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

[Alicia Mattson]

I will await receiving a copy of an executed contract before I join a
request to cancel the meeting.  I hope we can do that, as I have other
things I'd like to do with my Saturday.  Is there some reason the chair is
not signing, since the dollar amount of the contract is too large for a
staff member to sign?

The chair has known that this contract was in the works, and that it needed
to be executed promptly.  I don't understand any reason for him to complain
about us sending emails insisting that it happen.  The chair has certainly
urged several of us on the LNC this term to resign if we were unhappy with
our job requirements.

It's also interesting for the LNC chair to travel and participate in public
protests while he has recently argued that it's irresponsible for us to
have an in-person convention.

I will also note that supporters of Mr. Sarwark on social media seemed to
have ready access to drafts of the convention contract during its
negotiation.

-Alicia


On Wed, Jun 17, 2020 at 2:19 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
>