[Lnc-business] How can we promote higher female attendance at next convention? and also how to engage those applicants?

[Wes Benedict]

I think phone calls from a friendly person simply encouraging people to 
attend will boost attendance significantly. For each state, you would 
want to understand the process for getting people added as delegates. 
Additionally, in non-presidential-years, there are often fewer attendees 
meaning more states with opening. And people who aren't added to their 
own state affiliates are often picked up by other states.  Also, you can 
encourage people to attend even if they aren't voting delegates. Voting 
delegates are supposed to sit through tedious, extremely boring 
discussions and votes regarding the platform and bylaws (something I've 
usually skipped myself the times I was a delegate). Non-voting delegates 
have the option of attending seminar sessions or sneaking off to Pat 
O'Briens <http://www.patobriens.com/patobriens/default.asp> for a 
hurricane.

Seriously, the phone call saying "Hi, this is Jane, I wanted to see if 
you would come to our national convention in New Orleans. We had so much 
fun in Orlando in 2016. "

Of course a line up of speakers that includes "cool, fun, entertaining" 
speakers and trainers that attendees would want to hang out with after 
their speeches, as opposed to "dry, scholarly" stuff, probably helps. 
So, encourage the convention committee to sign me up in a speaking slot.

Wes Benedict, Executive Director
Libertarian National Committee, Inc.
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On 4/30/2017 4:47 PM, Caryn Ann Harlos wrote:
> We just had all these applicants that were not appointed.... can we 
> find some way to not have them be discouraged and get them something 
> to do?  Maybe with convention or something else?
>
> Also what proactively can we do to promote more female party members 
> to attend convention?  Maybe organize a group of volunteers to make 
> phone calls?
>
> (these ideas were brought to me by Party members so I am bringing them 
> up here)
>
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> *Caryn Ann Harlos*
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