[Lnc-business] 2020 Convention comment Re: Jul Membership Report

Fri Aug 11 11:53:36 EDT 2017

Speaking of surveys, I'd also like to see a survey to help the LNC and 
Convention Committee choose the 2020 convention location.

The Convention Committee has done a great job gathering lots of 
locations to consider. They have collected a wide range of options and 
have narrowed it down.

I'd like to see if our members would prefer a more expensive location 
with hotel prices in the $149 per night range and dinners that cost the 
LP $100 per meal (and lunches $59), or if they'd prefer a location where 
hotel prices were around $119 per night, and dinners cost the LP closer 
to $59 per meal (and lunches $39). The package prices we set, and profit 
or loss the LP makes on conventions, is highly dependent upon the prices 
hotels charge for meals.

Wes Benedict, Executive Director
Libertarian National Committee, Inc.
1444 Duke St., Alexandria, VA 22314
(202) 333-0008 ext. 232, wes.benedict at lp.org
facebook.com/libertarians @LPNational
Join the Libertarian Party at: http://lp.org/membership

On 8/11/2017 11:16 AM, Wes Benedict wrote:
>
> Patrick, I share your concern regarding our dues-paying membership 
> decline and think a survey would be worthwhile.
>
> I have done some surveys in the past by snail mail, but it's been a 
> while. I think it's time to do another set.
>
> See attached survey mailings.
>
> See some survey results on page 7 of LP News: 
> http://www.lp.org/wp-content/uploads/2011-4_LP_News.pdf
>
> I found the two responses regarding the Tea Party questions to be 
> especially illustrative.
>
> I will plan to do another survey this Fall.
>
> I'll also be asking for a budget increase at this LNC meeting to pay 
> for prospecting for new donors/members to lists that have routinely 
> been our best performers.
>
>
> Wes Benedict, Executive Director
> Libertarian National Committee, Inc.
> 1444 Duke St., Alexandria, VA 22314
> (202) 333-0008 ext. 232,wes.benedict at lp.org
> facebook.com/libertarians @LPNational
> Join the Libertarian Party at:http://lp.org/membership
> On 8/11/2017 8:20 AM, Patrick McKnight wrote:
>> All,
>>
>> I don't understand why our declining membership isn't our number one 
>> priority as an organization. These reports come out showing we have a 
>> real problem and no one seems to notice. Too often the LNC is too 
>> busy having pointless philosophical debates amongst ourselves while 
>> people are voting with their feet and leaving the party.
>>
>> I would like us to do an email survey of our membership to determine 
>> what people like and don't like about the party. I don't accept this 
>> culture of failure that since our numbers went up last year they have 
>> to go down this year.
>>
>> I don't pretend to have all the answers to this problem. But I think 
>> a good place to start is simply asking our membership. It would be 
>> free and we might learn something.
>>
>> Interest in liberty is exploding, if our numbers don't reflect that 
>> we are doing something wrong.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Patrick McKnight
>> LNC Region 8 Rep
>> Chair, New Jersey Libertarian Party
>>
>> On Fri, Aug 4, 2017 at 10:13 AM, Robert Kraus <robert.kraus at lp.org 
>> <mailto:robert.kraus at lp.org>> wrote:
>>
>>     Attached thank you for pointing that out!
>>
>>     Live Free!
>>
>>     /*/Robert/*/*/
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>>     *From:*Lnc-business [mailto:lnc-business-bounces at hq.lp.org
>>     <mailto:lnc-business-bounces at hq.lp.org>] *On Behalf Of *Aaron Starr
>>     *Sent:* Thursday, August 03, 2017 4:32 PM
>>     *To:* lnc-business at hq.lp.org <mailto:lnc-business at hq.lp.org>;
>>     lnc-business at lp.org <mailto:lnc-business at lp.org>; 'LP-State
>>     Chairs'; staff at lp.org <mailto:staff at lp.org>
>>     *Subject:* Re: [Lnc-business] Jul Membership Report
>>
>>     Robert,
>>
>>     For some reason the report compares July 2017 with June 2016, so
>>     the prior year data point did not get updated from last month’s
>>     report.
>>
>>     Can you revise this report to compare July 2017 with July 2016?
>>
>>     Aaron Starr
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>>     *From:*Lnc-business [mailto:lnc-business-bounces at hq.lp.org
>>     <mailto:lnc-business-bounces at hq.lp.org>] *On Behalf Of *Robert Kraus
>>     *Sent:* Thursday, August 03, 2017 9:32 AM
>>     *To:* lnc-business at lp.org <mailto:lnc-business at lp.org>; 'LP-State
>>     Chairs'; staff at lp.org <mailto:staff at lp.org>
>>     *Subject:* [Lnc-business] Jul Membership Report
>>
>>     Jul Membership Report is attached. Open to find out who is no
>>     longer tied for 10^th !
>>
>>     Live Free!
>>
>>     /*/Robert/*/*/
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