[Lnc-business] A/V Contract for the National Convention Executed

[Nicholas Sarwark]

We executed a contract with the company recommended by the Convention
Oversight Committee after due diligence.

-Nick

On Wed, Jun 17, 2020 at 5:24 PM <dustin.nanna at lp.org> wrote:

> As a point of clarification do you mean we are contracting with the in
> house or with the other company?
>
> On Jun 17, 2020 5:19 PM, Nicholas Sarwark via Lnc-business <
> lnc-business at hq.lp.org> wrote:
>
> Dear All,
>
> After the review of the bid from the in-house A/V provider from the Rosen
> Shingle Creek, edits and approval from Special Counsel Oliver Hall, and
> the
> decision of the Convention Oversight Committee not to move forward with an
> addendum for remote sites in other states, I approved the contract with
> the
> Audio Visual Group and directed Mr. Kraus to execute it on behalf of the
> Libertarian National Committee.
>
> As a point of personal privilege, I didn't appreciate receiving over 100
> emails sent to the business list over the weekend while I was visiting
> Minneapolis to work in the community with the state chair and activists
> from the Libertarian Party of Minnesota. Getting a message that my Gmail
> storage was full while in the middle of a protest march and hours away
> from
> being back to a computer was particularly inconvenient. The same few
> members of this committee have been exceedingly inconsiderate to their
> fellow members in using a list intended for party business as their water
> cooler and sending tens of messages on the same topic, rather than
> collecting their thoughts into one or two emails. Perhaps this strategy of
> flooding the list is persuasive to others, but it has not been persuasive
> to me.
>
> Also, a LNC member of the Convention Oversight Committee apparently
> thought
> it was appropriate to share exact figures of two contracts to the public
> list, something I find ironic, given that the same member has often been a
> strong proponent of confidentiality of contracts and their details. In the
> future, I would ask all members of the LNC to use good judgment in not
> sharing confidential information publicly.
>
> As the days grow shorter between now and the second sitting of convention,
> I would ask members of this committee to focus on the work of the
> Libertarian Party rather than a flurry of emails and motions in the waning
> weeks of the term, especially since there will be a new LNC in less than a
> month.
>
> My flight and room are booked and I look forward to seeing those of you
> who
> will be attending in person in Orlando.
>
> Yours in liberty,
> Nick
>
>
>