[Lnc-business] update on 2018 convention plans

[Daniel Hayes]

According to the Rosen Center it's worth 100/day/person so in the 2016 conventions case so 400 per person. So 1000 delegates. About $400,000. If we have 4 people donate $100,000 each to our FEC allowed convention find we can have internet in the main hall this year.😳
That said without having gotten any specific competing bids for the 2018 convention, but having spoken to a friend that is a professional meeting planner in the area, $90/hr seems to be the hotel rate for labor for a/v and she seemed to think that about $50/ hr was the rate for third party firms. That labor cost was what put the A/V Guys that are doing it for $40/hr ahead of the hotel and other companies in Orlando that were charging a lot more.


Daniel Hayes
Convention Committee Complaint Department

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> On May 6, 2016, at 6:22 AM, Sam Goldstein <goldsteinatlarge at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Alicia,
> 
> Thanks for the update.  Does the committee have an idea of the value of an internet connection for up
> to 600 people?
> 
> Sam Goldstein
> Libertarian National Committee
> Member at Large
> 8925 N Meridian St, Ste 101
> Indianapolis IN 46260
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> 
>> On Thu, May 5, 2016 at 6:24 PM, Alicia Mattson <agmattson at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Obviously, the Convention Oversight Committee is pretty busy right now.  Not only is it peak season for the 2016 details, but we're also hoping to wrap up the 2018 New Orleans contract before the end of the term.
>> 
>> I wanted to give you an update on a matter that the LNC discussed in Phoenix when we made the 2018 site selection.  I relayed to our search agent the board's interest in trying to get wi-fi in the convention hall for delegates to use.  She was able to negotiate a contract clause for 2018 which says if we use the hotel's in-house A/V provider, we'll get free wi-fi for up to 600 connections in the main hall.  That's a high-value concession that I thought you'd be pleased to hear.  We often, but not always, use the in-house A/V company.  A/V is one of the largest cost categories for our events, and it sometimes pays to shop around.  Obviously for 2018, the value of the in-house wi-fi concession will have to be factored into the consideration of any competing bids from outside vendors.
>> 
>> -Alicia
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