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    On a scale of 1 to 100 for this upcoming meeting, I rate OKC an 82,
    and Phoenix a 79. My point being that they both have plenty of pros
    and cons and it doesn't matter to me much which is picked between
    the two.<br>
    <br>
    The online voting is running neck and neck right now.<br>
    <br>
    If the LNC-EC votes on this tonight, based on their individual
    preferences expressed so far, I think they'd pick Phoenix by a
    one-point margin.<br>
    <br>
    I think we could all live with that, but if they pick OKC, I think
    we could all live with that too. So, I'm hoping they pick it
    tonight. <br>
    <br>
    <pre class="moz-signature" cols="72">Wes Benedict, Executive Director
Libertarian National Committee, Inc.
1444 Duke St., Alexandria, VA 22314
(202) 333-0008 ext. 232, <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:wes.benedict@lp.org">wes.benedict@lp.org</a>
facebook.com/libertarians @LPNational
Join the Libertarian Party at: <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://lp.org/membership">http://lp.org/membership</a></pre>
    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 1/6/2016 10:56 AM, Wes Benedict
      wrote:<br>
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      Your welcome Brett. I see 4 votes already, so we're on our way to
      a resolution. Tonight at 10 PM we have an LNC-EC meeting. I don't
      know if it would be considered appropriate for one of the LNC-EC
      members to make a motion to pick a specific city based on the poll
      results. <br>
      <br>
      But just in case that does happen, I encourage people to express
      their preferences before 10 PM Eastern tonight. <br>
      <br>
      And many thanks to Kevin Ludlow for putting the polls together to
      help achieve consensus. <br>
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      <pre class="moz-signature" cols="72">Wes Benedict, Executive Director
Libertarian National Committee, Inc.
1444 Duke St., Alexandria, VA 22314
(202) 333-0008 ext. 232, <a moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:wes.benedict@lp.org">wes.benedict@lp.org</a>
facebook.com/libertarians @LPNational
Join the Libertarian Party at: <a moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://lp.org/membership">http://lp.org/membership</a></pre>
      <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 1/6/2016 10:35 AM, Brett Bittner
        wrote:<br>
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        <div dir="ltr">Wes,
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          <div>Thank you for sharing these with us, as well as the
            alternate idea for Phoenix. </div>
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          <div>With Kevin's poll ( <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://polljunkie.com/poll/zamzoj/poll-2-please-do-not-open-the-page-and-then-not-vote">http://polljunkie.com/poll/zamzoj/poll-2-please-do-not-open-the-page-and-then-not-vote</a>
            ) active and now equipped with this information, we should
            be able to come to a motion by the end of the day, one would
            hope. Some of us have to arrange travel from places other
            than our home cities for this particular meeting,
            coordinating with people who are chomping at the bit to
            finalize travel for their events in New England.</div>
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            <div class="gmail_signature">Brett C. Bittner
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              <div>404.492.6524</div>
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                <div>"I would rather be exposed to the inconveniences
                  attending too much liberty than those attending too
                  small a degree of it." -- Thomas Jefferson</div>
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          <div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Jan 6, 2016 at 10:28 AM, Wes
            Benedict <span dir="ltr"><<a moz-do-not-send="true"
                href="mailto:wes.benedict@lp.org" target="_blank">wes.benedict@lp.org</a>></span>
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              <div bgcolor="#FFFFFF" text="#000000"> See attached
                spreadsheet from Helms Briscoe (and email below), plus a
                spreadsheet on Oklahoma from Robert Kraus.<br>
                <br>
                In summary:<br>
                1. Phoenix convention hotel will be $189 per night for
                the sleeping rooms. Free meeting space. $1,000 food and
                beverage minimum (so we'll probably do something like
                pay for your lunch and coffee to reach that $1,000
                minimum).<br>
                <br>
                2. OKC hotel will be $82 per night for sleeping rooms.
                Free meeting space. Free breakfast. No Food and beverage
                minimum.<br>
                <br>
                HOWEVER, Robert Kraus noted to me from his vacation
                today in Miami that: "Also we do not have to hold the
                meeting at the Phoenix locations to see them. We can
                have the CVB send us a van to take us to the 2 locations
                under consideration and stay at the Holiday Inn &
                Suites Phoenix Airport North again for about $119-129 a
                night. . "<br>
                <br>
                Thanks,<br>
                <div>--Wes<br>
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                        <td>Quarterly Board Meeting Hotel Proposals</td>
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                          valign="BASELINE">Date: </th>
                        <td>Tue, 5 Jan 2016 22:12:58 +0000</td>
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                          valign="BASELINE">From: </th>
                        <td>Sandy Graves <a moz-do-not-send="true"
                            href="mailto:sgraves@helmsbriscoe.com"
                            target="_blank"><sgraves@helmsbriscoe.com></a></td>
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                        <th align="RIGHT" nowrap="nowrap"
                          valign="BASELINE">To: </th>
                        <td>Robert Kraus <a moz-do-not-send="true"
                            href="mailto:robert.kraus@lp.org"
                            target="_blank"><robert.kraus@lp.org></a></td>
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                        <td>'BetteRose' <a moz-do-not-send="true"
                            href="mailto:betterose@aol.com"
                            target="_blank"><betterose@aol.com></a>,
                          'Alicia Mattson' <a moz-do-not-send="true"
                            href="mailto:agmattson@gmail.com"
                            target="_blank"><agmattson@gmail.com></a>,
                          'Nicholas Sarwark' <a moz-do-not-send="true"
                            href="mailto:chair@lp.org" target="_blank"><chair@lp.org></a>,
                          <a moz-do-not-send="true"
                            href="mailto:wes.benedict@lp.org"
                            target="_blank">wes.benedict@lp.org</a> <a
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                            href="mailto:wes.benedict@lp.org"><a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:wes.benedict@lp.org"><wes.benedict@lp.org></a></a></td>
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                    <p class="MsoNormal"><span
                        style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Robert,</span></p>
                    <p class="MsoNormal"><span
                        style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Attached


