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Volume 2010 Issue 20
June 1, 2010
- Georgia LP News
- Upcoming Events
- Website of the Week
- Video of the Week
- Affiliate News
This issue of the Georgia Libertarian Online Sponsored By:
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LP Georgia News
2010 Libertarian Party National Convention Recap
This Memorial Day weekend, delegates from across the country gathered in St. Louis, Missouri for the 2010 convention. The business of this year's convention focused on the bylaws, platform, and leadership for the next two years.
The Libertarian Party of Georgia brought a delegation of 28 to St. Louis, led by our state chairman, Daniel Adams. This year, Georgia joined with Alabama, Arkansas, California, Mississippi, Oklahoma, North Carolina, South Carolina, Texas, to form a a "triple region," sending THREE representatives and THREE alternates to the Libertarian National Committee. Among those selected for service on the LNC, Georgia's own, Doug Craig and Brad Ploeger, will serve as representative and alternate, respectively. Additionally, Georgia delegate, Alicia Mattson, was elected LNC Secretary.
Newly elected officers selected to lead the Libertarian National Committee
- Chair - Mark Hinkle
- Vice-Chair - Mark Rutherford
- Secretary - Alicia Mattson
- Treasurer - Thomas Oaksun
- At-Large - Mary Ruwart
- At-Large - Wayne Allyne Root
- At-Large - Bill Redpath
- At-Large - David Nolan
- At-Large - Kevin Knedler
If you are interested in viewing the business of the convention, there is an archive of the livestream here.
Also, to view the full text of 2008 LP Presidential candidate and former Georgia Congressman Bob Barr's keynote speech to the Libertarian Party National Convention, please click here.
Looking for Sponsors
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Also, soon we will be looking to replace the "Google Ads" on the right side of LPGeorgia.com with some sponsor style ads as well.
Thank you so much to Panda Engineering for being the first sponsors of the Georgia Libertarian Online.
Upcoming LP Georgia Events
Friday, June 4th - Multiple candidates, including Chuck Donovan, Kira Willis, and John Monds will have a booth/table at the Douglas County Tea Party event in Villa Rica, GA from 6-9pm at Clinton Nature Preserve.
Saturday, July 3rd - The Cobb LP will be participating in the Marietta Freedom Parade. All LP Georgia members, candidates, and friends are welcome to participate. Please contact Cobb LP Chair, Matt Godown for more information.
Saturday, July 3rd - LP Bartow will be participating in the Cartersville 4th of July Parade, 9am SHARP - Saturday, July 3rd. All are welcome to attend! Please check their website for more information as we approach the date.
Website of the Week
If you are interested in helping our Libertarian brothers and sisters in California by making phone calls against Proposition 14, please visit Liberty Manager, register, and add Registration Code "prop14".
Are you pledging each month or quarter to support the Libertarian Party of Georgia? It only takes a few minutes to help keep our day-to-day operations ongoing by clicking HERE.
Video of the Week
Affiliate News
New affiliates are being formed all over Georgia. Contact the office for the one nearest you, or check our affiliates page at our website.
Can't find meetings in your area? Form an affiliate! We've made it easy! Contact our office for a Start-Up Kit -- call (404) 888-9468.
Upcoming affiliate meetings:
Athens: The Libertarian Party of Athens meets June 15th at 7 PM at Blind Pig Tavern in Athens. To announce your intent to attend or to find out more information, check them out here.
Atlanta: The next meeting for the Libertarian Party of Atlanta will be their business meeting on Monday, June 14th at 7 PM. You can find out more about them at the LP Atlanta website or on Meetup.
Bartow: The Libertarian Party of Bartow County meets next on Saturday, June 12th at 10 AM. Please check out the LP of Bartow County website for more information about this meeting.
Cobb: The Libertarian Party of Cobb County will be having its regular business meeting on Thursday, June 3rd at 7:30 PM. You can find out more about this meeting on the Cobb LP website.
Columbus: The Libertarian Party of Columbus (our newest affiliate) celebrated their affiliate formation on January 12th. Their meeting information is available here.
DeKalb: The Libertarian Party of Dekalb County's next affiliate meeting takes place on Wednesday, June 30th at 7 PM at The Village Corner. You can find out more about the meeting here.
East Metro: The East Metro Libertarian Party will be having their next meeting Thursday June 24th at Stalvey's Steakhouse. For more information about this affiliate, check out their Facebook group.
Kennesaw State Univeristy: The College Libertarians of Kennesaw State University will resume meeting during the fall semester. You can find out more about them by joining their Facebook group.
North Fulton: The North Fulton Libertarians' next meeting will be held Tuesday, June 22nd at 7 PM Alpha Soda in Alpharetta. They will be hosting a meet & greet and forum for all statewide LP Georgia candidates. You can find out more meeting information here.
Southwest Georgia (SOWEGA): The Libertarian Party of Southwest Georgia does not have any meetings scheduled currently. To find out the most up-to-date information, join their Facebook group.
University of West Georgia: The West Georgia Libertarians will resume meeting during the fall semester. You can find out more about this campus group on Facebook.
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