<div dir="ltr"><div>We had the budget meeting in mid November in 2012, so it's not unheard of to</div><div>have it in November.</div><div>The rate they can give us for the weekend of November 14/15 is 95 dollars per night.</div><div> </div><div>Vicki Kirkland</div><div>Region 2 Rep</div><div> </div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Jun 16, 2015 at 12:56 PM, James Lark <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jwl3s@virginia.edu" target="_blank">jwl3s@virginia.edu</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Dear colleagues:<br>
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I hope all is well with you. I greatly appreciate Mr. Sarwark soliciting feedback concerning this matter before submitting a motion for our consideration. Allow me to share with you some comments about this matter; I hope you find them helpful.<br>
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1) The weekend of Nov. 14-15 is very bad for me, as I have been invited to deliver an address to the European Students For Liberty conference in Copenhagen, Denmark on Nov. 14. In addition, since we shall consider the 2016 budget during this meeting, I believe it would be better for us to hold the meeting on Dec. 12-13 (or if necessary Dec. 5-6), as we would have more information at our disposal in preparing the budget.<br>
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As a related point, the Executive Committee is responsible for preparing the draft budget for consideration in advance of the LNC meeting. Holding our fall meeting on Nov. 14-15 would likely require the EC to prepare the draft budget in later October. At least two EC members (Bill Redpath and I) will be very busy in October, as elections for the Virginia General Assembly take place in November. (Mr. Redpath and I serve as chair and vice chair, respectively, of the Libertarian Party of Virginia.)<br>
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2) A few minutes ago I visited the Rosen Centre website to check on room rates for Nov. 13-15 and for Dec. 11-13. I was surprised to observe that the rate for a "deluxe double room" was $194.00 for both Nov. 13 and Nov. 14, whereas the rate for the same room on Dec. 11 and Dec. 12 was $173.00.<br>
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While the fact that rates on the website for a Nov. 14-15 meeting are higher than rates for a Dec. 12-13 meeting doesn't imply the Rosen Centre will give us the same room rates for the two meeting dates, it suggests to me that we should make additional inquiries concerning rates for a Dec. 12-13 meeting (and a Dec. 5-6 meeting) before any motion is considered. Frankly, I would be very surprised if the Rosen Centre is unwilling to give us the same rate for a Dec. 12-13 meeting as long as rooms and meeting space are available.<br>
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3) I believe there is an additional benefit to holding the LNC meeting on Dec. 12-13 that we should consider. Specifically, the anniversary of the founding of the LP takes place on Dec. 11. Perhaps we could hold a Libertarian Party celebration/fundraiser on the evening of Friday, Dec. 11 at the hotel. Indeed, assuming that there are no FEC (or State of Florida) problems, we may be able to conduct a joint LP/LP Florida/LP local Orlando organization celebration that evening. In any event, we may be able to organize some type of celebration at the hotel that provides an additional incentive for the hotel to give us a favorable rate for a Dec. 12-13 meeting.<br>
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As always, thanks for your work for liberty; as always, thanks for considering my comments. I look forward to seeing you next month.<br>
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Take care,<br>
Jim<br>
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James W. Lark, III<br>
Advisor, The Liberty Coalition<br>
University of Virginia<br>
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Region 5 Representative, Libertarian National Committee<br>
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On 6/16/2015 9:56 AM, Nicholas Sarwark wrote:<br>
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All,<br>
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Vicki Kirkland has been in contact with the Rosen Centre, the site of<br>
our May 2016 convention, about the possibility of having an LNC<br>
meeting there in advance of the convention. This would allow the many<br>
members of the committee (myself included) who have not been to the<br>
venue to see it prior to this coming May.<br>
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In her discussions with the hotel, they have offered a $95/night room<br>
rate for the weekend of November 14-15, but indicated that the only<br>
weekends they could make that rate available would be that one and the<br>
weekend immediately following Thanksgiving (November 28-29). After<br>
that point, the hotel is in holiday season and the rates go up.<br>
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Before we have a mail ballot on the issue, I'd like to put it out to<br>
the list for a discussion of the pros and cons of the proposed date<br>
and venue versus any alternatives.<br>
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-Nick<br>
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