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Xref: sparky alt.politics.libertarian:2870 alt.politics.usa.misc:682 talk.politics.drugs:8032 talk.politics.guns:25539 talk.politics.misc:65033 Newsgroups: alt.politics.libertarian,alt.politics.usa.misc,talk.politics.drugs,talk.politics.guns,talk.politics.misc,utah.general Path: sparky!uunet!cis.ohio-state.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!caen!hellgate.utah.edu!orca!mesa!rthomson From: rthomson@mesa.dsd.es.com (Rich Thomson) Subject: 1993 Libertarian Party National Convention in Salt Lake City, UT Message-ID: <1992Dec21.194109.27593@dsd.es.com> Followup-To: talk.politics.misc Sender: usenet@dsd.es.com Nntp-Posting-Host: 130.187.85.21 Organization: Design Systems Division, Evans & Sutherland, SLC, UT Date: Mon, 21 Dec 92 19:41:09 GMT Lines: 488 [Followups to talk.politics.misc; if you have questions for Bob Waldrop directly I can relay them if you e-mail me. --Rich] Morning Glory Productions Bob Waldrop Contractor for Celebrate Liberty The 1993 Libertarian Party National Conventions September 2-5, 1993 Soon Libertarians from across the world will gather in Salt Lake City for Celebrate Liberty. Highlights of this event include: Dawn's Early Light Three great convention breakfasts, with challenging, entertaining, and informative speakers: Frances Kendall, South Africa Nobel Peace Prize Nominee, Dr. Thomas Szasz, Libertarian psychiatrist and prolific author, and L. Neil Smith (author of 18 science fiction novels with Libertarian themes). (Friday, Saturday, Sunday mornings) The Green Dragon Inn The Grand Ballroom of the Marriott Hotel, transformed into the historic Green Dragon Inn of Boston, hangout of notorious radicals such as Samuel Adams. There'll be music, food, drink, and comedy. (Thursday night) Freedom Rock '93 A jammin' rock-n-roll concert featuring three bands. (Friday night) Gala Convention Banquet Vivaldi and Mozart, fine dining, in the elegant Marriott Grand Ballroom (black tie optional). (Saturday night) Joyful Noise A feast for the eyes, ears, and soul -- music, drama, pageantry in salute to Liberty. Karl Hess Institute of Libertarian Politics Speakers, workshops, and panel discussions organized around four themes: Liberty: The Next Generation Campus Focus. Organizing college students. Libertarians in Academia. Working with blue-collar, non-student youth. High schools. Agenda 2000 Considers key issues of the 1990s. Earth, Wind, Fire, Water, Planet. Health Care. 21st Century Economics. Drug War. Second Amendment. Social Services. Foreign Policy. Crime and Violence. The Great Debate: LP Strategy in the 1990s. Examines tactics and strategy. Media. Ballot Access. Initiatives and Referenda. Women's perspectives. Presidential campaigns. LP Elected Officials. Grassroots organizing. Plus an early look at the 1996 LP Presidential nomination. Values for the 90s. Community. Children. Abundance. Home Schooling. Religion and Liberty. Race. Laissez-faire. 1993 Political Expo. Exhibits and vendors pitching the Libertarian Market. Faculty for the Karl Hess Institute includes: o Dr. Thomas Szasz (Professor of Psychiatry, State University of New York, author of the Myth of Mental Illness, Ceremonial Chemistry, the Manufacture of Madness), o L. Neil Smith (author of 18 science fiction books), o Bob Pool (President, Reason Foundation), o Karl Hess (LP News editor emeritus, writer, welder, philosopher), o Dirk Pearson and Sandy Shaw (life extension gurus and experts on FDA madness), o Alan Bach (Senior Editor, Orange County Register), o Dr. Karl Hess Jr. (Senior Fellow in Environmental Studies, Cato Institute; New Mexico State University), o John Fund (Wall Street Journal), o Frances Kendall (South African Libertarian leader, 3 time Nobel Peace Prize Nominee), o Eric Sterling (president, Criminal Policy Foundation), o James Ostrowski (libertarian attorney), o Dan Rosenthal (Editor, Privacy Report), o Dr. Mary Ruwart (research scientist and author), o Dr. Richard Ebeling (Ludwig von Mises Professor of Austrian Economics, Hillsdale College), o Dr. Nancy Lord (medical doctor, attorney, candidate), o Michael Tanner (president, Georgia Public Policy Foundation), o Jacob Hornberger (Future of Freedom Foundation), o Terree Wasley (Cato