recent > issue of LP it looks like Dr. Carl S. Milstead and his friends are > going to make their move, they need to be > outvoted. > For the honest classic liberals politicans you will be > welcomed either with the Republican Liberty Cacucus or the DEmocrat > Freedom Cacucus, it best for all concerned that you move on, if you > are running for office or holding office you really have no place in > the LP, you will be more productive with the DFC or the RLC and the > LP will be more productive without you. > --- In [email protected], Harland Harrison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: >> >> on 3/14/06 12:11 PM, David Macko at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> >> > The people who attend the conventions are the people who care. >> > It is quite proper to give them more decision making power >> > >> > For life and liberty, >> > David Macko >> > >> >> Although I care about my country and about the Libertarian party, I > could >> not go to our LP of California convention. They held it on a > cruise ship, >> so that nobody who could not give up about four days and $600 could > be >> there. Only 91, self-selected, delegates made the decisions for > the entire >> LP of California. >> >> Although California law allows election of Central Committees by the >> registered party voters, the LPC has chosen to make anybody a > Central >> Committee member who pays $50 per year, and the Chair cancels the > elections. >> A Central Committee member does not even have to live or work in > California. >> >> Not surprisingly, many rank-and-file members feel that the party > leadership >> does not represent them, nor represent the RegLibs. With > membership in the >> national LP becoming free, and activism in the LPC becoming ever > more >> costly, the disputes can only worsen. >> >> >> >> Harland Harrison >> Vice Chair, Libertarian Party of San Mateo County, CA >> Candidate for Congress 12th District (San Mateo-San Francisco, CA) >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> http://Harrison2006.LPSM.org >> >> >> >> >> > ----- Original Message ----- >> > From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> > To: <[email protected]> >> > Sent: Tuesday, March 14, 2006 1:52 PM >> > Subject: [Libertarian] The LP and Conventions >> > >> > >> >> Ok, From what I understand the major decesions of the party is > made at >> >> state >> >> and the national conventions. What is the membership of the LP, > maybe >> >> 35,000 >> >> to 40,000, how many attend the conventions, maybe 5%, maybe 10%? >> >> >> >> There are some things best not to modernize, the jury system, the >> >> Constitution but doesn't making major decesions by a few > attending >> >> Conventions belong to the horse and buggy days? ForumWebSiteAt http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Libertarian Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Libertarian/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
