[Lnc-business] new convention website using NationBuilder

[Sam Goldstein]

Wes,

Per our conversation at the LNC meeting, I fully support your efforts on
this trial run.  Let me know
if you need any help from the IT Committee.

Live Free,

Sam Goldstein

On Tue, Nov 24, 2015 at 2:11 PM, <doug at vikingmetals.com> wrote:

> Sounds awesome...
> Doug Craig
>
> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: [Lnc-business] new convention website using NationBuilder
> From: Wes Benedict <wes.benedict at lp.org>
> Date: Nov 24, 2015 2:06 PM
> To: lnc-business at hq.lp.org
> CC:
>
> Unless I detect significant opposition soon from the LNC, I plan to have
> built a 2016 convention website using the NationBuilder platform.
>
> I've already broached the topic with Nick Sarwark and Sam Goldstein.
>
> I'm excited about the possibilities the NationBuilder technology offers,
> but not yet completely sold on the platform or the enormity of the
> conversion task.
>
> Starting with a convention website will allow us to get our feet wet
> with the technology, and at the same time, to quickly roll out some of
> our new branding. And since this won't involve a massive wholesale
> instantaneous changeover from our current website, LP.org on Drupal, and
> our current membership database, RaisersEdge, it's something we can
> manage without the risk of destabilizing our entire organization at the
> start of a Presidential election year.
>
> If you like the content of the 2013 Libertarian Party of Texas Annual
> Report:
> http://www.lp.org/files/LPTX_2014_Annual_Report.pdf
> then I think you're going to like our upcoming branding efforts and
> convention website.
>
> The makers of that annual report, including the events portrayed, the
> graphics, and I'll add to that--most of the content of the current
> LPTexas website http://lptexas.org/ (joomla platform I think), will be
> building the 2016 convention website.
>
> Separately, Andy Burns, our affiliate support specialist, has already
> implemented a couple NationBuilder sites at the state level. He won't be
> the main driver of this project, but of course we'll consult him for
> practical advice.
>
> The convention theme, as voted on by members, will be #LegalizeFreedom
> <http://www.lp.org/>
>
> Starting with a convention website allows us to import a small portion
> of our database contacts, which keeps the pricing very low, but allows
> us to experiment with its interactivity capabilities with our best
> activists.
>
> If things go well, I can see migrating other things, like perhaps
> http://lpstore.org/ to the NationBuilder site. Perhaps the site could
> eventually morph into the replacement for LP.org, but that's something
> we can decide later.
>
> Perhaps we will be able to get away from some of the additional payment
> portals we've had to rely on, like Piryx pages
> <https://secure.piryx.com/donate/uO2ehmy0/libertarian/llpp22>, and
> Authorize.net <http://www.lp.org/office-fund>, and consolidate those
> functions into the NationBuilder system.
>
> The 2014 convention website is here, https://lpcon2014.org/ and I
> suspect we'll easily outdo that one.
>
> Content for the 2016 convention is currently embedded in pages on our
> existing website: http://www.lp.org/convention/welcome
>
> I see the new website as a combination of a convention project, an I.T.
> project, and a branding project. The costs will be relatively low. The
> risks will be relatively low. Our Treasurer and Audit Committee will
> have plenty of fun double-checking the cost allocations.
>
> I plan to tell our team to get started on this next week, and to have it
> live before the end of the year, unless you guys want to stop this
> before then, which I can live with. There are many viable paths around
> the roadblocks of progress.
> --
> Wes Benedict, Executive Director
> Libertarian National Committee, Inc.
> *New address: 1444 Duke St., Alexandria, VA 22314*
> (202) 333-0008 ext. 232, wes.benedict at lp.org
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