[Lnc-business] LNC Member Monthly Recurring Donations

[Whitney Bilyeu]

I am at $50 per month currently, but intend to increase it once my election
campaign obligations in Texas end.

Whitney Bilyeu
Region 7 Rep

On Wed, Jun 15, 2016 at 12:19 PM, Caryn Ann Harlos <carynannharlos at gmail.com
> wrote:

> I agree with Daniel here, and particular if M is generous enough to offer
> this, we should take full advantage.  I am not presently at zero (I am at
> $10 a month) and was considering increasing that but I had other
> obligations.  If everyone can commit to make our lowest amount a higher
> amount than $10, I will raise mine accordingly now and put other things
> off.  If $10 is going to be the lowest amount anyways... well there is no
> hurry, so this is a challenge from me to you... let's not have our minimum
> be $10... whatever anyone else's minimum is (within reason), I will raise
> mine to be that.
>
> It would be really nice if our minimum were $50 which would mean that M
> would generously donate $500/month.
>
> --
> In Liberty,
> Caryn Ann Harlos
> Region 1 Representative
> (Alaska, Arizona, Colorado, Hawaii, Kansas, Montana, Utah, Wyoming,
> Washington)
> Caryn.Ann.Harlos at LP.org
>
> On Wed, Jun 15, 2016 at 10:36 AM, Daniel Hayes <danielehayes at icloud.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Libertarians,
>>
>> We as members of the board, which in our case is known as the Libertarian
>> National Committee, should be leading by example.  For us to be a
>> successful political Party the reality is it takes money.  Be it to pay
>> staff, purchase literature, obtain ballot access, sponsor outreach events,
>> support candidates or any number if things, it takes money.
>> The way in which we as a political party are able to “make” money is by
>> collecting donations.  As members of the board we should take it upon
>> ourselves to help raise that money by soliciting donations.  The first and
>> easiest way for us to get donations is for the members of the board to set
>> up monthly recurring donations to the National Party.  It is a pretty
>> common practice that many boards have minimal levels of expected donation
>> if someone is a member.  We have no such mandate and I prefer we never set
>> such a thing up.  We should however all voluntarily reach into our pockets
>> and set up a pledge each month if you have not already done so.
>>
>> A potential added benefit to reaching deep, by making your own pledge,
>> you may almost automatically be able to help bring in a monthly donation 10
>> times that amount.  During the February 2016 LNC meeting in Orlando at the
>> Rosen Centre, Mr. M Carling informed the LNC that he bases his monthly
>> recurring donation on the donation of the lowest amount paid by any LNC
>> member. He informed us that at times the lowest monthly recurring donation
>> had been as high as $100/month to which he was donating $1000/month in
>> response.  At the time he informed us that zero was the lowest monthly
>> recurring donation by a member and so his monthly donation was zero.  He
>> said he did not include alternates in this calculation.  We have a new
>> board now and I would like to take Mr Carling up on his offer.  As members
>> of the board our donations are a matter of public record and are usually
>> published at the back of the packet staff hands out at each LNC meeting so
>> we all are really on the spot about this already.
>>
>> Are the other members of the board willing and able to take Mr Carling up
>> on this offer?  I assume it still stands as he has been a member of the
>> Party for a very long time. Even if it does not, We should have all LNC
>> members including the alternates doing something every month. For the newer
>> members, consider setting up a monthly recurring donation to obtain your
>> Life Membership.
>>
>> I have CCed Mr Carling on this thread, so hit, "Reply All".   Hopefully,
>> he will chime in and lend some further encouragement to this effort.  Let’s
>> set the example and take some of Mr. Carling’s money.
>>
>>
>> Daniel Hayes
>> LNC At Large Member
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>
>
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> Caryn Ann Harlos
> Region 1 Representative
> (Alaska, Arizona, Colorado, Hawaii, Kansas, Montana, Utah, Wyoming,
> Washington)
> Caryn.Ann.Harlos at LP.org
>
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