================================================ Volunteers Needed! ================================================
Happily, several volunteers stepped forward to do a few of the jobs we listed in our previous edition of this "Opportunities" newsletter. Of course, there's always more to do! Are you new to the Libertarian Party and the libertarian movement? Or are you an "old-timer" who knows more about the history of the Party than anyone else in the state? Either way, you can put your passion to work. Volunteer! The Libertarian Party is a grassroots political organization. Most of the day-to-day work of our party and our campaigns is done by tens of thousands of volunteers working at the state and local level - and without them, we wouldn't be here. Thank *you* for your willingness to pitch in and help build a new political majority in America! Here is a list of functions for which we need volunteers. Pick one, and contact me! ================================================ 1. After almost five years of editing Virginia Liberty, the current editor (yours truly) thinks it's time for some fresh eyes on the product. In this day and age of attractive and sophisticated print presentation, 'Virginia Liberty' needs some better design. The Libertarian Party of Virginia **must** continue to publish a print newsletter. It is one of the few real, non-electronic contacts we make with many of our fellow members. Email is a great supplemental contact method, but it isn't a substitute for something you can hold in your hands. POSITION SPECIFICS: One position (statewide) available; applicant should have some desktop publishing / design experience. Dates & Times required: Bimonthly schedule -- Jan/Feb, Mar/Apr, May/Jun, ... (NOTE: This is for the typesetting/layout end of production only; a mailing house prepares the physical product for mailing.) Five to ten hours per month. See: http://lpva.com/HTML/vaLibertyArchive.php for samples of back issues. 2. Financial Development Committee -- Compose & see to the production of letters to the LPVA membership informing our members of current projects and inviting their support. Goal is one letter every 5 weeks. POSITION SPECIFICS: One position (statewide) available. Dates & Times required: Various; based on fast-breaking news and new opportunities for LPVA projects. Roughly five hours per letter. (NOTE: This is for the typesetting/layout end of production only; a mailing house prepares the physical product for mailing.) 3. Monthly Pledge Development Committee -- Call current LPVA members and invite them to support their party with a $5 or more monthly pledge. The goal for this committee will be to recruit enough monthly pledges to support the ongoing efforts of the Party in Virginia ($1000/mo in pledges by December 1, 2009). POSITION SPECIFICS: Five regional positions (West, North, Central, East, South) available. Dates & Times required: Make five calls once a week. Two to five hours per month. 4. New Inquiry Liaisons -- There are plenty of people requesting more information about the Libertarian Party. Normally, these people are referred to 1) their congressional district chairman, and 2) their local contact or committee (if there is one). Right now, we seem to be getting between ten and thirty new inquiries per month. If you like talking about libertarianism, and would like to help welcome new libertarians and get them signed up as donating members, please get in touch with me as soon as possible. We want these folks to be called via phone (or visited if close by, with LP lit in hand!). For more information about what the job entails, see the article here: http://snipurl.com/Tips-NewInquiries We have one volunteer doing some of this statewide already, but within the next few months we'd like to have six or eight people in different areas splitting up the work -- and we really would like to start knocking on doors. There is no better way to get a person involved than with a handshake -- email just doesn't cut it. POSITION SPECIFICS: Six or more regional positions available (one in each of the 6 most compact congressional districts). Dates & Times required: Monthly duties on a recurring basis. Five to ten hours per month; up to ten new inquiries per CD per month is typical. 5. "Old Dominion Liberty Letter" Publication Committee -- This position is for a permanent editor. The job requires a punctual self-starter who is willing to seek out and summarize an average of five brief news items that would be of interest to Virginia Libertarians, and seeing to it that the publication is sent in a timely way to the LPVA Announcements list (or our feed list, which should be online soon). POSITION SPECIFICS: One position available. Dates & Times required: Weekly duties on a recurring basis. Two hours per week. 6. Student Outreach Coordinator -- Youth are the future of our movement, our party, and our nation. Let's talk to them! This job requires a detail-oriented person to seek bookings for LP speakers at high schools. The Coordinator will need to a) find a few speakers willing to make presentations to high school audiences, get a commitment from them to be available for speaking engagements once a month, and then b) approach high schools with the list of available speakers and their speaking slots and try to get those speakers booked with as many school engagements as they are willing to cover. Provide instructors with LP literature to hand out. Ask if students can be given a graded assignment to interview or review the speaker; or at least for extra credit. Relay LPVA's offer of a chance at winning a $100 scholarship check for any graded essays written about the LPVA or one of its endorsed candidates. POSITION SPECIFICS: Five regional positions (West, North, Central, East, Sou th) available. Dates & Times required: Mail speaker booking offer to one county's schools each week; contact at least one potential speaker each week. Attend as many of each speaker's presentations as possible, carrying a selection of quiz cards and general LP literature -- as well as a sign-up sheet for "more information" to pass around to students in the audience. Five to ten hours per month. For more: http://www.boogieonline.com/revolution/politics/activism/highschools.html 7. Media Release Composition -- If you like to write rapid-response articles to whatever boondoggle your friendly government has unleashed upon the world this week, this job is for you. We already have the "fax blast" list as well as an email distribution list. All we need is someone willing to generate media release content from the Libertarian perspective one (or, preferably, more) times per week. POSITION SPECIFICS: One position available. Dates & Times required: Monthly duties on a recurring basis. Five to ten hours per month. 8. Media Relations Coordinator -- The person who follows up with reporters who receive our media releases. POSITION SPECIFICS: One position available. Five to ten hours per month. POSITION SPECIFICS: One position available. Dates & Times required: Monthly duties on a recurring basis. Five to ten hours per month. 9. General Assembly Watchman -- Three or more individuals who can work with Roy Scherer to make sure the Libertarian perspective is heard within the halls of the state legislature during each session; as well as meeting with legirlators during their legislative office open houses and during subcommittee earings in the off-season. Our General Assembly team will make sure the LPVA membership is alerted to new threats to their lives, liberty, or property; with an eye toward organizing "Libertarian Lobbying Days" in future GA sessions. POSITION SPECIFICS: Three or more positions available. Dates & Times required: During General Assembly sessions, Jan-March. 30 or more hours per week during Session (this one's a marathon, not a sprint!). 10. Local Affiliate Field Coordinator -- Field Coordinator will find counties or cities with enough LPVA members (at least ten) to organize an independent county or city committee, and will call organizational meetings. After the organizational meeting the Field Coordinator will continue attending their meetings on a regular basis, and encourage & guide their continued development with an eye toward getting them running with a consistent membership recruitment program and a candidate recruitment drive. We have 18 localities with enough LP members to support a single-jurisdiction local party. There is no better way to recruit candidates for local offices such as Board of Supervisors -- where we might actually have some chance of winning -- than to have an organized, focused, single-jurisdiction local party ready to support such a candidate. POSITION SPECIFICS: Three or more regional positions available (initially North, Central, East). Dates & Times required: Monthly duties o n a recurring basis. Five to ten hours per month. ================================================ For any of the above positions, you may volunteer via email by sending a message to <[email protected]>, or call Marc Montoni at home at 804-288-2766. -- Marc Montoni, Secretary Libertarian Party of Virginia Text herein published under Creative Commons License "Attribution Share Alike" by Marc Montoni. ############################################################# Have an announcement you'd like to post? 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