Bay Area Liberty on the Rocks

Let Freedom Ring Wine Reception and Talk

Wednesday, June 9th 6:30 pm-8:30 pm
The Infinity: Club Lounge
333 Main Street
San Francisco, CA 94105

Cost $25. Tickets Sold at Brown Paper Tickets.

Speakers:

Larry Reed, President of the Foundation for Economic Education

Sally C. Pipes, President of the Pacific Research Institute

Patri Friedman, Executive Director & Founder of the Seasteading Institute

and John Chisholm, software entrepreneur.

Inspire and be inspired intellectually, socially & politically in the fight for freedom.

Mingle with like-minded lovers of freedom and thought leaders while enjoying fine wine and hors d’oeuvres.

Gain new perspectives while sharing your thoughts and suggestions; become part of intellectually stimulating and enlivening discussions leading to solutions and action. Hear from Larry, Sally and Patri how their organizations are leading the fight for freedom.

In her remarks, Sally Pipes will touch on health care: challenges, myths, and solutions. Patri Friedman will explain how seasteading improves governments through the power of competition. Larry Reed will inspire us to rise to the challenges and take principle-based action.

Notes
About the organizations: The Foundation for Economic Education (Irvington-on-Hudson, NY; founded 1946) is one of the oldest free-market organizations in the US. Through education and outreach, FEE advocates for first principles of freedom: private property, individual liberty, rule of law, and the free market. Learn more at http://fee.org/

The Pacific Research Institute (San Francisco; founded 1979) champions freedom, opportunity, and personal responsibility for all individuals by advancing free-market policy solutions. Learn more at http://www.pacificresearch.org

The Seasteading Institute (Sunnyvale, CA; founded 2008) advances and supports the establishment and growth of permanent, autonomous communities on the open oceans, enabling innovation with new political and social systems. Learn more at http://seasteading.org/

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Parking: Street and public garage parking are readily available around the building.

Public transportation - three options:

- BART to Embarcadero station; walk 3 blocks south east on Main Street to 301 Main; enter through courtyard on the left side of street.
- Caltrans to 4th Street/King Street station in SF; tranfer to Muni. Take N or T line to Folsom station (at Embarcadero); walk two blocks south west on Folsom Street to Main Street; turn left on Main; walk 1/2 block south east to courtyard on left.
- Ferry. From SF Ferry Building walk three blocks south east on the Embarcadero to Folsom Street; walk two blocks southwest on Folsom to Main Street; turn left on Main; walk 1/2 block south east to courtyard on left.

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If you would like to contribute additional support to these organizations, please select the additional support you would like to give, bronze ($25), silver ($50) or gold ($75), by selecting the option “ticket + ____ Support” which will automatically combine the ticket plus your preferred additional support amount.

Please also note that while the seller is listed as “The Seasteading Institute” in the purchasing process we ask where you heard about the event from and will be distributing funds between the organizations.

Join us at this Campaign for Liberty Event to learn more about the great American principles of
individual liberty, constitutional government, sound money, free
markets & non-interventionist foreign policy.

Following the speakers will be a wine social co hosted by East Bay Liberty on the Rocks.

When:  Thursday April 22

Where: Lafayette Veterans Hall

3780 Mt. Diablo Boulevard

Lafayette, CA

Featured Speakers and Topics:
Anthony Gregory
Editor & Chief of  Campaign for Liberty
Topic:  Foreign Policy of Non-Intervention and Peace

Fred Foldvary
Teacher of Economics and director of the Civil Society Institute at Santa Clara University
Topic: Sound Money and Economic Prosperity

Keynote Speaker: John Dennis
Congressional Candidate running against Nancy Pelosi
Topic: Principal, Politics, and Pelosi Event time: 7pm to 9pm (speakers from 7-8; cocktails and conversation from 8-9)

Disclaimer: Liberty on the rocks does not endorse candidates or particular legislation. Liberty on the Rocks is non partisan and views of speakers do not necessarily reflect the views of Liberty on the Rocks.

Come down to Becketts this Friday at 7:00 PM to have drinks with liberty lovers of all stripes.

When: 7:00 PM  March 12th.

Where: Beckett’s Irish Pub

2271 Shattuck

Berkeley, CA

Hope to see you there!

Libertopia is an annual festival of freedom, community and art for sovereign individuals.

Its purpose is to create a worldwide movement of individuals who choose their own form of governance - a voluntary society based on mutual respect for each individual’s dignity and ownership of his/her own body and property.

The event will be held in San Francisco @ the Hilton Hotel from July 1-4, 2010. A ton of great speakers all in our home area and a boat cruise. What a Libertopia it is!

To attend you will need to purchase an annual membership, which will give you access to all speeches, panels, the exhibitors’ room, and networking activities, access to the Community section of their website. The cost is $125 until March 1 (one week away from today). Prices increase thereafter.  So I recommend purchasing your ticket today.

***Exploring the Mental Landscape of Seasteading***

Saturday, February 13th 2pm at your friendly neighborhood ivy league university, Patri Friedman will be running a seasteading simulation game he co-developed, otherwise known as the Seasteading LARP (live-action role-playing game).

The point of the game is to explore the mental landscape of seasteading. Each of you will take on the role of a seasteader eking out your existence on the open seas, interacting with other seasteads and nations, and figuring out how to create the situation most suitable to your ideals.

The game is played in wide room full of props and a projector screen, so expect a bit of walking around. Flats rather than heels, etc.

We have reserved a room on the Stanford Campus for this purpose, courtesy of film documentarian Jason Sussberg, whose Ephemerisle documentary we’ll watch on the projector screen as an opener.

