[Lnc-business] Request for Motion to Sponsor Outreach Booth

[Caryn Ann Harlos]

LNC,

Colorado has requested that I make the following Motion with regards to
Riot Fest, a large event happening in Colorado in September.  The Motion
will follow next and after that, information on the event and why National
might be interested put together by Colorado's Outreach Director Marie
Cochran.  Please note that Colorado has already passed a Motion to fund
this themselves regardless of any decision from National but during
discussion it was raised that since this has more of a national scope that
it would be under National's interest to get involved.  Colorado does not,
however, want the opportunity to be missed and since it is happening on
their home soil, have stepped up.  I also note that I do not have any
knowledge of any insurance requirements or liabilities.


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Move that the LNC authorize spending a maximum of $800 to fund an Outreach
Booth at Riot Fest to be staffed by Colorado volunteers.

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Riot Fest Proposal

Riot Fest is a 3 day music festival that is held in 2 cities on separate
dates in September.  This event is extremely popular as people travel from
across the county and internationally to attend.  There are five to six
stages in all. Vendor tents are placed outside, usually along the perimeter
of the fenced in area by the outdoor stages. Attendance is expected to be
approximately 40,000 per day, so there are a lot of people walking around
from stage to stage. There is ample space to speak to the festival goers at
our outside tent. We will be able to carry on conversations with potential
voters.  We can also expect national media coverage as MTV, Rolling Stone,
Huffington Post amongst others have covered the event in the past.  The
target demographic will be the disenchanted Bernie Sanders supporters,
Independents and anyone looking for a 3rd party option.  As the event is
built around, but not limited to, Punk Rock there are heavy political
undertones.  I have also been in contact with Seth Levy from the Gary
Johnson campaign who says that this event is “right up his ally” however
due to potential security concerns at that point in the campaign can not
guarantee his appearance.

The cost for a booth at the event was $800 last year, with a 10% discount
for non-profit vendors, we can expect the same this year.  The ROI for the
National Party will be exposure to 120,000 voters from around the country,
plus the potential for national media coverage.  In the spirit of ‘putting
my money where my mouth is’ I have agreed to donate the first $100 to the
event.  The LP has been accused of only ‘sitting around and talking about
liberty in it’s purist form’ and never ‘showing up.’  Now more than ever we
need to challenge that notion and get out in front of as many people as
possible.  If there was ever a time to ‘go for broke,’ that time is now.

http://riotfest.org/    is the web site... They haven't finalized the
lineup yet so the massive promoting has not started.
-- 
In Liberty,
Caryn Ann Harlos
Region 1 Representative
(Alaska, Arizona, Colorado, Hawaii, Kansas, Montana, Utah, Wyoming,
Washington)
Caryn.Ann.Harlos at LP.org
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