[Lnc-business] A few words about the Convention

[Sam Goldstein]

Dear Nick,

If you are so supportive of an in-person convention at this late date 
then why are you refusing to be the final LNC member to vote on the 
pending motion that would allow the LNC to meeting quickly to confirm 
the change in venue?

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Sam Goldstein, At Large Member
Libertarian National Committee
Convention Oversight Committee
317-850-0726 Cell

On 2020-06-30 18:27, Nicholas Sarwark via Lnc-business 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