National LP membership

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For everybody's information

Chuck Moulton <vice-chair@lp.org> wrote: Date: Sat, 30 Jun 2007 18:55:47 -0500

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Seek, and yee shall find! So, bottom line seem to be we can put on
our info. $55, period, for full membership, unless you want to run
for President or Vice President (Say, wah...?)

Marcy

--- In lpsf-activists@yahoogroups.com, Francoise Fielding
<mdm2548@...> wrote:

For everybody's information

Chuck Moulton <vice-chair@...> wrote: Date: Sat, 30 Jun 2007

18:55:47 -0500

From: Chuck Moulton <vice-chair@...>
To: Francoise Fielding <mdm2548@...>
CC: Chair@..., starrcpa@..., Shane Cory <shane.cory@...>
Subject: Re: National LP membership

> It now appears that one has to pay a fee to be a VOTING member of

the LP

> not just a plain old member.

You do not have to pay a fee to be a voting LP member.

Sustaining members (those who have paid $25 in the past year) are
counted to determine delegate allocations for states and are

eligible to

serve on the Libertarian National Committee and to run for

President or

Vice-President. In other words, to determine whether California

gets 30

delegates or 100 delegates to the national convention, only paying
members are counted.

However, once delegate allocation is determined for your state,

those

delegates do not have to be sustaining members. They don't even

have to

be national members... they can be state party members only (they

can be

national members, state members, or both). You also do not have to

be a

sustaining member to serve on the Credentials Committee, Bylaws
Committee, or Platform Committee at national conventions.

The bottom line is as long as you do not want to run for the LNC or

for

President or for Vice-President, not paying the fee is not a

problem.

That said, donations help the national LP work towards more

liberty, and

I encourage you to donate generously or make a monthly pledge.

Chuck Moulton
Vice-Chair, Libertarian National Committee

P.S. I will be moving to San Jose in late August and look forward

to

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Actually $25, unless you want the LPC newsletter as well... :slight_smile:

Summary:

Joint LPC/LPSF dues: $25
(Of this, $15 goes to the LPSF and $10 goes to the LPC)
Note: This is per *calendar* year; joining in Jan through Aug applies
to current calendar year; joining in Sep through Dec applies to
following calendar year

LPC newsletter: $30 additional
(Optional for renewing members; first year free for new members)

LP dues: $25
(Not required for voting, but increases LPC's delegate allocation to
LP conventions)

I'd be inclined to vastly simplify our local membership forms,
including just the above information, plus the pledge, and two open
fields for additional donations to the LPC and LPSF. We would of
course NOT collect any dues or donations for the national LP; but a
note with the above information plus a pointer to the website might be
reasonable. I could put something together and post it for review...

Cheers,
Justin

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He forgot to mention that the national LP News newsletter only goes to
those who donate $25+/year, and the Liberty Pledge newsletter only
goes to those who donate $10+/month.

Rob

--- In lpsf-activists@yahoogroups.com, Francoise Fielding
<mdm2548@...> wrote:

For everybody's information

Chuck Moulton <vice-chair@...> wrote: Date: Sat, 30 Jun 2007

18:55:47 -0500

From: Chuck Moulton <vice-chair@...>
To: Francoise Fielding <mdm2548@...>
CC: Chair@..., starrcpa@..., Shane Cory <shane.cory@...>
Subject: Re: National LP membership

> It now appears that one has to pay a fee to be a VOTING member of

the LP

> not just a plain old member.

You do not have to pay a fee to be a voting LP member.

Sustaining members (those who have paid $25 in the past year) are
counted to determine delegate allocations for states and are

eligible to

serve on the Libertarian National Committee and to run for President or
Vice-President. In other words, to determine whether California gets 30
delegates or 100 delegates to the national convention, only paying
members are counted.

However, once delegate allocation is determined for your state, those
delegates do not have to be sustaining members. They don't even have to
be national members... they can be state party members only (they

can be

national members, state members, or both). You also do not have to be a
sustaining member to serve on the Credentials Committee, Bylaws
Committee, or Platform Committee at national conventions.

The bottom line is as long as you do not want to run for the LNC or for
President or for Vice-President, not paying the fee is not a problem.

That said, donations help the national LP work towards more liberty,

and