[Lnc-business] new convention website using NationBuilder

[Kevin Ludlow]

>It will be interesting to see what the next crop of Texas Libertarian
"experts" come up with.

I want to point out as always that while I AM an expert with web and
software architecture, I am NOT even close to being an expert with design.
I do know what looks bad, but I lack the artistic skills to make it good.
My expertise comes in the form of humbly accepting that and outsourcing the
design effort to an actual professional.  I think you'd be pretty amazed
with what an expert design team could do.

-Kevin

On Tue, Feb 16, 2016 at 5:17 PM, Wes Benedict <wes.benedict at lp.org> wrote:

> The new convention website is here: http://libertarian.nationbuilder.com/
>
> More about it is below. It was put together in 8 weeks by a pair of
> experts in Texas who said national's marketing, branding, messaging, and
> website LP.org sucked.
>
> Back in 2009 I was so disappointed by national's marketing, branding, and
> messaging myself, that I lobbied heavily for the LNC's executive director
> position. I've fixed quite a few things over the years, but more work
> remains. I was happy when some new Texans with new ideas got them rolled
> out via http://libertarian.nationbuilder.com/
>
> It will be interesting to see what the next crop of Texas Libertarian
> "experts" come up with.
>
> 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 11/24/2015 2:09 PM, Wes Benedict wrote:
>
> 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
> facebook.com/libertarians @LPNational
> Join the Libertarian Party at: http://lp.org/membership
>
>
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