[Lnc-business] Meeting costs

[Vicki Kirkland]

Last term, Robert Kraus looked into the possibility of meeting at venues
such as parks.  It wasn't as inexpensive
as one might think.  Also, with Alternates, staff and the gallery, we are
not just talking 18 people.
VK


On Mon, Aug 4, 2014 at 1:09 AM, Arvin Vohra <arvin at arvinvohra.com> wrote:

> I agree with Josh and Starchild on this.
>
>
> On Mon, Aug 4, 2014 at 12:26 AM, Joshua Katz <joshua.katz at lp.org> wrote:
>
>> Ron posted an excellent letter from Starchild on the costs of
>> conventions.  I thought the $2500 I had heard was high.  As I said a few
>> days ago, when I was corrected and found it was much higher, I was shocked.
>>
>>
>> I do not want to meet in DC every meeting.  We should use the office we
>> own when feasible, but it's just not fair to hold every meeting in the same
>> location.  If LNC members want to bring a camper instead of staying in a
>> hotel, that's fine, but irrelevant, since it has nothing to do with what
>> the LP pays for our meetings.  But, really, $3000 for a room for 18 people
>> to meet (or $2000 in food and beverage to get the room for 'free?')   I
>> used to work at a school that weekly held meetings for 40 people.  I assure
>> you we could not have rented out the room we used for $3000/weekend.  And
>> we were on the beach!
>>
>> 18 people can meet in a park in nice weather.  18 people can meet, as I
>> said before, in a suite.  18 people can meet in a coffee shop.  18 people
>> do not need to pay $3000 for a room - and we wouldn't if it were our money.
>>  We should be as careful, if not more so, with our donors money, as with
>> our own.
>>
>> Convention is one thing.  This is quite another, and is quite insane.
>>
>> Joshua A. Katz
>>
>> Region 8 (Region of Badassdom) Alternate
>> Libertarian National Committee
>>
>> Chair, Libertarian Party of Connecticut
>>
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