"SPEAKING OF LIBERTY"

The Libertarian Party of Florida

2004 Annual Convention

February 6-8 - Gainesville, FL

The public is welcome!

A productive and exciting weekend of speakers, workshops, vendors, information, networking, and Libertarian Party business! 

Three well known libertarians!

Our lunch speaker will be the former LP presidential candidate and well-known author Harry Browne.  Harry is the Director of Public Policy for the American Liberty Foundation and has written eleven books, including Why Government Doesn't Work and The Great Libertarian Offer.

Our dinner keynote speaker will be Michael Cloud, author of "Secrets of Libertarian Persuasion", creator of the New "Art of Libertarian Persuasion" Seminars, and Massachusetts Libertarian US Senate candidate in 2002. Michael won the 2000  Thomas Paine award for best libertarian communicator in America.

Sharon Harris has been active in the libertarian movement since the early 70's and is currently President of the Advocates for Self-Government.  The Advocates is the home of the World's Smallest Political Quiz and The Liberator Online (with over 60,000 subscribers!). Sharon will conduct a workshop on Saturday morning. 

Additional programs and great workshops are scheduled for Friday and Saturday with drawings for FREE gifts!  At the business meeting we will be holding elections for the Executive Board, voting on resolutions, party constitution and bylaw changes, and nominating our 2004 candidates.

We're also expecting two LP presidential contenders and other prominent libertarians.

Amazingly low convention registration fee of $35:

• Covers ALL workshops and seminars

• $35 registration is a prerequisite for all meals

• No registration fee to only attend business meetings

Register Today!

Students - register online, then call 352-374-2430 to receive a $20 rebate at the convention!

No charge for attending business meetings. Click here for delegate information.

If you prefer to mail your registration form with a check, please download and print the pdf form.

Schedule:

Friday, Feb 6, 2004

1:00 pm - Registration & Vendor Area Opens

2:00 pm - Hospitality suite opens

4:00 pm - Workshop: Florida on-line database, Ron Cadby

5:00 pm - Workshop: Training for activists and candidates

6:30pm - Barbeque with Harry Browne

8:30 pm - Socializing at hospitality suite or Gainesville nightlife

Saturday, Feb 7, 2004

7:30 am- Registration Opens

8:00 am - Breakfast Buffet: Presidential candidates and LPF State of the Union message

9:30 am - Sharon Harris, "You Can Make Libertarianism Attractive to Just About Everyone!"

9:30 am - Jim Lark, "Student Activism"

10:30 am - Michael Cloud, "How I Raised Myself from Failure to Success in Libertarian Communication"

12:00 pm - Luncheon: Harry Browne, "The Prospects for Liberty in America"

1:30 pm - Business meeting

3:00 pm - Refreshment break

3:30 pm - Business meeting continued

7:00 pm - Dinner Banquet:  Michael Cloud, "The Possibility of Liberty"

9:00 pm - Hospitality suite open, Gainesville nightlife

Sunday, Feb 8, 2004

8:00 am - Breakfast Buffet: Presidential candidates Q&A

9:30 am - Business meeting

12:00 pm - Luncheon: Presidential candidates

1:15 pm - Business meeting continued

Schedule may be adjusted.

There is still FREE vendor and information table space available. Contact Ray Roberts (rayroberts@rayrob.com) for details.

Hotel Info:
Paramount Resort & Conference Center
2900 SW 13th Street
Gainesville, FL 32608

352-377-4000
http://www.ParamountGainesville.com

We have a block of rooms available for those traveling to the convention at a very special rate of $54.95/night (plus taxes, currently 9%).  You must call the hotel (352-377-4000) and ask for "In-house Group Reservations" and mention the LPF Convention. Please don't reserve your room on their website because our block won't get credited.  This is a great price at a really nice hotel.  Please join our block! J

For additional convention information, please email Ray Roberts at rayroberts@rayrob.com.

"Libertarians are not anti-government.  Libertarians are pro-liberty." - Michael Cloud