You're Invited to LP Washington Convention!

On March 28, 2009      
Convention begins 9:00 a.m.  
Business Mtg.  10:00 a.m.  
Plan on spending all day and evening with us! 
Dinner, speaker and entertainment included.

Hilton Garden Inn
1800 NW Gilman Blvd,
Issaquah, WA    

Highlights . . .  

Business Meeting

      -Time to elect a new Executive Committee!  

South of the Border Buffet Lunch

Fajita style Chicken Breast with peppers & onions
Taco seasoned Ground Beef
Spanish Rice, Refried Beans
Pico de gallo, shredded cheese, lettuce,
guacamole, jalapenos, black olive &sour cream
With warm tortillas, crisp taco shells,
tortilla chips & Black bean salad
With fresh Brewed Coffee, Herbal Teas,
Assorted Bottles of Sodas and Fresh Baked Cookies

Great workshops! 

     - Grassroots organizing            
     - Social Media            
     - Communicating Libertarian solutions to controversy  

Enlightening speakers!      

 

            

                            

James W. Lark, III, PhD is a former chairman of the Libertarian National Committee and presently serves as a regional representative on the LNC for region 5-South. He is a founding director of the Libertarian National Congressional Committee.   Dr. Lark is the Local Affiliate Parties' Committee chairman and is heavily involved with campus outreach, both for Virginia and the national party. He has conducted organizing tours and workshops on this. He currently teaches a campus organizing course for the Libertarian Leadership School.   Professionally, he is an adjunct professor of systems engineering at the University of Virginia. Dr. Lark will present an afternoon workshop on basic principles of community/campus organizing; and will be the luncheon speaker with his presentation entitled "Knee-Jerk Libertarianism:  A Cure for a Common Disease."  

                                   
Krist Novoselic, former bassist of Nirvana, Sweet 75, Eyes Adrift and Flipper; political activist and Seattle Weekly columnist, Chair of FairVote.org and author of "Of Grunge & Government: Let's Fix This Broken Democracy!"  In the book, Novoselic discusses how Nirvana emerged as the world's biggest band of the early 1990s, how he got involved in politics and why we need electoral reform -- in particular full representation and instant runoff voting.

Krist will be our dinner speaker.  

A wonderful dinner, with your choice of . . .     

     -  Roast Chicken glazed with Chipotle Barbecue Sauce     or     
     -  Spinach and Portabella Mushroom Vegetarian Lasagne

Both entrees include . . . Garden Inn Signature Salad with House Dressing, Rolls and Butter, Chef’s selection of starch, fresh vegetable & plated dessert
Freshly Brewed Coffee & Assorted Herbal Teas  


ENTERTAINMENT!

                

Yoram Bauman, Ph.D.

The world's first and only stand-up economist* As seen on Comedy Central the PBS NewsHour with Jim Lehrer  

* Among those who may take issue with this claim are "socialist magician" Ian Saville; Robert Mundell, Columbia, who won the Nobel Prize and appears regularly on Dave Letterman; Victor Fuchs, Stanford (pic); William Breit, Trinity; Peter Orazem, Iowa State; Ben Stein ("cited by Akerlof"); Tim Harford, "Dear Economist" author for the FT; Steven Tomlinson, UT Austin; Ariel Rubinstein, Tel Aviv University; David Powell, Boston Comedy Festival finalist and MIT grad student; Paul Solman, PBS's NewsHour with Jim Lehrer; Shaun Eli, a comic who graduated from the Wharton School; Steve Zanetti of Freeman H.S. (Richmond VA); and James Kurre of Penn State Erie. Apologies to all, and email me if you belong on this list. PS. As long as I'm apologizing, my video "Principles of Economics, Translated" contains two unattributed quotes ("9 out of 5" is adapted from a line attributed to Paul Samuelson---although apparently he said it about Wall Street indices, not macroeconomists---and "wrong about things" is paraphrased from P.J. O'Rourke's Eat the Rich) and, of course, the Einstein "simple" quote is an intentional misquote.

Other highlights of the day . . .

A Free Market – vendors and information tables

The SoapBox – where you can have a moment with the microphone and a captive audience

Social Gathering – have an adult beverage or lots of hydrogen hydroxide with Libertarian friends

The opportunity to join the LPWA Coffee Club, meet National LP leaders, elected Libertarians and famous comics!

All at the Hilton Gardens Inn in blossoming Issaquah – a jewel on the Eastside of Lake Washington, just a short drive from Seattle.

Get tools to take away and use!

Act now - EARLY registration . . . until February 20, 2009 . . . only $109!

The full day, including three meals, an evening of entertainment, workshops, tools, social opportunities and LOTS of FUN is only $119 after Feb. 20th

Special student rate $85
Work/study program for students who will work for 4 hrs  $50 – limited number of students at this rate

Or special dinner deal –
Dinner, speaker Krist Novoselic, and comic Yoram Bauman  only $55!

To register - Go here and make a donation for the correct amount - $109 until Feb 20, $119 after Feb 20, Student $85, Work/Study  $50

Then send eMail to LPWAConvention@gmail.com with . . .

1.  your name,
2.  contact information (address, phone, eMail), and
3.  dinner choice - chicken or veggie.  

If you want to do a work/study deal ($50 student rate) - I'll need to talk to you about when you wish to work during the convention.   It's going to be a great time!  See you then.

We are looking for . . .

1.  Vendors - do you have a book, DVD, or other product?  Want to promote your business?

2.  Advertisers - promote your business or sell your stuff.

3.  Sponsors - In-kind donations or scholarship for students.

4.  Volunteers also cheerfully accepted.     :o)   eMail LPWAConvention@gmail.com