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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'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:black'>The Helms Briscoe
planners that we worked with said that starting to look for a Convention site 4
years before the Convention is ideal in terms of maximizing the number of
acceptable venues that will still have available dates.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:black'>If you start looking 5
or more years in advance, they said many hotels will start demanding an
inflation adjustment clause for the prices that are in the contract.<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>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:black'>If we have a
Convention on Memorial Day Weekend, you are forcing many candidates to choose
between attending Memorial Day Parades and activities, or attending our
Convention.<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>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:black'>We should be trying to
maximize the boost that our Convention gives to us achieving our <st1:City
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Mission</st1:place></st1:City> of electing
Libertarians to public office. That <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>might</span></b>
mean trying to maximize attendance, but not necessarily.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:black'><br>
Scott Lieberman<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><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>Norm Olsen<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Sunday, August 31, 2014
10:21 AM<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] Notice of
proposed motion</span></font><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Consolas><span style='font-size:10.5pt'>Please
consider this message as "previous notice" of the following motion to
be made at the September 2014 meeting in <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Alexandria</st1:place></st1:City>:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Consolas><span style='font-size:10.5pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Resolved:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=msolistparagraph style='text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><font
size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>1><font
size=1 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></font></span></span></font><![endif]>The 2018 national convention of
the Libertarian National Committee (LNC) will be held on the Memorial Day weekend
of 2018 (25 thru 28 May 2018).<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=msolistparagraph style='text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><font
size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>2><font
size=1 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></font></span></span></font><![endif]>The schedule of official business
of the 2018 national convention of the LNC shall consist of 2½ days, commencing
on the morning of Saturday, May 26, 2018 and adjourning by 2PM on Monday,
May 28, 2018.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=msolistparagraph style='text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><font
size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>3><font
size=1 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></font></span></span></font><![endif]>We, the LNC, would prefer to have
a private entity produce the convention and, in that regard, hereby directs the
Chair and staff to solicit bids from such private organizations. Such
bids must be sufficiently detailed per Executive Director specifications and
received by the Executive Director by close of business at the <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Alexandria</st1:place></st1:City> office on May 1, 2015.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=msolistparagraph style='text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><font
size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>4><font
size=1 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></font></span></span></font><![endif]>Regardless of whether the LNC
accepts a bid by a private organization or not, the LNC shall choose the
specific venue of the 2018 convention at, or prior to, the last LNC meeting in
2015.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Informal
rationale (in lieu of a whole slew of Whereas’s :>):<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=msolistparagraph style='text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo4'><![if !supportLists]><font
size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>1><font
size=1 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></font></span></span></font><![endif]>Attendance statistics suggest that
attendance of an off-year convention on the Memorial Day weekend is
significantly greater than conventions on other dates.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=msolistparagraph style='text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo4'><![if !supportLists]><font
size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>2><font
size=1 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></font></span></span></font><![endif]>A convention prior to the
commencement of summer activities and following most final exams would enable
more students to attend.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=msolistparagraph style='text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo4'><![if !supportLists]><font
size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>3><font
size=1 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></font></span></span></font><![endif]>A shorter convention on a holiday
weekend will cost delegates significantly less in base financial costs, and
even greater savings in “lost work” opportunity costs.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=msolistparagraph style='text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo4'><![if !supportLists]><font
size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>4><font
size=1 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></font></span></span></font><![endif]>A private organization which
produces a convention can (and usually do) accept corporate sponsorships and
engage in other activities which would reduce the cost of the actual convention
to both the party and its delegates.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=msolistparagraph style='text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo4'><![if !supportLists]><font
size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>5><font
size=1 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></font></span></span></font><![endif]>Either way, we need to make a
decision as soon as reasonably possible. Actually, we should already be
looking at preparations (soliciting bids?) for the 2020 convention.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 color=black face=Consolas><span
style='font-size:10.5pt;color:black'> </span></font>Norman T Olsen <o:p></o:p></p>
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