Mark Hinkle defeated Wayne Allyn Root for LP Party Chair after three rounds of voting. John Jay Mayers threw his support behind Mark after the first round, making it fairly inevitable that Mark would prevail. Final vote tally was 281 for Mark, 223 for Wayne, with NOTA getting 10 votes (or something close to this result). Our own Christiana Mayer just seconded the nomination of Mark Rutherford for vice chair. I'll get her nominating speech posted in due course.
Hope your weekend is going well. jeff ----- Original Message ----- From: "jeff lawrence" <[email protected]> To: "discussion group libertarian" <[email protected]> Cc: "jeff lawrence" <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, May 30, 2010 7:45:48 AM GMT -08:00 US/Canada Pacific Subject: Live from the Libertarian National Convention Friends, Just a short note to tell you that the Libertarian National Convention is in full swing. Go to www.votejefflawrence.com to see some of my clips from the convention, including short interviews with 2008 LP Presidential nominee Bob Barr, Oregon Senatorial Candidate Marc Delphine, Admiral Michael Colley, LP Chair Bill Redpath, Judge Jim Gray, media personality and 2008 LP VP nominee Wayne Allyn Root, and my young friend Ken who is focused on Peace. Saturday evening we enjoyed a spirited debate among the five champions competing for the Chair's position. The five: Wayne Allyn Root--2008 LP VP nominee, CEO, media celebrity--wants a big tent libertarian party Ernest Hancock-- activist and radio personality--focused on maintaining LP principles John Jay Mayers--big time Texas leader with style George Phillies--professor, organizer and tireless administrator Mark Hinkle--36 years of Libertarian leadership They were all awesome. I'll try and get some more video clips today, and report out on the winner. I've never been around so many inspired, freedom loving people in my life. There is a real debate in the party, however, on our future direction. One camp wants a big tent libertarian party, and another is concerned about maintaining our principles and remaining (maybe) an activist party believing that the pure message of liberty is the greatest attracter. Personally, I'm in favor of the big tent approace. Today is our time if there is ever going to be one as many independents, democrats and republicans are looking for alternatives. Liberty is always the answer, and weaning people off the major parties requires us to exercise some tolerance and understanding of their perspectives while maintaining our principles. Hope all is well with each of you. best regards, jeff If you'd like to see the minutes from yesterday's proceedings, they've just been posted here. LP.org/blogs/kyle/saturdays-convention-minutes. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Oregon_Libertarian_Discussion" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/oregon_libertarian_discussion?hl=en.
