[Lnc-business] Professional Photographer at LNC Meeting

Tue Mar 24 11:12:44 EDT 2015

Dear Dr. Lieberman,

I'm not going to make anyone sit for a photo they don't want.  If you
decide to reconsider, the photographer will be there and setup to take
photos for everyone who will sit for him.  I would like to have
everyone present take advantage of that opportunity.

I have been told by our Political Director that I need more and better
photos to go out with media releases.  I've also been told by
convention planners for states I've been invited to speak to that they
would like more and better photos for their promotional materials.
For these reasons, I was planning to retain Mr. Uilkie.

In consultation with Mr. Benedict, he suggested that I try to
negotiate a reduced rate to get more and better photographs for the
rest of the LNC.  I did, and the final cost will be less than $100 per
person.  The end result is that our committee will have better looking
photographs on our soon-to-be redesigned website with out soon-to-be
redesigned logo.  The committee will have high-quality photos that
they can use for their next run for Federal, state, or local office.
The committee will have high-quality photos that they can send to
organizers of events and conventions that they go out to speak to.

I am as careful with donor funds as I am with my own. I have decided
that it makes sense to spend less than $100 per LNC member who spends
thousands of dollars of their own money multiple times per year to
travel to attend to the party's business to improve the image our
party shows to the public.

I'm happy if members of the LNC wish to donate to the party to defray
some of that cost; board fundraising is below target so far for the
year anyway. I'm happy if some of our sustaining members wish to
donate to the party to defray some of that cost; we represent them.

The LNC is well within its prerogative to override my decision on this
issue (as on many other things), but if you do so I will still use my
Chair's discretionary funds to pay for this because I think it's good
for the LNC and the Libertarian Party.

I hope you will reconsider,

Nick

On Tue, Mar 24, 2015 at 7:16 AM, Scott L. <scott73 at earthlink.net> wrote:
> As you all know, the National LP is not exactly flush with cash right now.
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> As I wrote earlier, having high-quality photographs "for the media", and for
> the LP web site, is not a bad thing.  However, I don't think it is a good
> idea at this time to spend what could be over $2000 of our donor's money on
> a project that is clearly very optional.
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> As a substitute, I propose the following:
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>     1.  Those LNC members who wish to take advantage of Mr. Sarwark's offer
> must donate $100 to the National LP to pay for the photos.  I hope that
> method is FEC compliant.
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>     2. If you are not satisfied with the quality of your photo at
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>                http://www.lp.org/lnc-leadership
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>         You can go to a provider of Passport photos near your home and get a
> digital Passport photo.  These will probably not be professional quality,
> but they should suffice for the LP web site.  With just minimal Google
> searching, I found a local store that will do them for $10.
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> 3.      You can have a family member or friend take a photo of you, after
> reading these tips:
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> http://www.sitepoint.com/faking-pro-portraits-phone-camera/
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> I understand that spending $2000 is not going to throw the National LP into
> bankruptcy.  However, since our current reserve is below the reserve
> requirement, I don't think it sends the right message to our members to
> spend National LP funds on this particular project at this time.
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> For the above reasons, I decline to have the professional photographer take
> a photograph of me at the LNC Session in Phoenix.
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>    Scott Lieberman
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Lnc-business [mailto:lnc-business-bounces at hq.lp.org] On Behalf Of
> Nicholas Sarwark
> Sent: Monday, March 23, 2015 9:12 AM
> To: lnc-business at hq.lp.org
> Subject: Re: [Lnc-business] Professional Photographer at LNC Meeting
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> LNC funds, approximate cost is $100 per person, the photographer will
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> waive his normal $200 setup fee.
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> -Nick
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>>On Mon, Mar 23, 2015 at 9:09 AM, Scott L. <scott73 at earthlink.net> wrote:
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>> If the photographer is not donating his or her services, who is paying for
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>> these photographs of LNC members?  How much will these photos cost per
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>> Obviously SOMEONE has to be paying for them, one way or another.
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>> Please don’t assume I am against this project.  Having high quality photos
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>> of LNC members is a good idea.
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>> But since LNC members will receive a copy of the photo, I want to make
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>> the financial arrangements are transparent to our members.
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>>    Scott Lieberman
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>> "I'm planning on having a professional photographer do some headshots
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>> and other high-quality images for the media.  He's based in Phoenix
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>> and would be able to also do headshots for each member of the LNC in
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>> attendence at this weekend's meeting in Phoenix.  The images would be
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>> I'm thinking Saturday morning would be best, but if people have a
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>> different preference, please let me know.
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>> I wanted to give you the heads up so you can pack appropriately for
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>> how you'd like to appear in photographs.
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>>     Nick"
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