<div dir="auto">Resolutions? Well Wayne Allyn</div><div dir="auto">Root got quite a bit. The Iowa LP</div><div dir="auto">Facebook page still has a censure of him on their about section.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Whenever going through something it seems unique - going through the tellings of past dramas- nothing spectacular here on that front. FB unnaturally amplifies things.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">For whatever the reason- sunspots or butterfly wings- this is going to be a fantastic convention,</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">-Caryn Ann </div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div>On Thu, Jan 4, 2018 at 9:47 PM Elizabeth Van Horn <<a href="mailto:elizabeth.vanhorn@lp.org">elizabeth.vanhorn@lp.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">I see a "gather the wagons" reaction happening with the responses. How<br>
dare anyone have a differing opinion?<br>
<br>
If everyone thought alike and agreed with everyone, we'd hardly need a<br>
committee would we?<br>
<br>
I'll continue to voice what I've seen, and what I think reflects on<br>
what's happening.<br>
<br>
Cheers, all.<br>
---<br>
Elizabeth Van Horn<br>
<br>
On 2018-01-04 23:40, Elizabeth Van Horn wrote:<br>
> Oh my,<br>
><br>
> Daniel, I haven't insulted anyone. Stop with the drama. You disagree<br>
> with my assessment, that's fine. But, don't attribute motives to me<br>
> that aren't true, nor accuse me of insulting people.<br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
> ---<br>
> Elizabeth Van Horn<br>
><br>
><br>
> On 2018-01-04 21:42, Daniel Hayes wrote:<br>
>> Elizabeth,<br>
>><br>
>> People always want change. That isn’t why convention revenues are so<br>
>> high so early. Yes, contention drives convention attendance but like<br>
>> I said, it’s always there to one degree or another.<br>
>><br>
>> So why is this convention ahead of all the others? This convention was<br>
>> “ready to sell” earlier than any other. Kudos to BetteRose and the<br>
>> rest of the COC for putting in a LOT of time early on. Also the COC<br>
>> listened and stepped out on faith and dropped the package prices which<br>
>> helped increase “sales”. Don’t forget, it’s NOLA, that is evidenced<br>
>> by the unprecedented booking of room nights on the “shoulders” of the<br>
>> convention. Then there was the theme contest which brought in $15.5k.<br>
>> That in itself was MORE than any convention had brought in by 12/6 of<br>
>> the calendar year before the convention. Then there is our staff who<br>
>> got the website ready. Lauren and her team who have been marketing<br>
>> things. The Welcoming Committee was a great idea on her part.<br>
>><br>
>><br>
>> I get it.. you see yourself as part of the Calvary riding in to fix<br>
>> things. Most of us have been there.<br>
>> Many people can’t acknowledge the accomplishments of others because it<br>
>> doesn’t fit their paradigm of “they aren’t the right people.”<br>
>><br>
>> Your emails in this chain diminish the extreme efforts put into making<br>
>> happen exactly what we are seeing happen. Frankly, it’s highly<br>
>> insulting to the efforts the COC and staff have put into this. Your<br>
>> compliment actually feels somewhat backhanded.<br>
>><br>
>> This was years in the making, extending back before Orlando. It’s<br>
>> because we have been executing on what we learned from that highly<br>
>> successful convention. “Things we would have done different.” Go to a<br>
>> place people want to attend, start early, offer many ways people can<br>
>> support the convention financially. Make it interesting, make it<br>
>> affordable. These are some of the things we have learned to make the<br>
>> convention more successful from a financial standpoint.<br>
>><br>
>><br>
>> Insulting people that have worked hard to achieve success isn’t a<br>
>> change for the better.<br>
>><br>
>> Daniel<br>
>><br>
>> Sent from my iPhone<br>
>><br>
>>> On Jan 4, 2018, at 6:56 PM, Elizabeth Van Horn<br>
>>> <<a href="mailto:elizabeth.vanhorn@lp.org" target="_blank">elizabeth.vanhorn@lp.org</a>> wrote:<br>
>>><br>
>>> Caryn Ann, I think the higher early convention revenues are directly<br>
>>> related to the number of people who want change.<br>
