[Lnc-business] Informal Poll LNC December Meeting

[Joshua Katz]

It is a reasonable objection on its merits, since I assume the reason Dr.
Lieberman had trouble recalling the term is its irrelevance to Austrian
work, and expressions relying on mathematical models and not derivable a
priori should probably be banned.

However, I raise a point of order regarding timeliness.  An hour passed
between the incident in question and Dr. Lieberman's response.  The hour of
silence should count as acceptance.

Joshua A. Katz

Region 8 (Region of Badassdom) Alternate
Libertarian National Committee

Chair, Libertarian Party of Connecticut


On Fri, Aug 1, 2014 at 5:00 PM, Scott L. <scott73 at earthlink.net> wrote:

>     Madame Secretary:
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> I request that you deduct two points from Mr. Katz’s  point total because
> he used the phrase  “point of unitary elasticity”
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> in an e-mail to this list.
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> I have a minor in economics, and I still had to look that phrase up on the
> Internet to refresh my memory as to what it meant.
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>    Scott Lieberman
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> *From:* Lnc-business [mailto:lnc-business-bounces at hq.lp.org] *On Behalf
> Of *Joshua Katz
> *Sent:* Friday, August 01, 2014 12:34 PM
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> *To:* lnc-business at hq.lp.org
> *Subject:* Re: [Lnc-business] Informal Poll LNC December Meeting
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> I take no position on whether we use a contractor or not.  I also, as a
> side note, would love to see New Orleans - it's been on my list for quite
> some time.  When I moved to Texas, I in fact got off at New Orleans to
> see the city, but my schedule didn't permit an overnight stay.  Neither did
> my budget, which is the concern I raise today.  The hotel we are
> considering for this convention will cost us about $5000 to hold an LNC
> meeting there.  I am assuming that this is with the knowledge that we are
> considering them as a venue for a major convention, hence a really good
> deal (respective to the hotel.)  I understand that the average cost of an
> LNC meeting is in the neighborhood of $2500.  I am only guess, then, that
> this will be a quite expensive convention.  Floor fee or no, the more
> expensive the venue, the less we are likely to net profit/greater net loss,
> unless either:
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> 1.  We have states who have more willing delegates than spots (not too
> many) and an expensive venue will keep the poorer delegates away, thus
> increasing sales of larger packages.  I would object to this on moral
> grounds if I thought it, in fact, were the case, but I don't.
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> 2.  We charge more for packages that are substantially the same.  Of
> course, for instance, banquet tickets will cost more at a costlier location
> (I'd expect) since food costs will be higher - and of course we don't know
> where the point of unitary elasticity is, although I strongly suspect (see
> 1 above) that this point doesn't move when the convention is held at a
> fancier location.
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> Given the cost of this venue for an LNC meeting, I therefore lean towards
> it not being a great venue for a convention, and would support having the
> meeting at the Hampton Inn instead.  I would add that, while it's a good
> idea in any case, we really need to minimize costs for the next couple LNC
> meetings since we are, in a sense, bankrupt.  So even if using the Hampton
> Inn will increase costs in the future, I think it makes sense at this
> particular moment to defer some costs into the future - time preference,
> etc.
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>      Joshua A. Katz
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