Texas: John Jay Myers ‘Hired’ as LPTX Membership Director

From the Libertarian Party of Texas on April 10:

Fellow North Texas Libertarians, yesterday the TXSLEC voted to bring me on board as the new Membership Director for the State of Texas!

http://lptexas.org/content/join-or-donate

My wife and our production manager will continue to run ClearSky24.com (my business) while I try to greatly increase the membership and activism in the state party. I will be traveling all over Texas on my own dime initially because unless we see great increases in membership or donations, I am working for free.

I hope to:

1. Increase awareness about what the state party is about, we are not just a political party, we are an activist community that keeps our eye on Washington and Austin, we will greatly increase our press releases and alerts in regards to “un-libertarian” bills sponsored by your Texas representatives.
2. JIncrease our membership.
3. Increase donations.
4. Increase our participating counties across Texas.

You may ask “what is the role of the Libertarian Party of Texas?” (compared to the LP or our county organization).  I see our role as:

1. Being an activist organization as described above.
2. Maintaining ballot access so our county organizations can continue to run candidates without over restrictive obstacles, these candidates are normally the best vehicle to carry our message and grow our ranks.
3. To assist counties in getting set up and running across Texas, right now we only have about 1/5 of our counties active. The county organizations are where the rubber meets the road, and can be vital in increasing our membership and our political power as an activist group.
4. To assist candidates in a number of ways during the elections. (see our policy manual for more info on that)
5. Increase outreach to people from all across Texas, even where we have no affiliates.
6. Marketing the party in a way that attracts new members, and in a fashion where the counties benefit from our positive message and research.
7. Maintaining a social media “face” for the state, via Facebook and our website,  as well as providing counties with template sites to help them get rolling.

I will be using every tool at my disposal to try to grow the party, I hope that you will take just a few minutes to join or renew your membership, and consider making a donation to the Libertarian Party of Texas, so I know you have my back!

http://lptexas.org/content/join-or-donate

Thank you so much!

John Jay Myers