January 16, 2008
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Voice of the Chair — January 2008
Voice of the Chair
by Jay Vandersloot
“Men, like nails, lose their usefulness when they lose direction and begin to bend.”
– Walter Savage Landor“If you can dream it, then you can achieve it. You will get all you want in life if you help enough other people get what they want.”
– Zig Ziglar, AuthorThink about it. People (voters) want to know “what’s in it for them.” Approach the issues from the aspect of what it will do for the person or people to whom you are speaking. You’ll get further with them and accomplish more. Some more things to remember when you are talking with people are also embodied in the following quote.
The Fear of Loss:
“People are also motivated to act by the fear of loss. This fear, in all its various forms, is often stronger than the desire for gain. People fear financial loss, loss of health, anger or disapproval of others, loss of the love of someone and the loss of anything they have worked hard to accomplish. They fear change, risk and uncertainty because these threaten them with potential losses.”
– Brian Tracy, Management Consultant, and Writer
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“The nine most terrifying words in the English language are, ‘I’m from the government, and I’m here to help.’”
– Ronald Reagan, 40th U.S. president“Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak. Courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen.”
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What — 2008 LSLA Leadership Conference
Where — Henderson Nevada (by Las Vegas, NV)
When — Presidents’ Day Weekend, 2008 (February 15-17)As I promised last month, this month we are giving you the agenda for the LSLA Conference. As you can see, it is quite a full schedule, especially on Saturday, with something for everyone, regardless of your area of interest, emphasis, or expertise.A single ticket for this conference costs only $150. And, because this is a conference that every libertarian in the country would benefit from attending, discounts will be given to members based on the number of fellow libertarians from their state who attend.
When two libertarians from a single state party attend the 2008 National Leadership Conference, their price will be reduced from $150 per person to $135 each.
The February 14th — 19th week-end in Las Vegas will be very crowded with not only our LSLA group, but those planning Valentine’s Day celebrations and others celebrating President’s Day. Our hotel, Sunset Station, will allow cancellations and provide a prompt refund of your deposit with 48 hours notice. We have a limited number of rooms available at these low rates, so I can not stress strongly enough the need to lock in your reservations early.
Here are the reservation details. Sunset Station Hotel and Casino is holding a limited number of rooms at low rates just for our LSLA group. Choose one of their newly renovated rooms with two Queen beds or one King for $79.00 Sunday to Thursday nights and $129.00 on Friday and Saturday nights. Room tax is currently 10% and a $4.95 amenity fee per night will be added. These rates are for single or double occupancy. Each additional person over double occupancy will add $15.00 to the room rate. Maximum allowed is four to a room. To reserve your room at the low LSLA rates call 888-786-7389 and request the LSLA group rates.
Hotel Information: Sunset Station Hotel & Casino, 1301 W Sunset Rd Henderson, NV 89014, local telephone number 702-547-7777.
Agenda for the LSLA Leadership Conference
Friday, February 15, 2008
8:00 – 5:00 Bylaws Committee Meeting
8:00 – 5:00 Platform Committee Meeting
Saturday, February 16, 2008
7:00 — 7:30 Registration (Sunset Room)
7:30 – 7:50 Welcome (Sunset Room)
8 00 — 11:50 Political Communication (Sunset Room)
Introduction
Body Language
How the evil ones think
Analysis of Moral Politics
Slave PsychosisMonthly Pledge Program (Nina Room)
Writing a Fundraising Letter
Organizing Political VolunteersRoberts Rules of Order (Pinta Room)
Hours of Minutes (How to be an effective secretary)
ConventioneeringBallot Base (Santa Maria Room)
Noon — 1:50 National Chairs Debate (Sunset Room)
Writing an Effective Press Release
TBA
Lunch with cash bar (Cash bar open rest of day)
2:00 — 5:50 Political Communication (Sunset Room)
Green Zone
Story as Campaign Vehicle
Delivering your Story
How to file with the FEC (Nina Room)
Basic Accounting Procedures for a County/State Treasurer
Planning a State Convention (Pinta Room)
Ballot Base
Platform Debates (Santa Maria Room)
Platform Purpose
Abortion
Immigration
Terrorism / Foreign Affairs
5:50 — 7:00 Dinner (Sunset Room)
7:00 — 10:00 Presidential Debate (Sunset Room)
Sunday, February 17, 2008
7:30 — 10:00 State Chairs meeting — all welcome (Sunset Room)
10:00 — 11:00 Closing Champagne Brunch (Sunset Room)
11:30 — Noon NVLP Convention Registration (Sunset Room)
Noon — 6:00 NVLP State Convention (Sunset Room)
Libertarian Leadership (LLS) (Santa Maria Room)
LNC meeting ? (Nina Room)
Platform Committee meeting? (Pinta Room)
6:00 — 7:00 Cocktails (cash bar)(outside the Sunset Room)
7:00 — 10:00 Dinner Buffet for LLS Class and NVLP (Sunset Room)
Monday, February 18, 2008
8:00 – 5:00 LNC meeting
Check out www.statechairs.org for additional information and pre-registration.
