<html><head><style type="text/css"><!-- DIV {margin:0px;} --></style></head><body><div style="font-size: 13px;color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family: Arial;">I am not trying to get the LNC or the Convention Organizing Committee to change any policies for the Convention we will be attending later this month in Orlando, FL.<br><br>But - I do want to get this on the record in case the next LNC decides to change anything.<br><br>The current price for the lowest level "package" at our Convention is $95. Currently the cheapest (and only) package available for the Green Presidential Nominating Convention is $135. Even their "Early Bird Price" was still $5 more than our price.<br><br>The Green Party does have waivers of this fee for various "minority" groups, but those are limited in number and you actually have to apply for them. White, straight males apparently are not eligible for those waivers<br> ( http://www.gp.org/pnc-2016 ). So, it is very clear that all on-site attendees to the Green National Convention need to pay the $135, or explicitly apply in advance for a waiver.<br><br><br>My point is - with regard to their Convention, even the quasi-Communist Green Party does not subscribe to the saying that Karl Marx popularized: "From each according to their ability, to each according to their needs."<br><br>Now before Mr. Frankel or someone else counters with "BUT - the Green Party permits proxy voting", please note the following:<br><br> 1. Yes, their proxy voters do not have to pay the registration fee. BUT - they severely limit the number of people who can vote by proxy. <br><br> 2. Robert's Rules strongly advises against proxy voting. Just one example of why they have this prohibition: do the at-home voters get to vote on closing debate?<br><br> 3. I do not know this for a fact, but I assume the proxy votes are only cast for the Pres and VP Nominations. It is difficult for me to believe that they have people sitting at home, following their Platform and Bylaws debate, and then voting on the main motions after all the amendments are processed.<br><br> 4. People who vote by home via proxy do not get to share in social experience and milieu of a Convention. So, they do not get the extremely large social benefit of social interactions within and outside the Convention Hall. Also, the at-home voters don't need giant Jumbotrons to see the action. Fewer Jumbotrons means spending less money. Also - the Convention Hall does not have to be as large if some voters are voting from home. So, it is not <b>totally</b> unreasonable to exempt proxy voters from paying a registration fee.<br><br>In summary, if the Green Party is smart enough to require ALL on-site attendees to pay a non-trivial registration fee, I would like to think that the much more economically literate Libertarian Party would not let the Green Party be more fiscally responsibility than we are.<br><br> Scott Lieberman<br></div></body></html>