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    <p>A Northern Virginia Libertarian and Robert Kraus just reminded me
      there's a Libertarian who owns a couple hotels in the area where
      we could meet for free as well. One is a Best Western. The room
      rates are pretty low when I just checked.<br>
    </p>
    <p>So, you've got two free options in the Alexandria/DC area. I'll
      leave it to others to find and inspect potential free meeting
      locations in other parts of the U.S.</p>
    <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 7/14/2017 10:20 AM, Wes Benedict
      wrote:<br>
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      <p>Starchild, if the LNC showed a significant interest in meeting
        at free locations then I'd have Robert research more free
        locations and I could probably find a few myself. However, the
        LNC has not shown a significant interest in that.  In any case,
        it is always possible to meet on the top floor of the LPHQ for
        free if the LNC wants to do that and the LPHQ has the benefit of
        being easily accessible from a large airport. The top floor
        would of the LPHQ would be a bit crowded, but would work, and it
        feels significantly less claustrophobic than the basement, and
        certainly has better air flow and ambiance, albeit the air
        conditioner is a bit on the loud side. If it turned out to be
        nice weather, we could literally meet in the parking lot with
        plenty of space and set up folding tables and folding chairs.
        The parking lot is mostly empty on Saturdays--Sunday we'd need
        to set up before the church traffic arrives, but if we did, that
        would work fine. However, overhead projectors and laptops would
        be hard to see outside. <br>
      </p>
      <p>If the LNC were to show interest in meeting at least twice per
        year at LPHQ, I'd make an extra effort to reconfigure the office
        to make it at least a little more comfortable for those
        meetings. <br>
      </p>
      <p>LNC representatives from the west coast who feel it is unfair
        to have to go to the east coast all the time could, if the LNC
        approved, participate via adobe connect or conference call.</p>
      <p>Likewise, if at some point the LNC decides it prefers to meet
        without staff present, I'm pretty sure staff would be willing to
        miss the meetings, although I will say I've often noticed LNC
        discussions going in a sub-optimal direction based on not
        knowing certain details, and when I've raised my hand and been
        called on have provided additional information, that information
        has informed the LNC and resulted in different decisions than if
        I had not provided the info. <br>
      </p>
      <p> Our recent focus with LNC meetings has been to set up meetings
        with major donors. We raised a significant amount of money in
        Pittsburgh. If we cut out staff travel to LNC meetings, not as
        many of those fundraising meetings could happen as effectively.
        <br>
      </p>
      <p>In the mean time, if the someone comes up with a great free
        location for meetings that the rest of the LNC would support
        using, those suggestions should be sent to the LNC
        representatives.  The LNC picks the meeting locations, and staff
        will facilitate the LNC choices. <br>
      </p>
      <p><br>
      </p>
      <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" moz-do-not-send="true">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" moz-do-not-send="true">http://lp.org/membership</a></pre>
      <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 7/14/2017 8:15 AM, Ken Moellman
        wrote:<br>
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      <blockquote type="cite"
cite="mid:CAMHzqAz9daw9KOoxR0Sovmm4q0OMRqr_LEsvtVoS70r0QZpHyQ@mail.gmail.com">
        <div dir="ltr">Based on the chart included above, it appears
          that the cheapest option is to have more meetings at the
          Residence Inn in VA near the office.  I would not be opposed
          to more meetings there.
          <div><br>
          </div>
          <div>ken</div>
        </div>
        <div class="gmail_extra"><br>
          <div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Jul 14, 2017 at 2:49 AM,
            Starchild <span dir="ltr"><<a
                href="mailto:sfdreamer@earthlink.net" target="_blank"
                moz-do-not-send="true">sfdreamer@earthlink.net</a>></span>
            wrote:<br>
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                <div><span class="m_1939954475407308307Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre-wrap">    </span>Thank
                  you Wes, the spreadsheet is very helpful! I was afraid
                  that when I did finally receive information on this,
                  it might be incomplete, expenses lumped together in
                  broad catch-all categories, difficult to read, or
                  otherwise requiring more follow-up, but this chart
                  looks pretty clean and straightforward for the time
                  period covered (2011 to 2014), although it does appear
                  that a couple meetings which took place in 2013 are
                  not included, as only one meeting is listed for that
                  year. Nevertheless, this is substantially what I was
                  looking for. It does raise a question in my mind
                  though of why Robert couldn't have sent me this
                  document when I first asked him about meeting expense
                  data, since it is several years old and not I presume
                  something that was just created recently. But I won't
                  dwell on that at this point. </div>
                <div><br>
                </div>
                <div><span class="m_1939954475407308307Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre-wrap">    </span>More
                  of interest, <b>the total per meeting costs are
                    higher than I had been led to believe. The average
                    cost of an LNC meeting is listed as $4,844, whereas
                    the number Robert previously mentioned to me was
                    $2,500 per meeting.</b> Admittedly, he may not have
                  been including some elements of the total cost, such
                  as staff travel, in that lower figure. But not having
                  any better data, I subsequently cited the $2500 number
                  repeatedly as an overall per meeting cost estimate,
                  I'm pretty sure both in meetings and via email,
                  without him or anybody else correcting me (I do have a
                  vague recollection of at least one person telling me
                  in conversation not during a meeting that they thought
                  the cost was higher, but that might have been somebody
                  not on the LNC). It appears that either the rest of
                  the LNC has been as ignorant as myself of the real
                  costs, or the misinformation of that incorrect lower
                  number was simply allowed to go unchallenged.</div>
                <div><br>
                </div>
                <div><span class="m_1939954475407308307Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre-wrap">    </span>I
                  am glad to hear you say that staff has no requirement
                  for expensive meetings. I've repeatedly gotten the
                  sense that Robert prefers them, although I don't
                  recall that he's ever said so in so many words. My own
                  view more than ever is that there is definite room for
                  savings in these numbers, both on the LNC side (pay
                  for our own food and beverages, meet in less posh
                  venues than hotel conference rooms), and on the staff
                  side (it seems to me that we shouldn't need to take
                  more than one staff member, at most, away from the
                  Alexandria office to fly them to a meeting and put
                  them up in a hotel for the weekend, when the LNC can
                  always have a staff member call in to the meeting if
                  needed, as we often do with our attorney, our FEC
                  consultant, and other individuals. Even if we paid a
                  staff member two day's wages just to be "on call" for
