Re: CO Platform--- I'm with you!

[John A. Lappart]

I aagree, we have as much acceptance we need to present a platform at the business meeting, we need to have support for this getting on the agenda of the business meeting.   I don't care if I have official permission from the board, I've invested some time in research and thought, as the rest of you, who give a shit have invested also.   Just go on to a better tomorrow, and the next day working on this untile the convention and then see to it that a active committee continues and starts interfacfing with the candidates and putting a unified, working group, together, to harness a startigic facility.    I don't care who is on the committee as long as I have their ear to local concerns.    There is a lot of work that needs to be accomplished in building up a war chest of research, into all the issues, as viewed  from all the local perspectives.   This will empower the canidates to prepare in  formulating and presenting sharply defined, libertarian solutions and analysis.   We need to correlated , different views, from within the LP grass roots, and make it available to all canidates-in-process- and running until they do win, I would hope.   jal     ----- Original Message ----- From: Dana ACLP To: Gregg Miller ; Mike Seebeck Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ; [EMAIL PROTECTED] ; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, February 04, 2003 3:44 PM Subject: Re: CO Platform LOL....I wanna go on vacation....:)   Well I am still here for any of you that wanna toss stuff around for 2003/2004 platform....if it is not valid then lets make the next committee valid at this years convention. Whatta ya say?????. ----- Original Message ----- From: Gregg Miller To: Mike Seebeck Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ; [EMAIL PROTECTED] ; [EMAIL PROTECTED] ; Michael T McKinzie ; Tim Jacobs Sent: Tuesday, February 04, 2003 2:46 PM Subject: Re: CO Platform So basically no one knows what's going on.  Well, this is typical.  You know what?  Now it's time for my next long vacation from the party.    Gregg   ----- Original Message ----- From: Mike Seebeck To: Gregg Miller Sent: Monday, February 03, 2003 6:07 PM Subject: RE: CO Platform Why am I on here?  I�m not on the platform committee.  I never volunteered for it.  In fact, they way I read the bylaws, the platform committee cannot be organized for the 2003 convention at all since the 6 month-out period is long passed.  2004 might be another story, but I voted against establishing this committee at the last Board meeting for exactly this reason:  It is not a valid committee for the 2003 convention.   Do what you want, but the committee is not valid for 2003.  Gaar can argue it all he wants, but I think the bylaws are pretty clear on the issue.   Further, since I�m helping with convention stuff, I don�t have the time anyway.   Mike     -----Original Message----- From: Gregg Miller [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, February 03, 2003 4:57 PM To: Paul Tiger; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; John A. Lappart; Jim Vance; ACLP DANA Cc: Tim Jacobs; Rand Fanshier; Ralph Shnelvar; Mike Seebeck; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Michael T McKinzie; Ken Riggs; Karen Miller; John Gurley; gaar potter; David Bryant; Ari Subject: CO Platform        Apparently we communicate on this chatline until Paul returns from vacation on Feb. 7th.  I'd like to know if we are in general concert about our mission, so I'm requesting a vote on these items, all of which I vote YES on:      1) To establish the beginnings of our platform first, I volunteer for this: Gregg will work out a CO Lib Platform outline by March first, modeled after the national platform, initially including condensing it to address Colorado issues only, to be filled out further over time by current and future members.      2) Aside from strict Platform wordings, Committee members normally deal with any and all Colorado issues, seeking common-language explanations  which upcoming Libertarian candidates can use during campaigns, and which also explain libertarian free-market positions to the media and public between election campaigns.      3) We will assume that a Platform Committee member relinquishes membership by non-participation for an entire month.      4) We request that the Board appoint new members recommended by both ourselves and the Board, to keep this committee membership numbered roughly at between five and nine members.  These proposals are intended as guidelines, not absolutes.    Gregg