[Lnc-business] new convention website using NationBuilder

Thu Dec 3 15:23:13 EST 2015

Bureaucracy. Google Jack Welch and bureaucracy for examples. I point out 
roadblocks from time to time as you well know.

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Robert Kraus (copied on this email while I'm at it), I forgot to punch 
in while working in Oklahoma.
Please add the following to my time card:
11/18/2015: 8 hours
11/29/2015: 12 hours
11/30/2015: 12 hours
12/1/2015: 18 hours (yes 18 hours: started at midnight, worked straight 
till 10 am; then from 2 PM till midnight).
12/2/2015: add 7 hours to my morning hours: 5:00 am to 12:00 noon.

Most of that time was spent on ballot access, but I also kept up with 
some normal work. I'll estimate allocations later.

All those extra hours have no affect on my pay. Just the time clock that 
only me, Robert Kraus, and Aaron Starr typically look at.

I've gone over my 6 weeks max banked vacation time. I'm losing vacation 
hours by not using them. Will try to burn some this month--probably a 
week at Christmas, though I might punch in to answer some emails.
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I'm very encouraged that no roadblocks were put up for the convention 
website.

Take care,

Wes Benedict, Executive Director
Libertarian National Committee, Inc.
*New address: 1444 Duke St., Alexandria, VA 22314*
(202) 333-0008 ext. 232, wes.benedict at lp.org
facebook.com/libertarians @LPNational
Join the Libertarian Party at: http://lp.org/membership

On 12/3/2015 2:44 PM, Scott L. wrote:
>
> Mr. Executive Director:
>
> I sent the e-mail below to lnc-business over a week ago.
>
> I would appreciate it if you would answer the question that I asked 
> you in that e-mail.
>
> If you think there are “roadblocks to progress” that are preventing 
> you from doing your job, it is important for the board to know what 
> those roadblocks are, so that we can remove those roadblocks.
>
>
>     Scott Lieberman
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> *From:*Scott L. [mailto:scott73 at earthlink.net]
> *Sent:* Tuesday, November 24, 2015 5:36 PM
> *To:* 'lnc-business at hq.lp.org'
> *Subject:* RE: new convention website using NationBuilder
>
> Mr. Executive Director:
>
> I think your plan to dip staff’s toe in NationBuilder without betting 
> the farm on it is a good idea.
>
> However, I would like you to explain what you meant by the very last 
> sentence in the e-mail below.  I have made it redand *bold *to make it 
> easy for you to locate it.
>
>
>    Scott Lieberman
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> *From:*Lnc-business [mailto:lnc-business-bounces at hq.lp.org] *On Behalf 
> Of *Wes Benedict
> *Sent:* Tuesday, November 24, 2015 11:09 AM
> *To:* lnc-business at hq.lp.org
> *Subject:* [Lnc-business] new convention website using NationBuilder
>
> Unless I detect significant opposition soon from the LNC, I plan to 
> have built a 2016 convention website using the NationBuilder platform.
>
> I've already broached the topic with Nick Sarwark and Sam Goldstein.
>
> I'm excited about the possibilities the NationBuilder technology 
> offers, but not yet completely sold on the platform or the enormity of 
> the conversion task.
>
> Starting with a convention website will allow us to get our feet wet 
> with the technology, and at the same time, to quickly roll out some of 
> our new branding. And since this won't involve a massive wholesale 
> instantaneous changeover from our current website, LP.org on Drupal, 
> and our current membership database, RaisersEdge, it's something we 
> can manage without the risk of destabilizing our entire organization 
> at the start of a Presidential election year.
>
> If you like the content of the 2013 Libertarian Party of Texas Annual 
> Report:
> http://www.lp.org/files/LPTX_2014_Annual_Report.pdf
> then I think you're going to like our upcoming branding efforts and 
> convention website.
>
> The makers of that annual report, including the events portrayed, the 
> graphics, and I'll add to that--most of the content of the current 
> LPTexas website http://lptexas.org/ (joomla platform I think), will be 
> building the 2016 convention website.
>
> Separately, Andy Burns, our affiliate support specialist, has already 
> implemented a couple NationBuilder sites at the state level. He won't 
> be the main driver of this project, but of course we'll consult him 
> for practical advice.
>
> The convention theme, as voted on by members, will be #LegalizeFreedom
>
>
> Starting with a convention website allows us to import a small portion 
> of our database contacts, which keeps the pricing very low, but allows 
> us to experiment with its interactivity capabilities with our best 
> activists.
>
> If things go well, I can see migrating other things, like perhaps 
> http://lpstore.org/ to the NationBuilder site. Perhaps the site could 
> eventually morph into the replacement for LP.org, but that's something 
> we can decide later.
>
> Perhaps we will be able to get away from some of the additional 
> payment portals we've had to rely on, like Piryx pages 
> <https://secure.piryx.com/donate/uO2ehmy0/libertarian/llpp22>, and 
> Authorize.net <http://www.lp.org/office-fund>, and consolidate those 
> functions into the NationBuilder system.
>
> The 2014 convention website is here, https://lpcon2014.org/ and I 
> suspect we'll easily outdo that one.
>
> Content for the 2016 convention is currently embedded in pages on our 
> existing website: http://www.lp.org/convention/welcome
>
> I see the new website as a combination of a convention project, an 
> I.T. project, and a branding project. The costs will be relatively 
> low. The risks will be relatively low. Our Treasurer and Audit 
> Committee will have plenty of fun double-checking the cost allocations.
>
> I plan to tell our team to get started on this next week, and to have 
> it live before the end of the year, unless you guys want to stop this 
> before then, which I can live with. *There are many viable paths 
> around the roadblocks of progress.*
>
> -- 
> Wes Benedict, Executive Director
> Libertarian National Committee, Inc.
>
>
>
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