Posted by Lowell Nelson on 11/17/09
Last updated 11/17/09

Utah Members of the Campaign for Liberty:

We are now embarking on an exciting phase of our campaign. We are identifying liberty-minded citizens throughout the state who are willing to coordinate Campaign for Liberty efforts in their counties (or legislative districts). We are preparing for the March 2010 precinct caucuses. Please visit the state web page for more information.

MONTHLY MEETINGS

We have discussed the importance of monthly meetings before. There is simply no substitute for the networking, recruiting, and training that occurs during these monthly meetings. Casey Anderson wrote a very helpful blog on the subject, which I heartily recommend. At these kinds of meetings, we can introduce ourselves to one another, make new friends, discuss Utah's caucus/convention system, plan local activities or participation in national activities, hear a guest speaker, etc.

C4L members in Cache County held a meeting last week, and C4L members in Iron County held their meeting last Saturday. C4L members in Utah County are organizing themselves by house district, and will be holding meetings soon, too.

Have you attended such a meeting this month? Do you know of such a meeting in the next week or two? They work best if people have a couple week's notice, and if they hear from you three times beforehand (two weeks in advance, one week in advance, and one or two days in advance as a reminder). Find a location (a home, a private school, or a public library, for example), and schedule a meeting there in a couple of weeks. Invite family, friends, and colleagues. Tell me about it so I can help you invite people to it. I am also willing to come speak, or to recommend others who can speak to topics of interest. Don't wait for someone else to do this.

There are 75 house districts in Utah. Hence, there ought to be 75 C4L meetings each month--one in each house district. But until 75 citizen-activists step forward to host these meetings, that is just a pipe dream. So maybe we have only a dozen such meetings in November.... Maybe this number doubles in December, and then again in January, and then again in February.... That is do-able.

One topic that ought to be discussed in these meetings is the caucus/convention system: preparing for caucus, getting elected as a delegate, attending the county or state conventions, etc. I have a four-page handout on this topic, and am evaluating other material (such as video instruction) for our use. If we want to retake our government, we must first retake our parties. This is done by electing liberty-minded citizens to represent us in conventions where the nominees are selected to represent the various parties on the General Election Ballot. Only those who are delegates get to participate in the convention nomination process.

STATISTICS (as of October 31, 2009)

There are approximately 3121 members of the C4L in Utah, 624 of whom have C4L accounts. Of those with accounts: 120 are dues-paying members (42 of which have enrolled in the Local Coordinator program), and 504 are (free) accounts.

173 of the current members created accounts in October of 2008, 48 in November, 37 in December, 36 in January, 69 in February, 54 in March, 48 in April, 21 in May, 26 in June, 34 in July, 29 in August, 32 in September, and 17 in October. A member who has not created an account cannot log into the C4L website and take full advantage of what it has to offer.

504 (or 81%) have logged into the C4L website, and 120 (or 19%) have never logged in.

148 are in Congressional District 1, 220 are in CD2, and 256 are in CD3.

TRAINING

If you have never logged into the C4L web site, please log in (let me know if have any trouble). If you do not have an account, please create one. The site has an ever-changing array of information and helpful networking tools.

If you have logged into the C4L web site but not paid dues, please consider doing so. Your donation of $35 helps to defray the costs of the Campaign for Liberty. This amount is purposefully small, relative to the awesome good that is being done by the Campaign.

If you have paid dues, but have not enrolled in the Local Coordinator program, please do so (on the web site) so you can go through the Local Coordinator Boot Camp! That will equip you with the information and training you need to move forward more effectively for the Campaign for Liberty.

If you have enrolled in the Local Coordinator program, please continue through the Boot Camp. This is not something you can do in a single sitting probably, but is a worthwhile undertaking that will require thought, effort, and research. And when you are done, you will have an invaluable resource (reference) on which you can rely as you advance the Campaign for Liberty in your precinct, and in your county, house, senate, and congressional districts.

