[Lnc-business] [Lnc-votes] Fwd: FEC and Miller Campaign / LPedia.org (still!)

[Caryn Ann Harlos]

LPedia, despite my efforts, is still presently in the institutional black
hole.  I plan on contacting the new IT Committee.

But it is precisely this kind of wheel reinvention that makes things
difficult.

-
*In Liberty,*
*Caryn Ann Harlos*
Region 1 Representative, Libertarian National Committee (Alaska, Arizona,
Colorado, Hawaii, Kansas, Montana, Utah, Wyoming, Washington) - Caryn.Ann.
Harlos at LP.org
Communications Director, Libertarian Party of Colorado
<http://www.lpcolorado.org/>
Colorado State Coordinator, Libertarian Party Radical Caucus
<http://www.lpradicalcaucus.org/>



On Tuesday, September 20, 2016, Starchild <sfdreamer at earthlink.net
<javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','sfdreamer at earthlink.net');>> wrote:

> Consulting Paula about this seems reasonable. If/when we get
> advice/answers from our FEC consultant, we might want to compile that info
> somewhere on LP.org, or LPedia.org* for future reference by LNC members
> or Libertarian camaigns. Including the date the info was obtained of
> course, in case it becomes outdated. But in at least some cases, creating
> that repository of institutional knowledge might avoid having to go back
> and ask our hired consultant the same questions again.
>
> Love & Liberty,
>                                     ((( starchild )))
> At-Large Representative, Libertarian National Committee
>                                  (415) 625-FREE
>
> *Easy to forget about that site when it's not being used as it should be,
> but I presume we're still paying for it, and the clock is reportedly
> ticking on losing the information already compiled there if we don't get
> the software updated before it becomes outdated! From a quick glance,
> nothing there appears to have changed since the last time I looked at it –
> the main page still says "We hope to get things back in order in 2016."
> Under "Libertarian Party links" it also lists "*http://www.lpstuff.com/shop/
> <http://www.lpstuff.com/shop/> Buy official Libertarian Party products and
> campaign supplies here"*. The link is still working, but we don't use
> LPStuff.com as an official distributor any more, do we? Might be a good
> idea to redirect that to LPStore.org. I'm copying site admin James
> Gholston on this message.
>
>
> On Sep 19, 2016, at 1:43 PM, lnc-votes at hq.lp.org wrote:
>
> So I had CCed Bob on an Email earlier and apparently he responded but
> bounced back from the list. I had thought with him having that swanky LP
> email address it would go through.  When I start thinking..duck.  So Bob's
> email back to me referenced 5k limits for Federal candidates.  But if you
> glance through parts of FEC guides..they get you thinking it applies to
> everyone.  To everyone that hasn't followed everything here, I think(duck)
> that Lauren was gauging things on what Bob was telling her.
>
> All that said, I think we should wait for Paula's response like Sam just
> suggested... Once again, I blame the government.
>
>
> Daniel Hayes
> LNC At Large Member
>
> Begin forwarded message:
>
> *From: *Bob Johnston <bob.johnston at lp.org>
> *Date: *September 19, 2016 1:28:03 PM
> *To: *Daniel Hayes <danielehayes at icloud.com>,william.redpath at lp.org,
> lauren.daugherty at lp.org
> *Cc: *sam8074 at aol.com
> *Subject: **FEC and Miller Campaign*
>
> All,
>
>
> I have not heard back yet from Paula Edwards, so I called the FEC 800 #,
> and what I was told was that a political committee, including the FEC, can
> donate as much to a non-federal candidate, such as Mark Miller, as the
> state law allows. In Texas, it appears that candidates can receive
> unlimited contributions from individuals, parties, and PACs.
>
>
> Further, a non-federal candidate does not have to start filing with the
> FEC, even if the candidate receives more than $1000, as long as the
> candidate does not engage in federal election activity.
>
>
> Earlier, I had sent to Daniel Hayes information from the FEC candidate
> guide, instead of the FEC party guide:
>
>
>
> Campaign Guide for Political Party Committees
> <http://fec.gov/pdf/partygui.pdf> (August 2013) [PDF]
>
>
>
> See page 38 of the above guide, “Supporting Nonfederal Candidates”.
>
>
>
> Bob Johnston
>
> (443) 310-5373
>
>
>
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-- 
*In Liberty,*
*Caryn Ann Harlos*
Region 1 Representative, Libertarian National Committee (Alaska, Arizona,
Colorado, Hawaii, Kansas, Montana, Utah, Wyoming, Washington) - Caryn.Ann.
Harlos at LP.org <Caryn.Ann.Harlos at LP.org>
Communications Director, Libertarian Party of Colorado
<http://www.lpcolorado.org>
Colorado State Coordinator, Libertarian Party Radical Caucus
<http://www.lpradicalcaucus.org>
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