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

[Caryn Ann Harlos]

This has been asked several times over the past weeks - can we please have
an answer?

*In Liberty,*

* Personal Note:  I have what is commonly known as Asperger's Syndrome
(part of the autism spectrum).  This can affect inter-personal
communication skills in both personal and electronic arenas.  If anyone
found anything offensive or overly off-putting (or some other social faux
pas), please contact me privately and let me know. *



On Wed, Jun 17, 2020 at 6:01 PM Caryn Ann Harlos <caryn.ann.harlos at lp.org>
wrote:

> Why is the chair not signing these contracts as required by the policy
> manual?
>
> On Wed, Jun 17, 2020 at 5:53 PM Alicia Mattson via Lnc-business <
> lnc-business at hq.lp.org> wrote:
>
>> 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
>> >
>>
> --
>
> *In Liberty,*
>
> * Personal Note:  I have what is commonly known as Asperger's Syndrome
> (part of the autism spectrum).  This can affect inter-personal
> communication skills in both personal and electronic arenas.  If anyone
> found anything offensive or overly off-putting (or some other social faux
> pas), please contact me privately and let me know. *
>
>