                        please find the completed Hotel Availability
                        Report showing those hotels that have the Feb
                        20-21 Board Meeting dates available.  Of the
                        five properties selected to receive the RFP,
                        four of them have availability and have offered
                        a proposal.</span></p>
                    <p class="MsoNormal"><span
                        style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""> </span></p>
                    <p class="MsoNormal"><span
                        style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">The


                        attached report has three tabs.  Tab 1 is an
                        overview of each hotel’s offer showing room
                        rates, meeting room rental and F & B
                        minimum. Tab 2 is an in-depth, detailed
                        breakdown of each property’s proposal and Tab 3
                        shows the lone property that turned down the RFP
                        due to no guestroom availability. By the way,
                        initially the Hyatt Regency Bellevue also turned
                        down the RFP but has since come back with
                        availability due to being able to offer
                        alternate meeting space.</span></p>
                    <p class="MsoNormal"><span
                        style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""> </span></p>
                    <p class="MsoNormal"><span
                        style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Once


                        you’ve had an opportunity to review each
                        property’s proposal, please contact me with any
                        questions that you may have. Each of them
                        sharpened their pencil the best that they could
                        and each of them in anxious to earn your
                        business. I look forward to your feedback. </span></p>
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                      <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span
                            style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Sandy


                            Graves, CMP, CASE</span></b><span
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                      <p class="MsoNormal"><i><span
                            style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Senior


                            Director, Global Accounts</span></i><i><span
style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""></span></i></p>
                      <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span
                            style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">HelmsBriscoe</span></b><span
style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""></span></p>
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                          style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Office:


                          <a moz-do-not-send="true"
                            href="tel:%28704%29%20664-5765"
                            value="+17046645765" target="_blank">(704)
                            664-5765</a> </span><span
                          style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""></span></p>
                      <p class="MsoNormal"><span
                          style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">eFax:


                          <a moz-do-not-send="true"
                            href="tel:%28866%29%20713-8001"
                            value="+18667138001" target="_blank">(866)
                            713-8001</a> </span><span
                          style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""></span></p>
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                          style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Mobile:


                          <a moz-do-not-send="true"
                            href="tel:%28704%29%20226-6535"
                            value="+17042266535" target="_blank">(704)
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