[Lnc-business] Quarterly Board Meeting Hotel Proposals

Wed Jan 6 12:35:29 EST 2016

Yes, thank you to all on staff who have helped to acquire this
information.  It is exactly what the board asked for and I for one
appreciate you guys doing it.

Having written that, I remain confused as to why *the board* has been so
adamant to receive these quotes.

At some point throughout the whole conversation it was explained to me that
the price points would be relevant in that they would be a reflection of
what we might expect for a national convention space in 2018.  While I
still contend this shouldn't be a huge factor, I am at least much more
sympathetic at trying to coordinate the entire body's delegation into hotel
/ meeting spaces.

However, it's pretty clear from the spreadsheets that these quotes are
exclusively for us, the LNC, over the month of February and nothing beyond
that?

So as I kind of feared would be the case, it seems that we're now basing
the entirety of our decision on what it will cost us.  If that's true, I
cannot even begin to express how many issues I have with that.  As I have
stated time and again, I am completely reasonable with cost.  I am NOT
suggesting we should just blow money - ever.  But there are actual issues
at hand here.  There are actual reasons to use one city over another.  The
chair presented some cases towards OKC.  Others presented cases towards
Phoenix.

I am really struggling to understand why we would be using cost as a factor
here.  There are actual responsibilities that this board has.  Within some
reason, price should NOT be the determining factor for this decision.  We
have had EIGHT weeks to factor the merits of this decision.  It will be
extremely disappointing if in the end we pick A over B just because it
saves the members of this board $100 - $200.

Thank you.
Kevin Ludlow
Region 7 Rep
512-773-3968

On Wed, Jan 6, 2016 at 10:57 AM, Joshua Katz <planning4liberty at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Thank you for this information.  I hope this indecision and suspense can
> now end soon.
>
> Joshua A. Katz
> Westbrook CT Planning Commission (L in R seat)
>
> On Wed, Jan 6, 2016 at 11:45 AM, Wes Benedict <wes.benedict at lp.org> wrote:
>
>> I don't know. Let's see if Robert Kraus or Alicia Mattson knows.
>> Otherwise I expect one of them can ask HelmsBriscoe that question.
>>
>> Wes Benedict, Executive Director
>> Libertarian National Committee, Inc.
>> 1444 Duke St., Alexandria, VA 22314(202) 333-0008 ext. 232, wes.benedict at lp.orgfacebook.com/libertarians @LPNational
>> Join the Libertarian Party at: http://lp.org/membership
>>
>> On 1/6/2016 11:02 AM, Scott L. wrote:
>>
>> Mr. Executive Director:
>>
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>>
>> Are the hotels in Atlantic City and Phoenix also charging us daily resort
>> fees in addition to the room rates listed in the
>>
>> summary section of the spreadsheet?
>>
>>
>>
>>   Scott Lieberman
>>
>>
>> ------------------------------
>>
>> *From:* Lnc-business [mailto:lnc-business-bounces at hq.lp.org
>> <lnc-business-bounces at hq.lp.org>] *On Behalf Of *Wes Benedict
>> *Sent:* Wednesday, January 06, 2016 7:28 AM
>> *To:* lnc-business at hq.lp.org
>> *Subject:* [Lnc-business] Fwd: Quarterly Board Meeting Hotel Proposals
>>
>>
>>
>> See attached spreadsheet from Helms Briscoe (and email below), plus a
>> spreadsheet on Oklahoma from Robert Kraus.
>>
>> In summary:
>> 1. Phoenix convention hotel will be $189 per night for the sleeping
>> rooms. Free meeting space. $1,000 food and beverage minimum (so we'll
>> probably do something like pay for your lunch and coffee to reach that
>> $1,000 minimum).
>>
>> 2. OKC hotel will be $82 per night for sleeping rooms. Free meeting
>> space. Free breakfast. No Food and beverage minimum.
>>
>> HOWEVER, Robert Kraus noted to me from his vacation today in Miami that:
>> "Also we do not have to hold the meeting at the Phoenix locations to see
>> them. We can have the CVB send us a van to take us to the 2 locations under
>> consideration and stay at the Holiday Inn & Suites Phoenix Airport North
>> again for about $119-129 a night. . "
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> --Wes
>>
>> -------- Forwarded Message --------
>>
>> *Subject: *
>>
>> Quarterly Board Meeting Hotel Proposals
>>
>> *Date: *
>>
>> Tue, 5 Jan 2016 22:12:58 +0000
>>
>> *From: *
>>
>> Sandy Graves <sgraves at helmsbriscoe.com> <sgraves at helmsbriscoe.com>
>>
>> *To: *
>>
>> Robert Kraus <robert.kraus at lp.org><robert.kraus at lp.org>
>> <robert.kraus at lp.org>
>>
>> *CC: *
>>
>> 'BetteRose' <betterose at aol.com><betterose at aol.com> <betterose at aol.com>, 'Alicia
>> Mattson' <agmattson at gmail.com><agmattson at gmail.com> <agmattson at gmail.com>,
>> 'Nicholas Sarwark' <chair at lp.org><chair at lp.org> <chair at lp.org>,
>> wes.benedict at lp.org <wes.benedict at lp.org> <wes.benedict at lp.org>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Robert,
>>
>> Attached please find the completed Hotel Availability Report showing
>> those hotels that have the Feb 20-21 Board Meeting dates available.  Of the
>> five properties selected to receive the RFP, four of them have availability
>> and have offered a proposal.
>>
>>
>>
>> The attached report has three tabs.  Tab 1 is an overview of each hotel’s
>> offer showing room rates, meeting room rental and F & B minimum. Tab 2 is
>> an in-depth, detailed breakdown of each property’s proposal and Tab 3 shows
>> the lone property that turned down the RFP due to no guestroom
>> availability. By the way, initially the Hyatt Regency Bellevue also turned
>> down the RFP but has since come back with availability due to being able to
>> offer alternate meeting space.
>>
>>
>>
>> Once you’ve had an opportunity to review each property’s proposal, please
>> contact me with any questions that you may have. Each of them sharpened
>> their pencil the best that they could and each of them in anxious to earn
>> your business. I look forward to your feedback.
>>
>>
>>
>> *Sandy Graves**, CMP, CASE*
>>
>> *Senior Director, Global Accounts*
>>
>> *HelmsBriscoe*
>>
>> Office: (704) 664-5765
>>
>> eFax: (866) 713-8001
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>> Mobile: (704) 226-6535
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>> HelmsBriscoe E-Brochure <http://www.hbpdf.com/agent/sgraves.php>
>>
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