I also red-flagged when I saw the email blast encouraging delegates to ask for refunds. Perhaps the thought is that delegates who have already obtained refunds are more likely to vote against adjourning to a future in-person event? Even the LNC voted for there to be a future in-person event. LP Bylaws Article 6.3 says the chair's authority is "subject to express National Committee policies and directives." A/V costs are already a very large percent of our total costs, and the in-person event will necessarily have INCREASED a/v costs due to social distancing needs. We really need those attendees to purchase packages. -Alicia On Fri, May 15, 2020 at 8:27 AM Caryn Ann Harlos via Lnc-business < lnc-business@hq.lp.org> wrote:
Okay, I have not said anything but I am perturbed that while we have a convention pending we are actively encouraging people to get a refund now. It seems self-sabotaguing. And I am now convinced. A member wrote me about a refund. I asked to speak with him. The only reason he was asking was because "the chair said we should and seemed to pushing that."
He really did not want one if we are going to have a convention but said our messaging is leading everyone to believe we won't.
I have an issue with that.
A simple phone call about what our decisions actually were kept $500 in our coffers. Why are we putting out self-sabotaguing messaging?
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