How can we promote higher female attendance at next convention? and also how to engage those applicants?
We just had all these applicants that were not appointed.... can we find some way to not have them be discouraged and get them something to do? Maybe with convention or something else? Also what proactively can we do to promote more female party members to attend convention? Maybe organize a group of volunteers to make phone calls? (these ideas were brought to me by Party members so I am bringing them up here) -- *In Liberty,* *Caryn Ann Harlos* Region 1 Representative, Libertarian National Committee (Alaska, Arizona, Colorado, Hawaii, Kansas, Montana, Utah, Wyoming, Washington) - Caryn.Ann. Harlos@LP.org <Caryn.Ann.Harlos@LP.org> Communications Director, Libertarian Party of Colorado <http://www.lpcolorado.org> Colorado State Coordinator, Libertarian Party Radical Caucus <http://www.lpradicalcaucus.org> Chair, LP Historical Preservation Committee A haiku to the Statement of Principles: *We defend your rights* *And oppose the use of force* *Taxation is theft*
I think phone calls from a friendly person simply encouraging people to attend will boost attendance significantly. For each state, you would want to understand the process for getting people added as delegates. Additionally, in non-presidential-years, there are often fewer attendees meaning more states with opening. And people who aren't added to their own state affiliates are often picked up by other states. Also, you can encourage people to attend even if they aren't voting delegates. Voting delegates are supposed to sit through tedious, extremely boring discussions and votes regarding the platform and bylaws (something I've usually skipped myself the times I was a delegate). Non-voting delegates have the option of attending seminar sessions or sneaking off to Pat O'Briens <http://www.patobriens.com/patobriens/default.asp> for a hurricane. Seriously, the phone call saying "Hi, this is Jane, I wanted to see if you would come to our national convention in New Orleans. We had so much fun in Orlando in 2016. " Of course a line up of speakers that includes "cool, fun, entertaining" speakers and trainers that attendees would want to hang out with after their speeches, as opposed to "dry, scholarly" stuff, probably helps. So, encourage the convention committee to sign me up in a speaking slot. Wes Benedict, Executive Director Libertarian National Committee, Inc. 1444 Duke St., Alexandria, VA 22314 (202) 333-0008 ext. 232, wes.benedict@lp.org facebook.com/libertarians @LPNational Join the Libertarian Party at: http://lp.org/membership On 4/30/2017 4:47 PM, Caryn Ann Harlos wrote:
We just had all these applicants that were not appointed.... can we find some way to not have them be discouraged and get them something to do? Maybe with convention or something else?
Also what proactively can we do to promote more female party members to attend convention? Maybe organize a group of volunteers to make phone calls?
(these ideas were brought to me by Party members so I am bringing them up here)
-- *In Liberty,* *Caryn Ann Harlos* Region 1 Representative, Libertarian National Committee (Alaska, Arizona, Colorado, Hawaii, Kansas, Montana, Utah, Wyoming, Washington) - Caryn.Ann. Harlos@LP.org <mailto:Caryn.Ann.Harlos@LP.org> Communications Director, Libertarian Party of Colorado <http://www.lpcolorado.org> Colorado State Coordinator, Libertarian Party Radical Caucus <http://www.lpradicalcaucus.org> Chair, LP Historical Preservation Committee
A haiku to the Statement of Principles: /We defend your rights/ /And oppose the use of force/ /Taxation is theft/
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Wes, All you have to do is ask. Daniel Hayes Guy arranging speakers for the Convention Sent from my iPhone
On May 1, 2017, at 9:52 AM, Wes Benedict <wes.benedict@lp.org> wrote:
I think phone calls from a friendly person simply encouraging people to attend will boost attendance significantly. For each state, you would want to understand the process for getting people added as delegates. Additionally, in non-presidential-years, there are often fewer attendees meaning more states with opening. And people who aren't added to their own state affiliates are often picked up by other states. Also, you can encourage people to attend even if they aren't voting delegates. Voting delegates are supposed to sit through tedious, extremely boring discussions and votes regarding the platform and bylaws (something I've usually skipped myself the times I was a delegate). Non-voting delegates have the option of attending seminar sessions or sneaking off to Pat O'Briens for a hurricane. Seriously, the phone call saying "Hi, this is Jane, I wanted to see if you would come to our national convention in New Orleans. We had so much fun in Orlando in 2016. "
Of course a line up of speakers that includes "cool, fun, entertaining" speakers and trainers that attendees would want to hang out with after their speeches, as opposed to "dry, scholarly" stuff, probably helps. So, encourage the convention committee to sign me up in a speaking slot. Wes Benedict, Executive Director Libertarian National Committee, Inc. 1444 Duke St., Alexandria, VA 22314 (202) 333-0008 ext. 232, wes.benedict@lp.org facebook.com/libertarians @LPNational Join the Libertarian Party at: http://lp.org/membership
On 4/30/2017 4:47 PM, Caryn Ann Harlos wrote: We just had all these applicants that were not appointed.... can we find some way to not have them be discouraged and get them something to do? Maybe with convention or something else?
Also what proactively can we do to promote more female party members to attend convention? Maybe organize a group of volunteers to make phone calls?
(these ideas were brought to me by Party members so I am bringing them up here)
-- In Liberty, Caryn Ann Harlos Region 1 Representative, Libertarian National Committee (Alaska, Arizona, Colorado, Hawaii, Kansas, Montana, Utah, Wyoming, Washington) - Caryn.Ann. Harlos@LP.org Communications Director, Libertarian Party of Colorado Colorado State Coordinator, Libertarian Party Radical Caucus Chair, LP Historical Preservation Committee
A haiku to the Statement of Principles: We defend your rights And oppose the use of force Taxation is theft
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