CHALLENGE

Working together, we must reclaim the liberties we have lost, defend those that remain, and encourage our public servants to adhere to the Constitution and restore the Republic.

Please reach out and invite good, constitution-loving citizens to join the Campaign for Liberty. The summer is over; it is HARVEST time now. Please visit with TEN good people this month, and get at least ONE to join the Campaign for Liberty.

We need to identify 1725 Local Coordinators--at least one for every precinct in the state of Utah--by March of next year. That means we need over 400 a month for the next four months!

THANK YOU for all you are doing to promote good governance!

Yours in Liberty,

Lowell Nelson
Interim State Coordinator, Utah
http://www.campaignforliberty.com/
Recruit, Equip, Train, Mobilize

Posted by Lowell Nelson on 10/16/09
Last updated 10/16/09

Utah Members of the Campaign for Liberty:

This campaign began a little over a year ago. What a ride so far! Nationally, we have helped to persuade members of the national legislature to consider a serious audit of the Federal Reserve System. And, here in Utah,we are helping to persuade our fellow citizens to be involved in the political process so we get a higher quality of candidates on election day.

CPAC

If you would like to volunteer to help with the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC), please let me know. CPAC next year will be held in Washington, DC, on February 18 - 20. They are hoping to field volunteers from every state in the Union.

MONTHLY MEETINGS

We have discussed the importance of monthly meetings before. There is simply no substitute for the networking, recruiting, and training that occurs during these monthly meetings. Casey Anderson wrote a very helpful blog on the subject, which I heartily recommend. At these kinds of meetings, we can introduce ourselves to one another, make new friends, discuss Utah's caucus/convention system, plan local activities or participation in national activities, hear a guest speaker, etc.

C4L members in Iron County have been holding monthly meetings all summer long, and they have a group of activists that would rival those of us in more populous counties. Gary Wood hosted a meeting in his home in Taylorsville last month to launch efforts to retake Senate District 5, and to make some plans to support a liberty-minded candidate in House District 34.

Have you attended such a meeting this month? Do you know of such a meeting in the next week or two? They work best if people have a couple week's notice, and if they hear from you three times beforehand (two weeks in advance, one week in advance, and one or two days in advance as a reminder). Find a location (a home, a private school, or a public library, for example), and schedule a meeting there in a couple of weeks. Invite family, friends, and colleagues. Tell me about it so I can help you invite people to it. I am also willing to come speak, or to recommend others who can speak to topics of interest. Don't wait for someone else to do this.

If it is to be, it is up to me.

There are 75 house districts in Utah. Hence, there ought to be 75 C4L meetings each month--one in each house district. But until 75 citizen-activists step forward to host these meetings, that is just a pipe dream. So maybe we have only a dozen such meetings in September.... Maybe this number doubles in October, and then again in November, and then again in December.... That is do-able.

One topic that ought to be discussed in these meetings is the caucus/convention system: preparing for caucus, getting elected as a delegate, attending the county or state conventions, etc. I have a four-page handout on this topic, and am evaluating other material (such as video instruction) for our use. If we want to retake our government, we must first retake our parties. This is done by electing liberty-minded citizens to represent us in conventions where the nominees are selected to represent the various parties on the General Election Ballot. Only those who are delegates get to participate in the convention nomination process.

STATISTICS (as of September 30, 2009)

There are approximately 3063 members of the C4L in Utah, 605 of whom have C4L accounts. Of those with accounts: 113 are dues-paying members (41 of which have enrolled in the Local Coordinator program), and 492 are (free) accounts.

172 of the current members created accounts in October, 48 in November, 37 in December, 35 in January, 69 in February, 53 in March, 48 in April, 21 in May, 27 in June, 34 in July, 29 in August, and 32 in September. A member who has not created an account cannot log into the C4L website and take full advantage of what it has to offer.

