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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'>Mr. Riemers:<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'>When you get to <st1:City
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Orlando</st1:place></st1:City>, ask one of the members
of the Convention Organizing Committee about Helms-Briscoe. I think they
perfom the “travel agent” function you are asking
about. I am pretty sure they are helping us select a site for the
2018 Convention. I am not sure if using them is worth it for the 20 or so
room nights we generate during an LNC Session.<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'>One can certainly find
hotel rooms that are under $100 per night, and have free breakfasts. But
such a beast does not exist in the <st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">California</st1:place></st1:State>
cities that have decent air travel connections. I doubt the LNC would be
willing to meet in <st1:City w:st="on">Visalia</st1:City> or <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City
w:st="on">Redding</st1:City></st1:place>, which have a few commercial flights
and most likely cheap hotel rooms. <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'>One of the things you
implicitly agree to when you join the LNC is that sometimes we will have
in-person meetings in hotels where the room cost will be near the USA Average,
which I think was around $125 per night when I quoted it a few weeks ago.<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 this board was
consistently agreeing to have LNC Sessions in hotels that cost us $180 or $250
per night, then I would agree that we should be looking for cheaper quarters.<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 Rosen Centre –
$95 per night (IIRC) with a free breakfast, and only 3 miles from <st1:place
w:st="on">DisneyWorld</st1:place>, is about the best deal you are ever going to
see during this LNC term.<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>Roland Riemers<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Wednesday, November 11, 2015
9:51 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> Re: [Lnc-business] Stand
in 2016 Pres & VP candidates</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><font size=4 color=black
face=Helvetica><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:black'>In
regards to the printer, I had not yet read the costs of the printer when
I replied (the problem with emails is we get the newest one first, and we
have to read all the emails to fully understand what has taken place).
In this instance, $11k for a printer seems overly expensive, and I
personally would never have spent that much. But, I do not know who made
that decision or why. But even in my own organization I have had workers
piss away money for this or that tool or object because "I needed to get
the job done", but if they had taken a few seconds to ask me,
I could have handed it to them out of our shop or supplies. Making
stupid decisions is just part of human nature. I do think we need to look
at the entire picture. While costly, maybe the delux printer
allowed them to double their work or it really increase our membership or cash
inflow. I am a realestate investor in real life, and I always tell
people I do not care how much a property costs, I mostly want to
know how much it will make me. So, while costly, if the printer is
paying for itself, then who cares.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><font size=4 color=black
face=Helvetica><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:black'>Speaking
of costs, one of my concerns is the high costs of these LNC meetings and
also our 2016 convention. I also dislike seeing our DC staff tied up for
weeks scheduling out an event. I would suggest we instead put that job
onto a commercial travel agent in the DC area. They could not only
arrange our site, but also our transportation to the site, and probably at a
cheaper price then what our staff comes up with. (I am assuming of course staff
is not currently using a travel agent?). I believe our next LNC meeting
is likely going to be in <st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">California</st1:place></st1:State>?
I would therefore suggest we try using a DC travel agent for this.
My consideration for a site would be that it be at a hotel where the rooms cost
less then $100; it has a free airport shuttle, and a free breakfast, and
a meeting room that is reasonably priced.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><font size=4 color=black
face=Helvetica><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:black'>Redpath
mentioned a stand-in candidate for Presdient. Actually, if we don't
get anything better then what I have read about so far, I would seriously
like to see somebody like Redpath take up the torch. Bill is cool and
collected and intelligent and besides Redpath would be a great name to have on
a ballot, and certainly he would make a better debater or president then
Hillary or Donald Duck.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><font size=4 color=black
face=Helvetica><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:black'>Roland
ND<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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