LPNM 2013 Annual State Convention

Libertarian Party of New Mexico

2013 Annual State Convention

Theme: The Way Forward – Rebuilding

Venue: Quarters BBQ – 3700 Ellison Dr. NW, Albuquerque, NM 87114

Contact Mike Blessing – 505-249-1248

Friday, 19 April 2013

Although there is no formal program for Friday evening, for anyone wanting to arrive early, the early birds will gather in the Quarters BBQ bar area at about 6:00 PM for an informal dinner / discussion – No-host, pay-as-you-go, dinner, cocktails, and networking.

Saturday, 20 April 2013

11:00 AM – Registration and pay-as-you-go lunch

• Order off the menu for lunch. Registration fees are Ø50 per person (Ø40 if paid before 1 April 2013), to include dinner in the evening.

1:00 PM – LPNM Business Meeting [no charge for anyone attending ONLY the business meeting]

• All who are registered with the State of New Mexico as Libertarians (“LIB” on the voter registration card) can vote during nominations for public office.
• Only Caucus Members can vote during LPNM business and internal LPNM elections.
• Visitors do not vote in any actions or activities.
• Central Committee meeting after close of the LPNM Business Meeting.
• See below the schedule for more details.

3:00 PM – Speaker [To be announced]

4:00 PM – Speaker [To be announced]

5:00 PM – Break [so Quarters can prepare for the dinner]

6:00 PM – Family-style dnner [included in the registration fee]

• Includes BBQ chicken, ribs, sliced beef brisket, sliced pork brisket, hot links, with various sides, and includes your choice of iced tea, coffee, or soda [other beverages are pay-as-you-go].

7:00 PM – Keynote Speaker – [To be announced]

8:00 PM – LPNM Fundraiser Auction [Bring items to donate]

9:00 PM – Convention [and Quarters] closes

Speakers and Candidates Addressing the Convention Membership

Speakers will have 30–45 minutes to make their case, then should be open to questions from the audience. Audience members are requested to ask questions of the speaker as opposed to making statements. All speakers will be considered to have consented to being recorded, including but not limited to audio or video devices, for posting to the internet (YouTube, etc.).

Handouts for Distribution

The LPNM membership reserves the right to disavow any handouts (handbills, brochures, CDs, DVDs, etc.) offered for distribution to convention membership, as well as the person(s) doing the distributing.

Nominations for Candidates for Public Office

As per the New Mexico State Constitution, all of the municipal elections scheduled to take place in 2013 will be “non-partisan” – the candidates’ partisan affiliations will not be listed on the ballot, but anyone who can get by with Google or Bing can find out how these folks are registered and affiliated with a few keystrokes and mouseclicks. Still, the NMSA (“State law”) doesn’t forbid the LPNM membership from talking to any particular candidate. Nor does the NMSA forbid the LPNM from inviting any candidates to speak to us. If you know of any that might be of interest to us, let us know.

Becoming an LPNM Candidate for Public Office

Anyone wanting to be a candidate for public office on the LPNM’s ballot line needs to :

1. Register to vote as “Libertarian” before the Governor’s Election Proclamation for 2012 comes out. Usually this Proclamation is put out on the last Tuesday of January. A safe bet is to get this done at least two weeks before the Proclamation is released by the Governor’s Office.
2. Sign up with the LPNM as a Caucus Member (see above).
3. Get nominated by your peers at the State Convention (or a County Convention for offices contained entirely in one county).
4. Download and thoroughly read the candidate guides available from the Secretary of State’s office, as they contain all of the details required by the State of New Mexico – filing dates, signature requirements, etc. See here for the guides – http://www.sos.state.nm.us/2012CandidateGuideInfo.html
5. Read the Run for Office page at lp.org
6. If you’re seeking one of the LPNM’s nominations, it helps a bit if you introduce yourself to your fellow New Mexico Libertarians in person a bit before the State Convention – show up at some of our county-level meet-and-greet supper clubs, that sort of thing.

Participating in LPNM Internal Business

All you have to do to participate in the LPNM’s internal business (changes to the Constitution and Bylaws, internal nominations, etc.) is to do the following (both steps are necessary, regardless of order completed):

1. Register to vote as “Libertarian” so that your voter registration card reads “LIB” in the spot marked “PARTY” (lower right-hand corner).
2. Sign up as what the LPNM refers to as a “Caucus Member.” Basically, this means that you’ve signed the Non-Aggression Pledge and paid $25 in dues. You can do this at the Convention itself, as we’ll have the necessary paperwork on hand.
3. Pay the required amount for a convention membership (separate from LPNM membership dues).
4. Anyone seeking a spot on the Central Committee or as an officer of a county affiliate needs to be a Caucus member.
5. If you’re seeking one of these spots, it helps a bit if you introduce yourself to your fellow New Mexico Libertarians in person a bit before the State Convention – show up at some of our county-level meet-and-greet supper clubs, that sort of thing.

Out-of-State Visitors

1. All national-level candidates (for President, National Chair, LNC spots, etc.) are responsible for covering their own expenses, including but not limited to travel, meals, and lodging. They are, of course, free to solicit financial or other support from individual LPNM members, but the LPNM will not expend organizational resources for this purpose.
2. The LPNM as an organization will NOT endorse candidates for any office until they have been officially nominated by an accredited affiliate of the Libertarian Party.

