[Lnc-business] Website presentation - Time Sensitive

[Arvin Vohra]

On Wed, May 22, 2013 at 8:22 PM, Gary Johnson <sedition at aol.com> wrote:

> 1. Arvin, are these people friends of yours?
>

We have not met in person, but I can certainly vouch for their competence
and dedication to the Libertarian cause. I "met" them when I noticed the
strikingly superior quality of their work in one of our volunteer design
groups on facebook.


>
>  2. Geoff and Carla, does the party ever receive proposals from other
> companies wanting to redesign our Web site? What do you think would happen
> if we sent out a request for proposals?
>
> Without speaking on their behalf, I personally think it's a perfectly good
idea. I ran across these designers when I saw a sample libertarian party
logo they had made. It looked awesome. The logo is not the subject of the
presentation, as far as I know.



>  3. What is the name of the company?
>
>
I'll look it up, but the key part of the company is Jorge Gonzales, the
lead designer.


>  4. What does "top tier" mean? What does "designers of this caliber" mean?
>

Top tier means the type of people that work on presidential political
campaigns, fortune 500 companies, and produce high quality, effective work.
To some extent this is subjective


>
>  5. How much money do they want?
>
>
The bid is in the 80k range because it involves so many things, but there
may be several options we decide against. There are some things they want
to do that I personally don't favor, but recognize that many on the LNC
will. Decisions of this scale, I believe, should involve more than just my
personal preferences.

My personal preference would be a design-only redesign, which would cost
much less. However, others have discussed importance of data, etc., which
this team has quite a bit to say on. I personally don't really see the
need, but I know many of you strongly disagree with my view on that.


>  6. Why am I learning in the past few days about "a proposal for lp.org"
> "a top tier design and branding company has been working on" "over the last
> several months"?
>
>
I didn't see any reason to bring a non-proposal to the LNC's attention,
although I mentioned it to Geoff and Carla. There was nothing of substance
to report. Now there is.


>  7. Why do I have to be available for an online virtual "meeting" on a
> certain day at a certain time to watch a "presentation"?
>

This allows LNC members to ask questions, voice concerns, ask for
clarification.


> Why cannot these people prepare a video, post it online, and send us an
> e-mail with a link to it? Then we can watch it at our convenience, just
> like we watched that sexual harassment video?
>
>
Makes questions and discussions impossible.


>  8. What's the rush? Why must something that has been worked on by this
> company for several months be decided on the LNC in a matter of days?
>
>
Our website is an eyesore and a disaster. I would love to be able to say in
our social media outreach, "For more info, please visit www.lp.org."
However, our current website is just an eye-searing liability.

Obviously, we can wait indefinitely on this. If the LNC is happy with our
current look, I suppose my one voice can't do much. But I will say this:
our membership is not happy with our website, and people outside the
Libertarian party find it hilarously bad.

We don't have to decide in a few days, but I don't see what advantage we
gain by waiting several weeks to just see the pitch. Seeing a pitch is not
the same as making a decision.



>  Gary Johnson
> 512-441-6378
> sedition at aol.com
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Arvin Vohra <arvin at arvinvohra.com>
> To: lnc-business <lnc-business at hq.lp.org>
> Sent: Wed, May 22, 2013 6:51 pm
> Subject: Re: [Lnc-business] Website presentation - Time Sensitive
>
>  One more note - the pitch is confidential by request of the design team.
>
>  -Arvin
>
>
> On Wed, May 22, 2013 at 7:14 PM, Arvin Vohra <arvin at arvinvohra.com> wrote:
>
>> LNC -
>>
>>  Over the last several months, a top tier design and branding company
>> has been working on a proposal for lp.org. I have seen a couple mockups,
>> and the design is outstanding. They have quite a few things to offer,
>> including backend and front end development. In visual terms, a blind man
>> can tell that they are the best we have seen so far. They have some
>> branding and content notes that are pretty solid as well.
>>
>>  This is something that transcends the IT committee, because it deeply
>> involves branding strategy, not just design and backend. What they have to
>> say could potentially revolutionize what we're doing, or be a terribly
>> foolish proposal.
>>
>>  This is not something that we should sit on until the July meeting,
>> which is highly compressed as it is. Their schedule is also very tight, and
>> unless we can do the presentation before the 29th, we'll have to wait for
>> several more weeks (designers of this caliber are in heavy demand).
>>
>>  Jorge, who runs this team, is Libertarian, with decades of experience.
>> The team has worked on high level political campaigns, top end commercial
>> stuff, etc. They have already done quite a bit of work for us for free on
>> facebook, and has done the initial, and very thorough brand analysis for us
>> for free because of their passion for the Libertarian cause.
>>
>>  Our website is our most important form of outreach. Even if we decide
>> not to go with this team, I believe we should hear them out in a timely
>> manner.
>>
>>  To put some possibilities out there: How do next Monday, Tues, or Wed
>> at 8, 830, or 9 eastern sound? We don't have ways to hold official meetings
>> outside of executive committee, but can we get at least a majority of the
>> LNC and the ED to attend a proposal on something that could literally
>> transform the political map of this country?
>>
>>
>>
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