[Lnc-business] ASC Annual Report - DRAFT

[Sam Goldstein]

The IT Committee is meeting with NationBuilder early next week to finalize
the proposal we promsied Norm Olsen that we would bring to the next LNC
meeting.  There have been some complications with FEC regulations but they
think their proposal will give us several options to work with as we move
forward.

If the Chair is begining to assemble an agenda for the meeting, the IT
Committee would like at least an hour prior to consderation of the 2016
budget.

Live Free,

Sam Goldstein

On Wed, Nov 4, 2015 at 7:30 PM, Joshua Katz <planning4liberty at gmail.com>
wrote:

> In Connecticut, we went to NB a few months ago.  The first big change was
> that anyone who felt motivated could work on the website since it was quite
> easy to do.  We've mostly integrated with it, but not fully.  We still have
> some finances inside and some outside.  There are a few kinks - most
> notably, if your domain is hosted by anyone other than 1&1 or GoDaddy,
> there are issues integrating your email with it - we still haven't ironed
> out how incoming mail works fully, although it works well enough for all
> practical purposes.
>
> I'm definitely a big fan.  Volunteer recruitment is up, sending out a
> newsletter (the actual sending) takes minutes instead of an hour (granted,
> I could have made that process easier if I had set up dedicated
> spreadsheets for it).  I can maintain contact with members easily, and
> follow-up on new contacts is great.  I have plenty of space to store
> relationship data, and the ability for lots of people to update it easily.
> Membership is also up, and I love that a lot of aspects of membership
> maintenance are automated.  The learning curve is not terribly steep; I was
> up and running with most functions within a week.  Modifying the website is
> a piece of cake.
>
> Also, because everything looks nicer and we have better contact with
> supporters, we've been able to seek sponsorships for our NB costs - anyone
> who pays our cost for a month gets a mention on the footer and in the
> newsletter.
>
> Joshua A. Katz
> Westbrook CT Planning Commission (L in R seat)
>
> On Wed, Nov 4, 2015 at 7:13 PM, Scott L. <scott73 at earthlink.net> wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> If y’all want to see a Libertarian state affiliate web site that was
>> built on NationBuilder, you can go here:
>>
>>
>>
>>   http://www.lpnevada.org/
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Brett Pojunis, State Chair, says the web site is still somewhat “under
>> construction” since it only went live 3 weeks ago.
>>
>>
>>
>> Their web site is totally integrated with NationBuilder.   Inquiries who
>> leave their contact info are instantly put into the contact database.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> I know very little about IT.  However, I do think that it would be
>> extremely beneficial for the National LP to implement
>>
>> an up-to-date database solution that integrates with the web site.
>>
>>
>>
>> Brett looked at about a half-dozen of these systems, and in his opinion
>> NationBuilder is the most productive in terms of costs vs. benefits.
>>
>>
>>
>> There would be some rather significant start-up costs for the National
>> Party to set up NationBuilder, and some additional set-up costs for each
>> affiliate.  But - Brett says that after getting set up, the per-month cost
>> for the average-size state affiliate would be around $200 per month.
>>
>>
>>
>>     Scott Lieberman
>>
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