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

[Ken Moellman]

Awesome to hear that locations have been narrowed down.  I'm excited to see
the results.  I see no harm in letting the COC continue to weigh the pros
and cons of each location and narrow things down.  If it comes down to 2 or
3 sites that are equal, maybe the COC would consider a fundraising activity
like the "slogan" contest?  I suspect it will be less controversial on
substance, but it might net some extra cash for the party.

On Fri, Aug 11, 2017 at 1:12 PM, Sam Goldstein <goldsteinatlarge at gmail.com>
wrote:

> 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
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> 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*
>>>
>>>
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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
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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.
>>>
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