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Frank Turner — Sons of Liberty

Current mood: excited

Here’s the lyrics, for those inclined to sing along –

Once an honest man could go from sunrise to its set
without encountering agents of his state or government.
But a sorry cloud of tyranny has fallen across the land,
brought on by the hollow men, who did not understand
that for centuries our forefathers have fought and often died
to keep themselves unto themselves, to fight the rising tide,
and that if in the smallest battles we surrender to the state,
we enter in a darkness whence we never shall escape.

When they raise their hands up our lives to possess,
to know our souls, to drag us down, we’ll resist.

Watt Tyler led the people in 1381
to meet the king at Smithfield to issue this demand:
that Winchester’s should be the only law across the land,
the law of old King Alfred’s time, of free and honest men.
Because the people then they understood what we have since forgot:
that government will only work for its own benefit.
And I’d rather stand up naked against the elements alone
than give the hollow men the right to enter in my home.

When they raise their hands up our lives to possess,
to know our souls, to drag us down, we’ll resist.

Stand up sons of liberty and fight for what you own.
Stand up sons of liberty and fight, fight for your homes.
[4X]

So if ever a man should ask you for your business, or your name,
tell him to go and fuck himself, tell his friends to do the same.
Because a man who’d trade his liberty for a safe and dreamless sleep
doesn’t deserve the both of them, and neither shall he keep.

Thanks to The Devil’s Kitchen for the tip-off!

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NOTES

1. Reposted –
   1. NMPolitics.org

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Random Shots for Monday, 17 December 2012

Today in history

Comments I’ve posted

1. Re: How do you feel about Public Art in Albuquerque? Take the survey and let us know! –

   Why can’t the Mayor’s Office fund these art projects with something like Kickstarter? At least then you would have a choice as to which ones you want to pay for, and the people who don’t want any of them don’t have to pay at all.

   Even if they are publicly funded, the least that the city could do is to not put them on the highways and streets – when you’re driving, you’re supposed to watch the road, not look at artwork.

2. Shared on Facebook –

   The country is on fire with the debate on gun control. It saddens me that so many people want to hold on to their preconceived notions that there is a simple solution and that is to restrict citizen gun ownership, even when faced with concrete evidence that this will make things worse. We have lost the lessons of history. Are we doomed to repeat it? – Free and Equal KY State Leader, Ginny Saville

3. Shared a photo on Facebook –

   

4. Posted to my Xanga Chatboard –

   @FattiesGonnaFat – I’m not the one you need to worry about. You need to worry about the flenser – he’s coming for you.

   Posted in response to this:

   @mikewb1971 – retard, I’m not clicking any of your links on purpose, not because they don’t work for me.

5. Shared a photo on Facebook –

   

6. Shared a photo on Facebook –

   

7. Posted to Facebook –

   The Ft. Hood shootings were another example of victim disarmament at work – making things safer for homicidal maniacs.

8. Posted to Facebook –

   Got more coming! (If I can find the pic that I saw about two minutes ago . . . AGH)

   I think Facebook is giving me a headache, so I’ll fire up Windows Media Player and listen to some speed metal.

9. Posted to Facebook –

   This issue of the slaughter of innocents is fearful but simple. There are insane people among us. They exist just as do fault lines, wild fires, tornados, disease and pestilence. As we prepare and guard against these other threats, so we should prepare oursleves to deal with the insane.

   Guns have been around since the 14th century. They are not going away. Let’s live this fact and all arm ourselves to protect against the errant maniac. Prattling on about controls and laws is profoundly stupid in the face of reality.

   H/T Bruce Hoepner

10. Posted to Facebook –

    “Maybe we ought to consider an alternate form of social media as well?”

    Been thinking that off and on for a while. Also hoping that an alternative to Google pops onto the scene at some point.

11. Posted to Facebook –

    “Let’s license guns like cars and gun owners like drivers,” goes the hue and cry du jour, “and let’s make gun owners get liability insurance.”

    Back in April 2003, I was in a car accident where I was hit by an uninsured driver. Neither I nor the other driver was injured. My car and I were insured. My car ended up being totalled. All the responding APD officer did was have the cadet that he was training remove the license plate from the other vehicle, and let them go on their way. Me? Shit outta luck.

12. Shared on Facebook –

    With just one single exception, the attack on congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords in Tucson in 2011, every public shooting since at least 1950 in the U.S. in which more than three people have been killed has taken place where citizens are not allowed to carry guns.

    H/T Stefan Molyneux

13. Posted to Facebook, Google Plus, Twitter and Xanga –

    Any “NO WEAPONS ALLOWED” signage should also say “ENTER AT YOUR OWN RISK.”

14. Posted to Google Plus –

    The hoplophobes live by the maxim “Never let a crisis go to waste.”

15. Posted to Facebook –

    It looks like a hippie bunker.

Listening / Reading / Watching

1. Anonymous Hacks The Westboro Baptist Church: Posts All Their Personal Information
2. Huffington Post: Anonymous Attacks Westboro Church Website During Live Interview
3. mental_floss: 10 Nonviolent Ways to Thwart a Westboro Baptist Church Protest
4. J. Neil Schulman: “Economics in One Minute” by Elliot Vreeland
5. SD Times – The Trouble with Gerrold: What the pundits missed

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