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'''PLEDGE''' was a group organized to campaign against a set of changes being proposed for consideration at the [[National Convention 1993|1993 Convention]] which had as their aim making the LP more "inclusive" -- the most controversial of which were the elimination of the [[Libertarian Membership Pledge|"membership pledge"]] and a complete rework of the style of and procedures for adopting the Platform. In announcing its formation, the group said its name stood for "Principled Libertarians Endorsing Diversity, Growth, and Effectiveness".

PLEDGE was formed to respond to the actions of the "Atlanta group", which later organized under the name "Committee for a Libertarian Majority" (CLM). A group of 16 activists, including a large number of LNC members, held a meeting in Atlanta one week prior to the December 1992 meeting of the LNC, but without informing the rest of the LNC, and came up with a set of recommendations which they presented for adoption at that meeting. This was met with fierce opposition by other LNC members, who either felt that they had not been given adequate notice for proper debate or that they had been intentionally "ambushed" by this approach. Many of the recommendations were adopted by the LNC at that meeting, but opponents resolved to fight back by working for repeal of some of them at later meetings and to block the ones that would require action at the upcoming convention.