LNC, Colorado has requested that I make the following Motion with regards to Riot Fest, a large event happening in Colorado in September. The Motion will follow next and after that, information on the event and why National might be interested put together by Colorado's Outreach Director Marie Cochran. Please note that Colorado has already passed a Motion to fund this themselves regardless of any decision from National but during discussion it was raised that since this has more of a national scope that it would be under National's interest to get involved. Colorado does not, however, want the opportunity to be missed and since it is happening on their home soil, have stepped up. I also note that I do not have any knowledge of any insurance requirements or liabilities. ********************************************* Move that the LNC authorize spending a maximum of $800 to fund an Outreach Booth at Riot Fest to be staffed by Colorado volunteers. ******************************************** Riot Fest Proposal Riot Fest is a 3 day music festival that is held in 2 cities on separate dates in September. This event is extremely popular as people travel from across the county and internationally to attend. There are five to six stages in all. Vendor tents are placed outside, usually along the perimeter of the fenced in area by the outdoor stages. Attendance is expected to be approximately 40,000 per day, so there are a lot of people walking around from stage to stage. There is ample space to speak to the festival goers at our outside tent. We will be able to carry on conversations with potential voters. We can also expect national media coverage as MTV, Rolling Stone, Huffington Post amongst others have covered the event in the past. The target demographic will be the disenchanted Bernie Sanders supporters, Independents and anyone looking for a 3rd party option. As the event is built around, but not limited to, Punk Rock there are heavy political undertones. I have also been in contact with Seth Levy from the Gary Johnson campaign who says that this event is “right up his ally” however due to potential security concerns at that point in the campaign can not guarantee his appearance. The cost for a booth at the event was $800 last year, with a 10% discount for non-profit vendors, we can expect the same this year. The ROI for the National Party will be exposure to 120,000 voters from around the country, plus the potential for national media coverage. In the spirit of ‘putting my money where my mouth is’ I have agreed to donate the first $100 to the event. The LP has been accused of only ‘sitting around and talking about liberty in it’s purist form’ and never ‘showing up.’ Now more than ever we need to challenge that notion and get out in front of as many people as possible. If there was ever a time to ‘go for broke,’ that time is now. http://riotfest.org/ is the web site... They haven't finalized the lineup yet so the massive promoting has not started. -- In Liberty, Caryn Ann Harlos Region 1 Representative (Alaska, Arizona, Colorado, Hawaii, Kansas, Montana, Utah, Wyoming, Washington) Caryn.Ann.Harlos@LP.org