The game takes roughly 3 hours.

FOOD of suitable variety for a goodly luncheon will be served. Feel free to bring your own dishes to share.

This event takes place within the Stanford Campus in McClatchy Hall (Building 120), Room 433 (The Knight Fellows Lounge).

Here’s the MAP:

http://maps.google.com/maps?q=mcclatchy%20hall%20120%20stanford&oe=UTF-8&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&hl=en&tab=wl

Please note! ***We’ll be filming this event***. Jason Sussberg will be using footage of the game in his upcoming documentary about Patri Friedman, to be released this summer.

ps. Here’s a good opportunity to grab some friends on a Saturday afternoon and get them familiar with the concept of Seasteading through an interesting Diplomacy-like game.

pps. did i mention free food?

Are you well versed in monetary policy, the events of the housing crisis and are you looking forward to end of the Fed’s era?

Well here’s a juicy job opportunity that might interest you if you fit the qualifications of being online media guru & an amazing community organizer:

Online Marketing Manager for Independent Film

Lineplot is an animation production company in Harvard Square, Cambridge MA. We are hard at work creating a feature-length thriller-romance film, Silver Circle, to be released in early 2011. In addition to telling a great story, the film will bring free-market and sound-money principles to a wide audience.

We have ambitious online marketing plans, with the goal to make this a grassroots-driven hit movie. We want to hire a highly skilled and results-driven communicator - an online guru who can reach beyond simply marketing our movie, to building an engaged community, an actual movement around the film.

We want to make this film into a phenomenon and community is key.

The Manager’s job includes:

Website Project Manager/Designer: The manager will launch the movie’s political website/blog over a 2-3 month period. Then, continue to manage and grow the community online until the launch of Silver Circle in early 2011. Includes: managing the overall timeline, key milestones and dependencies, setting up website metrics, overseeing status reporting, managing a design team (if necessary), creating website infrastructure, brand and feel.
Preferred skills: web design, HTML/CSS, Dreamweaver, and Wordpress.

Online Communications & Marketing: The manager will write/edit/produce content regularly for the site, establish a network of online affiliates, and moderate members of the community. Build relations with key bloggers and influentials to reach a large and well-targeted audience. Find and engage with strategic, relevant, even controversial online conversations and communities to find new ideas and new readers. Leverage search engine marketing to draw more readers and sign-ups for the websites, videos and other media. Create monthly email newsletters. Develop online campaigns, contests, polls, money bombs and fundraising. Report on ROI from campaigns and help develop new strategies.
Preferred background: Proven track record in building traffic to websites and in building engagement with communities.

Live Events: Organize and assist with real-life marketing activities: screenings, trade shows, volunteer events, college campus events, summer intern events in Washington DC, film festivals, comic/animation shows, and fundraisers.
Essential: Incredible interpersonal skills.

Volunteer Coordination: Give volunteers creative opportunities to help spread awareness, interest and create energy for Silver Circle. Recruit and engage online volunteers to spread the word in creative ways. Facilitate and energize the group into a movement, all while managing results and metrics.

The manager will work closely with our small team to define the strategies and tactics to engage our politically astute audience. Ideally the candidate will understand and have a strong interest in the liberty movement, libertarian ideas, monetary policy, and/or independent film.

Ideal skills/attributes include: superior writing skills, excellent verbal presence, the flexibility to manage in a fast-paced film startup, strong understanding of marketing analytics and metrics, and project management skills. Aptitude in web, graphics design and Mac productivity software is key. BA/BS and 2 -3 years of experience in web communications and strategy development preferred.

Salary: Depends on experience.

Submit: Cover letter, resume and portfolio of web projects (websites, blogs, content developed)
To: Pasha Roberts (producer/director) on facebook or email.

Where: Beckett’s Irish Pub in Berkeley

2271 Shattuck Ave

Berkeley, CA 94704

(510) 647-1790

When: Friday, February 12

7:00pm-11:00pm

Its our monthly meeting for East Bay Liberty on the Rocks!

Come on down and get connected with liberty lovers of all kinds! Bring friends. Attendance grew massively at our last event which was great! Lets keep up the momentum.

Meet activists, talk politics, and have a beer or four!

See you Friday the 12th of February at 7:00 pm!

When: January 22, 2010

           7:00pm-10:00pm

Where: St. Stephen’s Green

           223 Castro St.

          Mountain View, CA

It has been a while since we’ve done one of these in the South Bay or the Peninsula due to the Holidays and whatnot.  Hopefully everyone enjoyed the season and is having a great 2010!

This is a new venue on a recommendation from one of our members. New ideas are always welcome!

Parking recommendations: Lots and a garage west of Castro on Villa. Smaller lots east of Castro.

We will begin regularly having meet-ups every second Friday of every month at Beckett’s.

Come socialize and meet liberty-lovers of all different stripes!

Beckett’s Irish Pub-Upstairs Bar

7:00pm-11:00pm

Friday, January 8th

If you need any more info don’t hesitate to call or email me.  Also send me your opinions regarding Beckett’s and other possible meeting venues.

ThomasJ4Liberty@gmail.com

510-508-8283

It’s back at Beckett’s Irish Pub! For those of you don’t know me I’m Tom, and I recently came here from Colorado where I attended LOTR. The first thing I did when I got here was find a Liberty on the Rocks to attend! That was months ago. I stepped up to help organize the meet ups since I would hate to see it disappear! I chose the same place/time/day since people know it but am open for suggestions and help for future events. I am excited to get to know all of you! It is at 7:00pm Friday December 11th.

Beckett’s in Berkeley
2271 Shattuck Avenue
Berkeley, California 94704