                  the weekend for when we might want to reach them by
                  phone, the cost to the party would be considerably
                  less than flying the person across the country and
                  paying for a hotel room.</div>
                <div><br>
                </div>
                <div><span class="m_1939954475407308307Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre-wrap">    </span>Also
                  glad to hear you say that there's nothing particularly
                  secret about the venue meeting contracts, although
                  it's really more the cost data than the contracts that
                  I'm after with regard to meeting room contracts. A
                  hotel's "request" for "confidentiality" certainly
                  doesn't sound like a legally binding condition of
                  secrecy imposed upon us however (if they're <i>demanding</i>
                  secrecy as a contract clause, we should be informed of
                  that before signing, but that seems unlikely, and I
                  think our standard negotiating position should be "we
                  don't do secrecy"). In any case, contracts have
                  sometimes been sent out to this public email list or
                  disclosed during regular LNC meetings that are open to
                  the public, so shouldn't normally require any kind of
                  written contract to pass along. If a majority of the
                  LNC feels a particular contract, or parts of it,
                  should be kept secret, as with the 2016 contract with
                  the Johnson/Weld campaign has been (until this
                  September, if I recall correctly), it seems to me we
                  can address that on a case-by-case basis. I do
                  appreciate you sending the contracts (which I have yet
                  to review) for our two upcoming meetings.</div>
                <div><br>
                </div>
                <div><span class="m_1939954475407308307Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre-wrap">    </span>Regarding
                  other past meeting room costs (from 2014-2017) I'm not
                  in a particular rush to see that data, although I
                  would like to see it at some point in the next few
                  months. Going further back, I'd also like to know if
                  there are records of free meeting spaces that have
                  been used for LNC meetings, and if so where they were.
                  Of course originally there was David Nolan's living
                  room, and if it was good enough for our founders,
                  well! But even after the LNC got started and had like
                  25 people showing up to meetings, I'll bet they
                  sometimes met in spaces they didn't pay for. Going
                  forward, the important thing to me is that we see
                  prior to each meeting the estimated costs for various
                  proposed sites, broken down as they are in the
                  spreadsheet, before we make any final decision on
                  where to meet. </div>
                <div><br>
                </div>
                <div>Love & Liberty,</div>
                <div> </div>
                <div>                                    ((( starchild
                  )))</div>
                <div>
                  <div>At-Large Representative, Libertarian National
                    Committee</div>
                  <div>                         <a
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                      target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">RealR<wbr>eform@earthlink.net</a><br>
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                  <div>                              <wbr>   (415)
                    625-FREE<br>
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                  <div>                              <wbr>     @StarchildSF<br>
                  </div>
                </div>
                <div><br>
                </div>
                <div>P.S. – Someone gave me an excellent suggestion
                  recently, which is that we look into renting a whole
                  house on AirBnB or another homesharing service for LNC
                  meetings. In Kansas City, for instance, we could have
                  rented this place, which I found in just a few
                  minutes:</div>
                <div><br>
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                <div><a
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                <div><br>
                </div>
                <div>At $419 per night and 8 beds, we could have 8
                  people sleeping there at the affordable price of
                  around $50 per person, and it would basically cover
                  the meeting space with a cost of $0 to the LP. Now it
                  does say "no parties/events" but I suspect if we'd
                  told them what we had in mind, they'd be fine with it.
                  I think we should look for options like this before
                  spending thousands to be at a hotel.</div>
                <div><br>
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                <div>
                  <div>On Jul 13, 2017, at 1:51 PM, Wes Benedict wrote:</div>
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                    <div>Starchild,<br>
                      <br>
                      If I thought this information would be useful for
                      an upcoming decision, I'd make sure we bumped
                      other things back and moved this forward.<br>
                      <br>
                      Robert has kept a spreadsheet detailing the LNC
                      meeting costs. It's significantly out of date and
                      will take time to update.<br>
                      <br>
                      If I get a sense from a significant number on the
                      LNC that it is important enough for us to stop
                      other work and get that spreadsheet updated, we
                      could certainly do that.<br>
                      <br>
                      Or, if the LNC would be satisfied to get a list of
                      meetings from the past just to get a sense of the
                      costs, Robert has provided that and it's attached.<br>
                      <br>
                      I don't personally see much coming from providing
                      that information urgently, but again, we could
                      certainly get it done if it was a top priority.<br>
                      <br>
                      In general, staff has usually included in our
                      suggestions and research low-cost options like
                      Oklahoma and Alexandria, and the LNC has chosen
                      places that were not the lowest cost options staff
                      has provided. I point that out, because I want to
                      make it clear that, if the costs of LNC meetings
                      is your concern, I don't want our membership or
                      the LNC to think that staff requires expensive
                      meetings. We go with the flow of the LNC. Of the 5
                      to 10 times I've suggested a specific location for
                      an LNC meeting, I don't think the LNC has taken my
                      suggestion. I don't mind. I've thought most of the
                      places we've had meetings were reasonably decided.<br>
                      <br>
                      I think Robert has shown many of the contracts to
                      you in person when you've visited LPHQ.<br>
                      <br>
                      I believe Robert has offered to email all the
                      contracts to you if you sign the standard
                      Non-Disclosure Agreement. I believe you have so
                      far chosen not to sign the non-disclosure
                      agreement for certain reasons that you're in a
                      better situation to explain than me. It's not a
                      big deal to me personally, just has been our
                      practice related to contracts.<br>
                      <br>
                      I don't think there's anything especially
                      interesting or "secret" in any of the contracts
                      we've had with hotels to have LNC meetings.