>>><br>
>>> I can't even recall all the people who have said they want to be in<br>
>>> NOLA to vote *against* ______ (fill in the blank, as there's more<br>
>>> than one option)<br>
>>><br>
>>> But, regardless of our differing opinions on that matter, we'll have<br>
>>> a great convention turn-out. The COC has done well, and it's been<br>
>>> several years since I've been in NOLA, so am looking forward to it.<br>
>>><br>
>>><br>
>>> ---<br>
>>> Elizabeth Van Horn<br>
>>><br>
>>><br>
>>>> On 2018-01-04 18:34, Caryn Ann Harlos wrote:<br>
>>>> The concentrated effort started in Dec 2016 and bore fruit. Nick<br>
>>>> had a<br>
>>>> very firm vision and executed it.<br>
>>>> I think a great deal of the higher early convention revenues are<br>
>>>> because of<br>
>>>> the intense efforts of the whole CC- they’ve been amazing. Daniel<br>
>>>> has<br>
>>>> blown me away and Sam has been selling like a boss.<br>
>>>> -Caryn Ann<br>
>>>> On Thu, Jan 4, 2018 at 4:04 PM Elizabeth Van Horn<br>
>>>> <<a href="mailto:elizabeth.vanhorn@lp.org" target="_blank">elizabeth.vanhorn@lp.org</a>><br>
>>>> wrote:<br>
>>>>> Thank you Wes, I'll go back over the numbers and look at the entire<br>
>>>>> year.<br>
>>>>> ---<br>
>>>>> Elizabeth Van Horn<br>
>>>>> LNC Region 3 (IN, MI, OH, KY)<br>
>>>>> Secre<a href="https://maps.google.com/?q=tary+Libertarian+Party+of+Madison+C&entry=gmail&source=g">tary Libertarian Party of Madison C</a>o, Indiana<br>
>>>>> Chair-LP Social Media Process Review Committee<br>
>>>>> Vice-Chair Libertarian Pragmatist Caucus<br>
>>>>> <a href="http://www.lpcaucus.org/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://www.lpcaucus.org/</a><br>
>>>>> On 2018-01-04 17:37, Wes Benedict wrote:<br>
>>>>> > The LP was ahead of the budgeted revenue starting in January 2017.<br>
>>>>> ><br>
>>>>> ><br>
>>>>> > Wes Benedict, Executive Director<br>
>>>>> > Libertarian National Committee, Inc.<br>
>>>>> > 1444 Duke St., Alexandria, VA 22314<br>
>>>>> > (202) 333-0008 ext. 232, <a href="mailto:wes.benedict@lp.org" target="_blank">wes.benedict@lp.org</a><br>
>>>>> > <a href="http://facebook.com/libertarians" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">facebook.com/libertarians</a> @LPNational<br>
>>>>> > Join the Libertarian Party at: <a href="http://lp.org/membership" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://lp.org/membership</a><br>
>>>>> ><br>
>>>>> > On 1/4/2018 5:24 PM, Elizabeth Van Horn wrote:<br>
>>>>> >> Thank you Lauren, both for your hard work, and the excellent results.<br>
>>>>> >><br>
>>>>> >> If I understand, (and please correct me if wrong), the LP wasn't ahead<br>
>>>>> >> of the revenue game in 2017, until a concentrated effort to boost<br>
>>>>> >> revenue was made.<br>
>>>>> >><br>
>>>>> >> Although, I think the effort to boost revenue should have been done<br>
>>>>> >> sooner, the results you and your team have accomplished is wonderful<br>
>>>>> >> news. This shows what *can* be done.<br>
>>>>> >><br>
>>>>> >> ---<br>
>>>>> >> Elizabeth Van Horn<br>
>>>>> >> LNC Region 3 (IN, MI, OH, KY)<br>
>>>>> >> Secretary Libertarian Party of Madison Co, Indiana<br>
>>>>> >> Chair-LP Social Media Process Review Committee<br>
>>>>> >> Vice-Chair Libertarian Pragmatist Caucus<br>
>>>>> >> <a href="http://www.lpcaucus.org/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://www.lpcaucus.org/</a><br>
>>>>> >><br>
>>>>> >> On 2018-01-04 11:46, Lauren Daugherty wrote:<br>
>>>>> >>> Hi all,<br>
>>>>> >>><br>
>>>>> >>> I have crunched the numbers for 2017 and compared them to the data<br>
>>>>> >>> for<br>
>>>>> >>> the past 10 years.<br>
>>>>> >>><br>
>>>>> >>> The following calculations exclude convention revenue and bequests:<br>
>>>>> >>><br>
>>>>> >>> 2017 revenues exceed the previous 10-year average by 5%.<br>
>>>>> >>><br>
>>>>> >>> 2017 revenues exceed the average of the past 5 odd-numbered years by<br>
>>>>> >>> 17%.<br>
>>>>> >>><br>
>>>>> >>> 2017 revenues exceed all of the past 10 years with the exception of<br>
>>>>> >>> 2016 and 2008 which were presidential election years.<br>
>>>>> >>><br>
>>>>> >>> ---<br>
>>>>> >>> Lauren Daugherty<br>
>>>>> >>> Head of Development<br>
>>>>> >>> Libertarian National Committee<br>
>>>>> >>><br>
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