<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=windows-1252"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;"><div>Wes,</div><div><br></div>I am a little lost here..Not sure where Mr Olsen’s referenced email is. If there are blatant unneeded expenses then please share those here with us Wes. Consider this a formal request from the District 7 Regional Alternate for the information.<div><br></div><div>Daniel Hayes</div><div><div><div>On Aug 31, 2014, at 4:07 PM, Wes Benedict <<a href="mailto:wes.benedict@lp.org">wes.benedict@lp.org</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite">
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">I'm confident a survey of members would
show people would prefer shorter conventions. (I think that's what
Mr. Olsen is suggesting below.) I don't recall that question being
asked in a survey in recent years. But I do hear the complaint
quite often that the conventions are too long, too boring, too
much parliamentary theatrics, and too expensive. Shorter would be
less boring and less expensive. Training could more easily be fit
in before the convention for those that enjoy hanging around for
more days. And for those that try to squeeze in local
sight-seeing, a shorter convention would make it easier for
delegates to join their families. One less average hotel night per
convention would be a great goal.<br>
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LP Texas had over 300 attendees at its 2014 convention at a cheap
venue. I don't know the total budget, but I'd like be interested
in knowing. And I'll take a guess it cost $25,000. <br>
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The 2014 national convention in Ohio cost over $120,000.<br>
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I'm pretty confident Robert Kraus and I could design a pretty good
2018 national convention for 400 to 700 delegates that cost
$60,000. That's because he and I know of a lot of costs at the
2010, 2012, & 2014 conventions that could have been reduced or
avoided. <br>
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$60,000 versus $120,000. Our services and advice are available
upon request (but preferably not this coming week due to other
priorities).<br>
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On 8/31/2014 1:21 PM, Norm Olsen wrote:<br>
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<blockquote cite="mid:001e01cfc53f$fcd25cd0$f6771670$@com" type="cite">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.</blockquote>
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