[Lnc-business] A few words about the Convention

[Caryn Ann Harlos]

I agree with the chair and applaud his reasoning.

My loyalty is with what’s right and what’s wrong.

The chair is right.

The delegates voted for this.  We don’t have the right to overrule them
when it is still possible.

If there was a revote showing the delegates gave the LNC new marching
orders, I would revisit.

But right now they haven’t.

And we must all vow to support full remote participation.



On Tue, Jun 30, 2020 at 4:27 PM Nicholas Sarwark via Lnc-business <
lnc-business at hq.lp.org> wrote:

> Dear All,
>
> With the news from the Rosen Group that Shingle Creek will not be
> available, we are working to move to an alternate venue in Orlando, the
> Rosen Center combined with the Convention Center, to hold the second
> sitting of the national convention. That involves negotiations regarding an
> addendum to the convention contract to reflect any concessions or changes.
> Our position in those negotiations is not improved by members of the
> Libertarian National Convention agitating to cancel the entire convention
> contract.
>
> Less than a month ago, my integrity was questioned and people speculated
> that I was lying about doing everything in my power to ensure that there
> would be a second sitting of the convention in Orlando. If you doubted my
> resolve then, do not doubt it now; I will do everything I can to ensure
> that we have a second sitting for the delegates who wish to attend and to
> not waste all of the work that the Convention Oversight Committee has done
> to get us to this point.
>
> We have received assurances from the CoC for months that everything was
> under control for an in-person convention, that all precautions would be
> taken, that regulations weren't being enforced or didn't matter, and that
> even talking about cancelling the convention was an attempt to make the
> convention fail. They went so far as to explicitly prevent me from using
> the “cancellation or force majeure clauses in the contract with Rosen.”
> Even though I told everyone that I've never executed a contract in bad
> faith in my life, still some doubted my commitment to follow through.
>
> Doubt no more.
>
> I trust that the Convention Oversight Committee will ensure that all the
> events are a success, that the LNC will vote to support the bylaws proposal
> for full online participation for any delegates who wish to participate
> remotely for whatever reason, and that the LNC will meet to make a pro
> forma change to the location to be the Rosen Center. I trust that everyone
> will work together to make sure that the party upholds its commitments and
> works with our counterparty to fulfill our contract. I trust that people
> will stop fighting about whether the convention will be a success, and
> start working to make sure it is a success.
>
> See you in Orlando,
> Nick
>
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