<div dir="ltr">Wes,<div><br></div><div>Per our conversation at the LNC meeting, I fully support your efforts on this trial run. Let me know</div><div>if you need any help from the IT Committee.</div><div><br></div><div>Live Free,</div><div><br></div><div>Sam Goldstein</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Nov 24, 2015 at 2:11 PM, <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:doug@vikingmetals.com" target="_blank">doug@vikingmetals.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Sounds awesome...<br>
Doug Craig<br>
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Subject: [Lnc-business] new convention website using NationBuilder<br>
From: Wes Benedict <<a href="mailto:wes.benedict@lp.org">wes.benedict@lp.org</a>><br>
Date: Nov 24, 2015 2:06 PM<br>
To: <a href="mailto:lnc-business@hq.lp.org">lnc-business@hq.lp.org</a><br>
CC:<br>
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Unless I detect significant opposition soon from the LNC, I plan to have<br>
built a 2016 convention website using the NationBuilder platform.<br>
<br>
I've already broached the topic with Nick Sarwark and Sam Goldstein.<br>
<br>
I'm excited about the possibilities the NationBuilder technology offers,<br>
but not yet completely sold on the platform or the enormity of the<br>
conversion task.<br>
<br>
Starting with a convention website will allow us to get our feet wet<br>
with the technology, and at the same time, to quickly roll out some of<br>
our new branding. And since this won't involve a massive wholesale<br>
instantaneous changeover from our current website, LP.org on Drupal, and<br>
our current membership database, RaisersEdge, it's something we can<br>
manage without the risk of destabilizing our entire organization at the<br>
start of a Presidential election year.<br>
<br>
If you like the content of the 2013 Libertarian Party of Texas Annual<br>
Report:<br>
<a href="http://www.lp.org/files/LPTX_2014_Annual_Report.pdf" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://www.lp.org/files/LPTX_2014_Annual_Report.pdf</a><br>
then I think you're going to like our upcoming branding efforts and<br>
convention website.<br>
<br>
The makers of that annual report, including the events portrayed, the<br>
graphics, and I'll add to that--most of the content of the current<br>
LPTexas website <a href="http://lptexas.org/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://lptexas.org/</a> (joomla platform I think), will be<br>
building the 2016 convention website.<br>
<br>
Separately, Andy Burns, our affiliate support specialist, has already<br>
implemented a couple NationBuilder sites at the state level. He won't be<br>
the main driver of this project, but of course we'll consult him for<br>
practical advice.<br>
<br>
The convention theme, as voted on by members, will be #LegalizeFreedom<br>
</div></div><<a href="http://www.lp.org/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://www.lp.org/</a>><br>
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Starting with a convention website allows us to import a small portion<br>
of our database contacts, which keeps the pricing very low, but allows<br>
us to experiment with its interactivity capabilities with our best<br>
activists.<br>
<br>
If things go well, I can see migrating other things, like perhaps<br>
<a href="http://lpstore.org/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://lpstore.org/</a> to the NationBuilder site. Perhaps the site could<br>
eventually morph into the replacement for LP.org, but that's something<br>
we can decide later.<br>
<br>
Perhaps we will be able to get away from some of the additional payment<br>
portals we've had to rely on, like Piryx pages<br>
</span><<a href="https://secure.piryx.com/donate/uO2ehmy0/libertarian/llpp22" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://secure.piryx.com/donate/uO2ehmy0/libertarian/llpp22</a>>, and<br>
Authorize.net <<a href="http://www.lp.org/office-fund" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://www.lp.org/office-fund</a>>, and consolidate those<br>
<span class="">functions into the NationBuilder system.<br>
<br>
The 2014 convention website is here, <a href="https://lpcon2014.org/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://lpcon2014.org/</a> and I<br>
suspect we'll easily outdo that one.<br>
<br>
Content for the 2016 convention is currently embedded in pages on our<br>
existing website: <a href="http://www.lp.org/convention/welcome" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://www.lp.org/convention/welcome</a><br>
<br>
I see the new website as a combination of a convention project, an I.T.<br>
project, and a branding project. The costs will be relatively low. The<br>
risks will be relatively low. Our Treasurer and Audit Committee will<br>
have plenty of fun double-checking the cost allocations.<br>
<br>
I plan to tell our team to get started on this next week, and to have it<br>
live before the end of the year, unless you guys want to stop this<br>
before then, which I can live with. There are many viable paths around<br>
the roadblocks of progress.<br>
--<br>
Wes Benedict, Executive Director<br>
Libertarian National Committee, Inc.<br>
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