By: Char-Lez Braden
The Goal of any successful party is to obtain and wield political power. For us, this is measured by these criteria:
* Electing Libertarians
* Electing liberty-leaning candidates where Libertarians are unavailable
* Influencing legislation and government policy
We shall attain success with these steps:
- Embrace that the foundation of liberty is the individual, and we build “Team Liberty” from the efforts of individuals
- Individually educate ourselves philosophically, politically and logistically on a continual basis
- Understand that each county affiliate is only one part of “Team Liberty”, and is most effective when it works in concert with the LPF
- Understand that the LPF is only one part of “Team Liberty”, and is most effective when it works in concert with county affiliates
- Oversee all levels and branches of government, and evaluate their impact on liberty
- Communicate the threats to liberty, and the joys of liberty, on a one to one basis personally in our daily lives
- Communicate the threats and joys of liberty, one to many, by all means such as the web, email, US Mail, signs, TV and radio
- Acknowledge all who respond; evaluate their level of interest; then act accordingly to convert them into allies, voters, members, activists and candidates
- Engage those that respond unfavorably with professional and reasoned positions to consider
- Coordinate with allies to advance our common goals whenever possible
- Generate new voters by embracing those that respond favorably and asking them to register LPF
- Retain current voters by facilitating as much internal communication as possible between voters and leadership via tools such as the newsletter, events, pod casts and every other means
- Turn voters into members by building relationships with them, and making the struggle for liberty personal and relevant to each
- Integrate members into their local county affiliates
- Maximize the value of our members by encouraging involvement via activist opportunities and financial contributions
- Develop activists by inviting members to participate in immediately useful tasks, having materials handy, with training and guidance ready
- Encouraging members and activists to become candidates to run for public office
- Training candidates in campaign craft
- Supporting candidates with campaign materials, and volunteers
- Returning party fee assessments to the candidates
- Supplying candidates with intelligence on the various positions and actions of the opposition
- Advise currently elected officials about Libertarian positions on legislative issues
