[Lnc-business] February LNC Meeting

[James Lark]

Dear colleagues:

     I hope all is well with you.  I am writing to suggest that a poll 
between Phoenix and Oklahoma City would be appropriate, and that the 
room rates for the hotels be provided prior to conducted the poll.  I 
suggest this for the following reasons:

*  The previous poll did not allow for the expression of intensity of 
preference.  My vote for Oklahoma City was a result of the fact that I 
had to select one of the listed options in order to participate in the 
poll.  I was essentially indifferent between Phoenix and OKC when I voted.

*  If we are able to hold the February meeting at a prospective 
convention hotel in Phoenix, then unless the cost of holding the meeting 
in Phoenix is substantially greater than holding it in OKC, my 
preference would change from a very weak preference for OKC to a weak 
preference for Phoenix.

*  A poll with only the choices of Phoenix and OKC may produce an 
ordering between the two locations that is different from the one 
produced by the previous poll.

*  If I understand correctly, the LP Oklahoma is allowed to conduct only 
one submission of signatures in its petitioning effort.  If so, then if 
the deadline for submission of signatures is at least a week later than 
Feb. 22, my gut feeling is that the signatures should not be submitted 
on or about Feb. 22.  Thus, it is not clear to me that one of the 
possible benefits of an LNC meeting in OKC (a press conference 
associated with the submission of the signatures) would materialize.

     As always, thanks for your work for liberty.  I look forward to 
seeing you next month.

     Take care,
     Jim

     James W. Lark, III
     Advisor, The Liberty Coalition
     University of Virginia

     Region 5 Representative, Libertarian National Committee
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On 1/5/2016 11:36 PM, Nicholas Sarwark wrote:
> We have received bids from convention hotels in Bellevue, Phoenix, New 
> Orleans, and Atlantic City.  Based on the poll Mr. Ludlow organized, 
> I'm leaning toward planning the meeting for Oklahoma City.
>
> Robert is checking on final numbers on the bids that came in today, 
> and should have those back by tomorrow.  All of the other cities are 
> more expensive than Oklahoma City, but I think we already knew that.
>
> If you feel we should have another poll between Phoenix and Oklahoma 
> City, please say so.  If I don't hear a strong objection or request 
> for another poll in the next day or so, I intend to ask Mr. Benedict 
> to go forward with planning the next meeting in Oklahoma City and 
> coordinating with the Oklahoma Libertarian Party for a press 
> conference on the Friday prior or Monday after the meeting.
>
> -Nick
>
> On Thu, Dec 31, 2015 at 4:32 PM, Kevin Ludlow <ludlow at gmail.com 
> <mailto:ludlow at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>     Ms. Kirkland is right.  I completely missed Mr. Marsh's response. 
>     So sorry, Ed and thanks, Vicki.  That leaves Mr. Tomasso and Mr.
>     Windeler unaccounted for; I have a message out to both of them. 
>     24 of 26 on our LNC list have weighed in.
>
>
>     _*Oklahoma City*_
>     Gary Johnson
>     Marc Feldman
>     Nick Sarwark
>     Vicki Kirkland (originally voted New Orleans)
>     Guy McLendon (originally voted New Orleans)
>     Wes Benedict
>     Norm Olsen (voted via email instead of the poll)
>     Daniel Hayes (voted in email instead of the poll)
>     Jim Lark
>     Sean O'Toole (voted in email instead of poll)
>     Scott Spencer
>     Bill Redpath
>
>     _*Phoenix*_
>     Kevin Ludlow
>     Sam Goldstein
>     Dan Wiener
>     Alicia Mattson
>     Tim Hagan
>     Scott Lieberman
>     Brett Bittner (originally voted Oklahoma City)
>
>     _*New Orleans*_
>     Arvin Vohra
>     Doug Craig (voted in email instead of poll)
>
>     _*Atlantic City*_
>     Josh Katz
>     Ed Marsh
>
>     _*Bellevue*_
>     Roland Rimers
>
>     _*Have not heard from*_
>     Ron Windeler
>     Rich Tomasso
>
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