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State Convention Notes
Sunday, May 17, 2009

I'm pleased to report that Hamilton County sent a full delegation to Clarksville, Indiana for this past weekend's annual convention of the Libertarian Party of Indiana. The strength of our county affiliate was evident to the state organization and its leadership.

The top convention news is that Sam Goldstein was elected to a 2-year term as State Chair. Sam is an Indianapolis resident and long-time Libertarian activist, having run for several offices and having previously been the Party's Vice Chair to Mark Rutherford. I have worked together with Sam, when he was Marion County's Chair, and I was the Vice Chair, in 2003-04. I can tell you this: Sam is tenacious and driven. When he gets behind an initiative, it gets done. I'm very excited for some of the fundraising plans he has, and can't wait to see them implemented.

Todd Singer is the outgoing Chair, having served a full 2-year term. Todd's wife is pregnant with their second child, and family concerns obviously come first.

I appreciate the heavy lifting Todd has done behind the scenes to build a very sound foundation to the organization in the very unsexy, and therefore sometimes not emphasized, areas of business organization, database management, and membership retention. These are not the sort of things that make news, or sometimes are even apparent, but will be showing up in useful ways like the number of candidates we run, and the financial support Sam is going to be able to generate because of the groundwork laid by Todd.

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Libertarian Party of Indiana's Weekly Podcast
Monday, March 16, 2009

Just to toot my own horn a bit, I have been producing the Libertarian Party of Indiana's Weekly Podcast beginning in late January, and there are already 15 podcasts posted, mainly because while nominally weekly, there has been much of interest to talk about.

Here's the link to the podcast archive.

You can subscribe to the podcast on the archive page, and have each new episode downloaded whenever you open iTunes or other MP3 file programs.

The idea behind the podcast is to talk with the stars of the LPIN. For now, that means recent and past candidates, party leaders such as State Chair Todd Singer or various county chairs, and libertarian activists. As we get nearer to the 2010 elections, interviews will increasingly feature candidates for the 2010 ballot.

So far, I've spoken with 2008 candidate for governor Andy Horning, LPIN Executive Director Chris Spangle, Hagerstown Judge Susan Bell, Indianapolis City-County Councilor Ed Coleman, IU Southern economist and Congressional candidate Dr. Eric Schansberg, and many more. I'm proud of the work. Check it out!

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