Mediation & Facilitaiton Center
11 King Street, Augusta ME
Pot Luck Dinner, please bring food (optional)
From LPME Treasurer, Jorge Maderal:
LPME EXCOM, and all Libertarians,
The second meeting of a series between the Greens of Maine and the Maine Libertarians will be held at the Mediation Center at 11 King Street, in Augusta – just down the road from the State House on Sunday, August 15th at 5 pm.
at home of Jim & Sue Poulin on beautiful Sebago Lake
210 Lakewood Rd., Casco, ME 04015
RSVP Requested
207-655-5416, Sue_P@LPME.org
Swimming, boat rides, charcoal grill w. meats, soft drinks provided. BYOB, food donations such as salad or dessert appreciated. If coming, please try & let us know so we’ll have enough food! Bring a lawn chair if you have one.
(For Directions, click more…)
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If you have come to the LPME webpage looking for how you can help in the effort to get us ballot status here in Maine, we will have online means for becoming a member, a volunteer, a donor, or to host get togethers in your town.
In the meantime, if you are looking to help in any of these ways call 207-370-LPME, or write to Chair@lpme.org.
Thanks.
Yes, indeed, there WAS film at 11!
All three television news stations in Maine ran stories today on our vote to pursue “official party” status. See them here: WCSH, WGME, WMTW.
From LPME Chair Shawn Levasseur
at 6:15 PM Sat. May 15th. – Portland
We’ve just finished our First Executive Committee meeting, and we got a lot accomplished.
We’ve got our policy manual put together to provide structure to party operations, and started getting together some committees to work on outreach, building membership and other activities.
Also we have voted to endorse the People’s Veto of the new service taxes.
Last but hardly least is that we approved the plan to pursue official recognized party status in the State of Maine via the petition method. (The hows, and whys of this are detailed in earlier posts on this website.)
This direction is already beginning to pay dividends. Before the meeting, WCSH 6, WMTW 8, and WGME 13, all had cameras at the Portland Library, and I fielded questions from all three stations , most of which were about the ballot access plan. I was also asked to update them on how the meeting went afterwards.
For all I know, as I type this the LPME is getting publicity on the six o’clock news!
More later!
—
Shawn L.
Maine’s political landscape may soon see a seismic shift, should libertarians elect to pursue official party status.
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On May 15th, in Portland the first meeting of the new Executive Committee of the LPME will meet in the Portland Public Library at Monument Square at 3 P.M..
The proposed agenda, which will be available in documents linked to below, is a busy one on matters of committees organization, regional affiliation, and much, much more.
We will likely be creating a variety of committees, and volunteers for being on theses committees will be greatly appreciated.
Committees that we will need volunteers for will be:
Anyone interested in being on these committees please attend the meeting, or send an e-mail to Chair@lpme.org
Whereas the meeting itself will likely be packed with business, there are events for discussion, and socializing before and after the meeting, both listed in the Upcoming Events sidebar to the right.
Meeting documents: (all in PDF format, updated frequently):
At Governor’s restaurants across the state of Maine there are burger platters bearing the names of Maine governors, past and present, Democrat, Republican, and independent. The burgers are all big, juicy, and tasty. However the names of those big government proponents does tend to leave a bad taste behind.
No longer is that necessary. As also on the burger menu is the Libertarian Combo! The burger is downsized and broken up (just like we’d like to see done to big government) into a pair of mini-burgers, and is accompanied by some chicken strips and onion rings.
Though there is no such thing as a free lunch, the Libertarian Combo is regularly available at a reduced price on Thursdays.
Those of us in the LPME would like to thank Governor’s for remembering us self-governors.
If you want to try out the Libertarian Combo at Governor’s, what better time than at our convention this April 17th!
This coming Memorial Day weekend is the National Libertarian Convention in St. Louis, Missouri.
Any member of the Libertarian Party of Maine is eligible to attend and be a delegate. All that is needed is to be a paid member of the national party, and have your name submitted for approval at the LPME convention on April 17th.
We have five delegate seats available, and can also send alternates. If you cannot attend the Maine convention, but still wish to be a delegate send an e-mail to ShawnL@Comicspundit.com, requesting that your name be submitted for the convention’s approval. Contact information, including e-mail and postal addresses, and the optional phone number would be helpful if you request to be a delegate in this manner.
The national convention is where we will elect members and officers of the Libertarian National Committee, debate and vote on our party platform, as well as proposed changes to the bylaws of the Libertarian Party.
In addition to these business functions of the convention, there will be breakout sessions on issues, activism, campaigning, and running local party chapters. There will be numerous speakers in the main convention hall as well as at special luncheons, breakfasts and dinners. There will also be plenty of opportunities for playing tourist around St. Louis.
More information about convention packages is available at the national convention website.
From Shawn Levasseur, Treasurer, LPME:
“It’s about Action” is the theme I chose for our convention. This is because we need to get back into the habit of action. Hopefully, I can convince some of you to run for office this year, to take the form of some of that action. But I also have something that can be a statewide effort, even beyond this fall’s election.
So here’s what I’m proposing what we can do for a statewide project that will increase the visibility and boost membership in the LPME: Get the Libertarian Party official ballot status here in Maine.
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