[Lnc-business] P.S. – Re: MOTION: Re: August LNC meeting

Tue Mar 14 18:59:49 EDT 2017

I will co-sponsor

On Tue, Mar 14, 2017 at 4:33 PM Starchild <sfdreamer at earthlink.net> wrote:

>
> In support of this motion, I'd just like to share a few quotes from the
> latest LP fundraising letter signed by our chair, which happened to arrive
> in my mail today:
>
> *"We have a small team and we are very thoughtful about how we use our
> resources."*
>
> *"We always seek to produce high quality work on a thrifty budget."*
>
> *"When you give to the Libertarian Party, you can rest assured that we
> work hard to get the maximum effect from your investment." *[boldface in
> original letter]
>
> I urge my colleagues on the LNC to join me in seeking to ensure that we
> live up to these claims when it comes to that part of the party budget
> which most directly relates to us as representatives, and not give anyone
> reason to accuse us of telling our donors one thing but doing something
> different in practice.
>
> Love & Liberty,
>                                  ((( starchild )))
> At-Large Representative, Libertarian National Committee
>                               (415) 625-FREE
>                                 @StarchildSF
>
>
> On Mar 14, 2017, at 3:02 PM, Starchild wrote:
>
> I'm fairly agnostic on where we meet Joshua (though see below), but if it
> were to be Minneapolis, I'd be much more interested in hearing about what
> the Cyrstal Libertarians *accomplished* with their city council majority
> once they had it. We've all heard plenty about *how* to get elected
> (including, for those who called in, the informative teleconference you and
> Brett Bittner hosted just a few weeks ago on the topic), but we pay too
> little attention, in my opinion, to *what Libertarians actually do once
> in office*. Important to remember that winning office is a means to an
> end, not the end in itself. The goal is to advance freedom. The more we can
> show that to be happening when Libertarians hold office, the more reason
> voters have to elect us.
>
> As usual with our meetings, I'll look more favorably on locations that:
>
> • save the LP money by not paying for meeting room rentals and related
> expenses (e.g. catered food/beverages)
> • have locals willing to host traveling LNC members or others coming to
> the meeting in order to avoid/reduce lodging expenses
> • have party affiliates who want to host an LNC meeting in their area and
> haven't done so before or recently
> • have tie-ins with local (L)ibertarian activism or events
>
> Related to saving the party money on this meeting (and on future meetings
> by improving meeting cost transparency), I also make the following motion,
> and ask for co-sponsors:
>
>
> -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> *Moved, that no more than one party staff member maximum be flown to the
> August meeting at party expense, that staff looking into meeting locations
> be directed to prioritize looking for locations that will not require any
> room rental fee or related fees/obligations (e.g. buying a certain amount
> of food, filling a block of hotel rooms, etc.), and that the LNC be
> informed within a reasonable length of time after each meeting of the total
> cost to the party of that meeting and the breakdown of expenses making up
> that cost, including amounts paid for flights, shipping, food, etc.*
>
> -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Love & Liberty,
>                                  ((( starchild )))
> At-Large Representative, Libertarian National Committee
>                              (415) 625-FREE
>                                @StarchildSF
>
>
> On Mar 14, 2017, at 7:27 AM, Joshua Katz wrote:
>
> I suggest Minneapolis, which is near Crystal, Minnesota, where
> Libertarians used to be a majority on the city council.  This would enable
> us to have a session, maybe over lunch, where we can hear about how they
> won that majority.
>
> Joshua A. Katz
>
>
>
>
> On Tue, Mar 14, 2017 at 9:22 AM, Sam Goldstein <goldsteinatlarge at gmail.com
> > wrote:
>
> Dear LNC members,
>
> Many of us are in the midst of planning our summers and I think it is time
> that we take up the issue of where to have our meeting scheduled for
> August 19-20, 2017.
>
> I'm in favor of moving west for this one.  Let's get the ball rolling with
> suggestions of locations and sites so we can narrow it down over the next
> couple weeks and perhaps have a decision done by our April meeting.
>
> Thanks and
>
> Live Free,
>
>
> Sam Goldstein
> Libertarian National Committee
> Member at Large
> 8925 N Meridian St, Ste 101
> Indianapolis IN 46260
> 317-850-0726 <(317)%20850-0726> Phone
> 317-582-1773 <(317)%20582-1773> Fax
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