September 2014 - Lnc-business - Moellman Enterprises Email

FW: ACTION ITEM - Sign on to lobby the LNC on conventions, transparency
by Scott L. 01 Sep '14

01 Sep '14

In this particular case, Starchilds wish is my command. Scott Lieberman _____ From: ba-liberty(a)yahoogroups.com [mailto:ba-liberty@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Starchild sfdreamer(a)earthlink.net [ba-liberty] Sent: Monday, September 01, 2014 7:19 PM To: Grassroots Libertarians Caucus; LP Radical Caucus; Independent Political Report; Jill Pyeatt; Paulie Frankel; LPSF Discussion List; Bay Area Liberty; LPC Candidates List; San Diego LP Chat List; LP Sunshine Caucus Subject: [ba-liberty] ACTION ITEM - Sign on to lobby the LNC on conventions, transparency Importance: High Sending this out as an experiment to see whether it's worth trying to solicit co-signers to letters lobbying the LNC, by seeing how many people respond and how quickly. If you agree with what I say below, please write me back ASAP with your name and state to join me in adding your names to this email response to LNC members, in support of (1) getting more information and accountability on unnecessary money spent on conventions, (2) making the party more bottom-up by allowing delegates more time to debate changes to party rules, platform, and leadership at conventions, not less, and (3) more transparency. Love & Liberty, ((( starchild ))) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Re: [Lnc-votes] [Lnc-business] convention duration and costs Excellent call, Daniel! We agree staff's list of unneeded expenses that could cut our national convention costs in half so we spend $60,000 rather than $120,000 should be documented. As members of the Libertarian Party, we share Daniel's interest in seeing this information shared, and seeing it acted upon. While we welcome and thank Wes Benedict for coming forward with this information, however, we do not like the idea of shorter conventions as a way of saving money. Conventions are vital to our party's governance, and they happen only once every two years. We want a more bottom-up party with more time at conventions for members to engage in party governance (update platform and bylaws, pass resolutions, and hear debates among candidates for LNC positions), not less. At our June 2014 convention, there was an important resolution that did not get considered and debated because we ran out of time, and few proposals were considered from the floor. For those who find the current format boring, longer conventions would give us time to work in lots of fun stuff and local activism as well as our business sessions. There should also be a full, open investigation by the Convention Site Selection Committee into holding conventions at less expensive, non-traditional venues. By the way, we request all of you on the LNC to include your names and contact info on your email messages to the LNC list, as Wes Benedict did below, to make it clearer who is saying what. That way LP members reading messages forwarded from the list will be able to clearly identify who is saying what, and how to reach them. For liberty, Starchild (California) P.S. - Would a member of the LNC please forward this message to the LNC list so it appears there for the record, since we cannot post? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ On Sep 1, 2014, at 6:16 PM, lnc-votes(a)hq.lp.org wrote: Wes, I am a little lost here..Not sure where Mr Olsens referenced email is. If there are blatant unneeded expenses then please share those here with us Wes. Consider this a formal request from the District 7 Regional Alternate for the information. Daniel Hayes GGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGg On Aug 31, 2014, at 4:07 PM, Wes Benedict <wes.benedict(a)lp.org> wrote: I'm confident a survey of members would show people would prefer shorter conventions. (I think that's what Mr. Olsen is suggesting below.) I don't recall that question being asked in a survey in recent years. But I do hear the complaint quite often that the conventions are too long, too boring, too much parliamentary theatrics, and too expensive. Shorter would be less boring and less expensive. Training could more easily be fit in before the convention for those that enjoy hanging around for more days. And for those that try to squeeze in local sight-seeing, a shorter convention would make it easier for delegates to join their families. One less average hotel night per convention would be a great goal. LP Texas had over 300 attendees at its 2014 convention at a cheap venue. I don't know the total budget, but I'd like be interested in knowing. And I'll take a guess it cost $25,000. The 2014 national convention in Ohio cost over $120,000. I'm pretty confident Robert Kraus and I could design a pretty good 2018 national convention for 400 to 700 delegates that cost $60,000. That's because he and I know of a lot of costs at the 2010, 2012, & 2014 conventions that could have been reduced or avoided. $60,000 versus $120,000. Our services and advice are available upon request (but preferably not this coming week due to other priorities). Wes Benedict, Executive Director Libertarian National Committee, Inc. New address: 1444 Duke St., Alexandria, VA 22314 (202) 333-0008 ext. 232, wes.benedict(a)lp.org facebook.com/libertarians @LPNational Join the Libertarian Party at: http://lp.org/membership On 8/31/2014 1:21 PM, Norm Olsen wrote: The schedule of official business of the 2018 national convention of the LNC shall consist of 2½ days, commencing on the morning of Saturday, May 26, 2018 and adjourning by 2PM on Monday, May 28, 2018.

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Livestreaming
by Joshua Katz 01 Sep '14

01 Sep '14

I am happy with my ability to transmit audio. Mr. Olsen has, as you know, agreed to provide necessary equipment for doing so. Listeners will not be able to participate as, even with my excellent connection, using my laptop causes a 2 second delay. I don't think we wanted that ability anyway. I simulated the impact of loss of connection - the software I was using (available for free) just stored what I had recorded during that time and sent it as soon as the connection was restored. What I will need is a steady connection (relatively steady anyway) with at least 1mbs upload. I found that my equipment is not useful for video - moving it far enough from a table set for 18 gives a useless picture. Joshua A. Katz Region 8 (Region of Badassdom) Alternate Libertarian National Committee Chair, Libertarian Party of Connecticut

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Legal brief (19 pages) filed today to restore LP Ohio governor candidate to the ballot.
by William Redpath 01 Sep '14

01 Sep '14

This is a very interesting read. Bill Redpath

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