[Lnc-business] Email Ballot 2016-01: Riot Fest

Sun Jun 26 22:31:46 EDT 2016

I understand the desire from CO to spend less if possible, but the LNC also
has competing interests for its limited resources.  Cash, sometimes more-so
than budget, is often the big driver of spending decisions, as budget often
exceeds cash.  If we don't spend cash on this budget item, we have more
cash left over for ballot access drive overruns and defending challenges.

If CO looked at their budget and decided they'd put in up to $800, then I
don't think the LNC should be asked to pay more than the difference between
that and the $1100 total.  Isn't asking for extra beyond the $200-300
essentially a subsidy for the state party to back-fund their other efforts?

Just because there are political overtones to the event, that doesn't
necessarily mean that the attendees are likely voters.  Maybe they are, but
maybe they're not.  I don't know.

Yes, growing the base is always desired, but especially this year, I think
we'll get the most bang for our buck by targeting likely voters who won't
vote for Hillary or Trump.  Are those the people at Riot Fest?  I don't
know.  Are attendees there to talk politics or to party?  I don't know.

-Alicia

On Sun, Jun 26, 2016 at 7:16 PM, Caryn Ann Harlos <carynannharlos at gmail.com>
wrote:

> First of all I abstain.
>
> To answer Alicia's question, this is my understanding.  CO is committed to
> pay $800 if necessary (that was their maximum) but that would potentially
> limit further outreach events that they could do in this season in addition
> to activities to promote the Johnson campaign that may arise.  CO is next
> weekend going to the Western Conservative Summit, a major political event
> in CO, with a booth cost of $1,000.  CO also just paid to fly in Will Coley
> to go on outreach visits to prominent CO mosques in order to reach the
> Muslim community.  CO is aggressive in Outreach and commits quite a bit of
> limited funds to said activities.  Riot Fest, as an event in CO that draws
> from all over the country, they were requesting that National assist to an
> extent that would relieve some of that burden since a good deal of the
> benefit would not go directly to CO but to the Party writ large.  Further,
> in order to adequately staff the booth (2 would be a skeleton crew),
> additional passes would need to be purchased (it is unknown if passes can
> be transferred at this point as well), and this would free up resources to
> purchase items to sell (though no approval has been made on that by the
> LPCO board).  Last year non-profits did get a 10% discount, but that has
> not been confirmed for this year, but there is the potential that the
> minimum cost to CO may be $920 (the booth fee is $800 and $200 for the
> liability insurance).
>
> I have copied the LPCO State Chair on this email so he can communicate to
> me if I have mischaracterized or omitted anything here.
>
> As far as information on Riot Fest, this is from an earlier email to the
> LNC on this:
>
> 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.
>
>
> In Liberty,
> Caryn Ann Harlos
> Region 1 Representative
> (Alaska, Arizona, Colorado, Hawaii, Kansas, Montana, Utah, Wyoming, Washington)
>
> *PS: remember, please sign your emails... the sender information is often unclear when this goes to the public list, and the members can have a hard time keeping track of who said what, and they deserve to know.*
>
>
> On Sun, Jun 26, 2016 at 7:59 PM, Daniel Hayes <danielehayes at icloud.com>
> wrote:
>
>> I vote Yes.
>>
>> Daniel Hayes
>> LNC At Large
>>
>> Sent from my iPhone
>>
>> On Jun 26, 2016, at 8:38 PM, Alicia Mattson <agmattson at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> We have an electronic mail ballot.
>>
>>
>> *Votes are due to the LNC-Business list by July 6, 2016 at 11:59:59pm
>> Pacific time.*
>> *Co-Sponsors:*  Harlos, Goldstein, Hayes, Bittner
>>
>> *Motion:*  Move that the LNC provide $600.00 to LPCO for the Riot Fest
>> event.  These funds would come from the budget for Affiliate Support.
>>
>> -Alicia
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> Caryn Ann Harlos
> Region 1 Representative
> (Alaska, Arizona, Colorado, Hawaii, Kansas, Montana, Utah, Wyoming,
> Washington)
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