[Lnc-business] February LNC Meeting

[James Lark]

Dear colleagues:

     I hope all is well with you.  The second sentence of my message 
below should read "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 conducting the poll."

     Take care,
     Jim
-----

On 1/6/2016 1:08 AM, James Lark wrote:
> 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
> -----
>
> 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> 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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