[Lnc-business] convention duration and costs

[Daniel Hayes]

Wes,

I am a little lost here..Not sure where Mr Olsen’s referenced email is.  If there are blatant unneeded expenses then please share those here with us Wes. Consider this a formal request from the District 7 Regional Alternate for the information.

Daniel Hayes
On Aug 31, 2014, at 4:07 PM, Wes Benedict <wes.benedict at lp.org> wrote:

> I'm confident a survey of members would show people would prefer shorter conventions. (I think that's what Mr. Olsen is suggesting below.) I don't recall that question being asked in a survey in recent years. But I do hear the complaint quite often that the conventions are too long, too boring, too much parliamentary theatrics, and too expensive. Shorter would be less boring and less expensive. Training could more easily be fit in before the convention for those that enjoy hanging around for more days. And for those that try to squeeze in local sight-seeing, a shorter convention would make it easier for delegates to join their families. One less average hotel night per convention would be a great goal.
> 
> LP Texas had over 300 attendees at its 2014 convention at a cheap venue. I don't know the total budget, but I'd like be interested in knowing. And I'll take a guess it cost $25,000. 
> 
> The 2014 national convention in Ohio cost over $120,000.
> 
> I'm pretty confident Robert Kraus and I could design a pretty good 2018 national convention for 400 to 700 delegates that cost $60,000. That's because he and I know of a lot of costs at the 2010, 2012, & 2014 conventions that could have been reduced or avoided. 
> 
> $60,000 versus $120,000. Our services and advice are available upon request (but preferably not this coming week due to other priorities).
> 
> Wes Benedict, Executive Director
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> On 8/31/2014 1:21 PM, Norm Olsen wrote:
>> The schedule of official business of the 2018 national convention of the LNC shall consist of 2½ days, commencing on the morning of Saturday, May 26, 2018  and adjourning by 2PM on Monday, May 28, 2018.
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