[Lnc-business] Email Ballot 2015-07: Oklahoma petition drive - v2

[Alicia Mattson]

I've been debating with myself over this vote.

It's tempting to give it a shot just because the Oklahoma laws are suddenly
much less bad than they used to be.  It's also tempting because Richard
Winger's very generous offer gets us half-way there.  However, I can't look
at our financials and feel like we can afford it even with that large of a
head start.

I do wonder whether getting on the ballot this time would reduce our
chances of getting further legislative reform later.  If they see we can
jump this hurdle, they may get traction with an argument that our success
proves it's doable, so no more reform is needed.

Yes, the motion says we'll only do it if we raise enough funds for it, but
that will inevitably cannibalize (or at the very minimum, delay) our
general fundraising efforts to some degree, and we've got no breathing room
as it is.

I also am keenly aware of the potential for a process we've experienced in
the past (though on a different subject matter) - we'll start fundraising,
not reach the goal we set, and then there will be a push for us to do it
anyway even though we didn't raise all the money we said we needed in order
to approve the project.

-Alicia



On Mon, Jun 29, 2015 at 10:36 PM, Alicia Mattson <agmattson at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Sam Goldstein has indicated to me that one of his two "no" votes on
> Oklahoma version 1 was actually intended for version 2.  I'm sending this
> note just to document it here in this thread.
>
> -Alicia
>
>
>
>
> On Fri, Jun 19, 2015 at 11:48 PM, Alicia Mattson <agmattson at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> We have an electronic mail ballot.
>>
>>
>> *Votes are due to the LNC-Business list by June 29, 2015 at 11:59:59pm
>> Pacific time.*
>> *Sponsor:*  Sarwark
>>
>> *Motion:*  Increase the Ballot Access Expense line item by $65,000, from
>> $57,500 to $122,500, contingent on the LNC receiving cash receipts, that
>> are earmarked for a 2015 Libertarian Party of Oklahoma petition drive, of
>> at least $60,000, and cash receipts (net of associated fundraising costs)
>> of at least $55,000.
>>
>> Alicia Mattson
>> LNC Secretary
>>
>>
>>
>
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