<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><br></div><div><div>On Apr 30, 2017, at 7:56 PM, Daniel Hayes wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="auto"><div>Starchild,</div><div><br></div><div>There is a $1,000 F&B(catering) requirement associated with the use of the room. Nick had said a working lunch was probable for the budget meeting and I passed the specs as per consultation with Robert on to our HelmsBriscoe rep who coordinated it with the Hyatt.</div><div><br></div><div>Daniel Hayes</div><div>LNC At Large Member</div><div>Convention Oversight Committee Vice-Chair</div></div></blockquote><div><div dir="auto"></div></div></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span> Assuming Daniel Hayes is correct, and I have no reason to doubt him, <b>meeting at this location would cost the party $1000 in food and beverage purchase obligations to the hotel.</b> </div><div><br></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Certainly I accept any person's choice in spending his or her <i>individual</i> funds in any way that s/he chooses, and I am, for better or more likely for worse, probably as guilty as many libertarians of putting resources toward my own sensual gratification which I could put toward advancing the freedom movement. But regardless of our individual preferences or habits in this regard, as representatives of the members of the Libertarian Party I think we owe it to our members to spend the <i>collective</i> resources they have entrusted to us on advancing the cause of freedom.</div><div><br></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>If there were some reason why expensive hotel rooms were truly necessary in order for us to meet, I would by all means support using party money to pay for those rooms, but they are <b><i>not</i></b> necessary. <b>There are plenty of places where we can reasonably meet and incur $0 in financial obligations instead of $1000. </b></div><div><br></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Some have made an "image" argument – that we need to spend money to meet in upscale locations in order to look "serious" or "professional" or what-not. I do not think this makes us look serious about fighting for freedom. When the signers of the U.S. Declaration of Independence pledged their "lives, fortunes, and sacred honor", that wasn't just trying to look serious, it was <i>being</i> serious. I won't say they were being "professional"; it seems almost insulting to the memory of those who led that previous struggle for American independence to use the term in relation to their efforts. Is the struggle we are now engaged in any less important and critical for the future?</div><div><br></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>I believe the path to freedom lies through manifesting as agents of change, not by emulating the well-heeled organizations that characterize the political establishment – <i>doing things that make us look more like an establishment organization or the party of the wealthy are contra-indicated.</i> They drive away our natural supporters who, for good reasons, mistrust and oppose that establishment. If it walks like a duck...</div><div><br></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>But even more than how it looks, is what it is. Former vice-president Joe Biden has said many dumb things, but I've heard him credited with saying at least one wise thing. He reportedly said, don't tell me what your values are – show me your budget, and I'll tell you what your values are.<b> </b>Are you comfortable with what spending party money on hotel-catered food for meetings of party leaders when it isn't necessary tells people about our values? I am not.</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>I vote no</b>, and encourage my fellow National Committee members to vote this down and <b>instead</b> <b>get behind a motion to meet at a different location in New Orleans that would not incur such an unjustifiable expense</b>. </div><div><br></div><div>Love & Liberty,</div><div> ((( starchild )))</div><div>At-Large Representative, Libertarian National Committee</div><div> (415) 625-FREE</div><div> @StarchildSF</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><div dir="auto"><div><br></div></div></div><div><div>On May 1, 2017, at 9:37 PM, Alicia Mattson wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><div>I vote yes.<br><br></div>-Alicia<br><br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Apr 21, 2017 at 10:48 PM, Alicia Mattson <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:agmattson@gmail.com" target="_blank">agmattson@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div><div>We have an electronic mail <span class="m_-3266724504700639967gmail-m_-8747654015212371956gmail-m_5539741857281978456gmail-m_3269739548110022274gmail-m_-7417594590945562825m_-3106942960241565296gmail-m_2797144110872258469gmail-m_7277579120155508541gmail-m_9149391285218628846gmail-il">ballot</span>.<br></div><br><b><u>Votes are due to the LNC-Business list by May 1, <span class="m_-3266724504700639967gmail-m_-8747654015212371956gmail-m_5539741857281978456gmail-m_3269739548110022274gmail-m_-7417594590945562825m_-3106942960241565296gmail-m_2797144110872258469gmail-m_7277579120155508541gmail-m_9149391285218628846gmail-il">2017</span> at 11:59:59pm Pacific time.<br></u></b> <br><u>Co-Sponsors:</u> Hayes, Harlos, Goldstein, Bilyeu, Redpath<br>
<br><u>Motion:</u> The 2017 LNC budget meeting shall be held at the New Orleans Hyatt Regency on December 9th and 10th, 2017.<span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><br><br></font></span></div><span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888">-Alicia<br><br></font></span></div>
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