                      Payments to hotels can be found in detail on the
                      FEC website.<br>
                      <br>
                      I think sometimes vendors offer "discounts" and
                      sometimes put in their contracts terms requesting
                      confidentiality, but I'm not going to go through
                      and dig up a bunch of contracts to see for myself
                      unless I get a sense from the LNC that that is
                      what they want staff to spend time on.<br>
                      <br>
                      If the LNC could pass a motion requesting staff to
                      provide all the LNC meeting contracts to Starchild
                      and other LNC members without requiring an NDA,
                      I'd feel more comfortable stopping other work and
                      doing that, and not requiring an NDA.<br>
                      <br>
                      We did not find the word "Confidential" in the
                      upcoming LNC meeting in Kansas City and New
                      Orleans. Those contract are attached.<br>
                      <br>
                      <br>
                      Wes Benedict, Executive Director<br>
                      Libertarian National Committee, Inc.<br>
                      1444 Duke St., Alexandria, VA 22314<br>
                      <a href="tel:%28202%29%20333-0008"
                        value="+12023330008" target="_blank"
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                        target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">wes.benedict@lp.org</a><br>
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                      On 7/13/2017 10:03 AM, Aaron Starr wrote:<br>
                      <blockquote type="cite">"Do you agree with Alicia
                        and I that the LNC should be provided with data
                        on<br>
                      </blockquote>
                      <blockquote type="cite">our meeting costs as I've
                        been requesting? Going forward, I would like to<br>
                      </blockquote>
                      <blockquote type="cite">see those costs disclosed
                        upfront, before a meeting site is selected, and
                        I<br>
                      </blockquote>
                      <blockquote type="cite">would also like to see the
                        our past costs for each meeting this term,
                        within<br>
                      </blockquote>
                      <blockquote type="cite">some reasonable frame of
                        time."<br>
                      </blockquote>
                      <blockquote type="cite"><br>
                      </blockquote>
                      <blockquote type="cite">While I am not personally
                        fixated on the costs of meetings, I do believe<br>
                      </blockquote>
                      <blockquote type="cite">that it is perfectly
                        reasonable for a member of this committee to
                        request<br>
                      </blockquote>
                      <blockquote type="cite">past data on our meeting
                        costs and copies of contracts. That information
                        was<br>
                      </blockquote>
                      <blockquote type="cite">requested on June 6 and
                        should have been provided by now.<br>
                      </blockquote>
                      <blockquote type="cite"><br>
                      </blockquote>
                      <blockquote type="cite"><br>
                      </blockquote>
                      <blockquote type="cite">Aaron Starr<br>
                      </blockquote>
                      <blockquote type="cite"><a
                          href="tel:%28805%29%20583-3308"
                          value="+18055833308" target="_blank"
                          moz-do-not-send="true">(805) 583-3308</a> Home<br>
                      </blockquote>
                      <blockquote type="cite"><a
                          href="tel:%28805%29%20404-8693"
                          value="+18054048693" target="_blank"
                          moz-do-not-send="true">(805) 404-8693</a>
                        Mobile<br>
                      </blockquote>
                      <blockquote type="cite"><a
                          href="mailto:starrcpa@gmail.com"
                          target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">starrcpa@gmail.com</a><br>
                      </blockquote>
                      <blockquote type="cite"><br>
                      </blockquote>
                      <blockquote type="cite">-----Original Message-----<br>
                      </blockquote>
                      <blockquote type="cite">From: Lnc-business
                        [mailto:<a
                          href="mailto:lnc-business-bounces@hq.lp.org"
                          target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">lnc-business-bounces@<wbr>hq.lp.org</a>]
                        On Behalf Of<br>
                      </blockquote>
                      <blockquote type="cite">Starchild<br>
                      </blockquote>
                      <blockquote type="cite">Sent: Thursday, July 13,
                        2017 1:22 AM<br>
                      </blockquote>
                      <blockquote type="cite">To: Nick Sarwark<br>
                      </blockquote>
                      <blockquote type="cite">Cc: Libertarian National
                        Committee list<br>
                      </blockquote>
                      <blockquote type="cite">Subject: Re:
                        [Lnc-business] The Libertarian Party only has 2
                        full-time<br>
                      </blockquote>
                      <blockquote type="cite">staffers?!<br>
                      </blockquote>
                      <blockquote type="cite"><br>
                      </blockquote>
                      <blockquote type="cite"><br>
                      </blockquote>
                      <blockquote type="cite"><span class="m_1939954475407308307Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span>Thanks
                        Nick. So I guess the question remains, who is
                        answering the<br>
                      </blockquote>
                      <blockquote type="cite">phones and handling
                        routine office tasks? Austin Petersen says that
                        during<br>
                      </blockquote>
                      <blockquote type="cite">his time in the office, he
                        developed a strong intern program. If so, I'm<br>
                      </blockquote>
                      <blockquote type="cite">wondering what happened to
                        that program. Do we have any written records of<br>
                      </blockquote>
                      <blockquote type="cite">it, and if so, can those
                        records be sent to the LNC?<br>
                      </blockquote>
                      <blockquote type="cite"><br>
                      </blockquote>
                      <blockquote type="cite"><span class="m_1939954475407308307Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span>My
                        understanding - correct me if I'm wrong - is
                        that we don't<br>
                      </blockquote>
                      <blockquote type="cite">currently have any
                        interns, but if we have names and contact info
                        of past<br>
                      </blockquote>
                      <blockquote type="cite">interns, I'd volunteer to
                        call them and ask about their experience working<br>
                      </blockquote>
                      <blockquote type="cite">as interns for the LP.