author, "What Has Government Done to our Health Care"), o Don Ernsberger (Libertarian leader and professor), o Jeff Hummel (Libertarian economist), o Jane Shaw (Senior Associate, Political Economy Research Center in Bozeman, Montana), o Dr. Richard Stroup (Professor of Economics, Montana State University, Senior associate, Political Economy Research Center), o Richard Winger (editor, Ballot Access News), o Dean Ahmad (Palestinian advocate, Islamic scholar), o Jarret Wollstein (ISIL), o Vince Miller (ISIL), o Me-Me King (LP activist), o Maury Modine (Mood For A Day/hemp advocate), o Bob Waldrop (him you know), o Amy Lassen (Utah State Chair, homeschool graduate), o Alexander Joseph (Big Water Mayor), o Kathleen Richmond (MKR Associates). More faculty and speakers will be announced over the next 60 days. Packages Available. Celebrate Liberty is available in four packages: I. Full Celebration Includes everything -- three breakfasts, banquet, party, concert, Joyful Noise, Karl Hess Institute. II. Late Riser Everything except for the three breakfasts. III. Thrift Karl Hess Institute, Joyful Noise, Green Dragon Inn, Freedom Rock '93. IV. Issues Focus Karl Hess Institute, Joyful Noise, Freedom Rock '93. ADVANCE PURCHASE PRICES, DISCOUNTS, AND PAYMENT PLANS To make this event as accessible as possible, Morning Glory Productions is announcing payment plans in addition to the traditional early purchase advance discounts. Regular Advance Price Full Celebration $300 Late Riser $250 Thrift $175 Issues Focus $125 Prices are good for payments postmarked by April 31, 1993 (prices increase May 1, 1993). Student Advance Price Full Celebration $250 Late Riser $200 Thrift Package $150 Issues Focus $125 Student rates are available to anyone under the age of 25 or to adults currently enrolled in 12+ college hours. Easy Payment Plan Reserve your package now and pay for it in nine easy payments of: Full Celebration $38.89 Late Riser $30.56 Thrift Package $22.22 Issues Focus $16.67 Total prices for Easy Payment prices based on package prices in effect May-July 1993. Student Easy Payment Full Celebration $27.78 Late Riser $22.22 Thrift Package $16.67 Issues Focus $13.89 BOB'S BODACIOUS BEST BUDGET DEAL. Available only until January 31st. Hotel accommodations at Salt lake City's luxurious Marriott Hotel and the package of your choice -- pay for it in nine easy payments of: Double Student Double Quad Student Quad Full Celebration $53.42 $42.31 $46.15 $35.04 Late Riser $45.09 $36.75 $37.82 $29.49 Thrift Package $36.75 $31.20 $29.49 $23.93 Issues Focus $31.20 $28.42 $23.93 $21.15 These Budget Deal payments include convention package indicated plus three nights hotel. Four or more nights hotel, add $2.42 per payment per additional night for quad occupancy; $4.84 for double. MGP will provide roommate match service at no extra charge if requested. Quad occupancy is two double beds. Double is one or two beds. Payments are per person. Hotel is $79.00 night, plus 10.5% tax, for single to quad occupancy. You can make your own hotel arrangements, or you can reserve your hotel room through one of our payment plans. Payment plans must be complete by the first day of the convention. 18 payment plans? If you are on a bi-weekly pay schedule, I'll be happy to accept 18, bi-weekly payments. Call and ask for a quote. (Basically, divide the payments above in half.) EARLY BOOKING INCENTIVES: In addition to the advance purchase discounts, those who book by January 31, 1993 -- including those on the Easy Payment or Budget Deal plans -- will receive these extra benefits at no additional cost: 1. Reserved seating at the banquet. Preferred seating for you and a guest. First come, first served. 2. Reserved seating at the rock concert. Buy early for excellent seats for the Celebrate Liberty Freedom Rock. 3. Your name will be entered in two big drawings: one lucky winner will receive two convention packages for the price of one (free package equal to the package purchased). Two other lucky winners will each receive one free night in the Marriott Presidential Suite. (George Bush, as well as a number of rock-n-roll artists, have slept in this room! Aren't you impressed? It really is a nice suite, you betcha.) BUT WAIT -- THERE MIGHT BE MORE Campaigns and Elections is a Washington, D.C.