The 2010 Libertarian Party of Virginia State Convention will take place on Saturday, March 6, at the Fairview Park Marriott in Falls Church.  The hotel is located at 3111 Fairview Park Drive in Falls Church.

TODAY IS THE LAST DAY to send in "Early Bird" reduced-rate registrations.

If you are a member of the LPVa, by now you should have received a mailing that includes this information and a registration form.  The materials are also available online:

      
http://lpva.com/Archives/Documents/LPVA-Convention-State-2010-FlyerAllIn...

To make things easier on our volunteers, please download the registration form today and mail it to us with your package selections right away.  For a downloadable copy of the registration form, go to:

 http://lpva.com/Archives/Documents/Forms/2010ConventionForm.pdf

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The doors to the Convention will open with registration on March 6 at 8:30 a.m.  The convention will begin at 9:30 a.m., and the business session will take place between 10:00 a.m. and 12:50 p.m.

The business session will have the following items on the agenda:

*  Consideration of proposed constitutional changes
*  Election of officers (chair, vice chair, secretary, treasurer)
*  Endorsement of candidates
*  Election of delegates to the 2010 national convention
*  Consideration of resolutions

The luncheon will take place between 1:00 p.m. and 2:20 p.m.  The luncheon will feature a buffet and an address by Michael Tanner, a senior fellow at the Cato Institute.  He is an expert on health care policy and author of several books, including "Health Competition: What’s Holding Back Health Care and How to Free It", and "Leviathan on the Right: How Big-Government Conservatives Brought Down the Republican Revolution".

The afternoon session will take place from 2:30 p.m. ­ 4:00 p.m.  It will feature an address by Paul Jacob and a panel discussion on running for office in Virginia.

Mr. Jacob is the president of Citizens in Charge. His speech is entitled "The Right to Shut Up and Pay Your Taxes: Fighting Back in a Closed Political System."

The panel discussion will feature Matt Cholko (Vice Chairman of the Libertarian Party of Northern Virginia and House of Delegates candidate in 2009) and Bill Redpath (Libertarian Party chairman and U.S. Senate candidate in 2008).  LPVa chairman Jeff Bowles will moderate the discussion.

A meeting of the State Central Committee is scheduled to take place from 4:15 p.m. until 5:00 p.m.  The meeting is open to all members of the LPVa.

Registration packages for the convention are available at the following prices:

Full Package (all events), "Early Bird" rate (on or before Feb. 22):  $75.00

Basic Package (all events except luncheon), "Early Bird" rate (on or before Feb. 22):  $35.00

Full Package (all events), regular rate (Feb. 23 and after):  $90.00

Basic Package (all events except luncheon), regular rate (Feb. 23 and after):  $50.00

Luncheon address only (no meal included):  $15.00

LPVa members may attend the business session at no charge.  Non-members may attend the business session with the permission of the membership and a payment of $10.00.

We have reserved a block of guest rooms at the hotel on March 5 and March 6. The rate for a guest room (single or double occupancy) is $79.00 per night, plus 9% tax.  This rate is available until Friday, Feb. 19, after which rooms will be available at the usual rate.

Room reservations can be made via the Marriott reservation line at (800) 228-9290 or the Marriott website at www.marriott.com.  You should mention the "Libertarian Party of Virginia convention" when using the reservation line; the reservation code for online reservations is LPVLPVA.

Please note that a convention hospitality suite will be open at the hotel from 7:30 p.m. ­ 10:00 p.m. on the evening of Friday, March 5.  Members of the LPVa are welcome to attend.

Please do not hesitate to contact me if you have any questions or comments about the convention.  If you believe you may attend the convention, please let me know at your earliest convenience.

Thanks for your work for liberty, and best wishes to you in all your endeavors.  I hope to see you at the convention.

Remember, to register, go to:

http://Convention.LPVA.com

... and download, fill out, and mail the form right away!  Or, go directly to the form:

http://lpva.com/Archives/Documents/Forms/2010ConventionForm.pdf
See you on March 6th!