                        That could help us rebuild a program and start<br>
                      </blockquote>
                      <blockquote type="cite">getting more bodies in the
                        office getting stuff done, including routine<br>
                      </blockquote>
                      <blockquote type="cite">tasks.<br>
                      </blockquote>
                      <blockquote type="cite"><br>
                      </blockquote>
                      <blockquote type="cite"><span class="m_1939954475407308307Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span>Do
                        you agree with Alicia and I that the LNC should
                        be provided with<br>
                      </blockquote>
                      <blockquote type="cite">data on our meeting costs
                        as I've been requesting? Going forward, I would<br>
                      </blockquote>
                      <blockquote type="cite">like to see those costs
                        disclosed upfront, before a meeting site is<br>
                      </blockquote>
                      <blockquote type="cite">selected, and I would also
                        like to see the our past costs for each meeting<br>
                      </blockquote>
                      <blockquote type="cite">this term, within some
                        reasonable frame of time. Do you have any
                        objection<br>
                      </blockquote>
                      <blockquote type="cite">to this, and if not, what
                        time frames seem reasonable to you?<br>
                      </blockquote>
                      <blockquote type="cite"><br>
                      </blockquote>
                      <blockquote type="cite">Love & Liberty,<br>
                      </blockquote>
                      <blockquote type="cite"><br>
                      </blockquote>
                      <blockquote type="cite">
                                                      <wbr>     (((
                        starchild ))) At-Large<br>
                      </blockquote>
                      <blockquote type="cite">Representative,
                        Libertarian National Committee<br>
                      </blockquote>
                      <blockquote type="cite">                          <a
                          href="mailto:RealReform@earthlink.net"
                          target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">RealR<wbr>eform@earthlink.net</a><br>
                      </blockquote>
                      <blockquote type="cite">
                                                      <wbr>   (415)
                        625-FREE<br>
                      </blockquote>
                      <blockquote type="cite">
                                                      <wbr>     @StarchildSF<br>
                      </blockquote>
                      <blockquote type="cite"><br>
                      </blockquote>
                      <blockquote type="cite"><br>
                      </blockquote>
                      <blockquote type="cite">On Jul 12, 2017, at 9:08
                        PM, Nicholas Sarwark wrote:<br>
                      </blockquote>
                      <blockquote type="cite"><br>
                      </blockquote>
                      <blockquote type="cite">
                        <blockquote type="cite">Starchild,<br>
                        </blockquote>
                      </blockquote>
                      <blockquote type="cite">
                        <blockquote type="cite"><br>
                        </blockquote>
                      </blockquote>
                      <blockquote type="cite">
                        <blockquote type="cite">At present, the LNC has
                          Wes Benedict, Eric Dixon, and Robert Kraus<br>
                        </blockquote>
                      </blockquote>
                      <blockquote type="cite">
                        <blockquote type="cite">full-time and based out
                          of the Alexandria office. My understanding is<br>
                        </blockquote>
                      </blockquote>
                      <blockquote type="cite">
                        <blockquote type="cite">that Nick Dunbar and Mat
                          Thexton are also based out of that office,<br>
                        </blockquote>
                      </blockquote>
                      <blockquote type="cite">
                        <blockquote type="cite">though not full-time. 
                          We also have a number of contractors working<br>
                        </blockquote>
                      </blockquote>
                      <blockquote type="cite">
                        <blockquote type="cite">remotely, including Andy
                          Burns, Lauren Daugherty, Jess Mears, Denise<br>
                        </blockquote>
                      </blockquote>
                      <blockquote type="cite">
                        <blockquote type="cite">Luckey, Bob Johnston,
                          and Elizabeth Brierly.<br>
                        </blockquote>
                      </blockquote>
                      <blockquote type="cite">
                        <blockquote type="cite"><br>
                        </blockquote>
                      </blockquote>
                      <blockquote type="cite">
                        <blockquote type="cite">Wes and I are in the
                          midst of interviewing candidates for Press<br>
                        </blockquote>
                      </blockquote>
                      <blockquote type="cite">
                        <blockquote type="cite">Secretary, which is
                          anticipated to be full-time, and will be
                          moving on<br>
                        </blockquote>
                      </blockquote>
                      <blockquote type="cite">
                        <blockquote type="cite">to interviewing
                          candidates for a Candidate Support Specialist
                          shortly.<br>
                        </blockquote>
                      </blockquote>
                      <blockquote type="cite">
                        <blockquote type="cite"><br>
                        </blockquote>
                      </blockquote>
                      <blockquote type="cite">
                        <blockquote type="cite">Yours in liberty,<br>
                        </blockquote>
                      </blockquote>
                      <blockquote type="cite">
                        <blockquote type="cite">Nick<br>
                        </blockquote>
                      </blockquote>
                      <blockquote type="cite">
                        <blockquote type="cite"><br>
                        </blockquote>
                      </blockquote>
                      <blockquote type="cite">
                        <blockquote type="cite">On Wed, Jun 7, 2017 at
                          8:05 PM, Starchild <<a
                            href="mailto:sfdreamer@earthlink.net"
                            target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">sfdreamer@earthlink.net</a>>
                          wrote:<br>
                        </blockquote>
                      </blockquote>
                      <blockquote type="cite">
                        <blockquote type="cite">
                          <blockquote type="cite">Thank you, Alicia.
                            Coupled with the Convention Oversight
                            Committee<br>
                          </blockquote>
                        </blockquote>
                      </blockquote>
                      <blockquote type="cite">
                        <blockquote type="cite">
                          <blockquote type="cite">experience you
                            mention, this does raise questions. But
                            beyond the<br>
                          </blockquote>
                        </blockquote>
                      </blockquote>
                      <blockquote type="cite">
                        <blockquote type="cite">
                          <blockquote type="cite">issue of getting the
                            requested information, I was honestly
                            shocked to<br>
                          </blockquote>
                        </blockquote>
                      </blockquote>
                      <blockquote type="cite">
                        <blockquote type="cite">
                          <blockquote type="cite">hear that only Wes and
                            Robert are usually in the office full time.
