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Post-Bureaucrash Name Game

by Agent on June 8, 2009 in Orgs | Comments { 1 }

Many of us, dissatisfied with the direction that Bureaucrash has taken, are busily working behind-the-scenes to build the kind of organization that Bureaucrash should be.

As the Neo-Bureaucrashers photocopy thousands of form letters to send to their congresspersons; this new organization will be a voice for effective, principled activism.

What’s the name of Bureaucrash’s successor?  You decide.  Head on over to After Bureaucrash Action and suggest a name. Name suggestions will be taken through midnight (EST) Tuesday. Once the submissions are in a vote will be held and the new organization will be off and running.

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Xaq Fixx for President!

by Agent on April 20, 2009 in Orgs | Comments { 7 }

Well, not exactly president but Executive Director/Crasher-in-Chief of Bureaucrash.

As some of y’all may know, both Jason and I formerly worked at Bureaucrash in this capacity. Since my departure on April 1st to pursue Motorhome Diaries a number of friends and movement acquaintances have contacted me asking my thoughts about them applying for the position.

I’ve been straight-up with these folks, both about the nature of the job and in sharing my opinion on whether they’d be a good fit. And though I don’t claim to know of all of those that’ve applied for the gig, I believe that I have a good idea of some of the front-runners — one of whom is Xaq Fixx, whom both Jason and I are throwing our support behind for the following reasons:

  • Xaq is an activist. I have no question that he’ll be a lifelong advocate for liberty ’til the day he dies and this position can’t just be a job.
  • Xaq has the most institutional knowledge of Bureaucrash. He has developed personal relationships with crashers, knows what tactics have worked well and not-so-well, and has a solid grasp of the purpose of Bureaucrash.
  • Xaq has the passion, drive and entrepreneurial mindset needed to head an organization that has very limited resources.
  • Xaq is a networker and is well-liked by those active at Bureaucrash and those in the larger movement, many of whom he’s interacted with due to his role as host of the Podcrash.
  • Xaq is hardcore. Bureaucrash isn’t your run-of-the-mill beltway organization that works to better govenment, but instead it aims to strike the root.

I’m not sure if this post will have any influence on those at the Competitive Enterprise Institute (of which Bureaucrash became a project of a few years ago) as they review applications, but I wanted to voice my support for Xaq as he is my friend and because I believe that he has the skill-set necessary to head Bureaucrash.

If you too agree, then why not let those at CEI know by emailing Cord Blomquist, who is overseeing the application-review process: cblomquist[at]cei[dot]org.

Best of luck buddy!

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