[Lnc-business] One-Question LP Convention Survey

[Caryn Ann Harlos]

I’m really tired of having to learn these things on social media

On Tue, May 26, 2020 at 3:44 PM Richard Longstreth via Lnc-business <
lnc-business at hq.lp.org> wrote:

> Caryn Ann,
>
> I can confirm they pushed back their opening. If you go to their site to
> make a reservation prior to the 30th of June you get the notice message.
>
> So the hotel will be open for only 1 week before we get there. Did the
> hotel communicate that to the COC prior to our meeting last night?
>
> Richard Longstreth
> Region 1 Representative (AK, AZ, CO, HI, KS, MT, NM, OR, UT, WA, WY)
> Libertarian National Committee
> richard.longstreth at lp.org
> 931.538.9300
>
> Sent from my Mobile Device
>
> On Tue, May 26, 2020, 11:27 Elizabeth Van Horn via Lnc-business <
> lnc-business at hq.lp.org> wrote:
>
> > Now I'm getting messages from people concerned that the survey won't be
> > confidential.
> >
> > Alicia, when you set up the survey, did you set it up so people can be
> > identified?  Or, anonymous responses?   As survey monkey can be done
> > either way.
> >
> > People are also asking how did you get the email list of delegates and
> > alternates?  Understanding that you replied:  "I used the list after the
> > Credentials Committee's final meeting,.."
> >
> > How did you get that list?  Does the COC have access to the Credentials
> > Committee email list?
> >
> > Please reply to these questions.  As I'm fielding these questions in
> > messenger and I don't have the answers for the people asking.
> >
> > EVH
> >
> >
> >
> > ---
> > Elizabeth Van Horn
> > LNC Region 3 Representative (IN, MI, OH, KY)
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On 2020-05-26 13:36, Alicia Mattson via Lnc-business wrote:
> > > As with the debate tokens we sent out before, it might take 24 hours
> > > for
> > > some of these to pop out of the internet and into people's inboxes.
> > > The
> > > deadline is tomorrow evening, so there's time for that to happen.  As
> > > always, if an email isn't in an inbox, look in spam, even look in the
> > > trash
> > > folder as some people found the debate tokens there.
> > >
> > > I used the list after the Credentials Committee's final meeting, and
> > > though
> > > debate tokens only went to delegates, this attendance question was sent
> > > to
> > > delegates and alternates on that list.  It will not, of course, have
> > > the
> > > three names added on the final day.
> > >
> > > It's not a vote/token that determines or heavily influences our
> > > presidential nominees.  A handful of the alternates' email addresses
> > > had
> > > similar issues to what I previously described with the delegates email
> > > addresses, however I'm not going to spend the extensive amount of time
> > > I
> > > did before to make sure that everyone gets to participate.  As I
> > > suggested
> > > last night, the goal here is to get a solid representative sample, and
> > > then
> > > extrapolate the results to the whole.  We've already got a really great
> > > response rate, so I think in the end we'll have reasonable confidence
> > > in
> > > what to expect.
> > >
> > > The decisions the COC makes on Thursday night about financial risks
> > > will be
> > > much more informed with less guessing.
> > >
> > > -Alicia
> > >
> > >
> > > On Tue, May 26, 2020 at 10:17 AM Alex Merced (LNC Vice Chair) via
> > > Lnc-business <lnc-business at hq.lp.org> wrote:
> > >
> > >> Alicia mentioned in the chat during the COC meeting we all attended
> > >> early
> > >> on about her sending it out the next day and no one objected at that
> > >> time.
> > >>
> > >> Email is generally a bad way to mass communicate in today’s world of
> > >> spam
> > >> filters and firewalls, but there really isn’t a better way on short
> > >> notice.
> > >> I received it and I didn’t see anything particularly objectionable
> > >> about
> > >> the wording.
> > >>
> > >> Ideal world all delegates would be reachable on a reliable platform
> > >> LPHQ
> > >> administrates kinda of like the LP slack channel which people can join
> > >> at
> > >> LP.org/chat.
> > >>
> > >> Alex Merced
> > >> Vice Chair of the Libertarian National Committee/LP
> > >>
> > >> > On May 26, 2020, at 12:58 PM, Elizabeth Van Horn via Lnc-business <
> > >> lnc-business at hq.lp.org> wrote:
> > >> >
> > >> > Why this matters:
> > >> >
> > >> > 1)  Not all delegates and alternates are getting the survey.
> > >> > 2)  Those who wanted the survey were not consulted on language or
> > >> anything about the survey.
> > >> > 3)  The survey should have been sent from LPHQ.
> > >> >
> > >> > ---
> > >> > Elizabeth Van Horn
> > >> > LNC Region 3 Representative (IN, MI, OH, KY)
> > >> >
> > >> >
> > >> >
> > >> >
> > >> >> On 2020-05-26 12:41, Elizabeth Van Horn via Lnc-business wrote:
> > >> >> I'm seeing people say they did not get the survey that was sent to
> > >> >> delegates and alternates.
> > >> >> Some delegates and alternates are saying this.  Then, I was
> > surprised to
> > >> >> learn that Alicia Mattson sent out that survey.  Without input from
> > >> >> others on the wording.
> > >> >> Survey went out at 4:30 AM for us in eastern time.  Likely to be
> > buried
> > >> >> by the time people look at their in-box.  Hell, I didn't even know
> it
> > >> >> was there, until I saw Sam post something on FB.  Then I started
> > >> >> alerting people about it.  Already seeing people question why the
> > survey
> > >> >> is worded the way it is.
> > >> >> How things are done matter.  I'm not happy about this.
> > >>
> > >>
> >
>
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