-based magazine catering to professional political consultants. They are also one of the largest professional political training operations. C&E clients include the Democratic National Committee and the Republican National Committee, the Sierra Club, Solidarity, US Chamber of Commerce, Communication Workers of America, American Nurses Association, National Association of Home Builders, National Association of Letter Carriers, National Association of Manufacturers, and Philip Morris. Here's some press clippings about their training programs: Washington Times (July 1991) ". . . (in its) campaign seminars. . . political consultants give campaign staffs and candidates a taste of their know-how. . . the eighth annual campaign training seminar. . . was like a Boy Scout Jamboree for campaign hacks. . . Last year. . . (the magazine) took C&E to Budapest, Prague, Warsaw, Moscow, Leningrad, and Kiev. Sojourns to Australia and South Korea are planned for this fall. . . Attendees included some of the democratic reformers who went on to work on Boris Yeltsin's successful campaign to become president of Russia." National Journal (May 1990) "Jim Campbell, who is running for governor of Alaska, helped prepare for his Republican primary campaign by attending a three-day seminar in Sacramento. . . "It scared the hell out of me, finding out what your competition can and will do," Campbell said later. "Campaigning is like running a business, and it's certainly becoming more of a science. But that's the way it's going, and you better be on top of it. . . more and more people connected with campaigns -- from the candidates to their low-level aides -- are attending seminars. . . "Campaigns are too sophisticated for challengers to compete on their own" without help from consultants, said Jennifer Kessler, who as political editor and seminars director of Campaigns and Elections magazine oversees the largest non-partisan campaign management company in Washington. . . . Kessler estimates that she helped organize more than 200 seminars last year. . . each of them attended by 100-400 campaign workers and candidates. Each seminar was conducted by more than 65 consultants paid by Campaigns and Elections. . . For $500, students could listen to experts on fund raising, budgeting, advertising, strategy designing, direct mail and grass-roots vote-getting. . ." ". . .The knowledge I gained was both comprehensive and well focused," said Robert LeBrant, vice president for political affairs of the Michigan Chamber of Commerce. . . What he learned about canvassing and get-out-the-vote techniques. . . helped him direct a successful statewide ballot campaign against a proposed sales tax hike. . ." Dallas Morning News (February 1991): "There are 3 types of political television spots, Dallas media consultant Mike Shannon said as he began his lecture to about 100 would-be campaign managers. First, there is the agenda ad. Second, there is the inoculation spot. And the third type of commercial, Mr. Shannon said with a straight face, is "vicious, personal attacks". That set the tone for a recent two-day political seminar sponsored by Campaigns and Elections magazine. . . the seminar -- both irreverent and relevant -- was an entertaining explosion of egos. At times, the seminar sounded more like a military strategy meeting. . . than a campaign school. "Take no prisoners," advised Philadelphia consultant Doc Sweitzer. "Campaigns are like war, and the battlefield is the voter's mind." Financial Review, Sydney, Australia (November 1991) "It's about as subtle as a gun in the face. It's pushy, aggressive, and very, very tough. You don't have to be a Rhodes Scholar to get its message. It's called "persuasion mail", and it may soon be landing in a letterbox near you. Persuasion mail is the hottest new election technology to emerge from the United States. . . Essentially, persuasion mail is just a printed form of TV advertising; and unlike TV ads, persuasion mail can be finely targeted to swinging voters or to special interest groups. Officials of the Australian Labor Party, Liberal Party, National Party and Australian Democrats, and of the New Zealand Labor Party, inspected persuasion mail and other campaign