Hi! - all work and no play makes us all a little cranky, so let's kick back and enjoy the summer a bit! I'll host a cookout where we can kick back a bit and recharge after marching and petitioning.

I can provide the basics (burgers, hotdogs and buns) if you all can bring whatever beer and snacks you want.

Agenda Items:

-Relating lessons learned for petitioning for 3rd parties and Stopdrinktax.com referendum.

-Sept 2-3rd Ron Paul's Rally for the Republic
Travel planning - no bus as of yet, some good plane/hotel/car deals (going fast!), driving and camping
Fund Raising for trip - 50/50 raffle

-Anti-RealID activities

-Special Elections: Many state legislators could be thrown in jail due to indictments for using government resources for campaigning. Third parties can submit candidates without petitioning.

-Ballot Access: Supposedly (can't find a link) this PA Rep http://kerrybenningho...
has a bill to allow substitution of a dollar for a signature to get on the ballot. While not perfect, for smaller races such as PA house/senate one could run for a few hundred bucks...

-An interesting new PAC, Strange Bedfellows Coalition: http://thestrangebedf...
is pushing for civil liberties / privacy rights. Even though it has many Lefty organizations, perhaps we should consider joining. As the name implies, this is not Left vs. Right but rather The People vs. Corpo-government. Libertarian candidate Bob Barr has joined, and Break the Matrix's Trevor Lyman is doing the fund raising... http://www.accountabi...

-Another interesting referendum initiative to discuss: http://www.openpittsb...
Background article here: http://www.pittsburgh...

-Possible guest speaker, TBA if scheduling permits

Hope to see you all there!
-DaveP

PS: Please RSVP for this one, maybes as of the day before will be treated as 'no' for food purchases. If you're a maybe and show up, you should bring something.

This Meetup will be the regular monthly meeting of the Libertarian Party of Pittsburgh. Libertarians of all stripes and people curious about libertarian thought and politics are welcome.

For more information, see http://www.lppgh.org/the-chapter/meetings/

For complete info, see: http://ronpaul.meetup.com/97/calendar/8170348/

In addition to the agenda below, we'd like to have local liberty activists (LP, CP, etc) present their current projects, campaigns, etc.

The Meeting Agenda

* We will discuss the new state organization and the meeting that took place in Harrisburg.
* We will discuss how we can spread the word about The Campaign for Liberty. The national goal is to have 100,000 members by September 2nd. Already we have more than half of that goal! By promoting it locally we can help to double or triple that number by September.
* We will be discussing and making final plans for the Revolution March in Washington, DC on July 12th. A member of our meetup group has chartered a bus to Washington for the day. The cost for the round trip is $50, and if we fill up the bus you will receive a partial, prorated refund on the day of the trip. If you would like to take this bus trip, please attend this meeting as the money for the trip will be collected then.
* We will be discussing ways to build up Ron Paul's precinct leader system which is continuing under the Campaign for Liberty. We will put together a plan for getting a precinct leader in every neighborhood!!
* Ron Paul has called for a Freedom Convention/Rally in St. Paul on September 2nd, during the same time as the RNC. He would like to have over 11,000 people attend. We will discuss transportation arrangements for anyone who wants to go.
* We will discuss ideas and things that every one of us can do to "SPREAD THE MESSAGE", as Ron Paul would say.
* We will be discussing new roles and organizational leadership for the group.
* We will discuss any other issues, ideas, or suggestions that will be brought up.

As you can see we have a lot to discuss and much more to do to continue promoting the freedom message!! Please join us, everyone is invited, bring snacks or pop for the group if you would like!!

This Meetup will be the regular monthly meeting of the Libertarian Party of Pittsburgh. Libertarians of all stripes and people curious about libertarian thought and politics are welcome.

For more information, see http://www.lppgh.org/the-chapter/meetings/

This Meetup will be the regular monthly meeting of the Libertarian Party of Pittsburgh. Libertarians of all stripes and people curious about libertarian thought and politics are welcome.

For more information, see http://www.lppgh.org/the-chapter/meetings/