[Lnc-business] Convention Change of Venues

[Tim Hagan]

Mr. Goldstein is likely already asleep at this late hour, so I'm
forwarding his message for the LNC members who were not at Monday's COC
meeting. 

Convention Update - Next to last one! 

On Friday, June 26th the COC was notified by Rosen Properties that their
Shingle Creek property was not going to open until September. This meant
that our National Convention was in jeopardy and we were in shock. 

During that initial discussion we were told that their Rosen Center
property had never closed and they proposed moving our convention to
that venue and the adjoining Orange County Convention Center. As of
today we are in possession of an outline of how that will happen and
hope to have a contract addendum ready for the LNC's approval within a
couple days. There will be no additional costs to the Libertarian Party
for this change in venue, all added costs for the Convention Center will
be taken care of by Rosen Properties. We will actually have a larger
main hall at 93k sq ft and more room for exhibits and breakouts.

All room reservations made for Shingle Creek will be moved to an
equivalent room at the Rosen Center (which was the location of our 2016
National Convention). You need not contact the hotel to change your
reservation. Also, all suite upgrades and hospitality rooms will also
have similar settings 

The COC also voted tonight to approve an addendum to the contract with
AV Group that will provide a remote convention site for NY, NJ and CT
delegates at Syracuse, NY based on discussions with the three state
chairs. This is an option we have been working on for almost two months
and had a hard deadline of today to proceed. We did with with no surety
that the delegates at Orlando will authorize remote participation but
with the faith that they will for delegates that cannot travel due to
government constraints. 

We are still planning to have a great convention at Orlando next week
and look forward to seeing many of you there. 

Live Free, 

Sam Goldstein 

-- 
Tim Hagan
Treasurer, Libertarian National Committee