| GOALS |
| | 1000 | 1001 | 1002 | 1003 | 1004 | 1005 | 1006 | 1007 |
STRATEGIES | Increase the number of Libertarians holding public office | Increase the number of governing bodies with a Libertarian majority | Strengthen Libertarian state and local organizations | Increase the number and size of Libertarian campus organizations | Increase the Libertarian Party's member, contributor, activist, and supporter base | Maintain ideological integrity as we grow | Increase public acceptance of Libertarian ideas | Achieve the repeal of drug prohibition at the federal level by 2010 and get substantial credit for it |
1301 | Convince public opinion leaders to embrace and espouse libertarian ideas | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | | S | ? |
1302 | Develop quality presentations of libertarian ideas for use by affiliates, campaigns, the national party, and individuals | ? | ? | S | ? | ? | ? | S | ? |
1303 | Improve communication skills of Libertarians | ? | ? | S | ? | ? | | S | ? |
1304 | Use the initiative procedure to build public acceptance of libertarian ideas | S | ? | S | ? | ? | | S | S |
1305 | Develop targeted appeals to groups holding similar views on issues | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | | S | ? |
1306 | Use targeted messages to groups based on ethnic background, gender, or other demographic criteria | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | | S | ? |
1307 | Define, develop, and promote the Libertarian "brand" (includes image) | ? | ? | S | ? | ? | | S | ? |
1308 | Present libertarian ideas in a manner that includes both "direction" and "destination" | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | | S | ? |
1309 | Use Libertarian public officials to demonstrate libertarian ideas in action | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | | S | |
1310 | Provide support and training to Libertarian candidates, public officials, and leaders to promote libertarian ideas in a manner supportive of the Libertarian "brand" (includes image) | ? | ? | S | ? | ? | | S | ? |
1311 | Promote awareness of problems or potential benefits before presenting libertarian solutions | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | | S | ? |
1312 | Focus on local or other winable elections and achievable appointments | S | ? | ? | ? | ? | | ? | ? |
1313 | Recruit electable candidates who want to win and are willing to invest time, invest energy, and raise the money required to run a competitive campaign | S | ? | ? | ? | ? | | ? | ? |
1314 | Develop an awareness among LP members that winning requires adequate resources of all sorts | S | ? | ? | | | | | |
1315 | Develop compatible state and local strategies to elect or appoint Libertarians to public office based on stand and local strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats | S | ? | ? | | | | ? | |
1316 | Provide support and training to Libertarians on how to run effective campaigns | S | ? | ? | | ? | | ? | |
1317 | Redevelop the LP Platform with an eye toward electoral success without compromising core beliefs | S | ? | ? | | ? | ? | ? | |
1318 | Concentrate resources on a subset of winable races | S | ? | ? | | | | | |
1319 | Determine what would motivate non-voters to register to vote (if necessary) and to vote Libertarian | S | ? | | | ? | | | |
1320 | Target potential groups of voters on a personal basis to encourage them to vote Libertarian | S | ? | | | ? | | ? | |
1321 | Run more candidates | S | ? | ? | | ? | | | |
1322 | Chose leading issues to maximize votes in each race | S | ? | ? | | ? | | ? | |
1323 | Promote cooperative campaigns within a given jurisdiction | ? | S | | | ? | | | |
1324 | ?Research what geographic areas offer the greatest viability for Libertarian candidates | ? | S | ? | | ? | | | |
1325 | Actively recruit and support enough candidates over enough election cycles to win a Libertarian majority | ? | S | | | ? | | | |
1326 | Target party building in areas which offer the greatest viability for Libertarian candidates | ? | S | ? | ? | ? | | | |
1327 | ?Focus the attention of higher level candidates to support lower level candidates in areas which offer the greatest viability for lower level Libertarian candidates where appropriate | S | S | ? | | ? | | | |
1328 | ?Develop and encourage a culture within the LP that recognizes and celebrates political activity and success | ? | ? | S | | ? | | | |
1329 | Provide organizational support and training to state and local affiliates | ? | ? | S | ? | ? | | ? | |
1330 | Define, develop, measure, and report core and critical activities at the state and local level (requires definitions: core=basic and recurring, critical=key things moving the party forward) | | | S | | ? | | | |
1331 | Develop strong, active LP organizations at multiple levels below the state level | ? | ? | S | ? | ? | | | |
1332 | Emphasize enjoyable social interaction as a feature of association with Libertarians | ? | ? | S | ? | ? | | ? | |
1333 | Get local LP members active in community affairs as members of their community | ? | | S | ? | ? | | ? | |
1334 | Promote written inter-affiliate agreement which address rights, responsibilities, priveleges, expectations and appropriate mechanisms for dissent and dispute resolution | | | S | | | ? | | |
1335 | Develop a joint national/state affiliate plan to achieve ballot access self-sufficiency in each state | ? | ? | S | | | | | |
1336 | Encourage teamwork and collaborative effort by state chairs to address issues and provide input to the national party | | | S | | | S | | |
1337 | UMP + (needs definition) | | | S | | ? | | | |
