On 3/5/07, goldrecordings <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], "Susan Hogarth" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > On 3/4/07, goldrecordings <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > .... Stephen Gordon asks: > > > > Suggest an event where 1) we'd even be allowed in the door, 2) > > > > where we'd have some reasonable outreach opportunities, 3) that it > > > > would be logistically reasonable (it is easier and cheaper for a > > > > DC-based organization to attend an event in DC than one in San > > > > Francisco) and we'd very clearly consider it. > > > > > > That is certainly a reasonable answer. > > > > The DC requirement strikes me as a red herring. We're a *national* > > organization. We should be able to put together an outreach booth > > outside of our national headquarters' town. Volunteers can be > > recruited. Materials can be supplied. > > > > In fact it strikes me as a good way for the national party to work > > with state and local parties. > > > > DC events are important. But one point Libertarians should be making > > is that DC is NOT the whole world. > > paul) I agree, state and local parties should certainly pursue this in > their areas as well, and if national can help out that's great, but > Steve does have a valid point that it is a lot cheaper and easiet for > the national office to attend and staff an event in the DC area.
Right. But *my* point is that these tables don't have to be run by 'staff'. In act I think they *shouldn't* be tabled by staff members for more than half the time, even in DC. We shouldn't have to pay people to do volunteer-level work. > After all, they only have a small handful of folks working in the DC > office right now, and their financial situation is not that great - > way down from what it was a decade ago, or even five years ago - and > sparing the staff and travell costs for out of town events can be > prohibitive in terms of both time and money. ... Yes, that's why staff should NOT necessarily have to travel. I don't disagree that DC events should not be missed - I just don't think an event should *have* to be in DC for the LP to table it. And will they be tabling at the March on the Pentagon the 17th of this month? Were they tabling at the previous antiwar event? Did they try to get a table? God forbid word should ever leak out that the LP is antiwar. -- Susan Hogarth http://www.colliething.com