                            If<br>
                          </blockquote>
                        </blockquote>
                      </blockquote>
                      <blockquote type="cite">
                        <blockquote type="cite">
                          <blockquote type="cite">their time is valuable
                            enough to justify what we're paying them,<br>
                          </blockquote>
                        </blockquote>
                      </blockquote>
                      <blockquote type="cite">
                        <blockquote type="cite">
                          <blockquote type="cite">surely we should not
                            be having them routinely spend that time on<br>
                          </blockquote>
                        </blockquote>
                      </blockquote>
                      <blockquote type="cite">
                        <blockquote type="cite">
                          <blockquote type="cite">tasks that lower-paid
                            staffers, or volunteers, could be handling.<br>
                          </blockquote>
                        </blockquote>
                      </blockquote>
                      <blockquote type="cite">
                        <blockquote type="cite">
                          <blockquote type="cite"><br>
                          </blockquote>
                        </blockquote>
                      </blockquote>
                      <blockquote type="cite">
                        <blockquote type="cite">
                          <blockquote type="cite">I would like to hear
                            what Nick Sarwark as chair thinks about both
                            the<br>
                          </blockquote>
                        </blockquote>
                      </blockquote>
                      <blockquote type="cite">
                        <blockquote type="cite">
                          <blockquote type="cite">data request
                            compliance and how staff hours are
                            apparently being<br>
                          </blockquote>
                        </blockquote>
                      </blockquote>
                      <blockquote type="cite">allocated.<br>
                      </blockquote>
                      <blockquote type="cite">
                        <blockquote type="cite">
                          <blockquote type="cite">Love & Liberty,<br>
                          </blockquote>
                        </blockquote>
                      </blockquote>
                      <blockquote type="cite">
                        <blockquote type="cite">
                          <blockquote type="cite"><br>
                          </blockquote>
                        </blockquote>
                      </blockquote>
                      <blockquote type="cite">
                        <blockquote type="cite">
                          <blockquote type="cite">
                                                          <wbr>     (((
                            starchild ))) At-Large<br>
                          </blockquote>
                        </blockquote>
                      </blockquote>
                      <blockquote type="cite">
                        <blockquote type="cite">
                          <blockquote type="cite">Representative,
                            Libertarian National Committee<br>
                          </blockquote>
                        </blockquote>
                      </blockquote>
                      <blockquote type="cite">
                        <blockquote type="cite">
                          <blockquote type="cite">
                                                     <a
                              href="mailto:RealReform@earthlink.net"
                              target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">RealR<wbr>eform@earthlink.net</a><br>
                          </blockquote>
                        </blockquote>
                      </blockquote>
                      <blockquote type="cite">
                        <blockquote type="cite">
                          <blockquote type="cite">
                                                          <wbr>  (415)
                            625-FREE<br>
                          </blockquote>
                        </blockquote>
                      </blockquote>
                      <blockquote type="cite">
                        <blockquote type="cite">
                          <blockquote type="cite">
                                                          <wbr>     @StarchildSF<br>
                          </blockquote>
                        </blockquote>
                      </blockquote>
                      <blockquote type="cite">
                        <blockquote type="cite">
                          <blockquote type="cite"><br>
                          </blockquote>
                        </blockquote>
                      </blockquote>
                      <blockquote type="cite">
                        <blockquote type="cite">
                          <blockquote type="cite"><br>
                          </blockquote>
                        </blockquote>
                      </blockquote>
                      <blockquote type="cite">
                        <blockquote type="cite">
                          <blockquote type="cite">On Jun 7, 2017, at
                            3:02 PM, Alicia Mattson wrote:<br>
                          </blockquote>
                        </blockquote>
                      </blockquote>
                      <blockquote type="cite">
                        <blockquote type="cite">
                          <blockquote type="cite"><br>
                          </blockquote>
                        </blockquote>
                      </blockquote>
                      <blockquote type="cite">
                        <blockquote type="cite">
                          <blockquote type="cite">Starchild,<br>
                          </blockquote>
                        </blockquote>
                      </blockquote>
                      <blockquote type="cite">
                        <blockquote type="cite">
                          <blockquote type="cite"><br>
                          </blockquote>
                        </blockquote>
                      </blockquote>
                      <blockquote type="cite">
                        <blockquote type="cite">
                          <blockquote type="cite">I have a lot of
                            disagreements with your other ideas about
                            how we<br>
                          </blockquote>
                        </blockquote>
                      </blockquote>
                      <blockquote type="cite">
                        <blockquote type="cite">
                          <blockquote type="cite">should find meeting
                            locations and what arrangements are
                            workable.<br>
                          </blockquote>
                        </blockquote>
                      </blockquote>
                      <blockquote type="cite">
                        <blockquote type="cite">
                          <blockquote type="cite"><br>
                          </blockquote>
                        </blockquote>
                      </blockquote>
                      <blockquote type="cite">
                        <blockquote type="cite">
                          <blockquote type="cite">However, I do agree
                            with you that it should not take so long to<br>
                          </blockquote>
                        </blockquote>
                      </blockquote>
                      <blockquote type="cite">
                        <blockquote type="cite">
                          <blockquote type="cite">provide the LNC with
                            basic data about the routine costs of our<br>
                          </blockquote>
                        </blockquote>
                      </blockquote>
                      <blockquote type="cite">
                        <blockquote type="cite">
                          <blockquote type="cite">meetings, and provide
                            copies of the meeting space contracts
                            showing<br>
                          </blockquote>
                        </blockquote>
                      </blockquote>
                      <blockquote type="cite">
                        <blockquote type="cite">
                          <blockquote type="cite">which of those
                            expenses are required performance.  You've
                            been asking<br>
                          </blockquote>
                        </blockquote>
                      </blockquote>
                      <blockquote type="cite">
                        <blockquote type="cite">
                          <blockquote type="cite">for some time, and
                            it's not that large of a data request.<br>
                          </blockquote>
                        </blockquote>
                      </blockquote>
                      <blockquote type="cite">
                        <blockquote type="cite">
                          <blockquote type="cite"><br>
                          </blockquote>
                        </blockquote>
                      </blockquote>
                      <blockquote type="cite">
                        <blockquote type="cite">
                          <blockquote type="cite">Recently, the
                            Convention Oversight Committee was not in
                            agreement<br>
                          </blockquote>
                        </blockquote>
                      </blockquote>
                      <blockquote type="cite">
                        <blockquote type="cite">
                          <blockquote type="cite">about whether to again
                            use an outside professional to assist with
                            the<br>
                          </blockquote>
                        </blockquote>
                      </blockquote>
                      <blockquote type="cite">
                        <blockquote type="cite">
                          <blockquote type="cite">2020 site search, or
                            whether to do it in-house with Robert Kraus
