Dear All,
Attached an pasted below are the Minutes of March 12, which I received from Jawj this morning. I will post them on the LPSF Website on Monday.
Marcy
Minutes of the LPSF Meeting of March 12, 2011
Members Present: Phil Berg, Marcy Berry (Chair), Michael Edelstein, Aubrey
Freedman, Jawj Greenwald
(Secretary), Rob Power, Starchild.
Guests: Jim Elwood, Terry Floyd.
Officers’ Reports:
Chair: Marcy Berry reported that due to her mother’s
poor health, she will have to play a less active role in LP matters for a
while.
Vice Chair: No report
Treasurer: Marcy Berry
reported for the Treasurer that the LPSF has $5029.20.
Secretary: Minutes of
the February meeting were posted to the online “activists’ list” for review.
Committee Reports:
Internet Communications/Social Networking: We discussed the continuing need for someone
to take over internet functions.
Initiatives/Ballot Measures:
Aubrey Freedman reported that unless the Governor submits his tax
extension measures for a June referendum, there will be no election and no
local measures for us to weigh in on.
Membership: No report.
Outreach: No report.
Political Candidates’/Activism Reports:
Those who felt so moved
reported on what they had done to strike a blow for freedom this month.
Announcements: Michael Edelstein circulated a copy of “I,
Pencil” and other literature suitable for our use at the Pride booth and in
other outreach efforts.
Starchild will speak at an April 13 animal rights debate sponsored by ”Students
for Liberty” on the Berkeley campus at 7:30 pm in Room 209 Dwinell Hall.
Old Business:
Participation in Pride Festival, June 25/26 2011: Marcy circulated a schedule and sign-up sheet
for volunteers to staff the booth. More
helpers are needed. We discussed literature for our booth (see below).
Literature from Groups we Support.
Michael Edelstein reported on his contacts with five organizations we
support to see if they had any free literature we could use in our outreach
efforts. The Mises Institute had a
brochure on Austrian economics and the Institute for Justice had a publication
“Doomsday – No Way.” Jim Elwood reported
that we could use old ISIL topical texts that now exist online to make our own
pamphlets. There was a general feeling
that we should avoid heavy topics, such as Austrian economics, in favor of
lighter and more issues-oriented tracts.
Webmaster: The search for a new webmaster continues.
By-Laws Revision: Rob continued walking us through a draft of revised By-Laws that are
intended to bring us into conformity with the State party’s. All are invited to review it in the light of
state bylaws and our previous LPSF by-laws before we vote. Online comment is invited. New By-laws will be needed before our January
2012 meeting.
New Business:
Participation in Tax Day Event: There
was enough interest in participation of some sort with other groups to put the
matter put on the next meeting’s agenda.
Distribution of Literature to Local High Schools. Rob, Aubrey and Starchild have started a
project to distribute libertarian literature to all San Francisco high school civics
teachers. Marcy prepared a mailing list,
and Starchild volunteered to research and add the names of civics teachers to
the addresses. A reading list and some
texts (such as “I, Pencil”) will be sent out as soon as it is finalized. Suggestions are welcome.
Discussion of Membership.
Terry Floyd promoted the upcoming California State LP convention. He discussed the need to raise California membership
from its current 91,000 to 100,000 to maintain the LP’s ballot status under the
new “top two” voting system. A voter
registration drive is needed. We also
discussed a decline in local SF membership.
While there seemed no identifiable cause, we felt that getting more
involved with local issues and events would generate more interest.