FSP News - July '05

 
FSP News - July 2005


PorcFest 2005 is a week away! Join us in Lancaster, New Hampshire, July 23-31 for our big annual gathering. At publication date, 341 people had signed up on the “We’ll Be There List". There is still room for you at at the PorcFest site, Rogers Campground, a beautiful camping resort and motel high in the White Mountains of the Free State. A press release was just sent out.

Sparklers!The PorcFest is friendships, hiking, speakers, food, discussion, gun instruction, live music by Poker Face, vendors, laser tag, polyamory gathering, talk, camping, mountains, liberty, swimming, Badnarik's Intro to the Constitution class, NH town tours, Circle of Liberty, vacation, Breaking the Chains, a Mock Town Meeting, Moving to the Free State reports, Christian & Atheist gatherings, PorcFest Family Dinner, educational voucher debate, & campfires!.


The Board of Directors of the FSP has requested your input. Jason Sorens, FSP Chairman and Founder, brings this message to you:

With Free Staters continuing to move to New Hampshire ahead of the 20,000-signer threshold, and with our original September 2006 goal for 20,000 signatures on the horizon, we need to consider whether to change our Mission Statement, Statement of Intent, or Participation Guidelines

Is there a way we can restructure the Project to increase our chances of success in creating a free state, and in achieving liberty in our lifetime? The FSP Board of Directors wants to hear what you have to say.

You can post your ideas on our forum, send them to us by email, participate in the discussion at the upcoming Porcupine Freedom Festival (PorcFest) or attend one of many to-be-scheduled local group meetings in August to make your views heard.

We'll carefully consider all input we receive by September 1st, and we plan to make a decision on any changes by October 1st. Thanks for your help in working toward a freer society!


The June edition of The Quill covers the Porcfest of course, and features Tim Condon’s popular serial, Supercharged Solitons, and an essay by J. Alexander called Libertarian Women, that has sparked a dialog about where libertarian women are and what they are doing for freedom. For some of that dialog see Forum thread


New Hampshire wins 2005 Most Improved State award! Scott Morgan, President of Morgan Quitno Press, the publisher of State Trends, 2nd Edition, said, “Sometimes life just isn’t fair for states other than New Hampshire,” said Scott Morgan, President of Morgan Quitno Press. “New Hampshire won our Most Livable State Award earlier this year and has performed well in nearly all of Morgan Quitno’s surveys.”

The Proposed FSP Budget for fiscal year 2006 shows upcoming departmental expenditures. See how the income from merchandize sales and your donations is allocated in this year’s budget. Also posted this month is the Profit and Loss report for the first fiscal year quarter.
An FSP Operations Report dated July 3, 2005 is now posted. This is the latest report by some of the key people moving the FSP forward. What goes on behind the scenes?



This Commenorative Buck© Knife will first be available for sale exclusively at the PorcFest. This very limited edition (100), numbered knife is a collector's item of extraordinary craftsmanship and quality.


The FSP President, Amanda Philips spent a week at 'Rand Camp', more regularly known as the 2005 Summer Seminar of The Objectivist Center. Wherever Amanda goes, she leaves people thinking about the Free State Project.


In the wake of the Supreme Court's recent decision that governments may take our private property for economic developement and to raise tax revenue, Logan Darrow Clemons, CEO of Freestar Media, LLC and FSP supporter, causes a big splash with his plan to turn the tables. The Lost Liberty Hotel Project intends to use eminent domain to seize the New Hampshire property of Supreme Court Justice David Souter. In an interview on Court TV on July 12th, Logan said, "One reason is that there is a project under way called the Free State Project, that's where people who believe in limited government and maximum freedom, are all moving to New Hampshire, so that at least one of the 50 states can be
as free as possible."


Free Talk Live listenership is growing fast! Listen to the promo of the show. There is a steady flow of new FSP Participants from FTL. Tune in: live webstream 8-10pm ET Mon-Sat.


Upcoming events - see the FSP Calendar. If you'd like to suggest an event for an outreach table or a speaker, please contact our Events Coordinator, Sandy Pierre.


Make a last-minute PorcFest plan !
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