                            as the<br>
                          </blockquote>
                        </blockquote>
                      </blockquote>
                      <blockquote type="cite">point person.<br>
                      </blockquote>
                      <blockquote type="cite">
                        <blockquote type="cite">
                          <blockquote type="cite">When the issue of
                            asking a staff member to take on such a<br>
                          </blockquote>
                        </blockquote>
                      </blockquote>
                      <blockquote type="cite">
                        <blockquote type="cite">
                          <blockquote type="cite">time-consuming job was
                            discussed, the COC was told that when Wes<br>
                          </blockquote>
                        </blockquote>
                      </blockquote>
                      <blockquote type="cite">
                        <blockquote type="cite">
                          <blockquote type="cite">tells the LNC that
                            staff is overloaded, that characterization
                            does<br>
                          </blockquote>
                        </blockquote>
                      </blockquote>
                      <blockquote type="cite">
                        <blockquote type="cite">
                          <blockquote type="cite">not necessarily
                            include Robert Kraus, and he was willing and
                            able to<br>
                          </blockquote>
                        </blockquote>
                      </blockquote>
                      <blockquote type="cite">
                        <blockquote type="cite">
                          <blockquote type="cite">add such a large
                            project to his plate.  If that's the case,
                            then I<br>
                          </blockquote>
                        </blockquote>
                      </blockquote>
                      <blockquote type="cite">
                        <blockquote type="cite">
                          <blockquote type="cite">don't see why there
                            isn't time to fulfill this data request of
                            yours in a<br>
                          </blockquote>
                        </blockquote>
                      </blockquote>
                      <blockquote type="cite">more timely manner.<br>
                      </blockquote>
                      <blockquote type="cite">
                        <blockquote type="cite">
                          <blockquote type="cite">-Alicia<br>
                          </blockquote>
                        </blockquote>
                      </blockquote>
                      <blockquote type="cite">
                        <blockquote type="cite">
                          <blockquote type="cite"><br>
                          </blockquote>
                        </blockquote>
                      </blockquote>
                      <blockquote type="cite">
                        <blockquote type="cite">
                          <blockquote type="cite"><br>
                          </blockquote>
                        </blockquote>
                      </blockquote>
                      <blockquote type="cite">
                        <blockquote type="cite">
                          <blockquote type="cite"><br>
                          </blockquote>
                        </blockquote>
                      </blockquote>
                      <blockquote type="cite">
                        <blockquote type="cite">
                          <blockquote type="cite">On Tue, Jun 6, 2017 at
                            4:34 PM, Starchild <<a
                              href="mailto:sfdreamer@earthlink.net"
                              target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">sfdreamer@earthlink.net</a>><br>
                          </blockquote>
                        </blockquote>
                      </blockquote>
                      <blockquote type="cite">wrote:<br>
                      </blockquote>
                      <blockquote type="cite">
                        <blockquote type="cite">
                          <blockquote type="cite">
                            <blockquote type="cite"><br>
                            </blockquote>
                          </blockquote>
                        </blockquote>
                      </blockquote>
                      <blockquote type="cite">
                        <blockquote type="cite">
                          <blockquote type="cite">
                            <blockquote type="cite">Maybe I just haven't
                              been paying attention. That's what LP<br>
                            </blockquote>
                          </blockquote>
                        </blockquote>
                      </blockquote>
                      <blockquote type="cite">
                        <blockquote type="cite">
                          <blockquote type="cite">
                            <blockquote type="cite">operations manager
                              Robert Kraus suggested when I spoke with
                              him<br>
                            </blockquote>
                          </blockquote>
                        </blockquote>
                      </blockquote>
                      <blockquote type="cite">
                        <blockquote type="cite">
                          <blockquote type="cite">
                            <blockquote type="cite">today and expressed
                              surprise at his statement that he and Wes<br>
                            </blockquote>
                          </blockquote>
                        </blockquote>
                      </blockquote>
                      <blockquote type="cite">
                        <blockquote type="cite">
                          <blockquote type="cite">
                            <blockquote type="cite">Benedict are the
                              only paid staff working full time at our
                              office. He<br>
                            </blockquote>
                          </blockquote>
                        </blockquote>
                      </blockquote>
                      <blockquote type="cite">
                        <blockquote type="cite">
                          <blockquote type="cite">
                            <blockquote type="cite">said that if I'd
                              read the report Wes presented at the last
                              LNC meeting,<br>
                            </blockquote>
                          </blockquote>
                        </blockquote>
                      </blockquote>
                      <blockquote type="cite">I would have been aware of
                        the situation.<br>
                      </blockquote>
                      <blockquote type="cite">
                        <blockquote type="cite">
                          <blockquote type="cite">
                            <blockquote type="cite">Robert told me this
                              by way of explaining why he has not yet
                              sent the<br>
                            </blockquote>
                          </blockquote>
                        </blockquote>
                      </blockquote>
                      <blockquote type="cite">
                        <blockquote type="cite">
                          <blockquote type="cite">
                            <blockquote type="cite">LNC the details of
                              how much we are paying for hotel meeting
                              space,<br>
                            </blockquote>
                          </blockquote>
                        </blockquote>
                      </blockquote>
                      <blockquote type="cite">
                        <blockquote type="cite">
                          <blockquote type="cite">
                            <blockquote type="cite">food and beverage
                              obligations, staff airline flights,
                              shipping<br>
                            </blockquote>
                          </blockquote>
                        </blockquote>
                      </blockquote>
                      <blockquote type="cite">
                        <blockquote type="cite">
                          <blockquote type="cite">
                            <blockquote type="cite">costs, etc., in
                              connection with LNC meetings. At the last
                              LNC<br>
                            </blockquote>
                          </blockquote>
                        </blockquote>
                      </blockquote>
                      <blockquote type="cite">
                        <blockquote type="cite">
                          <blockquote type="cite">
                            <blockquote type="cite">meeting in
                              Pittsburgh in April, he told me in
                              response to my asking<br>
                            </blockquote>
                          </blockquote>
                        </blockquote>
                      </blockquote>
                      <blockquote type="cite">
                        <blockquote type="cite">
                          <blockquote type="cite">
                            <blockquote type="cite">him for this
                              information that he would send it within a
                              week or so.<br>
                            </blockquote>
                          </blockquote>
                        </blockquote>
                      </blockquote>
                      <blockquote type="cite">
                        <blockquote type="cite">
                          <blockquote type="cite">
                            <blockquote type="cite">When I spoke with
                              him today, he said that if I wanted him to
                              stop<br>
                            </blockquote>
                          </blockquote>
                        </blockquote>
                      </blockquote>
                      <blockquote type="cite">
                        <blockquote type="cite">
