<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div>Should I tender my resignation from the convention committee and we do this from a strictly democratic basis?</div><div id="AppleMailSignature"><br></div><div id="AppleMailSignature">Daniel Hayes</div><div id="AppleMailSignature">LNC At Large Member</div><div id="AppleMailSignature"><br>Sent from my iPhone</div><div><br>On Aug 11, 2017, at 11:17 AM, Brett Bittner <<a href="mailto:brett.bittner@lp.org">brett.bittner@lp.org</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><div dir="auto">Wes, <div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">That's a great idea. We are frequently insulated from the opinions of those we serve and represent, except when motivated by one side of a discussion. This may give us some insight into how our members wish we conduct business. </div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Brett C. Bittner </div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Region 3 Representative </div><div dir="auto">Libertarian National Committee </div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><a href="mailto:brett.bittner@lp.org">brett.bittner@lp.org</a> <br><br><div data-smartmail="gmail_signature" dir="auto">**This message sent from my phone. Please excuse any typos.</div></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Aug 11, 2017 11:53 AM, "Wes Benedict" <<a href="mailto:wes.benedict@lp.org">wes.benedict@lp.org</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"><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>
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    <pre class="m_8616387693230772826moz-signature" cols="72">Wes Benedict, Executive Director
Libertarian National Committee, Inc.
1444 Duke St., Alexandria, VA 22314
<a href="tel:(202)%20333-0008" value="+12023330008" target="_blank">(202) 333-0008 ext. 232</a>, <a class="m_8616387693230772826moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:wes.benedict@lp.org" target="_blank">wes.benedict@lp.org</a>
<a href="http://facebook.com/libertarians" target="_blank">facebook.com/libertarians</a> @LPNational
Join the Libertarian Party at: <a class="m_8616387693230772826moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://lp.org/membership" target="_blank">http://lp.org/membership</a></pre>
    <div class="m_8616387693230772826moz-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_8616387693230772826moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.lp.org/wp-content/uploads/2011-4_LP_News.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.lp.org/wp-content/<wbr>uploads/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>
      </p>
      <pre class="m_8616387693230772826moz-signature" cols="72">Wes Benedict, Executive Director
Libertarian National Committee, Inc.
1444 Duke St., Alexandria, VA 22314
<a href="tel:(202)%20333-0008" value="+12023330008" target="_blank">(202) 333-0008 ext. 232</a>, <a class="m_8616387693230772826moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:wes.benedict@lp.org" target="_blank">wes.benedict@lp.org</a>
<a href="http://facebook.com/libertarians" target="_blank">facebook.com/libertarians</a> @LPNational
Join the Libertarian Party at: <a class="m_8616387693230772826moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://lp.org/membership" target="_blank">http://lp.org/membership</a></pre>
      <div class="m_8616387693230772826moz-cite-prefix">On 8/11/2017 8:20 AM, Patrick
        McKnight wrote:<br>
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        <div dir="ltr">All,
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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>
          </div>
          <div>Interest in liberty is exploding, if our numbers don't
            reflect that we are doing something wrong. </div>
          <div><br>
          </div>
          <div>Thanks,</div>
          <div>Patrick McKnight</div>
          <div>LNC Region 8 Rep</div>
          <div>Chair, New Jersey Libertarian Party</div>
        </div>
        <div class="gmail_extra"><br>
          <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>
            wrote:<br>
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                        thank you for pointing that out! </span></font></p>
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                          Free!</span></font><font color="navy"><span style="color:navy">​​​​</span></font></p>
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                    <p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><em><b><i><font size="6" face="Freestyle Script" color="navy"><span>Robert</span></font></i></b></em><b><i><font size="2" face="Verdana" color="navy"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:navy;font-weight:bold;font-style:italic"><br>
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                    <p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><font size="2" face="Verdana" color="navy"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:navy"><span>Robert S. Kraus - Dir of Operations<br>
                            <a class="m_8616387693230772826moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:Operations@LP.org" target="_blank">Operations@LP.org</a><br>
                            Libertarian National Committee<br>
                          </span>Ph: <a href="tel:%28202%29%20333-0008" value="+12023330008" target="_blank">202.333.0008 x 231</a></span></font></p>
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                            today: <a href="https://www.lp.org/membership" target="_blank">https://www.lp.org/membership</a></span></font></p>
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                            FB Page: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/libertarians" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/liber<wbr>tarians</a>
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                    <p class="MsoNormal"><b><font size="2" face="Tahoma"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold">From:</span></font></b><font size="2" face="Tahoma"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma">
                          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>
                          <b><span style="font-weight:bold">Sent:</span></b>
                          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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                          New Roman"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> </span></font></p>
                      <p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="Calibri" color="#1f497d"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:#1f497d">Robert,</span></font></p>
                      <p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="Calibri" color="#1f497d"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:#1f497d"> </span></font></p>
                      <p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="Calibri" color="#1f497d"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:#1f497d">For
                            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>
                      <p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="Calibri" color="#1f497d"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:#1f497d"> </span></font></p>
                      <p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="Calibri" color="#1f497d"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:#1f497d">Can
                            you revise this report to compare July 2017
                            with July 2016? </span></font></p>
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                        <p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="Calibri" color="#1f497d"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:#1f497d">Aaron
                              Starr</span></font></p>
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                              Home</span></font></p>
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                              Mobile</span></font></p>
                        <p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="Calibri" color="#1f497d"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:#1f497d"><a href="mailto:starrcpa@gmail.com" target="_blank">starrcpa@gmail.com</a></span></font></p>
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                          <p class="MsoNormal"><b><font size="2" face="Tahoma"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold">From:</span></font></b><font size="2" face="Tahoma"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma">
                                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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                      <p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="Verdana" color="navy"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:navy">Jul
                            Membership Report is attached. Open to find
                            out who is no longer tied for 10<sup>th</sup>!</span></font></p>
                      <p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="Verdana" color="navy"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:navy"> </span></font></p>
                      <p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="Verdana" color="navy"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:navy">Live
                            Free!</span></font><font color="navy"><span style="color:navy">​​​​</span></font></p>
                      <p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><font size="1" face="Verdana" color="navy"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:navy"> </span></font></p>
                      <p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><em><b><i><font size="6" face="Freestyle Script" color="navy"><span>Robert</span></font></i></b></em><b><i><font size="2" face="Verdana" color="navy"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:navy;font-weight:bold;font-style:italic"><br>
                                <br>
                              </span></font></i></b><font size="2" face="Verdana" color="navy"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:navy">Robert
                            S. Kraus - Dir of Operations<br>
                            <a href="mailto:Operations@LP.org" target="_blank">Operations@LP.org</a><br>
                            Libertarian National Committee, Inc.</span></font><font color="navy"><span style="color:navy"></span></font></p>
                      <p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><font size="2" face="Verdana" color="navy"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:navy">1444
                            Duke Street</span></font><font color="navy"><span style="color:navy"></span></font></p>
                      <p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><font size="2" face="Verdana" color="navy"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:navy">Alexandria</span></font><font size="2" face="Verdana" color="navy"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:navy">,
                            VA 22314</span></font><br>
                        <font size="2" face="Verdana" color="navy"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:navy">Ph: <a href="tel:%28202%29%20333-0008" value="+12023330008" target="_blank">202.333.0008 x 231</a></span></font></p>
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                            FB Page: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/libertarians" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/liber<wbr>tarians</a>
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