1338 | ?Encourage state affiliates and members to be involved in political processes at all level outside of campaigns and election. | ? | ? | S | | | | ? | |
1339 | ?Cultivate and support faculty and staff contacts to ensure continuity within campus organizations | | | ? | S | ? | | ? | |
1340 | Provide national resources and support to campus organizations | | ? | ? | S | ? | | ? | |
1341 | Provide national resources and support to local affiliates to do campus outreach | | | ? | S | ? | | ? | |
1342 | Establish a program to formally recognize campus organizations | | | | S | | | | |
1343 | Provide incentives to campus organizations to enroll/renew LP members | | | ? | S | ? | | | |
1344 | Implement a reduced price class of campus membership with all rights and priveleges of membership except that these members will only receive communications from the national LP electronically | | | | S | ? | | | |
1345 | Provide intellectual resources to school communities | | | | S | ? | | ? | |
1346 | Recruit, train, and promote LP candidates and members to speak to students | | ? | ? | S | ? | | ? | ? |
1347 | Encourage the use of campaigns and other political action to recruit new supporters | ? | ? | ? | ? | S | | ? | |
1348 | Implement a plan to generate inquiries and convert inquiries into members, contributors, activists, and supporters | ? | | ? | ? | S | | ? | |
1349 | Use advertising to support and improve prospecting | ? | ? | ? | ? | S | | ? | ? |
1350 | Engage in ongoing prospecting to generate new members, contributors, activists, and supporters | ? | ? | ? | ? | S | | ? | |
1351 | Improve member retention rates thru coordinated efforts at all levels of the LP | ? | ? | ? | | S | | | |
1352 | Develop and promote the use of tools for recruiting members, contributors, activists, and supporters at the local level | ? | ? | ? | ? | S | | ? | |
1353 | Network and use other organizations events to build relationships (tactics to include speaking before other groups) | ? | ? | ? | ? | S | | ? | ? |
1354 | Develop a "grasstops" outreach plan targeting opinion leaders | ? | ? | ? | | S | | ? | ? |
1355 | ?Motivate increased efforts by members, contributors, activsts, and supporters thru recognition and reward | ? | | ? | | S | | ? | |
1356 | Increase available financial resources by moving donors to higher levels of financial support | ? | ? | ? | | S | | | ? |
1357 | Develop and encourage a culture which discourages infighting | ? | ? | ? | ? | S | | | |
1358 | Welcome into the LP anyone within the Libertarian quadrant as a member, contributor, activist, or supporter (needs description of Lib quadrant) | ? | ? | ? | ? | S | | ? | |
1359 | Convert non-member contributors, activists, and supporters to also become members | | | ? | | S | | | |
1360 | Convert non-activist members, contributors, and supporters to also become activists | ? | ? | ? | | S | | | |
1361 | Develop qualified, motivated leaders at all levels of the LP | | | ? | ? | S | | | |
1362 | Work to achieve and maintain a "left" / "right" balance within the LP membership | ? | ? | | | ? | S | ? | ? |
1363 | Increase diversity within the LP membership | ? | ? | ? | | S | | ? | ? |
1364 | Develop and implement a program of ideological internal education (tactics should deal with issues, core ideology, statement of principles, etc.) | | | ? | | | S | ? | |
1365 | Use the spoiler strategy to remove the worst drug warriors from office | | | | | | | | S |
1366 | Concentrate resources to support local candidates in areas where polling shows public support for drug legalization | ? | ? | ? | | | | | S |
1367 | Target congressional races based on polling support for drug legalization | | | | ? | ? | | | S |
1368 | Develop and implement an issue-oriented advertising campaign (drug war only?) | | | ? | | ? | | ? | S |
1369 | Develop and Implement a "grasstops" campaign to associate the LP with the drug legalization issue (elected officials, media, opinion leaders) | | | ? | ? | | | ? | S |
1370 | Pursuade the drug reform movement to accept the LP as a means to achieve our common goal | | ? | ? | ? | ? | | ? | S |
1371 | Implement a targeted fundraising efforts to drug reformers | | | | ? | ? | | | S |
1372 | Develop tools to maximize Libertarian candidates' ability to campaign on the drug legalization issue and to minimize any negative impact of supporting the LP position | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | | ? | S |
1373 | Develop tactics to preempt retaliatory actions by law enforcement officials in response to the LP's position on drug legalization | | | | | | | | S |
1374 | Integrate the LP's drug war related position into a broad range of regular communications on a frequent basis | | | | ? | | | ? | S |
1375 | Develop and promote activities and events concerning to the drug war and related issues to stimulate publicity | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | | ? | S |
1376 | Stress compassion as the basis of the LP's drug legalization position | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | | ? | S |
1377 | Develop a new vocabulary to discuss drug legalization (include personal responsibility, position the LP as favoring drug legalization which in no way endorsing/condoning drug use) | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | | ? | S |
1378 | Position the LP as the champion of innocent third party victims of the drug war | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | | ? | S |
1379 | Position the LP as the champion of incarcerated drug users who are not guilty of other offenses | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | | ? | S |
1380 | Build a "Parents Against Prohibition" organization | ? | ? | | | ? | | ? | S |