[Lnc-business] Looking for sponsors: Miami Meeting

Wed May 8 17:00:12 EDT 2019

In response to the questions about a fundraising opportunity:

As you know, we've done two LNC meetings and two associated fundraising
events in Alexandria in recent months. Neither of those events raised much.
Part of that is because we don't have a big donor base in the area and part
of it is because we've been there so much in recent times.

It is helpful to move these events around the country to reach out to new
groups of members and donors. This is helpful for the party both in the
short term and long term, as we build relationships.

I have not done any work on a fundraising event in Miami yet so there are
no details to share.

Regardless of the amount of money raised at a specific event, much of the
value in fundraising events is the relationship building...helping get
people exposed to the party in a more substantial way and inspiring them to
get involved, as donors, members, activists, etc.

Some cities are easier for hosting fundraising events than others.
Sometimes we can predict that. Sometimes we can't.

I'm happy to discuss this on the phone more with anyone who is interested
in that level of detail. But there is a limit to what I will post on this
forum about fundraising outreach, methods, and strategies.

Side note: Robert is very talented at getting us great deals at hotels.
Often we pay very little or nothing for the event room.

Lauren Daugherty
Development Director
Libertarian National Committee

On Wed, May 8, 2019 at 3:05 PM Jeff Lyons <jeff.lyons at lp.org> wrote:

> I'd like to hear more about fundraising opportunity.
>
> We can still have a fundraising event separately from the LNC meeting if
> we have to, but if there's a benefit to the whole LNC being there (we
> haven't done much to support the fundraising mission at past events), we
> should try to support it (by actually participating in the fundraising
> portion).  I think most people just want access to Nick, though, so maybe
> him plus the local affiliate and LNC reps would be enough to put on an
> event like that.  (I understand Mr. Nekhaila recently took over as chair of
> LPF... I'm sorry for your loss of social life!)
>
> We don't need to have our LNC meetings in a nice hotel meeting room.  We
> could just as easily meet at any small function hall literally anywhere in
> the country.  I recently secured my local VFW Function Hall (room for 150)
> for a whole weekend for the LP Massachusetts Convention for an absolute
> steal, less than half the price of a tiny function room at a La Quinta
> where we hosted Leadership Institute training for 25 people and only 4
> hours.  I can only imagine the Marriotts and other hotel chains we have
> used for meetings are even more expensive than that, hour for hour.  There
> are opportunities out there if we leverage our relationships and especially
> if we empower our members and local affiliates to leverage theirs on our
> behalf.
>
> In the future, think we should explore letting it the State Chairs bid on
> bringing the LNC to town by securing affordable venues for us, in exchange
> for a reasonable cost / fundraising split. Let them handle the set up and
> planning.  It would reward the most active chapters and provide the lagging
> ones something to work towards, and the LNC Region Reps a tool to
> incentivize them with.  That being said, if the LNC would like to come to
> Boston in Q1 2020, perhaps we can test this? St. Patrick's Day or Patriots
> Day?
>
> Regardless, hoping this Miami trip turns out to be a good opportunity.
>
> Thanks for all you do for the Liberty of others.
>
> -Very Respectfully,
> Jeff Lyons
>
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>
>
>
> On Wed, May 8, 2019 at 3:24 PM -0400, "Caryn Ann Harlos via Lnc-business"
> <lnc-business at hq.lp.org> wrote:
>
> PS I have friends and family in Miami.  This personally benefits me but is
>> NOT what we agreed upon and Mr Bishop-Henchman is absolutely right. We
>> could have ceded that decision to the chair and did not and I do not agree
>> to retroactively do so.
>>
>> On Wed, May 8, 2019 at 1:20 PM Caryn Ann Harlos
>> wrote:
>>
>> > This would be a motion to rescind - we already decided that we would be
>> > given the costs and we would decide.
>> >
>> > I was not happy with that arrangement last meeting but took it on faith we
>> > would actually do what we said we would do.  Just papering it over with one
>> > choice disrespects our votes.
>> >
>> > On Wed, May 8, 2019 at 1:04 PM John Phillips via Lnc-business <
>> > lnc-business at hq.lp.org> wrote:
>> >
>> >> I would like to have a cost appraisal of having it in miami vs alexandria
>> >> first
>> >>
>> >>  We worked hard to balance the budget, which included cutting a chunk out
>> >> of our budget for these meetings, based in part on the opinion of staff
>> >> that it saved about 1500 a meeting to have them in alexandria.  I am not
>> >> inclined to screw that up now.
>> >>
>> >> Unless a cost/benefit analysis shows differently - with an allowance that
>> >> going to different areas lets us invite different donors and meet different
>> >> people of course.
>> >>
>> >> John Phillips
>> >> Libertarian National Committee Region 6 Representative
>> >> Cell 217-412-5973
>> >>
>> > --
>> >
>> > *  In Liberty,*
>> >
>> > *Libertarian Party and Libertarian National Committee Secretary *- Caryn.Ann.
>> > Harlos at LP.org  or Secretary at LP.org.
>> > *Chair, LP Historical Preservation Committee* - LPedia at LP.org
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>>
>> *  In Liberty,*
>>
>> *Libertarian Party and Libertarian National Committee Secretary *- Caryn.Ann.
>> Harlos at LP.org  or Secretary at LP.org.
>> *Chair, LP Historical Preservation Committee* - LPedia at LP.org
>> Call me at 561.523.2250 and follow my public figure page atfacebook.com/pinkflameofliberty/
>>
>> =========================================================================
>> Peaceful Commerce With All Nations * Non-interventionism * Re-Legalize All
>> Drugs * End Government Intrusion In The Bedroom * Repeal All Gun Laws *
>> Abolish All Taxation * Sound, Free-market Money * Abolish The Fed * End
>> Corporate & Individual Welfare * Abolish The IRS and Repeal the Income Tax
>> * Privatize Transportation Infrastructure * Free-market Emergency Services
>> * Open Migration * Transfer Government Schools To The Private Sector *
>> Eliminate Regulation *
>>
>> *VOTE LIBERTARIAN * 800-ELECT-US or http://www.LP.org *
>> =========================================================================
>>
>>

-- 
Lauren Daugherty
Development Director
Libertarian National Committee