[Lnc-business] Request for Motion to Sponsor Outreach Booth

[Caryn Ann Harlos]

Okay, I will postpone my request for this motion and make this request
outside the LNC.  I am a newbie, please have patience.

On Thu, Jun 16, 2016 at 8:07 AM, Robert Kraus <robert.kraus at lp.org> wrote:

> Did you contact Wes, Andy or Nick about this? We have plenty of money in
> affiliate support and $800 is nothing. Really no reason for a motion that
> staff can just do without one.
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> *From:* Lnc-business [mailto:lnc-business-bounces at hq.lp.org] *On Behalf
> Of *Caryn Ann Harlos
> *Sent:* Thursday, June 16, 2016 9:44 AM
> *To:* lnc-business at hq.lp.org
> *Subject:* [Lnc-business] Request for Motion to Sponsor Outreach Booth
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> Colorado has requested that I make the following Motion with regards to
> Riot Fest, a large event happening in Colorado in September.  The Motion
> will follow next and after that, information on the event and why National
> might be interested put together by Colorado's Outreach Director Marie
> Cochran.  Please note that Colorado has already passed a Motion to fund
> this themselves regardless of any decision from National but during
> discussion it was raised that since this has more of a national scope that
> it would be under National's interest to get involved.  Colorado does
> not, however, want the opportunity to be missed and since it is happening
> on their home soil, have stepped up.  I also note that I do not have any
> knowledge of any insurance requirements or liabilities.
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> Move that the LNC authorize spending a maximum of $800 to fund an Outreach
> Booth at Riot Fest to be staffed by Colorado volunteers.
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> Riot Fest Proposal
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> Riot Fest is a 3 day music festival that is held in 2 cities on separate
> dates in September.  This event is extremely popular as people travel from
> across the county and internationally to attend.  There are five to six
> stages in all. Vendor tents are placed outside, usually along the perimeter
> of the fenced in area by the outdoor stages. Attendance is expected to be
> approximately 40,000 per day, so there are a lot of people walking around
> from stage to stage. There is ample space to speak to the festival goers at
> our outside tent. We will be able to carry on conversations with potential
> voters.  We can also expect national media coverage as MTV, Rolling Stone,
> Huffington Post amongst others have covered the event in the past.  The
> target demographic will be the disenchanted Bernie Sanders supporters,
> Independents and anyone looking for a 3rd party option.  As the event is
> built around, but not limited to, Punk Rock there are heavy political
> undertones.  I have also been in contact with Seth Levy from the Gary
> Johnson campaign who says that this event is “right up his ally” however
> due to potential security concerns at that point in the campaign can not
> guarantee his appearance.
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> The cost for a booth at the event was $800 last year, with a 10% discount
> for non-profit vendors, we can expect the same this year.  The ROI for the
> National Party will be exposure to 120,000 voters from around the country,
> plus the potential for national media coverage.  In the spirit of ‘putting
> my money where my mouth is’ I have agreed to donate the first $100 to the
> event.  The LP has been accused of only ‘sitting around and talking about
> liberty in it’s purist form’ and never ‘showing up.’  Now more than ever we
> need to challenge that notion and get out in front of as many people as
> possible.  If there was ever a time to ‘go for broke,’ that time is now.
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> http://riotfest.org/    is the web site... They haven't finalized the
> lineup yet so the massive promoting has not started.
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> In Liberty,
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> Caryn Ann Harlos
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> Region 1 Representative
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> (Alaska, Arizona, Colorado, Hawaii, Kansas, Montana, Utah, Wyoming,
> Washington)
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> Caryn.Ann.Harlos at LP.org
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In Liberty,
Caryn Ann Harlos
Region 1 Representative
(Alaska, Arizona, Colorado, Hawaii, Kansas, Montana, Utah, Wyoming,
Washington)
Caryn.Ann.Harlos at LP.org
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