                          <blockquote type="cite">
                            <blockquote type="cite">what he was doing
                              and send the information now, he would
                              have to<br>
                            </blockquote>
                          </blockquote>
                        </blockquote>
                      </blockquote>
                      <blockquote type="cite">
                        <blockquote type="cite">
                          <blockquote type="cite">
                            <blockquote type="cite">stop working on
                              updating donor information to help us
                              raise money,<br>
                            </blockquote>
                          </blockquote>
                        </blockquote>
                      </blockquote>
                      <blockquote type="cite">
                        <blockquote type="cite">
                          <blockquote type="cite">
                            <blockquote type="cite">because he was the
                              only person in the office right now. When
                              I asked<br>
                            </blockquote>
                          </blockquote>
                        </blockquote>
                      </blockquote>
                      <blockquote type="cite">
                        <blockquote type="cite">
                          <blockquote type="cite">
                            <blockquote type="cite">whether he could get
                              us the meeting information prior to the
                              next<br>
                            </blockquote>
                          </blockquote>
                        </blockquote>
                      </blockquote>
                      <blockquote type="cite">
                        <blockquote type="cite">
                          <blockquote type="cite">
                            <blockquote type="cite">LNC meeting on
                              August 19 (over 2 months from now, and 4
                              months from when<br>
                            </blockquote>
                          </blockquote>
                        </blockquote>
                      </blockquote>
                      <blockquote type="cite">he originally said he'd
                        provide it), his response was "possibly".<br>
                      </blockquote>
                      <blockquote type="cite">
                        <blockquote type="cite">
                          <blockquote type="cite">
                            <blockquote type="cite">We have 11 people
                              listed on our staff page<br>
                            </blockquote>
                          </blockquote>
                        </blockquote>
                      </blockquote>
                      <blockquote type="cite">
                        <blockquote type="cite">
                          <blockquote type="cite">
                            <blockquote type="cite">(<a
                                href="https://www.lp.org/staff/"
                                target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">https://www.lp.org/staff/</a>),
                              not even counting individuals like our<br>
                            </blockquote>
                          </blockquote>
                        </blockquote>
                      </blockquote>
                      <blockquote type="cite">
                        <blockquote type="cite">
                          <blockquote type="cite">
                            <blockquote type="cite">legal counsel and
                              our FEC consultant who are kind of "on
                              call", and<br>
                            </blockquote>
                          </blockquote>
                        </blockquote>
                      </blockquote>
                      <blockquote type="cite">
                        <blockquote type="cite">
                          <blockquote type="cite">
                            <blockquote type="cite">although political
                              director Carla Howell's contract wasn't
                              renewed,<br>
                            </blockquote>
                          </blockquote>
                        </blockquote>
                      </blockquote>
                      <blockquote type="cite">
                        <blockquote type="cite">
                          <blockquote type="cite">
                            <blockquote type="cite">the chair recently
                              proposed adding an additional lower-level<br>
                            </blockquote>
                          </blockquote>
                        </blockquote>
                      </blockquote>
                      <blockquote type="cite">
                        <blockquote type="cite">
                          <blockquote type="cite">
                            <blockquote type="cite">staffer. With that
                              many folks on the roster, I don't
                              understand why<br>
                            </blockquote>
                          </blockquote>
                        </blockquote>
                      </blockquote>
                      <blockquote type="cite">
                        <blockquote type="cite">
                          <blockquote type="cite">
                            <blockquote type="cite">the two highest-paid
                              individuals on staff are the only ones who
                              are<br>
                            </blockquote>
                          </blockquote>
                        </blockquote>
                      </blockquote>
                      <blockquote type="cite">
                        <blockquote type="cite">
                          <blockquote type="cite">
                            <blockquote type="cite">being paid full-time
                              salaries and asked to staff the office
                              largely<br>
                            </blockquote>
                          </blockquote>
                        </blockquote>
                      </blockquote>
                      <blockquote type="cite">
                        <blockquote type="cite">
                          <blockquote type="cite">
                            <blockquote type="cite">by themselves. If
                              this is true, it means that our
                              highest-paid<br>
                            </blockquote>
                          </blockquote>
                        </blockquote>
                      </blockquote>
                      <blockquote type="cite">
                        <blockquote type="cite">
                          <blockquote type="cite">
                            <blockquote type="cite">staffers are likely
                              spending a significant part of their time
                              doing<br>
                            </blockquote>
                          </blockquote>
                        </blockquote>
                      </blockquote>
                      <blockquote type="cite">
                        <blockquote type="cite">
                          <blockquote type="cite">
                            <blockquote type="cite">routine office tasks
                              like answering phone calls which could be
                              handled<br>
                            </blockquote>
                          </blockquote>
                        </blockquote>
                      </blockquote>
                      <blockquote type="cite">by lower-paid staffers or
                        even by volunteers.<br>
                      </blockquote>
                      <blockquote type="cite">
                        <blockquote type="cite">
                          <blockquote type="cite">
                            <blockquote type="cite">Robert did say he
                              agreed with me that staff should not be
                              asked to<br>
                            </blockquote>
                          </blockquote>
                        </blockquote>
                      </blockquote>
                      <blockquote type="cite">
                        <blockquote type="cite">
                          <blockquote type="cite">
                            <blockquote type="cite">monitor or be
                              involved in the party's social media
                              outreach, which<br>
                            </blockquote>
                          </blockquote>
                        </blockquote>
                      </blockquote>
                      <blockquote type="cite">
                        <blockquote type="cite">
                          <blockquote type="cite">
                            <blockquote type="cite">would potentially
                              take a lot of their time away from other
                              tasks. I<br>
                            </blockquote>
                          </blockquote>
                        </blockquote>
                      </blockquote>
                      <blockquote type="cite">
                        <blockquote type="cite">
                          <blockquote type="cite">
                            <blockquote type="cite">also suggested that
                              volunteers, instead of staff, could be the
                              ones<br>
                            </blockquote>
                          </blockquote>
                        </blockquote>
                      </blockquote>
                      <blockquote type="cite">
                        <blockquote type="cite">
                          <blockquote type="cite">
                            <blockquote type="cite">to research LNC
                              meeting locations and present options to
                              the LNC.<br>
                            </blockquote>
                          </blockquote>
                        </blockquote>
                      </blockquote>
                      <blockquote type="cite">
                        <blockquote type="cite">
                          <blockquote type="cite">
