[Lnc-business] Executive Committee Conference Call - 7/24/14 @ 9:30 pm EST - NH Ballot Access

[Nicholas Sarwark]

To answer (2), the Libertarian got 2% against Shaheen in 2002 and 3%
in 2008.  The 4% threshold has not, as far as I know, been reached in
the past.

Also, I was incorrect in a previous email re: the deadline, it is
August 6, not August 8.

-Nick

On Thu, Jul 24, 2014 at 3:05 PM, Alicia Mattson <agmattson at gmail.com> wrote:
> I inquired about our cash flow status, since things looked very tight at the
> end of May and I don't think I have seen June financials yet.  Robert Kraus
> provided me the following information, indicating that our cash flow has
> gotten worse since May:
>
> Current unrestricted cash on hand is $110k. We are looking at the following
> upcoming expenses: $26k in ballot access obligations for LPIL and LPKY,
> Payroll $18k, Hyatt Columbus (estimated) $90k, Credit Card $21k (mostly
> convention related). That's a total of $155. That would be a cash shortfall
> of -$45k. I think if funds come in as they've been the last week or so we
> can cover this over a period of a couple weeks and I can delay some of the
> payment to Hyatt. Also NY has generously agreed to spread their obligation
> over a 6 week period but that still doesn't leave us any wiggle room for any
> additional expenses until at least Sept/Oct.
>
> We're currently in a financial hole.  In June of 2010 (a comparable point in
> our 4-year financial cycle), we were approximately $200k better off in terms
> of cash flow.  I believe some contributing factors to be the fact that we
> hired a political director with "savings" from buying a building, but we
> hired the position a year before we actually bought a building and moved in
> so as to achieve any savings.  The building fundraising efforts seriously
> cannibalized our general fundraising efforts.  We have a political director
> and own a building now, but we left ourselves in bad financial shape.
>
> We need to be building the warchest to get our 2016 presidential candidate
> on the ballot, so on tonight's call I will be asking questions like:
>
> 1)  Given how many of our affiliates currently have 2016 ballot access, what
> is the ballpark estimate of what we'll have to spend in the 2016 cycle to
> get our presidential ticket on in the other states?
>
> 2)  Looking at historical data in NH for LP U.S. Senate candidates, what
> baseline % does the typical paper candidate get?  What has been the maximum
> an LP U.S. Senate candidate has gotten there in the recent past?  In other
> words, has presidential ballot access been successfully obtained this way in
> the past, or is this a hail-Mary?
>
> 3)  What is the state party doing to contribute to this candidate's ballot
> access effort?  Funds?  Volunteer signatures?  Etc.
>
> -Alicia
>
>
>
>
> On Thu, Jul 24, 2014 at 12:19 PM, Alicia Mattson <agmattson at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>>
>> Robert Kraus provided me with the call-in details for tonight's Executive
>> Committee teleconference regarding NH ballot access as follows:
>>
>> Meeting Time:  9:30 Eastern / 6:30 Pacific
>>
>> Guest Instructions
>>
>> Dial-in: 1 (217) 258-5588
>>
>> International Dial-in: 00 + 1 (217) 258-5588
>>
>> Guest Pin Code: 207730
>>
>> Alicia Mattson
>> LNC Secretary
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Jul 24, 2014 at 6:53 AM, Nicholas Sarwark <chair at lp.org> wrote:
>>>
>>> All,
>>> There will be an Executive Committee conference call tonight at 9:30
>>> pm EST to discuss spending ballot access funds to petition to put
>>> Gardner Goldsmith from the Libertarian Party of New Hampshire on the
>>> ballot.
>>>
>>> Wes or Robert will follow-up with the call-in details.
>>>
>>> -Nick
>>>
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