Last month, when registration opened for York Conference, I noticed that the discount for booking early finished just one week after the election and before Christmas. I felt that this was unfair:
Now, most of us are knocking ourselves out campaigning for the General Election. We’re out in the cold and dark on a daily basis. Campaigning is not cheap. You have to pay to travel -and many of us are travelling to our nearest target seats. And we’re all getting asked to contribute to local and national campaigns.
This election is an unexpected and added expense just before Christmas. If you add to that the cost of registering for Conference as well, it might mean that some people just can’t afford to go.
So, FCC, would you please extend the early bird rate until early to mid January when most of us will have had one pay after the election?
I am pleased to report that the Federal Conference Committee has listened and the Early Bird Discount has been extended until 7th January.
* Caron Lindsay is Editor of Liberal Democrat Voice and blogs at Caron's Musings