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The Libertarian Party of Orange County, California. (LPOC,CA)

This organization is the duly authorized Orange County affiliate of the Libertarian Party of California Central Committee under the Bylaws of the Libertarian Party of California and pursuant to the California Election Code.

We are currently the third strongest county party in California, after Los Angeles and San Diego. Our territory is Orange County.

Orange County is the home of Norm "Firecracker" Westwell, winner of a position on the Ocean View School District.

Tasks and Procedures

Suggested Transition Tasks after ExCom Election

1. Notify the LPC secretary of the results within 15 days.
2. Notify other organizations that we correspond with.
3. The phone number for the LPOC is supplied by Vonage. Update the phone message, decide who answers the messages, and change the password, and find out who has the router.
4. Change the website passwords including the main webmaster host, and give to the webmaster, Chair and Secretary. Website currently at POWWEB.COM. Verify that these passwords work by logging in.
5. Change the administration password for Drupal, and give to the webmaster, Chair and Secretary.
6. Verify that one can log into the host for the domain LPOC.ORG, which is godaddy.com
7. Change the names on the PO Box and recover all keys or change the locks. Decide who picks up the mail because often the secretary lives far from the PO box. The PO box is at the Santa Ana post office on Sunflower Street.
8. Change the email addresses chair@lpoc.org, etc. to reflect the new officers.
9. Change the contact info on the webpage.
10. Review all the other email addresses, such as data@lpoc.org.
11. Change the Paypal password, and give to the Chair, Secretary and Treasurer. Test it by going to the website and donating a dollar.
12. Recover the checkbook and update the signatures. Usually the Chair and Treasurer are signers.
13. Poll the Excom, and decide on a time and place for the monthly meeting.
14. Review the committees, and retain or replace the chairs as appropriate.
15. Review schedules events such as speeches, fairs, etc., to ensure that they are properly covered or canceled.
16. Review standing resolutions.
17. Generate new letterhead.

Ongoing Tasks

1. Print postcard announcements and/or newsletter with business location and mail about one week before the meeting.
2. Post agenda to website.
3. Hold meeting.
4. Post minutes within a few days.

Tasks near the end of the ExCom term

1. Form a nomination committee to find candidates for all ExCom positions, and publicize the candidates.
2. Announce officer elections 30 to 60 days in advance according to LPC bylaws. According to LPOC bylaws, the election must be in the month after the LPC convention.
3. Hold officer elections.

External Links

Discussion Groups

• LPOC-ECHO Unofficial Discussion group for the LPOC, owned and moderated by Bruce Cohen.
• LPOCECHO Unofficial discussion group for the LPOC, membership requires approval, owned by Norm Westwell.
• OCLIBS Unofficial discussion group for the LPOC. Ross Steiber owns it but has been inactive for many months, and Bruce Cohen has moderation rights.

Web Sites

• LPOC Official Web Site
• Orange County Government Online
• Orange County Norml Re-legalize Marijuana.
• LP of California Official Web Site

County and Regional Affiliates of the Libertarian Party of California

01 East Bay 01 Alameda 01 Contra Costa 02 Alpine 03 Gold Country 03 Amador 03 Calaveras 03 Tuolumne 04 Butte 05 Calaveras 06 Colusa 07 Contra Costa 08 Del Norte 09 El Dorado / Alpine 10 Central Valley 10 Fresno 11 Glenn 12 Humboldt 13 Imperial 14 Inyo 15 Kern 16 Kings 17 Lake 18 Lassen 19 Los Angeles 20 Madera & Mariposa 21 Marin 22 Mariposa 23 Mendocino 24 Merced 25 Modoc 26 Mono 27 Monterey 28 Napa 29 Nevada 30 Orange 31 Placer 32 Plumas 33 Riverside 34 Sacramento 35 San Benito 36 San Bernardino 37 San Diego 38 San Francisco 39 San Joaquin 40 San Luis Obispo 41 San Mateo 42 Santa Barbara 43 Santa Clara 44 Santa Cruz 45 Shasta 46 Sierra County 47 Siskiyou 48 Solano 49 Sonoma 50 Stanislaus 51 Sutter & Yuba 52 Tehama 53 Trinity 54 Tulare 55 Tuolumne 56 Ventura 57 Yolo 58 Yuba 59 60 61 - 68 Los Angeles 61 San Fernando Valley 62 West Los Angeles 63 Foothills/Pasadena 64 Central Los Angeles 65 Southeast Los Angeles 66 South Bay 67 East San Gabriel Valley 68 Antelope Valley 69 Mojave 70 & 71 Riverside Coastal Counties Official Libertarian Party of California Counties Page