The national committee of the Boston Tea Party includes the chair, vice chair, secretary, and four at large members.

At 11:51 pm on Saturday 7 June, Rocco Fama resigned his position on the committee. Earlier that same day, Tom Stevens resigned as vice chair, and resigned from the party.

For the last two weeks, Todd Andrew Barnett has been very helpful in covering events with the Boston Tea Party, interviewing me for his radio show, and organizing a Michigan state affiliate. He has also been active on Facebook and Myspace putting our presence there in order. We now have over five dozen members on Facebook which is pretty good for six days of existence.

Todd joined the party back in 2006 shortly after it was formed. He was one of the many LP members who were upset by the shattering of libertarian traditions in Portland when the platform was eviscerated. Todd has also served on the national committee in the past.

I've asked Todd to accept the position of vice chair, and he has agreed. So, I've put it before the national committee for their approval.

Tom Knapp, Todd, and I have discussed a number of candidates to fill the two vacant at-large positions. I'll be approaching these individuals soon. If you would like to be considered for one of the positions, feel free to contact me.

It is my expectation that the character of the new national committee shall more accurately reflect the wishes and preferences of the members of the party as a whole. Obviously, and as I've written elsewhere, the idea of representation is essentially mistaken. No one person can be properly represented by anyone else. The best you can hope for is that your representative won't constantly betray your interests. Agency is, and always will be, a grave difficulty.

Nevertheless, it is what we have in the bylaws, and it is a process we can live with. To make the best of it, we need as much feedback as possible.

Don't be shy. Write to us on this site. Write to us in private e-mail - click on the name of the person posting any comment or topic to use the site's internal e-mail sending system. Contact us by phone or in person. The national committee can best represent you if you tell us what you want.