483 (or 80%) have logged into the C4L website, and 122 (or 20%) have never logged in.

144 are in Congressional District 1, 211 in CD2, and 250 in CD3.

TRAINING

If you have never logged into the C4L web site, please log in (let me know if have any trouble). If you do not have an account, please create one. The site has an ever-changing array of information and helpful networking tools.

If you have logged into the C4L web site but not paid dues, please consider doing so. Your donation of $35 helps to defray the costs of the Campaign for Liberty. This amount is purposefully small, relative to the awesome good that is being done by the Campaign.

If you have paid dues, but have not enrolled in the Local Coordinator program, please do so (on the web site) so you can go through the Local Coordinator Boot Camp! That will equip you with the information and training you need to move forward more effectively for the Campaign for Liberty.

If you have enrolled in the Local Coordinator program, please continue through the Boot Camp. This is not something you can do in a single sitting probably, but is a worthwhile undertaking that will require thought, effort, and research. And when you are done, you will have an invaluable resource (reference) on which you can rely as you advance the Campaign for Liberty in your precinct, and in your county, house, senate, and congressional districts.

CHALLENGE

Working together, we must reclaim the liberties we have lost, defend those that remain, and encourage our public servants to adhere to the Constitution and restore the Republic.

Please reach out and invite good, constitution-loving citizens to join the Campaign for Liberty. The summer is over; it is HARVEST time now. Please visit with TEN good people this month, and get at least ONE to join the Campaign for Liberty.

We need to identify 1725 Local Coordinators--at least one for every precinct in the state of Utah--by March of next year. That means we need over 300 a month for the next five months. Let's do it!

THANK YOU for all you are doing to promote good governance!

Yours in Liberty,

Lowell Nelson
Interim State Coordinator, Utah
http://www.campaignforliberty.com/
Recruit, Equip, Train, Mobilize

Posted by Lowell Nelson on 09/24/09
Last updated 09/24/09

Members of the Campaign for Liberty in Utah:

On September 15, many of us joined citizen-activists across the county in a nation-wide MASS ACTION MOVEMENT to persuade members of Congress to co-sponsor "Audit the Fed" legislation. You may be interested to read my review of the "Audit the Fed" Rally. My thanks to all of you who helped in this effort!

MONTHLY MEETINGS

One of the best ways to recruit is to meet each month. Casey Anderson wrote a very helpful blog on the subject, which I heartily recommend. At these kinds of meetings, we can introduce ourselves to one another, make new friends, discuss Utah's caucus/convention system, plan local activities or participation in national activities, hear a guest speaker, etc.

C4L members in Iron County have been doing this all summer long, and they have a group of activists that would rival those of us in more populous counties. Jordy Gunderson hosted a meeting in Utah County recently, which was attended by over two dozen people--each left with a challenge to replicate the experience in their respective house districts. John Potter has scheduled a study group in the Tremonton / Bear River area (northern Utah) for every Thursday evening.

Have you attended such a meeting this month? Do you know of such a meeting in the next week or two? They work best if people have a couple week's notice, and if they hear from you three times beforehand (two weeks in advance, one week in advance, and one or two days in advance as a reminder). Find a location (a home, a private school, or a public library, for example), and schedule a meeting there in a couple of weeks. Invite family, friends, and colleagues. Tell me about it so I can help you invite people to it. I am also willing to come speak, or to recommend others who can speak to topics of interest. Don't wait for someone else to do this--adopt this motto:

If it is to be, it is up to me.

There are 75 house districts in Utah. Hence, there ought to be 75 C4L meetings each month--one in each house district. But until 75 citizen-activists step forward to host these meetings, that is just a pipe dream. So maybe we have only a dozen such meetings in September.... Maybe this number doubles in October, and then again in November, and then again in December.... That is do-able.

