Hey Ron,
You sound like someone who wants to turn the abstract into the
concrete, and this -- actually doing things instead of just talking
about them -- and this is a quality our party sorely needs! I didn't
see you at the meeting Saturday; can you make it to the Direct Action
Forum this Wednesday? How about the Speakeasy social at my house this
Friday? Or perhaps we could go try out these theories while registering
new voters at a naturalization ceremony some time? Sometimes we all
need a little help to get our engines going, and I'd find it easier to
do this with another Libertarian to accompany me. Perhaps you've been
waiting for that little extra push to get more involved too?
Yours in liberty,
<<< Starchild >>>
Dear Everyone;
First - before you talk a marketing strategy - you have to know your
market. See the link below for a picture of SF based on the 2000
Census.The most important figure is 45% of the population above the age of 25
have college degrees. For the rest of California its 22%. The
SF market place isn't a bunch of dummies. They are intelligent despite
the way they sometimes vote. It's also 44% white, 30% Asian, 14%
Latino and 8% African-American. 37% are foreign born. The population
is about equally split between male and female. ( transgender doesn't
count twice ) 14% are above the age of 65.http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/06/06075.html
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These are some of the figures which need to be analyzed to determine
what the message should be for introducing SF to the Libertarian
message. With I believe the concentration should be on the 25.9% of
registered voters who are decline to state. That's some 146,000 people
who still think enough of the process to maintain their registration.Ron Getty
SF LibertarianRob,
While I applaud and agree with both your view that we should
'customize'
our message to the group we're cultivating and the view that
Libertarian
messages should be 'full-spectrum', as an ExCom member, I feel somehow
we've given you the wrong impression.Under no circumstances and in no situation have I ever seen, heard or
felt any minimalization of Libertarian issues, 'fringe' or not.Every single member of the ExCom is fully committed to equal rights
for gays and to end drug prohibition.As well, the characterization of 'shoving Ned Roscoe down your throat'
is incorrect. We carefully considered who to endorse, after having a
scare that we might not have ANY Libertarian candidate. We considered
endorsing both people, but Jack Hickey didn't garner enough support to
gain an endorsement.Frankly, we felt good about both candidates as people and as
Libertarians,
but my impression was that since Ned had made a much better case to us,
and was better funded and organized, the majority voted to endorse him.
Whereas Jack didn't seem very interested in pounding the pavement to
us.
Because of that he had far too many abstentions to get endorsed.Under no circumstances is anyone on the ExCom 'right-wing', by any
stretch of the imagination.As well, as long as I am defending myself and my fellow ExCom
members, there has never been a more active or more responsive
ExCom. We have committee meetings nearly every two weeks
by phone and every few months in person. Each Board member
is REQUIRED to chair an active committee as well, something
never done before.We're very open to suggestions and ideas and are quite proud of
what we've accomplished, even not considering the limited
resources we have.Rob, I know you're protective of your party.
You should be.
I know you're concerned about a loss of direction and focus.
So are we.But, we are your allies and not your enemies.
Use us to your advantage.My phone and e-mail are always open to you,
regardless of what region elected me.Your servant,
Bruce Cohen
ExCom -- Libertarian Party of California
(949) 813-8001From: "Rob Power" <robpower@robpower.com>
To: <lpsf-discuss@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Monday, October 13, 2003 2:22 PM
Subject: Re: [lpsf-discuss] Marketing Strategy> Unfortunately, Steve, the state party is going in 180 degrees of what
you're
> proposing. They're pushing the economic side of our agenda to
recruit
from
> the Republicans and trying to minimize publicity around the "fringe"
issues
> like drug legalization and gay rights. You're very correct, that we
in
San
> Francisco should concentrate on these issues that resonate better in
our
> little 50 square mile leftist enclave, but we can't do that very
well if
we
> keep having Ned Roscoe types shoved down our throats by the state
ExCom.
> Until San Francisco can muster as many delegates at state
conventions as
> Orange County and the Central Valley, we'll keep seeing our state
party
moving
> rightward, with the rest of the country.
>
> --
> Rob Power
> http://www.robpower.com
>
> Steve Dekorte said:
> >
> >> As my daughter often states "Libertarians and their cruel
> >> and heartless messages are totally not cool."
> >
> > I wonder if most people even now about the Libertarian stance on
social
> > issues. I think the only thing they typically know about us is
that we
> > want smaller government and assume this is because we want less
taxes
> > because we are greedy. Perhaps in heavily Democratic areas, we
would be
> > better off stressing our social positions (drug legalization, gay
> > rights, civil liberties, anti-war) as this is actually something
that
> > many people don't already know.
> >
> > -- Steve
> >
> >
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