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February 18, 2003

LPC Convention = booster shot

The California LP Convention I just attended was a major booster shot for me. I'm all jazzed up. I didn't make nearly as much use of the convention as I could have-- I was more of a spectator than a participant in a lot of ways -- and I'm a little disappointed in myself on that count. But that's part of the booster shot effect as well...learning from my mistakes and failures is a specialty of mine. I don't know where I'd be without that skill. ;-) Realizing how much I didn't tap the potential there -- for advancing my campaign and my own skills, and for using my talents and knowledge to help my fellow Libertarians -- doesn't make me disappointed as much as it makes me excited about the potential I can tap into at future conventions. Also, this was my first state convention, so I suppose I can cut myself a little slack for not mastering all the possibilities this time around.

I met a lot of cool people at the convention...lots of Libertarians who are doing great things. There were many folks who had run for office-- and plenty who had won, which was really inspirational. I attended a number of helpful focus groups, such as "Campaign Lessons Learned", "Opportunities to Get Involved and Take Action" (run by a really jammin' Libertarian named Peymon), "Opportunity: Libertarians and Education", "Voting and Election Trends", and so on. I also got a chance to meet and talk with Jason Sorens, founder of the Free State Project, which is a very cool project. I'll talk more about it tomorrow...I'll be adding links to it and Peymon's Freedom Law School, among others, shortly. I think I might mave more to say about the convention, and the effects of the booster shot, tomorrow (or later today). For now, my bed awaits me.

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