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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:black'>To do a thorough
analysis of the advantages and disadvantages of meeting in hotels vs. other
types of locations, one needs to take into account:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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size=2 color=black face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
Verdana;font-weight:bold'>Convenience </span></font></b><font size=2
face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>(how long
it takes to commute from your sleeping quarters to the meeting site, and
how long it takes to walk to and from lunch on Saturday, and maybe on Sunday)<o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
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size=2 color=black face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
Verdana;font-weight:bold'>Ambience.</span></font></b><font size=2
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Despite comments from some of our members, the hotels at which the LNC
holds its meetings are NOT luxury hotels. <o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
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<a href="http://www.hotel-price-index.com/2014/spring/">http://www.hotel-price-index.com/2014/spring/</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.25in'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>“The HPI was started in 2004 at 100 and includes
all bookings across all star ratings <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>from
one-star to five-star.</span></b> More than 150,000 properties around the world
make up the sample set of hotels from which prices are taken.”<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'> The average price paid by
travelers for all hotel bookings in the <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">USA</st1:place></st1:country-region> during 2013 was $131 per night.
Compare that to what the LNC will pay for our hotel rooms during the last 2 LNC
Sessions of 2014.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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color=black face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'> Do
you really think that meeting in a barely large enough meeting room in a
Denny’s or some other coffee shop is going to be conducive to holding
a productive meeting? Sometimes LNC members need to go to their
hotel rooms in the middle of the day – how do you do that <o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
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if the meeting site is 3 miles from your hotel room?<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:black'>The problem isn’t
the amount of our member’s money that we spend on Board meetings. The
problem is that after 42 years of existence we haven’t created a successful
political party. Because of that, we are still scrimping for every dollar.
That is why the amount of money we spend on board meetings seems “excessive.”<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:black'>The answer to this “problem”
is for us to encourage, cajole, and help our affiliates to elect many more
Libertarians to public office, and for us to retain ballot status in 40 or more
states on a semi-permanent basis; not just in October of even numbered
years.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:black'>If we do those two
things, and we pay just an average amount of attention to fund raising, it won’t
matter if the party spends $10,000 or $20,000 per year on Board Meetings.
<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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Scott Lieberman<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font size=2
face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'> Lnc-business
[mailto:lnc-business-bounces@hq.lp.org] <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>On
Behalf Of </span></b>Joshua Katz<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Sunday, August 03, 2014 9:26
PM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> lnc-business@hq.lp.org<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> [Lnc-business] Meeting
costs</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>“</span></font>Ron posted an
excellent letter from Starchild on the costs of conventions. I thought
the $2500 I had heard was high. As I said a few days ago, when I was
corrected and found it was much higher, I was shocked. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>I do not want to meet in DC every meeting. We should use the
office we own when feasible, but it's just not fair to hold every meeting in
the same location. If LNC members want to bring a camper instead of
staying in a hotel, that's fine, but irrelevant, since it has nothing to do
with what the LP pays for our meetings. But, really, $3000 for a room for
18 people to meet (or $2000 in food and beverage to get the room for 'free?')
I used to work at a school that weekly held meetings for 40 people.
I assure you we could not have rented out the room we used for
$3000/weekend. And we were on the beach! <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>18 people can meet in a park in nice weather. 18 people can meet,
as I said before, in a suite. 18 people can meet in a coffee shop.
18 people do not need to pay $3000 for a room - and we wouldn't if it
were our money. We should be as careful, if not more so, with our donors
money, as with our own.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Convention is one thing. This is quite another, and is quite
insane. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Joshua A. Katz<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Region 8 (Region of Badassdom) Alternate<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Libertarian National Committee<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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Chair, Libertarian Party of Connecticut<font color=black><span
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