One topic that ought to be discussed in these meetings is the caucus/convention system: preparing for caucus, getting elected as a delegate, attending the county or state conventions, etc. I have a four-page handout on this topic, and am evaluating other material (such as video instruction) for our use. If we want to retake our government, we must first retake our parties. This is done by electing liberty-minded citizens to represent us in conventions where the nominees are selected to represent the various parties on the General Election Ballot. Only those who are delegates get to participate in the convention nomination process.

STATISTICS (as of August 31, 2009)

There are approximately 2984 members of the C4L in Utah, 573 of whom have C4L accounts. Of those with accounts: 110 are dues-paying members (41 of which have enrolled in the Local Coordinator program), and 463 are (free) accounts.

172 of the current members created accounts in October, 48 in November, 37 in December, 35 in January, 69 in February, 53 in March, 48 in April, 21 in May, 27 in June, 34 in July, and 29 in August. A member who has not created an account cannot log into the C4L website and take full advantage of what it has to offer.

460 (or 80%) have logged into the C4L website, and 113 (or 20%) have never logged in.

129 are in Congressional District 1, 206 in CD2, and 238 in CD3.

TRAINING

If you have never logged into the C4L web site, please log in (let me know if have any trouble). If you do not have an account, please create one. The site has an ever-changing array of information and helpful networking tools.

If you have logged into the C4L web site but not paid dues, please consider doing so. Your donation of $35 helps to defray the costs of the Campaign for Liberty. This amount is purposefully small, relative to the awesome good that is being done by the Campaign.

If you have paid dues, but have not enrolled in the Local Coordinator program, please do so (on the web site) so you can go through the Local Coordinator Boot Camp! That will equip you with the information and training you need to move forward more effectively for the Campaign for Liberty.

If you have enrolled in the Local Coordinator program, please continue through the Boot Camp. This is not something you can do in a single sitting probably, but is a worthwhile undertaking that will require thought, effort, and research. And when you are done, you will have an invaluable resource (reference) on which you can rely as you advance the Campaign for Liberty in your precinct, and in your county, house, senate, and congressional districts.

CHALLENGE

Working together, we must reclaim the liberties we have lost, defend those that remain, and encourage our public servants to adhere to the Constitution and restore the Republic.

Please reach out and invite good, constitution-loving citizens to join the Campaign for Liberty. The summer is over; it is HARVEST time now. Please visit with NINE good people this month, and get at least ONE to join the Campaign for Liberty.

We need to identify 1725 Local Coordinators--at least one for every precinct in the state of Utah--by March of next year. That means we need over 300 a month for the next five months. Let's do it!

THANK YOU for all you are doing to promote good governance!

Yours in Liberty,

Lowell Nelson
Interim State Coordinator, Utah
http://www.campaignforliberty.com/
Recruit, Equip, Train, Mobilize

Posted by Lowell Nelson on 09/18/09
Last updated 09/18/09

A number of people have asked me how Tuesday's Audit the Fed Rally went.

Before the rally, I drove down town and delivered several hundred petitions to staff members in the Salt Lake City offices of Senator Hatch and Senator Bennett. Most of these petitions were signed by delegates to the Utah Republican Party (state) Convention held earlier this year. That is significant because state delegates are the ones who decide WHO will be the party's nominee for senator in 2010.

That is why YOU, liberty-minded members of the Campaign for Liberty, must attend your precinct caucus on Tuesday, March 23, 2010, at 7:00 PM, and ensure that you or other liberty-minded citizens get elected as state delegates!

As I told the aide in Senator Bennett's office, who assured me that Senator Bennett had co-sponsored S. 604, "I am glad to know that Senator Bennett co-sponsored the bill. Now I want him to speak out publicly in support of the bill." Then I pointed at the line on the petition where we urge him to "speak publicly, passionately, and persuasively for S 604, the Federal Reserve Sunshine Act of 2009."

