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

[Joshua Katz]

What does unrestricted cash on hand mean? If money is budgeted for a
certain use, but no expense has been incurred, is that money then
considered restricted? If so, what would be needed to unrestrict it? If
not, are we at risk of not paying our bills? Does the party have open lines
of credit?

Finally, given this situation, how can we cut costs associated with our
upcoming meeting?

Joshua Katz
On Jul 24, 2014 5:05 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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