I concur with Alicia.  Most of those cities listed by Arvin are very expensive both to visit and are out of driving distance for many of our delegates.

My Facebook post about the LPIN's plan to submit a bid for the 2020 Convention generated dozens of comments that could very well stimulate other state parties to participate in the process.  Having a dedicated local convention committee could take much of the burden off LNC members and staff in the early stages of planning and even more so as we move closer to the convention.

If Mr. Vorha proposes his motion in a email  ballot prior to the July meeting I will vote against it.  Unfortunately, I won't be able to attend that meeting but I would strongly encourage those present to do so at that time.

Thanks and 

Live Free,

Sam Goldstein
Libertarian National Committee
Member at Large
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On Thu, Jun 2, 2016 at 1:27 AM, Alicia Mattson <agmattson@gmail.com> wrote:
Las Vegas is one of those top-10 destination cities.  We were in Las Vegas in 2012 but did not have the turnout we had in Orlando. 

Atlanta is not one of those top-10 destination cities, but in 2004 we had over 800 delegates there. 

What really drove convention turnout this year was Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton, not the fact that it was Orlando.

Some of those top-10 cities are VERY, VERY expensive for conventions (New York, San Francisco).  If we didn't have Trump/Clinton to drive our convention attendance, and we chose a very expensive destination city, we'd lose our shirts on the convention finances.

-Alicia




On Wed, Jun 1, 2016 at 9:31 PM, Arvin Vohra <votevohra@gmail.com> wrote:
Hi all,

This year's convention was an amazing success. One of the many reasons: the location. We picked a destination city, so people brought their spouses and kids. Many people bough gold packages, even when they weren't delegates, and routinely bought packages for their families as well.

I believe that all future conventions should be in destination cities. I know that the common wisdom is that presidential conventions should be in non-destination cities, because people will go to the convention anyway. The argument is: don't waste good cities on presidential years.

This argument is flawed. While delegates will go anywhere, they won't bring their families to non-destination cities. 


And we should stick to the top 10.

Even if we repeat cities constantly, that's fine. Most people would be fine going to Las Vegas or New Orleans every four years, or even every two years. 

I await your feedback, and I intend to make a motion on this in advance of the July meeting.



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