Mike, if you send me the info on fixing the Voicemail, I'll do it ASAP.
Michael, I agree that the LP needs to be a friendly place for former Ron
Paul supporters. And we should definitely have a strategy for tapping
into that community. For instance, I've been running Google AdWords for
Outright Libertarians for the past couple of months based on the
keywords "Ron Paul gay" "Ron Paul marriage" "Ron Paul adoption" etc.
(and also the same keywords for Kubby, Smith, and Phillies, as well as
simply "gay Libertarian"). My budget for these AdWords is low, so we've
only had a few thousand impressions thus far, but at least I know that
people who are looking for Ron Paul's views on gay rights are more
likely to be gay-friendly than non-gay-friendly, and they're getting to
see an ad that simply says "Outright Libertarians: We're lesbian, gay,
bisexual, and transgender Libertarian Party activists". Nothing pro or
anti Ron Paul in the message, but it at least gets our organization in
their consciousness.
Unfortunately, it's harder to focus AdWords to just those people living
in the 50 sq miles that is San Francisco, so this may not translate as
well to LPSF's purposes. But I guess I was just pointing out that,
while I strongly disagree with your claim that Ron Paul is a
Libertarian, I at least recognize that very many people do in fact agree
with you, and I'm doing everything I can do to get these people into the LP.
Also, since the next meeting will be after February 5, "Super Tuesday,"
after which Ron Paul is expected to drop out of the race, based on
comments by senior people in his campaign, I actually recommend that we
discuss such strategies for rounding up former Paul supporters by email
long before the next meeting. But we can go ahead and add it to the
agenda for that meeting, as well.
So, let's start now. Any of my fellow techno-geeks aware of a good way
to not waste LPSF money on converting non-SF people using ads on the
web? Also, what other ideas do people have? Have the Paul supporters
who have been going to the Paul meetups and such been taking LP
materials with you to distribute? If not, would you be willing to? We
can work on getting those to you ASAP. Maybe this is finally the way to
get rid of some posters -- selling (or maybe even giving, so nobody
there can complain?) them to people attending Paul meetups? Are there
other ideas?
Thanks for bringing this up, Michael.
Rob