Jamie Brown

LPCO's Publications

The LPCO Publications Director is responsible for communicating to the membership. The publications consist of the Colorado Liberty, this website, and event announcements.

I am honored to serve as Publications Director and hope I can exceed expectations, however high they may be. Having filled a vacant position, my term is one year. My expectation is to hear complaints and compliments often, especially in spring of 2009.

First on my agenda is to send no more than one (and preferably zero) newsletter per year via USPS snail-mail. At a cost of about $2,500 for each mailing, that is simply not an effective use of our money in the 21st Century. Newsletters will be created online in a format that can be mass printed at a print shop or individually from any computer in the world that can access our website. If you have a Libertarian friend without email, you can print it (even just the pages you want to print) and deliver it or mail it to them.

The Libertarian Party exists primarily to get Libertarians elected to office and to move public policy in the direction of liberty. Secondarily, the party exists for humans to understand liberty so that we may succeed at our primary purpose. The Libertarian Party of Colorado’s Bylaws state that the purpose of the Publications Director is to communicate with members internally and that the purpose of the Media Director is to communicate externally. At our state convention on March 8, 2008, there was a motion to combine those two Board positions into one Communications Director.  That motion failed. For better or worse, the purpose of the Publications Director is to communicate with the members, knowing that Libertarians already understand the principles of liberty and that we do not need to be preached to, we need to be informed. The newsletter, the Colorado Liberty, is not an op-ed journal. It is not our favorite small “r” news magazine. This newsletter exists to inform the membership of actual and current events, legislation, campaigns, etc. that effect our life, liberty, and property. What we do with that information is up to each of us, individually.

I am open to all suggestions for improvement but I encourage Libertarians to direct their libertarian perspective directly to the public venue where it is needed the most. Write letters to the editor, made simple and instant with the internet. Follow and comment on current legislation. Write your representatives, testify, attend city council meetings… participate. Most important to the LP, help with campaigns. Ron Paul has attracted a national audience because he campaigned, his supporters campaigned, even if it was for the wrong team!

I also want to bring everyone’s attention to the LPCO Forum at www.LPColorado.org/forum, and Colorado Libertarians Meetup at http://meetup.LPColorado.org. Both are designed for maximum feedback and active participation. If you have a Libertarian event and want it included on the calendar, please contact me or use the "Suggest a meeting" feature in the Meetup calendar.

The Board of Directors is all volunteers and we each need help to achieve our goals. Each aspect of liberty is important. Do what you can, when you can.

Be free.

Jaime Brown
Publications Director