Video by way of Kn@ppster.

Knapp describes it as a “forum featuring three candidates for chair of the Libertarian National Committee: Ernie Hancock, John Jay Myers and Wayne Allyn Root. Two other candidates, Mark Hinkle and George Phillies, weren’t able to be there.”

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By George Phillies, candidate for Libertarian National Committee chair
(Slightly revised from a post at http://LibertyForAll.net)
Since the year 2000, we’ve lost more than half our membership. Party income has fallen by nearly 3/4 in real dollars.
We cannot survive if we continue along this path.
How many state affiliates do we actually have? Certainly not 51. If [...]

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http://newpathforthelp.org/
From the site:
Our Candidates

George Phillies – Chair
Carolyn Marbry – Vice Chair
James Oaksun – Treasurer
Rob Power – Secretary
Joe Kennedy – At-Large
Jim Remmert – At Large
Rachel Hawkridge – Regional Representative
Jake Porter – Regional Representative
Scott Williamson – Regional Representative
Charles Wilhoit – Regional Alternate

Additional information about what this team of candidates see as the problems and [...]

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Posted by LNC chair candidate George Phillies at http://www.libertyforall.net/?p=3881:
How LAMA has changed since the 2006 State Convention – and all for the better.
In 2006, the Libertarian Association of Massachusetts was in sufficient straits that its regular yearly convention, which should have been called for April, did not occur. The State Committee had not met [...]

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Sent via email by George Phillies, candidate for Libertarian National Committee Chair.

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Thanks to Chuck Moulton in comments on a previous post of videos of the other candidates for LNC chair. Also related: George Phillies: ‘The Howard Dean Model’.

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Ballot Access News:
On February 17, a U.S. District Magistrate issued a 30-page opinion, upholding New Hampshire’s policy of not allowing stand-ins on presidential petitions, and also upholding New Hampshire’s policy of not having any procedure by which an unqualified party may protect its name from use by independent candidates who choose the party label as [...]

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Comment by George Phillies on a previous IPR post:
Our Party faces a crisis that threatens its existence. In the last decade we’ve lost more than half our membership. Income is down 70% in real dollars. We can’t even afford a monthly newsletter any more.
That’s despite the real political situation: We had an enormous opportunity after [...]

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Posted by Ernest Hancock at Freedom’s Phoenix. H/T Chuck Moulton in comments on a previous IPR post.

California’s Libertarian Party State Convention provided an opportunity for 3 of the 4 declared candidates for National Chairman to make presentations. (Ernest Hancock – Wayne Allen Root – Mark Hinkle – George Phillies, not in attendance)
Candidates [...]

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From the comments on a previous post:

Phillies sends the following [..]….
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“Root threatens Benedict with ‘If this isn’t news worthy…then we need a new Exec Director who can see that it is.’ ”
1) ROOT THREATENS BENEDICT
Subject: ROOT for Wes
Date: Thu, 04 Feb 2010 22:04:00 -0800
From: rootintl
To: wes benedict LP HQ , aaron AA Starr
CC: robert.kraus@lp.org LPHQ
Wes,
Here [...]

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Posted by George Phillies at Liberty For All:

Change is time-consuming. Change is demanding. Change is frightening.
Sometimes, change is necessary.
In a previous article I described LNC fund raising over the last decade and a half. From 2000 to date, LNC yearly fundraising has fallen by three quarters in real terms. This article [...]

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Comment by George Phillies on a previous IPR thread:
I have posted at
http://libertyforamerica.com/downloadabletrifolds.htm
two trifolds thet are entirely downloadable and usable. They are presented as: trifolds with blank sides for local or state group information, MS-PUB files for people needing further editing, and full trifolds as examples of things that can be done.
They match several major outreach [...]

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Originally posted at http://www.libertyforall.net/?p=3716 by George Phillies:
Change can be time-consuming. Change can be demanding. Change can be frightening.
Sometimes, change can be necessary.
I’ll start with the simplest of graphs. (Click on images to enlarge.) The graph below shows LNC income for the years 2000-2009. The value of the dollar changes in [...]

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Holiday Greetings from 2008 Presidential nomination candidate and 2010 Libertarian National Committee Chair candidate George Phillies:
The very original recipe can actually be found at verybestbaking.com, but this is *not the original recipe*
Mindful of the season, and noting that at least one IPR commenter was reduced to stabbing himself with a croissant, I offer a cake [...]

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National Chair: Bill Redpath, incumbent, not seeking reelection, although he may run for a different position on the LNC.
Known candidates: Wayne Root
Mark Hinkle (1, 2)
George Phillies (1, 2)
Ernest Hancock: I’ve not found an article, but I saw an email response from him on a yahoo group (can’t remember exactly where or when) that “of course” [...]

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