[Lnc-business] Budget motion

Sun Sep 25 10:56:01 EDT 2016

Hmmm – The LNC is not immune from subtle status-quo-ism, stagnation and reluctance to think outside the box.

Caryn, thank you for your breath-of-fresh-air suggestion on the need of the LNC to refocus on affiliate support. I submit that LNC focus on support for bottom-up endeavors will be the key to getting Libertarians elected to all levels of government.

I encourage LNC support especially for those candidates that will self-term-limit themselves to one pro bono term max. That is the key if we Libertarians are really serious about waging a war on the authoritarian majority rule cronyism caused by career politicians pandering preferential entitlements, loopholes, subsidies, tariffs, bailouts, regulations and pork-barrel projects ad nauseum in exchange for votes that is destroying the middle class and our way of life.

We were elected to the LNC for a reason. Let us get off of our collective backsides and rise to the challenge starting with our conference call LNC meeting tonight (September 25, 2016).

Thoughts?

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From: Lnc-business [mailto:lnc-business-bounces at hq.lp.org] On Behalf Of Caryn Ann Harlos
Sent: Saturday, September 24, 2016 11:51 PM
To: lnc-business at hq.lp.org
Cc: lnc-business <lnc-business at lp.org>
Subject: Re: [Lnc-business] Budget motion

There are a lot of directions and rationales for national - yet we leave our affiliates without strong support. The breath of fresh air in that is the work and resources that Andy and affiliate support has provided,  I believe this is a misdirected vision.  I do not think - as some characterize it - we should be a super affiliate - neither should we be so disconnected and basically a DC machine.

Federal candidates come from states.  We need to be empowering and supporting these states and not be so disconnected.  

If we keep having so little interface and use for the affiliates and the proper view of their collective supremacy we shouldn't be surprised when they have little use for national.  We are the tail and not the dog.  At least that is my view.

I don't quite yet have my finger on what I think the solution is but I have made no secret of the fact that I ran partly because I saw a lukewarm, at best, opinion of national - and that needs to change,

I am not discounting Joshua's view - but I would like to see the LP be a revolutionary force in trying new ways of dealing and not the same old same old political power structures.

Times are changing.  DC lunch schmoozing is the old way,

And neglecting our educational mandate is a huge mistake.  We will not move any policy of we have not tilled the fertile soil and planted libertarian ideas.  "Moving public policy in a libertarian direction" has become an invocation in my view that is expected to work magic and little time it seems is spent on what exactly means.

Just throwing thoughts out there.  

On Saturday, September 24, 2016, Patrick McKnight <patrick.joseph.mcknight at gmail.com <mailto:patrick.joseph.mcknight at gmail.com> > wrote:

Josh,

These are two excellent ideas for national to focus on.

Thanks,
Patrick McKnight 
Region 8 Rep

On Sep 25, 2016 12:32 AM, "Joshua Katz" <planning4liberty at gmail.com <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','planning4liberty at gmail.com');> > wrote:

Background:  Total actual rvenue less actual cost of support and fundraising YTD, minus budgeted program expenditures, will be $75,243 if the two email ballots on the budget pass.  This is money in hand above what is budgeted.  

I will move to increase the following lines:

Litigation:  add $14,000

Candidate, Campaign, and Initiatives:  add $27,000.

Create a new line item under program expenditures labeled "Appointments and DC Relations" and budget $20,000.

The remainder of actual unbudgeted revenue, and much of any additional revenue that comes in this year, should, in my view, be used to pay down the mortgage.

Rationale:  Litigation is going to go over budget if email motions pass.  Candidate, Campaign, and Initiatives will go over budget if email motions pass.  

As you know, I favor "let national be national" and doing more of the things that only a national organization of our size can do.  Here are two of those things:  court the DC press corps, and get our members appointed to federal offices.  There is enough money in media, I think, to make an increased push at the press corps.  In support of getting our members appointed to federal offices, I'd like to see staff build relationships with friendly staffers in the Senate.  Similarly, we could host luncheons at HQ for MoCs and staff.  At the same time, what I'd like to do is build a database of LP members who seek federal appointed office, are serious about making a move if an opportunity arises, and have serious, credible resumes for the positions.  When offices open up, these relationships will mean staff can quickly get an opportunity to place a serious resume in front of a staffer working for a Senator on the appropriate committee.  

Service in appointed positions will put our members in positions to change public policy.  It will also put them in a position to run for elected office after their service with an additional qualification under their belts.  Building these relationships and making those appointments happen is something only a party with a serious structure and a DC presence can do.  This is the right thing to do.  To make it happen, we need to budget for the costs of those lunches, for the staff time to do these tasks, and for associated costs.

Joshua A. Katz

Westbrook CT Planning Commission (L in R seat)

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In Liberty,

Caryn Ann Harlos

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