From a Cocktail Caucus to a Gubernatorial Debate, from Candidate Nominations to a Banquet Dinner, there will be something for everyone to enjoy on Feb 21st – 23rd.
Our Libertarian Party of Arkansas Executive Committee is determined to grow the largest and most effective state Libertarian Party in the entire country. A Libertarian Party that not only competes with the D’s and R’s, but are winning elections and advancing liberty by passing libertarian legislation at all levels of government.
To encourage more participation and to put our mission into action, we have decided to make this year’s convention the most affordable ever, while at the same time, this will be the biggest convention the LPAR has ever had, with three days of activities. You can attend the business session and all training on Saturday and Sunday for absolutely FREE! Also free is the Friday night social event, our Cocktail Caucus! We have made the lunch and banquet prices as close to cost as possible. Lunches on Saturday and Sunday are $14 each and the dinner/banquet with keynote speaker Libertarian Party Vice-Presidential candidate Judge Jim Gray is only $27, or you can buy all three for only $49 (save $6)!
On top of our keynote speaker, 2012 Libertarian Vice Presidential candidate Judge Jim Gray, we have several other special guests as well that will be at our convention. Libertarian National Committee (LNC) Chairman, Geoff Neale will be in attendance and will speak. LNC Vice-Chair and great friend to Arkansas, R. Lee Wrights will also attend the convention. Our trainers for our training sessions will be Evan McMahon, Executive Director of the Libertarian National Congressional Committee, and Brett Pojunis, our Regional Representative to the LNC. This is the biggest line-up of LP stars coming to our state in LPAR history. You will not want to miss this!
I am looking forward to seeing you all in person at the 2014 LPAR Convention, Big Liberty, Little Rock!
Live FREE!
Jessica Paxton
Chair, LPAR
Hyatt Regency Columbus
350 N High St
Columbus, OH 43215
There’s a Red Roof Inn a couple of blocks away at 111 E. Nationwide
I don’t have the Orlando address at my fingertips; anyone have it?
Andy–Hopefully you won’t have that pain from having paid too much in either Columbus or Orlando!
Freudian slip?
“the only problem was that it was a paid in the ass commuting to the convention venue every day.”
Should read pain in the ass.
Red Rock is in Summerlin which is only sort of Vegas. I think the OH and FL venues will be a lot better in that regard.
“Mark Axinn January 24, 2014 at 9:17 pm
There are lots of inexpensive motels in Columbus and Orlando. Unlike an isolated place like the Red Rock Resort in Nevada, the 2014 and 2016 conventions are being held in cities convenient to many more LP members and with many more options to chose from. I commend both choices.”
The Las Vegas area has plenty of low cost motels as well, the only problem is that the LNC chose a venue that was far away from any other hotels.
I attended the Las Vegas convention, and I staid at a low cost hotel, the only problem was that it was a paid in the ass commuting to the convention venue every day.
I do too and will try to attend if I can.
There are lots of inexpensive motels in Columbus and Orlando. Unlike an isolated place like the Red Rock Resort in Nevada, the 2014 and 2016 conventions are being held in cities convenient to many more LP members and with many more options to chose from. I commend both choices.
Back on point of this article: Kudos to Rodger and Jessica for doing such a superb job building LPAR. Their convention looks terrific and I wish them great success.
Not in 2014 or 2016. Those hotels are already picked and there is a huge penalty for backing out. I don’t believe this LNC will be doing the 2018 contract. The next LNC probably will.
I’d have to check out about cheap motels in walking distance.
There will be some efforts to organize roomshare, rideshare etc.
That may include some rideshare around town if the cheaper motels are too far to walk to.
There are a lot of complicated issues in regards to hotels having large enough meeting rooms, providing various things for “free” if we book enoug rooms, etc.
Arkansas doesn’t need as big of a meeting hall as national, so they have a wider choice of motels – the Comfort Inn would not work for a national convention since they don’t have a big enough meeting room.
“paulie January 24, 2014 at 4:20 pm
LNC has also made the business session free. Do you have other specific suggestions? What areas can be made more affordable and how would we do that?”
How about the hotel rooms? They are too expensive for most people. It is more money than I really like to spend for a room. Any possibility of having conventions at cheaper venues, or perhaps within walking distance of some cheaper motels.
I see spending too much money on conventions to be a frivolous waste of resources. I’d rather see my money go toward Libertarian Party candidates or general party outreach than have it go to some overpriced hotel.
LNC has also made the business session free. Do you have other specific suggestions? What areas can be made more affordable and how would we do that?
“paulie January 24, 2014 at 2:24 pm
The national convention has a zero floor fee. Got any other suggestions? I could try passing them along.”
Well, for one, the folks in the LP of AR are trying to keep the state convention costs as low as possible so they can attract more people to come to the convention. The LNC could learn something from this.
The national convention has a zero floor fee. Got any other suggestions? I could try passing them along.
“To encourage more participation and to put our mission into action, we have decided to make this year’s convention the most affordable ever, while at the same time, this will be the biggest convention the LPAR has ever had, with three days of activities.”
The Libertarian Party of Arkansas has the right idea when it comes to conventions. The LNC and other state LP’s should follow their example.