- Upcoming Events
- Paid Staff--A Sad History
- Come All Ye Libertarians
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- Upcoming Events
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December 4, 2001 - 6:30 PM
- Monthly Meeting - LP of Wayne County
Annual Christmas Party and White Elephant Gift Exchange
Bring a gift you would never want to receive.
- Location: City Tavern
14316 Michigan Ave
Dearborn - between Greenfield and Schaffer
- Contact: Heather Pauli Phone: (313) 538-8208 E-mail: heatherpauli@hotmail.com
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December 10, 2001 - 7:00 PM
- The December meeting has been cancelled due to the Holidays. The next meeting will be January 7th, 2002.
- Location: The December meeting has been cancelled due to the Holidays. The next meeting will be January 7th, 2002.
- Contact: Ghazey Aleck Phone: (989) 386-2699 E-mail: ghazey@alecklawfirm.com
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December 11, 2001 - 7:30 PM
- LP of Oakland County Executive Committee Meeting. All dues-paying members are welcome. Business begins at 7:30pm.
- Location: LPM Headquarters, 619 East Nine Mile in Hazel Park, just east of I-75.
- Contact: Chris Pellerito Phone: (248) 373-9411 E-mail: LpocChairChris@aol.com
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December 13, 2001 - 6:30 PM
- LPWM is having a social event instead of its monthly meeting. Come on down and meet your local Libertarian Party. We're having Brennan Brown of the Michigan School Board Leaders Association as a guest speaker. Join us for dinner and refreshments.
- Location: Arnie's on Leonard, west of US-131 in Grand Rapids.
- Contact: Jeff Steinport Phone: (616) 447-0721 E-mail: jeffs@pathwaynet.com
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December 19, 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
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December 20, 2001 - 7:00 PM
- No meeting this month. See you next month or feel free to call.
- Location: CT's Restaurant, South Haven
- Contact: Bill Bradley Phone: (616) 637-4525 E-mail: bbradley@cybersol.com
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January 7, 2002 - 7:00 PM
- Clare-Gladwin Libertarian Party meeting. We will kick off our Election 2002 activities.
- Location: Grant Township Hall in Clare County. West on Surrey Road from Old 27 one mile.
- Contact: Ghazey Aleck Phone: (989) 386-2699 E-mail: ghazey@alecklawfirm.com
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January 8, 2002 - 7:30 PM
- LP of Oakland County Executive Committee Meeting. All dues-paying members are welcome. Business begins at 7:30pm.
- Location: LPM Headquarters, 619 East Nine Mile in Hazel Park, just east of I-75.
- Contact: Chris Pellerito Phone: (248) 373-9411 E-mail: LpocChairChris@aol.com
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January 9, 2002 - 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
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January 23, 2002 - 6:30 PM
- LP of Oakland County General Membership Meeting. Public welcome. Meet for dinner at 6:30pm, business begins at 7:30pm. We will be electing our 2002 Executive Committee at tonight's meeting.
- Location: Sila's Restaurant, 4033 W. 12 Mile Rd, Berkley. Sila's is 2 blocks west of Greenfield on Twelve Mile Road.
- Contact: Chris Pellerito Phone: (248) 373-9411 E-mail: LpocChairChris@aol.com
- More
- For more events, see the online calendar at:
- http://www.michiganlp.org/lpmonline/events.php
- Paid Staff--A Sad History
This reprint is posted by Ghazey Aleck. The following
appeared in the November newsletter of "Let Freedom Ring"
out of Massachucetts, written by John Famularo:
PAID STAFF--A SAD HISTORY
For those of us who have been following this issue for
the last 25 years and/or have investigated our State and
National party history regarding LP offices and paid staff,
the story has been quite consistent. It is unfortunate that
there is no central historical documentation available.
Every time the idea surfaces anew, its seems like a
good idea. Why not hire some full-time "professional" to do
those things none of us part-time "amateurs" have the time
or expertise to perform? It is usually easy to raise the
initial seed money and hire some available Libertarian and
rent an office. Problems begin to happen when the paid
staff want or need more income and/or additional staff.
Mission creep begins to move the actual party mission away
from the stated party mission. Generating enough income to
support the paid staff becomes the actual mission. The
original lack of expertise and/or committment from the state
committee that prompted the hiring of the staff begins to
manifes itself in the inability of the board of directors to
act in the chief executive function managing what
essentially should be an "operations office". When the
power vacuum causes the paid staff to assume the CEO
function the mission shift becomes complete.
The adventure ends with the ED either resigning,
getting fired or a reorganization of the state committee
after a convention, or a series of board resignations, or
just running out of money to support the operation.
This scenario has played itself out numerous times in
different states with multiple occurrences in the same state
separated by enough time that the new state committee knows
nothing of the details of years past.
The official story puts the best public face on the
circumstances so that few people outside or inside the state
know what happened.
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- Come All Ye Libertarians
Please join the LPOC at our 2nd Annual Holiday Party
and potluck dinner. Last year, in spite of bad weather, we
had a great turn out. You don't have to be an LP of Oakland
County to come and have fun - so please join us.
The party is on Saturday, December 8, 2001 at LPM
Headquarters, 619 E. 9 Mile Rd., Hazel Park. Contact
Jeannie Sherman to coordinate anything you plan to bring.
Jeannie can be reached at: 248-398-4739 or email her at:
jlsherman@ameritech.net.
Santa Claus showed up last year, and there are rumors
that he may show up again this year.
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