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On December 11, 1972, the Libertarian Party will be one year old. And some year it has been! | On December 11, 1972, the Libertarian Party will be one year old. And some year it has been! | ||
When the eight individuals who originally set up the Committee to Organize a Libertarian Party met on that December day a year ago, and decided to dissolve the Committee and | When the eight individuals who originally set up the [[Committee to Organize a Libertarian Party]] met on that December day a year ago, and decided to dissolve the Committee and | ||
go ahead with the Party, the as-yet unofficial Party had 42 members. In the one year since that time, that number has grown to about 2,000. | go ahead with the Party, the as-yet unofficial Party had 42 members. In the one year since that time, that number has grown to about 2,000. | ||
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The National Office will be doing everything it can to generate new leads, but the brunt of the burden will fall on the state and local organizations. We can locate some of the people who are prime prospects (although the· state and local orgpnizations should be doing this, too). Once we have located them, however, it is up to all of you out there to win them over and sign them up. | The National Office will be doing everything it can to generate new leads, but the brunt of the burden will fall on the state and local organizations. We can locate some of the people who are prime prospects (although the· state and local orgpnizations should be doing this, too). Once we have located them, however, it is up to all of you out there to win them over and sign them up. | ||
We think that even the most conservative growth estimates indicate that we can double the LP1 s membership each year for the next four years; this growth rate, which works out to a paltry 6% per month, compounded, will give us 4,000 members by the end of '73; 8,000 by the end of '74; 16,000 by the end of '75; and 32,000 by the end of | We think that even the most conservative growth estimates indicate that we can double the LP1 s membership each year for the next four years; this growth rate, which works out to a paltry 6% per month, compounded, will give us 4,000 members by the end of '73; 8,000 by the end of '74; 16,000 by the end of '75; and 32,000 by the end of 1976. If we can average 9% per month, we will triple our membership each year, giving us 160,000 members by the end of 1976. And if we can average 12% per month, we will quadruple in size each year, giving us over half a million members by the end of '76. | ||
How far we go depends on you. So don't slow down now, just because the election is over. | How far we go depends on you. So don't slow down now, just because the election is over. | ||