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The LPC mailing list is intended for communication about Libertarian Party business in California, including topics relating to the state organization, the relationship between the state organization and the region/county organizations, and topics that apply to LP activities statewide.

"Libertarian Party business" means topics relating to the LP as an organization, not political philosophy or activities that would be equally of interest to non-LP libertarians (see "related lists" below).

The topics discussed here will primarily be of interest to LP officers and volunteers at the state or regional level, but any interested LP member, or even non-member, is welcome to participate as long as contributions are on topic.

CATEGORY SYSTEM:

In order to facilitate the selection of messages by users who may not be interested in following all of the discussion, each LPC message is assigned to a "category" as follows.

LPC: news and announcements of overall interest
LPC-EXCOM: copies of discussion among Executive Committee members
LPC-CAMP: campaigns for public office
LPC-PLAN: Strategic Planning Committee
LPC-PLAT: platform issues
LPC-MISC: any other discussion

Subscribers may specify which categories are included in their subscriptions, except that the main "LPC" news and announcements category will be sent to all subscribers. By default, subscriptions will include (in addition to the news and announcements), the LPC-CAMP, LPC-EXCOM, LPC-PLAT, and LPC-MISC categories (except that Executive Committee members will not be sent LPC-EXCOM since they will have received those messages previously). Users must specifically request LPC-PLAN.

HOW TO POST MESSAGES:

To post a message, that is, to send a message that will be distributed to subscribers, send it to:

LPC@dehnbase.org for news/announcements only
LPC-CAMP@dehnbase.org for discussion of campaigns
LPC-MISC@dehnbase.org for general comments/discussion/debate
LPC-PLAN@dehnbase.org for Strategic Planning discussion
LPC-PLAT@dehnbase.org for discussion of the LPC Platform

Each message should be posted under one category only -- i.e., there should be no "cross-posting" across categories.

No messages should be sent to "LPC-EXCOM@dehnbase.org". Executive Committee members should post to the ca-excom address if their comments relate to Executive Committee business; for other topics they should use LPC or LPC-CAMP or LPC-MISC or LPC-PLAN or LPC-PLAT in the same way as anybody else.

SUBSCRIPTIONS:

To subscribe or to cancel your subscription, send your request to:: LPC-request@dehnbase.org

RELATED LISTS:

Official announcements from the LP of California intended for public distribution are posted to "announce@ca.lp.org". All LPC subscribers should either be subscribed to that list or be following those announcements in some other way, so such announcements should not be reposted here.

Messages which contain announcements of general interest to libertarians in California should be sent to "ca-liberty@lists.best.com".

Discussion of national LP business, or topics relating to the relationship between the national LP and its state affiliates or otherwise applicable to LP organizations anywhere in the country, should be conducted using "LPUS@dehnbase.org".

In addition, there may be libertarian announcement or LP business lists for your local area or region.

Please choose the most appropriate list for your message, so it will get to the people who are most interested in it, and not bother people who aren't.

Please do not routinely cross-post messages from other lists. In exceptional circumstances this may make sense, but if you find yourself tempted to post a lot of messages from some other list because you think they would be of interest to LP activists in California, please instead just post a note telling how to subscribe to the other list and let people decide for themselves whether they want to receive the messages.