Forwarded message below at the request of Starchild. Richard Longstreth Region 1 Representative (AK, AZ, CO, HI, KS, MT, NM, OR, UT, WA, WY) Libertarian National Committee richard.longstreth@lp.org 931.538.9300 Sent from my Mobile Device ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Starchild <sfdreamer@earthlink.net> Date: Tue, Jun 9, 2020, 19:08 Subject: Volunteers for Freedom Fest Outreach? To: Tucker Coburn <tucker.coburn@lp.org>, Steven Nekhaila < Steven.Nekhaila@lp.org>, John Phillips <john.phillips@lp.org>, Elizabeth Van Horn <elizabeth.vanhorn@lp.org>, Pat Ford <pford@coalitionradio.us>, Whitney Bilyeu <whitneycb76@gmail.com>, Phillip Anderson < phillip.anderson@lp.org>, Victoria Paige Sexton <victoria.paige.lee@lp.org>, Kenneth Brent Olsen <kenneth.olsen@lp.org>, Bill Redpath < William.Redpath@lp.org>, Alicia Mattson <alicia.mattson@lp.org>, Tim Hagan < treasurer@lp.org>, Alex Merced <alex.merced@lp.org>, Francis Wendt < francis.wendt@lp.org>, Jeff Hewitt <Jeffrey.Hewitt@lp.org>, Joe Bishop-Henchman <joe.bishop-henchman@lp.org>, Susan Hogarth < susan@ncliberty.net>, Erin Adams <erin.adams@lp.org>, Sam Goldstein < sam.goldstein@lp.org>, Joshua D. Smith <joshua.smith@lp.org>, Caryn Ann Harlos <caryn.ann.harlos@lp.org>, Dustin Nanna <dustin.nanna@lp.org>, Richard Longstreth <richard.longstreth@lp.org>, Jim Lark <jwlark@lp.org>, Nick Sarwark <chair@lp.org> Cc: Starchild <sfdreamer@earthlink.net> The Libertarian Party has had an outreach booth at Freedom Fest (the conference happening July 13-16 in Las Vegas) in past years, and I am guessing there may be plans to do so again this year. If so, I would like to encourage the Libertarian National Committee to utilize volunteers to represent the Libertarian Party at this event. In the past, paid staff have often been used for this purpose, which I believe is wasteful and unnecessary when we have lots of great volunteers with outreach experience who would be willing and able to represent us at much less cost to the party. Using national headquarters staff requires paying for round-trip airfare from the D.C. area, as well as lodging and perhaps meals, and presumably takes them away from their regular work at the office to at least some extent, at a net cost to the party of many thousands of dollars (Tim Hagan or Robert Kraus should be able to supply more precise details). I'm offering again this year, as I have in the past, to travel to Las Vegas on my own dime (in this case on the way back from our convention in Florida), and pay for my own meals and lodging, to volunteer to help staff a booth at the event if provided one of the attendance passes that come with a paid booth. My guess is that there are other Libertarian activists, particularly in the Las Vegas area, who would likewise be happy to help staff a Freedom Fest booth for the party if they were not required to independently buy a ticket to the event. Hopefully such offers will not fall on deaf ears this year, and LNC members will take this opportunity to ensure that LP members get more bang for their dollars that are spent in order to give us a presence at Freedom Fest. Love & Liberty, ((( starchild ))) Chair, Libertarian Party of San Francisco Candidate for State Assembly @StarchildSF Disqus.com/by/Starchild (415) 625-FREE P.S. – I request that my regional representative, Jeff Hewitt, or alternate Tim Ferreira, forward this message to the public LNC list in the interests of transparency, or if they do not, that one of the other LNC members step up and do so.