techniques . . . at a Sydney conference organized by the Washington-based political magazine Campaigns and Elections. . ." ". . . the Sydney conference heard an Argentine political consultant discuss the difficulties of polling in Nigeria, and saw video clips from the latest elections in Manitoba, the United Kingdom, and Costa Rica. . . A recent Campaigns and Elections conference was held in Budapest, and the magazine now lists among its clients Boris Yeltsin, Vaclav Havel, and the Leningrad City Council. . . . the message of Campaigns and Elections is that the candidate with the better grasp of what the electorate wants and feels and fears, and with the better capacity to respond to those emotions, has the better chance of winning." Campaigns and Elections offers world-class political training. It's what our competitors get. Democratic and Republican party organizations and candidates invest resources in training because it works. We need it so we know what our competitors are planning for November 1994. Government party leaders regularly schedule training for workers, managers, and candidates. They don't want their people to get blindsided in a bitter election battle just because they weren't up-to-the-minute on campaign technique and technology. If we want to become the majority party in this country, we are fooling ourselves if we think we can do it without getting this kind of world class training. I have a proposal from Campaigns and Elections to produce a customized two day intensive training seminar for Libertarian Party candidates, party leaders, managers, and workers, organized around the theme "Get Elected to a State Legislature". Topics included will be party building at the grassroots level, earned media, local fundraising, ballot access, and credibility as a third party candidate. C&E will bring ten top notch political consultants and two staff members to Salt Lake City for the event -- people with a track record of winning elections. The regular price for a C&E seminar is $500.00. C&E is not a low price leader. You get what you pay for. To get the training, we have to pay the price. TANSTAAFL. Through Celebrate Liberty, however, you can get that five hundred dollar training for only $300 -- if, and only if, one hundred people book for this event by January 31, 1993. The seminar will be held on Tuesday and Wednesday prior to the convention. That $300 price does not include any of the convention activities. I can hear a growing chorus saying, "Bob, this is getting pricey". You're right and I hear you. So, let's talk, because this really is a good deal for all concerned. Morning Glory Productions is seriously committed to offering you value for value and making it as easy as possible for you to participate in this entire event, from early Tuesday morning until Sunday afternoon. Advance Purchase Price Includes C&E training plus convention package indicated. Full Celebration $525 Late Riser $475 Thrift $450 Issues Focus $425 Prices good only through January 31, 1993. Easy Payment Plan Payments include convention package indicated plus C&E training, no hotel. 9 payments Full Celebration $61.11 Late Riser $52.78 Thrift $47.22 Issues Focus $44.44 Bob's Bodacious Best Budget Deal with C&E Training Five nights hotel (occupancy indicated), convention plan, C&E training. Nine easy payments of: Double Quad Full Celebration $85.33 $73.22 Late Riser $79.77 $67.66 Thrift $74.21 $62.11 Issues Focus $71.44 $59.44 Same type of "fine print" applies to these payment plans as those above without C&E training. Bi-weekly payment plans also available (divide payments above in half). HERE'S THE DEAL ON THIS If 100 people book for the convention and C&E training by January 31, 1993, this event flies and we go on. If 100 people do not book, you can (a) receive a complete refund, (b) apply your purchase towards a convention package without the C&E training, (c) receive partial refund and a convention package. The C&E training is much too long of a limb for me to go out on without a firm indication from my market that people are interested in this high quality, world class training. The January 31st deadline is there due to C&E deposit requirements, leadtime, scheduling, reserving, preparation, etc. To