[Lnc-business] Email from LP national ED-Not good message

[Elizabeth Van Horn]

Dan Fishman, 

Thank you for replying.  

This language:   "I'm sending a list to all the state chairs of the
delegates and alternates who aren't attending any of the practice
sessions so they can whittle down their final delegate lists."   Is
wrong.  

Nor, does that say "the spreadsheet makes delegation chairs aware and
allows the delegation chair to contact their group."  

Which you could have said.  The difference isn't an inartful phrasing,
but two different meanings. 

I also got a message last night from a different Region 3 delegate, who
said, and they quoted you:

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'Fishman just mentioned to an alternate that chairs are "aggressively
kicking people out" and it's possible she'd be promoted to delegate

In the training I'm in.'

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So, what I'm getting is delegates complaining that the LP national ED is
saying, or implying, that delegates are going to be, or are being,
'whittled' or 'kicked' from their delegate spots.   This is not a good
look for LP national.  We work for the delegates.  Not the other way
around.   I know you're helping the delegates, and that work is much
appreciated.  The LP should've gone with some professional company,
instead of this DYI on Zoom.  I understand that you have your hands full
in an effort to make it work.  I understand that you'll, "try to choose
words less ambiguously" in the future regarding our delegates. 

Regards, 
EVH

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Elizabeth Van Horn
LNC Region 3 Representative (IN, MI, OH, KY) 

On 2020-05-21 12:28, Daniel Fishman wrote:

> I regret any confusion. The list is compiled based on the list of delegates and alternates and then removing the people who have signed into a zoom training session.
> Prior to that email we were under 35% attendance. It is true that people who attend with a different email address than the one we send the zoom got this email -- hence my statement "no one with this email address...." It's also true that many people are unaware when they sign into zoom with their work email.
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> I absolutely want people to attend at least one practice session. Having done hundreds of tech rollouts, customer training is the critical aspect in determining success. I provided the spreadsheet, broken up by state, to all the state chairs so they could contact only those we saw at risk as having not been to a training and encourage them to get training. My comment at the end, perhaps inartfully phrased, was meant to indicate that that the spreadsheet makes delegation chairs aware and allows the delegation chair to contact their group.
> 
> I am doing everything I can to ensure success of the convention, and the fewer people we have who are logging into zoom for the very first time on Friday, the more successful we will be. 
> 
> Obviously the lists are controlled by the delegation chairs, and I certainly regret that people felt threatened. I am operating at breakneck speed, and assumed everyone understood that only states and delegation chairs control the lists. I will try to choose words less ambiguously.
> 
> Please encourage everyone who hasn't been to a zoom training yet to get to the one this afternoon.
> 
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> Daniel Fishman
> Executive Director
> The Libertarian Party
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