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<blockquote>"Meanwhile. New York's Free Libertarian Party has had its annual spring convention. Your editor is living in California for the spring, and so was not able to attend, but from all reports the convention was almost remarkably smooth and harmonious, free of the factionalism and of the barely suppressed hysteria of the year before. In a personal triumph, the able but formerly widely attacked Gary Greenberg has been elected state chairman."<br/><div align="right">— The Libertarian Forum, April 1975</div></blockquote> | <blockquote>"Meanwhile. New York's Free Libertarian Party has had its annual spring convention. Your editor is living in California for the spring, and so was not able to attend, but from all reports the convention was almost remarkably smooth and harmonious, free of the factionalism and of the barely suppressed hysteria of the year before. In a personal triumph, the able but formerly widely attacked Gary Greenberg has been elected state chairman."<br/><div align="right">— The Libertarian Forum, April 1975</div></blockquote> | ||
=== | ===1974—1977=== | ||
At the 1976 State Convention, during the election of At-Large representatives, there were a number of people upset that [[Roy Childs]] was not elected At-Large. He had 18 votes, the winners had between 21 and 23 votes. As a result, [[Charles Blood]] resigned at convention, and so the next day they held another election. [[John Caulfield]], who had 19 votes in the first election, won over Childs by a few votes. Seeing how this did not resolve the situation, Caulfield resigned, effective at adjournment, forcing a ballot fo the vacancy by mail. It seems that [[Mike Nichols]] may have ultimately won in that e-mail ballot. | |||
Vice Chair Don Feder left the state, opening up a third vacancy on the State Committee for the year. Carl Hastings was elected to fill that vacancy. Hastings was an At-Large, so a vacancy was created, and Cheryl Blanchette took his place. | |||
John Deane, the Chair of the State Party, resigned, and the vacancy was filled by Vice Chair, Ann Weill. With a vacancy in the Vice Chair spot, there was another election. | |||
===1977-1987=== | |||
[[Carl Hastings]] was elected Chair in 1977, serving for 1 year. He was followed by [[Thomas Frederick]], who served until his resignation and was succeed by [[Chuck Steber]], who served until 1979. Former Chair [[Gary Greenberg]] was elected Chair once again in 1979, serving until 1982. | |||
In the early 1980s, a Platform Committee was formed to build the platform of the party. [[Steve Schneider]] and [[Bill McMillen]] were among the members. | In the early 1980s, a Platform Committee was formed to build the platform of the party. [[Steve Schneider]] and [[Bill McMillen]] were among the members. | ||