[Lnc-business] Building fund raiser

[Joshua Katz]

Thanks to Robert and Carla for the food and drink, and to Robert for this
speedy reply.  It sounds like we cleared between 600 and 700 for the
building, and other 400(? - not sure of the cost of the shirts) for general
funds.  If we had to pay for the items donated, I'd guess they'd be around
200-300?  I agree we should repeat it annually, so long as that trend
continues.  We made money, which is great; $300 or even $600 (if the
donations continue each year) is not going to pay off the building, but it
certainly helps (as does every dollar, of course.)  However, the big draw
for me is that, so long as we aren't losing money on these events, they
open the door, so to speak, for a large donation to come in.  If we did it
every year, and one out of every 5 years we got a large donation, it would
be worth it.

More importantly, it opens up HQ to our local members (or others if they
travel in.)  It brings the LNC in contact with one of the more influential
political markets in the country.  It inspires me to wear a beautiful
outfit, complete with white bucks.

I might recommend, in the future, trying to get the DC press corps to show
up.  It's a Saturday night, and in a non-presidential year it won't be
campaign season yet for them - especially in an odd year.  Reporters like
food.  They'll see us dressed nicely, doing something other than having a
meeting, and there will be substantive speeches (we can add something less
fundraiser-ish if we know they're coming, maybe something from an elected
official speaking on policy, or else from the Chair on an issue of national
attention at the time.)  They might write something dismissive (Political
Nerds Gather to Talk About Being Nerds and Why They Don't Win), but that
seems rather unlikely.

Anyway, thanks for the report.  I'm glad this year's performance was so
much stronger than last year, and that my outfit was well received.
 (Robert's report didn't address my outfit, but it also did not challenge
my statement, so I'll take that as agreement.)

Joshua Katz

Joshua A. Katz
Westbrook CT Planning Commission (L in R seat)

On Sat, Aug 15, 2015 at 1:45 PM, Robert Kraus <robert.kraus at lp.org> wrote:

> Thank you for asking.
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> The anniversary party raised $1095 for the building. We also collected a
> couple checks for ballot access and sold some “political Materials”
> (t-shirts). So perhaps $1400-1500 total. The cost on our part for food and
> other related party stuff was $330 or so. Please note the NoVa LP (thank
> you Bridget) picked up some additional costs for party supplies, dessert.
> And some beverages. Carla also picked up some of the cost for beer as well
> as several board members. Full discloser – I contributed pizza. I think we
> should do this every year in conjunction with an LNC meeting don’t you?
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> *From:* Lnc-business [mailto:lnc-business-bounces at hq.lp.org] *On Behalf
> Of *Joshua Katz
> *Sent:* Saturday, August 15, 2015 12:06 PM
> *To:* lnc-business at hq.lp.org
> *Subject:* [Lnc-business] Building fund raiser
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> We recently held a fundraiser for the building fund. One of the speakers
> was particularly well dressed. I was wondering how that event did in terms
> of money raised vs. costs. Thanks.
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