Agenda, Meeting of 13 October 2018

Hi everyone,

I am late on the agenda for this month, so please let me know ASAP if
you would like to see changes. Sorry! It's much lighter than the
previous two months. Let's use the opportunity to regroup!
Two things to highlight for this month:
1. We will be joined by Arthur Tom, Candidate for D4 Supervisor at 4:00.
   Please bring any questions you have for him!2. The State party is forming a Platform committee and needs us to
   select a delegate for the committee from our county. If you are
   interested, please consider volunteering for this.
Thanks and see you then,
Nick

Monthly Meeting - 13 October 2018

San Francisco Public Library

100 Larkin St., Sycip Conf. Room (4th floor)

Agenda

1. Introductions (3:00 - 3:10)

2. Reports (3:10 - 3:45)

   1. Chair’s Report

   2. Vice Chair’s Report

   3. Treasurer’s Report

   4. Secretary’s Report

   5. Newsletter Report

   6. Outreach Report

3. Unfinished Business

   1. LPSF Convention Brainstorming (3:45 - 4:00)

4. Special Guest: Arthur Tom, candidate for D4 Supervisor (4:00 - 4:30)

5. New Business

   1. Choose State Platform Committee Representative (4:30 - 4:40)

   2. Upcoming Activism Opportunities (4:40 - 4:50)

     1. JSA Convention: Nov 17, 1pm - 4pm, San Jose

     2. Gun Show tabling: Nov 10-11, Daly City

     3. Campaign volunteering

6. Activist Reports (4:50 - 5:00)Upcoming Events

Monday, October 15: Innovative Governance: from Theory to Practice with
New Cities6:30-9:30pm, Monument, 140 9th St, San Francisco, California 94103

From Seasteading to YCombinator, to Sidewalk labs, Silicon Valley has
thought a lot about improving governance and new cities. These dreams
are finally moving into reality, as dirt is being moved, new cities are
being built, and governance is being improved. Come join us for a
discussion about what it means to create a new city from scratch, to
create a new legal system from scratch, and how combining the two can
help alleviate global poverty, accelerate technological innovation, and
create the conditions for general human flourishing.https://foresight.org/news-events/eventslectures/

Wednesday, October 17: Cato Institute VP David Boaz at the
Berkeley Forum6:00-7:00pm, Hearst Field Annex XB1, Berkeley, California 94720

Both major American parties have pivoted further away from the
ideological center since the 2016 election, as the Republicans become
more “right-wing” and the Democrats become more “left-wing." Although
the word “liberal” is now colloquially associated with progressive
politics, David Boaz, renowned author of The Libertarian Mind and
Executive Vice President of the Cato Institute, will historically define
what it means to be “Left” and “Right” politically. Furthermore, he will
argue that both sides today threaten the liberal values that formed the
modern world: free markets, free trade, free speech, tolerance, and
equal rights.https://forum.berkeley.edu/events

Thursday, October 18: Power and The Emerging City

6:30-8:00pm, Utopia, 643 Mission Street, San Francisco, CA 94105

Who controls the future of our cities? How is power related to trust?
Who do we trust to achieve change in cities? How do we trust ourselves?
If we don’t trust our institutions, who do we trust? Can cities serve as
sandboxes of learning and innovation? Do we need to leave public
decision making in the hands of elected representatives? What is liquid
democracy?https://www.eventbrite.com/e/salon-power-and-the-emerging-city-tickets-48956627591
Monday, October 22: The Gold Standard: History, Theory, & Fallacy

7:30 - 9:30pm, Richmond Police Station Community Room - hosted by Golden Gate Liberty r3volutionChris Silber's second and last monetary economics lecture of 2018
integrates a brief history of the gold standard with the theoretical
concepts that govern its operation including the market-driven monetary
base, gold's role in monetary aggregates, Gresham's Law, and
inflation/deflation. The talk will conclude with a list of fallacies and
objections cited by enemies and even friends of gold against replacing
today's dominant fiat monetary systems with a gold standard.https://meetup.com/the-LPSF

Wednesday, October 24: Free San Francisco! Town Hall Caucus Event

6-9pm - Clickup - 580 Howard Street

San Francisco Liberty Coalition is a monthly event series supported by a
loose network of local groups that are working to promote liberty in
some area or areas of public policy (any group fighting for civil
liberties, economic freedom, or both, across the board or on a specific
issue or issues).https://www.meetup.com/SF-Liberty-Coalition/

Thursday, October 25: “None of Our Business” LPSF Happy Hour

7-10pm, ThirstyBear Brewing Co, 661 Howard St

Unable to make it to our regular monthly meetings? Just want to kick
back and mingle with liberty-minded individuals? We have a monthly "None
of our Business" happy hour social, to take a break from party business
and talk life, politics or whatever is on your mind. Come out for a
drink and get to know us!RSVP on the LPSF Meetup Group - meetup.com/the-LPSF

Friday, November 2: Cato Institute Policy Perspectives 2018

10:30-2:00pm, The St. Regis San Francisco - 125 3rd Street, San Francisco, CAFeaturing Magatte Wade, Entrepreneur and Founder of Tiossan; Peter
Goettler, President and CEO, Cato Institute; Michael D. Tanner, Senior
Fellow, Cato Institute; Diego Zuluaga, Policy Analyst, Center for
Monetary and Financial Alternatives, Cato Institute; and Caleb O. Brown
Director of Multimedia and host of Cato Daily Podcast, Cato Institute.https://www.cato.org/events/policy-perspectives-2018-san-francisco

Tuesday, November 13: Governance In An Emerging New World: The
Information Challenge to Democracy3:30-5:00pm, Hauck Auditorium, Hoover Institution, Stanford UniversityThe communications revolution has surrounded society with information,
some right and some wrong, and enabled people to communicate and
organize like never before. It gives new dimensions to the old challenge
of governing over diversity. Participants will examine the rapid spread
of information and means of communicating and suggest responses to the
governance challenges posed by social media, fake news, and the decline
of confidence in institutions. The discussion will address means to
protect the political process against conflict and potential
polarization stirred up through social media networks and potential
rules of the road to govern information warfare.https://www.hoover.org/events/governance-emerging-new-world-information-challenge-democracy
Saturday, November 17: JSA Convention Tabling

1-4pm, Double Tree by Hilton Hotel (2050 Gateway Place, San Jose, CA)

We will have two Libertarian tables to give out literature, books, and
buttons. It will be at a NEW LOCATION this year -- the Double Tree by
Hilton Hotel. Usually over 1,000 high school students attend this
convention. We will go out to eat afterwards at Pizza California at
1708 Oakland Rd in San Jose, owned by a libertarian.Volunteers needed!