Dear Colleagues, The 67th annual Shad Planking will take place on the afternoon of Wednesday, April 15, in Wakefield, Virginia. During the past decade the Libertarian Party of Virginia has usually sponsored an information booth at the event, which is one of the major political events in Virginia each year. I have organized most of our outreach efforts at this event; last year Donna Grebas organized the effort.
As it turns out, Ms. Grebas will not be able to organize the event due to her work schedule. Similarly, due to my faculty schedule, I am uncertain whether I shall be able to organize and/or participate in the event. Because of this, we are requesting that a volunteer step forward to organize the outreach effort this year. Some details about the Shad Planking and our outreach effort: * The event will take place rain or shine. The event begins at 2:00 p.m. and ends at 6:30 p.m. The formal program (which usually features speeches by the most prominent politicians in attendance) begins at 4:00 p.m. * Each attendee must have a ticket, which costs $25.00. Supposedly the number of tickets available to the public is limited; however, I do not know what the limit is. (As far as I can tell, anyone who pays the admission price is allowed into the event.) Information about the event is available at www.shadplanking.com. Since the Shad Planking is an outdoor event, the organizer of the LPVA outreach effort should arrange for a small tent to be erected (along with a display table for literature). The organizer must find volunteers to staff the booth. Also, the organizer must obtain literature for the booth, as well as a banner and/or signs advertising the Libertarian Party of Virginia. In the past we have used the "Operation Politically Homeless" kit available from the Advocates for Self-Government at the booth. In some cases the LPVA booth doubled as a booth for LPVA candidates. Those who are interested in volunteering to organize our outreach effort this year should contact me as soon as possible at jwl...@lp.org or by calling me at (434) 973-5958. I shall be happy to provide information about the nuts and bolts of organizing this effort. Thanks for your work for liberty. Take care, Jim James W. Lark, III Vice Chair, Libertarian Party of Virginia ############################################################# Have an announcement you'd like to post? SCC members & many committee heads are all authorized to post; or you may send your announcements to the List Master: <webmas...@lpva.com> <mailto:webmas...@lpva.com?subject=Announcement>. ############################################################# Unsubscribe: Send an email to sts...@lpva.com with no subject and "Unsubscribe Announce" as the text. ############################################################# Libertarian Party of Virginia http://www.LPVA.com Phone: 703-715-6230 ############################################################# Want to see past messages? Check the Archive: http://www.Mail-Archive.com/announce@lpva.com/ #############################################################