[Lnc-business] Convention Change of Venues

[Caryn Ann Harlos]

We need to see an addendum or whatever sooner rather than later.  The two
"sides" are eating each other's faces once again on facebook, and I have
died inside over it.

People can disagree in good faith.  No matter what happens now or whenever,
I believe it is our job to accept whatever decision we collectively make
whether we personally agree or not and work to make whatever that is a
success.

That is what I intend to do.  I am convinced that the "all or nothing"
spectrums on both sides are seriously damaging our party.  There is no
parity.  My position:  I want everyone to get their way.  Those who wish to
attend in person and those who wish to attend remotely, and that is how I
will vote on this body and if necessary at any in-person convention.  I
respect all choices and that people have good faith reasons for holding
them.  We would all be better off if we all did that IMHO.



*In Liberty,*

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On Tue, Jun 30, 2020 at 12:44 AM Tim Hagan via Lnc-business <
lnc-business at hq.lp.org> wrote:

> 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
>