<div dir="ltr">Awesome to hear that locations have been narrowed down. I'm excited to see the results. I see no harm in letting the COC continue to weigh the pros and cons of each location and narrow things down. If it comes down to 2 or 3 sites that are equal, maybe the COC would consider a fundraising activity like the "slogan" contest? I suspect it will be less controversial on substance, but it might net some extra cash for the party.</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Aug 11, 2017 at 1:12 PM, Sam Goldstein <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:goldsteinatlarge@gmail.com" target="_blank">goldsteinatlarge@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">Wes,<div><br></div><div>The COC's job is to find locations that would be best for the party and for our members. We have </div><div>put hundreds of hours of work into narrowing the field to five or six locations which we will present </div><div>to the LNC next week. </div><div><br></div><div>If the LNC chooses to submit those locations to a membership survey that </div><div>would be fine with me, however I would not want it done without a express request from the Committee.</div><div><br></div><div>There are many other factors that go into a site selection process and the cheapest room rate and/or </div><div>cheapest meals might not be the deciding factor needed to stage a successful POTUS nominating </div><div>convention in 2020.</div><div><br></div><div>Live Free,</div><div><br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div><div class="m_2327090629104149398gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr">Sam Goldstein<div>Libertarian National Committee</div><div>Member at Large</div><div>8925 N Meridian St, Ste 101</div><div>Indianapolis IN 46260</div><div><a href="tel:(317)%20850-0726" value="+13178500726" target="_blank">317-850-0726</a> Phone</div><div><a href="tel:(317)%20582-1773" value="+13175821773" target="_blank">317-582-1773</a> Fax</div></div></div></div><div><div class="h5">
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Aug 11, 2017 at 11:53 AM, Wes Benedict <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:wes.benedict@lp.org" target="_blank">wes.benedict@lp.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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<p>Speaking of surveys, I'd also like to see a survey to help the
LNC and Convention Committee choose the 2020 convention location.
<br>
</p>
<p>The Convention Committee has done a great job gathering lots of
locations to consider. They have collected a wide range of options
and have narrowed it down. <br>
</p>
<p>I'd like to see if our members would prefer a more expensive
location with hotel prices in the $149 per night range and dinners
that cost the LP $100 per meal (and lunches $59), or if they'd
prefer a location where hotel prices were around $119 per night,
and dinners cost the LP closer to $59 per meal (and lunches $39).
The package prices we set, and profit or loss the LP makes on
conventions, is highly dependent upon the prices hotels charge for
meals. <br>
</p>
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<pre class="m_2327090629104149398m_-6214228147057767904moz-signature" cols="72">Wes Benedict, Executive Director
Libertarian National Committee, Inc.
1444 Duke St., Alexandria, VA 22314
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<div class="m_2327090629104149398m_-6214228147057767904moz-cite-prefix">On 8/11/2017 11:16 AM, Wes Benedict
wrote:<br>
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<p>Patrick, I share your concern regarding our dues-paying
membership decline and think a survey would be worthwhile.<br>
</p>
<p>I have done some surveys in the past by snail mail, but it's
been a while. I think it's time to do another set. <br>
</p>
<p>See attached survey mailings.<br>
</p>
<p>See some survey results on page 7 of LP News: <a class="m_2327090629104149398m_-6214228147057767904moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.lp.org/wp-content/uploads/2011-4_LP_News.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.lp.org/wp-content/u<wbr>ploads/2011-4_LP_News.pdf</a><br>
</p>
<p>I found the two responses regarding the Tea Party questions to
be especially illustrative. <br>
</p>
<p>I will plan to do another survey this Fall. <br>
</p>
<p>I'll also be asking for a budget increase at this LNC meeting
to pay for prospecting for new donors/members to lists that have
routinely been our best performers. <br>
</p>
<p><br>
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<pre class="m_2327090629104149398m_-6214228147057767904moz-signature" cols="72">Wes Benedict, Executive Director
Libertarian National Committee, Inc.
1444 Duke St., Alexandria, VA 22314
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<div class="m_2327090629104149398m_-6214228147057767904moz-cite-prefix">On 8/11/2017 8:20 AM, Patrick
McKnight wrote:<br>
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<div dir="ltr">All,
<div><br>
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<div>I don't understand why our declining membership isn't our
number one priority as an organization. These reports come
out showing we have a real problem and no one seems to
notice. Too often the LNC is too busy having pointless
philosophical debates amongst ourselves while people are
voting with their feet and leaving the party.</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>I would like us to do an email survey of our membership
to determine what people like and don't like about the
party. I don't accept this culture of failure that since our
numbers went up last year they have to go down this year. </div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>I don't pretend to have all the answers to this problem.
But I think a good place to start is simply asking our
membership. It would be free and we might learn something. </div>
<div><br>
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<div>Interest in liberty is exploding, if our numbers don't
reflect that we are doing something wrong. </div>
<div><br>
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<div>Thanks,</div>
<div>Patrick McKnight</div>
<div>LNC Region 8 Rep</div>
<div>Chair, New Jersey Libertarian Party</div>
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<div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Aug 4, 2017 at 10:13 AM,
Robert Kraus <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:robert.kraus@lp.org" target="_blank">robert.kraus@lp.org</a>></span>
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Lnc-business [mailto:<a href="mailto:lnc-business-bounces@hq.lp.org" target="_blank">lnc-business-bounces@h<wbr>q.lp.org</a>]
<b><span style="font-weight:bold">On Behalf Of
</span></b>Aaron Starr<br>
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Thursday, August 03, 2017 4:32 PM<br>
<b><span style="font-weight:bold">To:</span></b>
<a href="mailto:lnc-business@hq.lp.org" target="_blank">lnc-business@hq.lp.org</a>;
<a href="mailto:lnc-business@lp.org" target="_blank">lnc-business@lp.org</a>;
'LP-State Chairs'; <a href="mailto:staff@lp.org" target="_blank">staff@lp.org</a><br>
<b><span style="font-weight:bold">Subject:</span></b>
Re: [Lnc-business] Jul Membership Report</span></font></p>
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some reason the report compares July 2017
with June 2016, so the prior year data point
did not get updated from last month’s
report.</span></font></p>
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Lnc-business [mailto:<a href="mailto:lnc-business-bounces@hq.lp.org" target="_blank">lnc-business-bounces@h<wbr>q.lp.org</a>]
<b><span style="font-weight:bold">On
Behalf Of </span></b>Robert Kraus<br>
<b><span style="font-weight:bold">Sent:</span></b>
Thursday, August 03, 2017 9:32 AM<br>
<b><span style="font-weight:bold">To:</span></b>
<a href="mailto:lnc-business@lp.org" target="_blank">lnc-business@lp.org</a>;
'LP-State Chairs'; <a href="mailto:staff@lp.org" target="_blank">staff@lp.org</a><br>
<b><span style="font-weight:bold">Subject:</span></b>
[Lnc-business] Jul Membership Report</span></font></p>
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Membership Report is attached. Open to find
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Libertarian National Committee, Inc.</span></font><font color="navy"><span style="color:navy"></span></font></p>
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