                            <blockquote type="cite">Local activists in
                              the cities where we're considering holding<br>
                            </blockquote>
                          </blockquote>
                        </blockquote>
                      </blockquote>
                      <blockquote type="cite">
                        <blockquote type="cite">
                          <blockquote type="cite">
                            <blockquote type="cite">meetings would be
                              the logical people to do this. If we don't
                              have<br>
                            </blockquote>
                          </blockquote>
                        </blockquote>
                      </blockquote>
                      <blockquote type="cite">
                        <blockquote type="cite">
                          <blockquote type="cite">
                            <blockquote type="cite">any local activists
                              in a particular area able to help us find
                              free<br>
                            </blockquote>
                          </blockquote>
                        </blockquote>
                      </blockquote>
                      <blockquote type="cite">
                        <blockquote type="cite">
                          <blockquote type="cite">
                            <blockquote type="cite">or low-cost meeting
                              venues there and help with details such as<br>
                            </blockquote>
                          </blockquote>
                        </blockquote>
                      </blockquote>
                      <blockquote type="cite">
                        <blockquote type="cite">
                          <blockquote type="cite">
                            <blockquote type="cite">coordinating local
                              transportation and folks able to host
                              out-of-town<br>
                            </blockquote>
                          </blockquote>
                        </blockquote>
                      </blockquote>
                      <blockquote type="cite">
                        <blockquote type="cite">
                          <blockquote type="cite">
                            <blockquote type="cite">visitors, it would
                              beg the question of why we are meeting in
                              that<br>
                            </blockquote>
                          </blockquote>
                        </blockquote>
                      </blockquote>
                      <blockquote type="cite">
                        <blockquote type="cite">
                          <blockquote type="cite">
                            <blockquote type="cite">location instead of
                              somewhere there is an active local
                              Libertarian<br>
                            </blockquote>
                          </blockquote>
                        </blockquote>
                      </blockquote>
                      <blockquote type="cite">
                        <blockquote type="cite">
                          <blockquote type="cite">
                            <blockquote type="cite">organization that
                              can support us and which we in turn can
                              support by<br>
                            </blockquote>
                          </blockquote>
                        </blockquote>
                      </blockquote>
                      <blockquote type="cite">
                        <blockquote type="cite">
                          <blockquote type="cite">
                            <blockquote type="cite">seeking to arrange
                              to have visiting LNC members make press
                              appearances,<br>
                            </blockquote>
                          </blockquote>
                        </blockquote>
                      </blockquote>
                      <blockquote type="cite">attend local campaign
                        events, do fundraising, etc., while in town.<br>
                      </blockquote>
                      <blockquote type="cite">
                        <blockquote type="cite">
                          <blockquote type="cite">
                            <blockquote type="cite">But if what Robert
                              says is correct, it seems to me that we
                              are not<br>
                            </blockquote>
                          </blockquote>
                        </blockquote>
                      </blockquote>
                      <blockquote type="cite">
                        <blockquote type="cite">
                          <blockquote type="cite">
                            <blockquote type="cite">running our office
                              efficiently. It also seems to me that LNC
                              members<br>
                            </blockquote>
                          </blockquote>
                        </blockquote>
                      </blockquote>
                      <blockquote type="cite">
                        <blockquote type="cite">
                          <blockquote type="cite">
                            <blockquote type="cite">being made to wait
                              months and months after an LNC meeting to
                              see<br>
                            </blockquote>
                          </blockquote>
                        </blockquote>
                      </blockquote>
                      <blockquote type="cite">
                        <blockquote type="cite">
                          <blockquote type="cite">
                            <blockquote type="cite">what the actual
                              expenses were for that meeting is
                              unreasonable.<br>
                            </blockquote>
                          </blockquote>
                        </blockquote>
                      </blockquote>
                      <blockquote type="cite">
                        <blockquote type="cite">
                          <blockquote type="cite">
                            <blockquote type="cite">Actually, we should
                              be seeing such expenses listed before each<br>
                            </blockquote>
                          </blockquote>
                        </blockquote>
                      </blockquote>
                      <blockquote type="cite">
                        <blockquote type="cite">
                          <blockquote type="cite">
                            <blockquote type="cite">meeting, since
                              expenses like hotel meeting space fees,
                              food and<br>
                            </blockquote>
                          </blockquote>
                        </blockquote>
                      </blockquote>
                      <blockquote type="cite">
                        <blockquote type="cite">
                          <blockquote type="cite">
                            <blockquote type="cite">beverage
                              obligations, staff airline flights, and
                              shipping costs are<br>
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                            <blockquote type="cite">in most cases known
                              in advance. And we should be seeing
                              estimates of<br>
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                            <blockquote type="cite">these costs prior to
                              even making a decision on where to meet,
                              since such<br>
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                      <blockquote type="cite">costs ought to factor into
                        our decisions.<br>
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                            <blockquote type="cite">Love & Liberty,<br>
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                                                            <wbr>      (((
                              starchild )))</blockquote>
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                            <blockquote type="cite">At-Large Representative,
                              Libertarian National Committee</blockquote>
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                                                       <a
                                href="mailto:RealReform@earthlink.net"
                                target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">RealR<wbr>eform@earthlink.net</a><br>
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                                                            <wbr>   (415)
                              625-FREE<br>
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                            <blockquote type="cite">______________________________<wbr>_________________<br>
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                          <blockquote type="cite">
                            <blockquote type="cite">Lnc-business mailing
                              list<br>
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                            <blockquote type="cite"><a
                                href="mailto:Lnc-business@hq.lp.org"
                                target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">Lnc-business@hq.lp.org</a><br>
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                          <blockquote type="cite">______________________________<wbr>_______________</blockquote>
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                      <span><LNC_NDA_STARCHILD-0717.pdf></span><span><<wbr>lnc-meeting-exp-2011-2014.pdf></span><span><wbr><LNC
                        - Dec 2017.pdf></span><span><0817-Libertarian
                        National Committee.pdf></span>________________<wbr>______________________________<wbr>_<br>
                      Lnc-business mailing list<br>
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                        target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">Lnc-business@hq.lp.org</a><br>
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