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1. Upcoming Events
   
   

   January 2, 2001 - 6:30 PM

   Monthly Meeting - LP of Wayne County Dinner 6:30pm. Program starts at 7:45pm.

   Location: La Trattoria Restaurant - Dearborn MI

   Contact: Joann Karpinski Phone: (313) 925-6917 E-mail: Momjoann@aol.com

   
   

   January 8, 2001 - 7:00 PM

   The LP of Livingston County invites you to join us at our monthly meeting. Dinner is a 7:00 p.m. with the meeting afterwards.

   Location: Mexican Jones Restaurante, 675 W. Grand River, Brighton, MI.

   Contact: Matt Dickinson Phone: (810) 231-1254

   
   

   January 9, 2001 - 7:00 PM

   Kalamazoo Libertarian Party general meeting

   Location: TGI Friday's Restaurant, 5650 W. Main Street, Oshtemo MI

   Contact: Tim Miley Phone: (616) 668-3951 E-mail: thmiley@yahoo.com

   
   

   January 10, 2001 - 6:30 PM

   Libertarians of Macomb County monthly meeting. Drinks and dinner at 6:30 PM, business begins at 7:00 PM

   Location: Miles World Resturant, 17689 Masonic, Fraser, MI 48026, 810-415-4500.

   Contact: Diane Barnes Phone: (810) 774-1625 E-mail: dbarnes98@aol.com

   
   

   January 10, 2001 - 6:30 PM

   LP of Oakland County Executive Committee Meeting All dues paying members are welcome. Business begins at 7:30PM.

   Location: LPM HQ, 619 E. 9 Mile in Hazel Park.

   Contact: Greg Dirasian Phone: (248) 515-3675 E-mail: greg@newsnetpipeline.com

   
   

   January 10, 2001 - 6:30 PM

   LP of Oakland County Executive Committee Meeting All dues paying members are welcome. Business begins at 7:30PM.

   Location: LPM HQ, 619 E. 9 Mile in Hazel Park.

   Contact: Greg Dirasian Phone: (248) 515-3675 E-mail: greg@newsnetpipeline.com

   
   

   January 11, 2001 - 7:00 PM

   Libertarian Party of Berrien County will hold its monthly meeting. Please contact us in case of a change of meeting location. Please tune in to designated broadcast stations in case of cancellation due to inclimate weather conditions.

   Location: 1421 E. Indiana St., New Buffalo, MI

   Contact: Glenn Whitt Phone: (616) 473-2764 E-mail: trombonist1@juno.com

   
   

   January 13, 2001 - 9:30 AM

   Libertarian Party of Oakland County Strategic Planning Meeting. Open to members only.

   Location: LPM HQ, 619 E. 9 Mile in Hazel Park.

   Contact: Greg Dirasian Phone: (248) 515-3675 E-mail: greg@newsnetpipeline.com

   
   

   January 17, 2001

   Monthly meeting of the St. Clair County affiliate

   Location: Figaro's is located at 1503 11th Street, Port Huron, MI 48060. TX: (810) 987-3588. Join us for dinner at 6:00 PM. Business begins at 7:00 PM.

   Contact: Richard Friend Phone: (810) 982-7178 E-mail: rfriend@advnet.net

   
   

   January 24, 2001 - 6:30 PM

   LP of Oakland County General Membership Meeting. Public welcome. Meet for dinner at 6:30PM, business begins at 7:30PM. Election of officers and bylaws changes will take place at this meeting.

   Location: Sila's, 4033 W. 12 Mile Rd., Berkley. Sila's is located 2 blocks east of Greenfield on 12 Mile Rd.

   Contact: Greg Dirasian Phone: (248) 515-3675 E-mail: greg@newsnetpipeline.com

   
   

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   For more events, see the online calendar at:

   http://www.michiganlp.org/lpmonline/events.php

   
   

2. Ballot Access Restoration Committee Needs to Hear from You by Ben Bachrach

   In early December all LPM members were mailed a letter from Ballot Access Restoration Committee chair Nancy O'Brien. The letter was not the usual solicitation for donations. In addition to asking us to make a financial donation to the upcoming Ballot Drive, the letter asked all of us to declare how many signatures we will commit to collecting once the drive starts in April.

   Although the seed money to start the petition drive is important, it is even more important that we get a feel for the strength of commitment for collecting signatures.

   To date 98 people have responded, if you are one of them thank you.

   41 people have made signature committments totaling just over 2,100 signatures.

   That's 5% of the approximately 40,000 signatures we need.

   75 of the 98 people made donations totaling $3,150. That's 21% of our goal of $15,000.

   Is it possible that it is easier to raise money than get our membership to collect signatures?

   I would like to hear from the 95% of our membership who did not respond to Nancy's letter.

   If you are willing to collect signatures to get the Libertarian Party on the Michigan Ballot, please email me an estimate of the number of signatures you expect to collect. If you will not help, that information is important too. My email address is: Ben45@aol.com.

   Thank you.

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