encourage you to purchase this training, please note that those who buy the C&E training get student rates for the convention package. When you buy up front, you get an additional $25.00 discount. If you purchase via one of the payment plans with C&E training, the price of the convention package is also the student price. In contrast, without C&E training, the total price of the nine plans is equal to the package prices that will be in effect May 1, 1993. Even though the total price for the C&E training and convention package is higher, you are getting a better value for your money. World class, professional, campaign technical training from the same people who train your competition. The best and brightest the Libertarian movement can offer you on policy, ideology, party strategy, issues, and values. Food, fellowship, entertainment, color, excitement. I'm offering you a lot of bang for your buck -- value for value, in the most excellent sense of the free market. The marketplace is all about signals. So the feedback loop is open. I invite you to communicate with me regarding this proposal. Suggest speakers and topics of interest to you. Some party organizations may want to scholarship promising 1994 candidates. Even if you have no plans to be a candidate, this training may be of interest to you. As our party grows and matures, opportunities will open up for professional Libertarian campaign consultants, managers, and workers. One might even say we have a serious need for such people. Think of this as a career move. If you are already in the campaign business -- or you decide to start such a business -- this training could be considered a business expense (consult your accountant). Candidates, who have to raise money anyway, might use this as their first fundraising gig. The possibilities for financing this are large. I will be happy to offer my services free of charge to any group or individual planning to raise money to finance such training. If you need help, ask me; I might have a good idea or two or could even write you a fundraising letter. I have spoken with several people about this. It kind of takes most peoples' breath away at first, but then, there's a growing excitement as the possibilities of this kind of professional, world-class training begin to impinge on the individual's consciousness. This is a power signal -- Jonas Rollette, training director at Campaigns and Elections, told me, "Sounds to me like the Libertarians are starting to get serious". Call me and talk -- complain if you must -- but book for this C&E training by January 31, 1993. In Liberty, Bob Waldrop POB 526175 Salt Lake City, UT 84152 (801) 254-5736 P.S. Make checks payable to Morning Glory Productions. Visa and Mastercard accepted. Please feel free to copy this information, pass it along on other BBS or in hard copy. Tell your friends and others not on the BBS network. SPONSORS, ADVERTISERS, MARKETERS, VENDORS, EXHIBITORS, ORGANIZATIONS, PUBLICATIONS: Celebrate Liberty offers you cost-effective opportunities to reach the Libertarian market. Celebrate Liberty will feature the 1993 Political Expo, with vendors and exhibitors. The convention program will be sent free of charge to all 25,000+ members of the Libertarian Party. Persons interested in advertising or exhibiting at this event, or who are interested in becoming a Sponsor of Celebrate Liberty, may contact Morning Glory Productions at POB 526175, Salt Lake City, UT 84152, (801) 254-5736. LIBERTARIAN POLITICAL PAGES TO BE PUBLISHED Morning Glory Productions, in conjunction with Celebrate Liberty, will publish the "Libertarian Political Pages", a directory publication listing names and addresses of business, organizations, consultants, committees, etc. interested in the Libertarian marketplace. For a free listing in the LPP, send your information, including a one line description of the product, service, business, committee, school, crusade, or whatever it is you have to offer, by June 1, 1993 to MGP, POB 526175, SLC, UT 84152 (801) 254-5736. -- Don't blame me; I voted Libertarian. Disclaimer: I speak for myself, except as noted; Copyright 1992 Rich Thomson UUCP: ...!uunet!dsd.es.com!rthomson Rich Thomson Internet: rthomson@dsd.es.com IRC: _Rich_ PEXt Programmer