[Lnc-business] Budget motion

Sun Sep 25 14:07:04 EDT 2016

That.

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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
Communications Director, Libertarian Party of Colorado
<http://www.lpcolorado.org/>
Colorado State Coordinator, Libertarian Party Radical Caucus
<http://www.lpradicalcaucus.org/>

On Sun, Sep 25, 2016 at 8:56 AM, David Demarest <dpdemarest at centurylink.net>
wrote:

> Hmmm – The LNC is not immune from subtle status-quo-ism, stagnation and
> reluctance to think outside the box.
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> *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.
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> 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.
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> 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).
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> Thoughts?
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> *The War on Authoritarian Majority Rule Cronyism Begins Now!*
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> *Celebrate Life, Set the Bar High and LIVE FREE!*
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> ~David Pratt Demarest
>
> Secretary, Nebraska Libertarian State Central Committee
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> Region 6 Representative, Libertarian National Committee (IA, IL, MN, MO,
> ND, NE, WI)
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> Nebraska State Coordinator, LP Radical Caucus
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> Cell:      402-981-6469
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> Office: 402-222-7207
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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
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> 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.
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> Federal candidates come from states.  We need to be empowering and
> supporting these states and not be so disconnected.
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> 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.
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> 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,
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> 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.
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> Times are changing.  DC lunch schmoozing is the old way,
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> 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.
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> Just throwing thoughts out there.
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> On Saturday, September 24, 2016, Patrick McKnight <
> patrick.joseph.mcknight at gmail.com> wrote:
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> Josh,
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> These are two excellent ideas for national to focus on.
>
> Thanks,
> Patrick McKnight
> Region 8 Rep
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> On Sep 25, 2016 12:32 AM, "Joshua Katz" <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:
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> Rationale:  Litigation is going to go over budget if email motions pass.
> Candidate, Campaign, and Initiatives will go over budget if email motions
> pass.
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> 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.
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>
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> 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*
>
> 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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-- 
*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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