I then assured the aide that if Senator Bennett were to do this, state delegates at next year's convention might feel more inclined to support his candidacy. Will Senator Bennett do this--actually speak for the bill? I doubt it. He has been a member of the Senate Banking Committee for years, and (to my knowledge) he hasn't once questioned the integrity of our fiat monetary system or the wisdom of our fractional reserve banking system.

After visiting the senators' offices, I drove to Representative Jim Matheson's office space in Salt Lake City to attend the rally. I carried my sign to advertise HR 1207, and met some really good people. I will mention two in particular.

Sherry Thomas of Sandy visited with a number of her neighbors days before the rally and collected their signatures on petitions urging Jim Matheson to co-sponsor HR 1207. She made copies of the petitions (which she gave to me, so the C4L can follow up with the signators) and gave the originals to Matheson's staff. This required some time and effort on her part. But CONSIDER what has happened with her small investment: her neighbors now know more about the importance of auditing the Fed, they know Sherry is interested in good governance (and sound money :--), and they are likely to elect her as their state delegate in the March 23, 2010 precinct caucus (if she chooses to run--which I hope she does).

Brant Barney of Herriman is a software programmer (like myself--I am amazed at the number of technogeeks in this campaign :--) who in recent years became interested in politics, mainly because of Ron Paul's presidential campaign (as he saw how sensible Ron Paul was, and how insane the other candidates were). Brant now regularly discusses politics with his colleagues at lunch and around the water cooler. He has read The Revolution: A Manifesto and other enlightening books (and just got his copy of End the Fed).

Brant and I discussed how the principles of this campaign could be applied to local governments. A couple of pivotal ideas bubbled to the surface: local governments should not be able to raise taxes without the consent of (a majority or a super majority of) the citizens; and local governments should not give tax incentives to lure new businesses into their city (because this gives them an unfair competitive advantage over existing businesses). If local governments would follow these two simple rules, life would be much better--both for citizens and businesses.

Brant is a great example of a citizen who has taken an interest in good governance; is informing himself by reading books, having political discussions, and asking questions; and is preparing himself to take appropriate action politically/civically. This is a metamorphis that has occurred in nearly everyone who is actively involved in this Campaign for Liberty. It is truly wonderful and encouraging. His quiet and steady effort will bear sweet fruit.

So please keep working to spread this campaign to your friends and acquaintances. There is much to be done, and many friends to be won. Let us bear in mind that the Revolutionary War of 1775 was begun decades earlier in the minds of our country's founders and their parents--a revolution of thought. They entertained ideas about the origin of their rights, and about the peace and prosperity that could be secured to them and their posterity if they had the liberty to do so.

Such thinking is becoming more common among our fellow citizens. Never in my lifetime have I met more people with more concern about the course being followed by our national executive, legislature, and judiciary. Citizens are beginning to question everything (as good patriots should do). The revolution to restore our Republic has truly begun. It is burning in the hearts and minds of our fellow citizens. It is growing.

And while I pray that we can reclaim our liberties without violence, I am well aware of Thomas Jefferson's letter to William Stephens Smith, dated 13 November 1787:

What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants. It is its natural manure.

Utah's Audit the Fed Rally was a success in several wonderful ways. I am sorry if you missed it. A late afternoon meeting precludes many of you from attending--because of work. Perhaps the threat of rain discouraged some from coming. No worries. There are many different ways to defend Lady Liberty. But the point is ... to do something. And to involve others.

Become a Local Coordinator. Go to Boot Camp. Hold monthly meetings with your neighbors. Invite me to attend one. Prepare yourself for your precinct caucus at 7:00 PM on Tuesday, March 23, 2010. Be a part of it. Do something, and let me know how much fun you are having.

May Providence bless our efforts.

Posted 09/18/09 AnnetteFreeman gilbert, AZ

thanks for writing this report and for taking action, i know that people read these reports but don't often comment, i just wanted you to know that we are reading them and i encourage you to continue your efforts. well done.

Posted by Lowell Nelson on 09/08/09
Last updated 09/09/09

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