[Lnc-business] convention duration and costs

[Joshua Katz]

Dr. Lieberman,

We should be larger and more successful.  The way to get there is not by
spending wastefully.

Also, suppose the budget were $10,000,000 annually.  Would you prefer that
amount of $10,010,000 annually?  Ten thousand is ten thousand - whether out
of twenty thousand or a billion.  Money wasted on a convention (needlessly)
is money that we cannot spend on things like our actual mission.

I agree that many of Mr. Benedict's proposals relate to expenditures that
can be avoided with better planning.  So - perhaps we should plan better.
 As far as those requiring trade-offs, I agree, if trade-offs have been
considered and the option chosen, that's the way it is - in some cases,
though, it is good for future committees and LNCs to learn from the results
of those trade-offs to determine if they were worth it.

Joshua Katz

Joshua A. Katz
Westbrook CT Planning Commission (L in R seat)


On Tue, Sep 2, 2014 at 11:32 AM, Scott L. <scott73 at earthlink.net> wrote:

>   There is nothing wrong with saving money, but most of the items that
> Mr. Benedict proposes either:
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> a.      could have been avoided with careful planning
>
> b.      or involve trade-offs that previous Convention Oversight
> Committees have been fully aware of.
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> The bigger problem is – why - after 42 years of existence – does the
> Libertarian Party still has to worry about saving $10,000 or $20,000 on its
> National Conventions?
>
> If we wanted to grow up and become a real political party, by now we would
> have a $10,000,000 per year budget, so that having  $20,000 in extra,
> wasted spending on a convention would not be a big deal.
>
>    Scott Lieberman
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> “Yes I'm too busy, but hopefully this email has the potential so help save
> at least $10,000 to $20,000 in future savings.
>
>    I'm fully expecting the LNC to steal all of my ideas above and not
> stick staff with putting on the convention. : )
>
>        Wes Benedict, Executive Director”
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