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

Fri Aug 11 13:12:41 EDT 2017

Wes,

The COC's job is to find locations that would be best for the party and for
our members.  We have
put hundreds of hours of work into narrowing the field to five or six
locations which we will present
to the LNC next week.

If the LNC chooses to submit those locations to a membership survey that
would be fine with me, however I would not want it done without a express
request from the Committee.

There are many other factors that go into a site selection process and the
cheapest room rate and/or
cheapest meals might not be the deciding factor needed to stage a
successful POTUS nominating
convention in 2020.

Live Free,

Sam Goldstein
Libertarian National Committee
Member at Large
8925 N Meridian St, Ste 101
Indianapolis IN 46260
317-850-0726 Phone
317-582-1773 Fax

On Fri, Aug 11, 2017 at 11:53 AM, Wes Benedict <wes.benedict at lp.org> wrote:

> 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 <(202)%20333-0008>, wes.benedict at lp.orgfacebook.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 <(202)%20333-0008>, wes.benedict at lp.orgfacebook.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> wrote:
>
>> Attached thank you for pointing that out!
>>
>>
>>
>> Live Free!
>>
>>
>>
>> *Robert*
>>
>>
>> Robert S. Kraus - Dir of Operations
>> Operations at LP.org
>> Libertarian National Committee
>> Ph: 202.333.0008 x 231 <%28202%29%20333-0008>
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>> Join today: https://www.lp.org/membership
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>> LP FB Page: https://www.facebook.com/libertarians
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>> *From:* Lnc-business [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; lnc-business at lp.org; 'LP-State Chairs';
>> 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
>>
>> (805) 583-3308 Home
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>> (805) 404-8693 Mobile
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>> starrcpa at gmail.com
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>>
>>
>> *From:* Lnc-business [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; 'LP-State Chairs'; 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 10th!
>>
>>
>>
>> Live Free!
>>
>>
>>
>> *Robert*
>>
>> Robert S. Kraus - Dir of Operations
>> Operations at LP.org
>> Libertarian National Committee, Inc.
>>
>> 1444 Duke Street
>>
>> Alexandria, VA 22314
>> Ph: 202.333.0008 x 231 <%28202%29%20333-0008>
>>
>>
>>
>> Join today: https://www.lp.org/membership
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>> LP FB Page: https://www.facebook.com/libertarians
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