[Lnc-business] LNC Member Monthly Recurring Donations

Wed Jun 15 13:44:05 EDT 2016

To be honest, I was considering this time to become a life member and do
the $150 monthly.  We certainly need it at this time.

On Wed, Jun 15, 2016 at 11:36 AM, David Demarest <dpdemarest at centurylink.net
> wrote:

> Caryn, I am currently at $50/month. If my contribution becomes the lowest,
> I will consider raising mine to $75 or $100/month.
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> *From:* Lnc-business [mailto:lnc-business-bounces at hq.lp.org] *On Behalf
> Of *Caryn Ann Harlos
> *Sent:* Wednesday, June 15, 2016 12:20 PM
> *To:* lnc-business at hq.lp.org
> *Cc:* lnc-business <lnc-business at lp.org>; M Carling <mcarling at gmail.com>
> *Subject:* Re: [Lnc-business] LNC Member Monthly Recurring Donations
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> 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.
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> It would be really nice if our minimum were $50 which would mean that M
> would generously donate $500/month.
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> In Liberty,
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> Caryn Ann Harlos
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> Region 1 Representative
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> (Alaska, Arizona, Colorado, Hawaii, Kansas, Montana, Utah, Wyoming,
> Washington)
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> Caryn.Ann.Harlos at LP.org
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> On Wed, Jun 15, 2016 at 10:36 AM, Daniel Hayes <danielehayes at icloud.com>
> wrote:
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> Libertarians,
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> Daniel Hayes
> LNC At Large Member
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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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