[Lnc-business] Draft Budget

[Caryn Ann Harlos]

Okay the no 2014 thing makes sense.  That question answered, the rest to go
:)

I have the same questions as Joshua as well.


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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 Mon, Nov 28, 2016 at 10:38 PM, Nicholas Sarwark <chair at lp.org> wrote:

> Why are 2013 and 2015 given as baselines to compare, but not 2014?
>
> Off-year budgets are more similar to other off-years.  Also, no convention.
>
> -Nick
>
> On Mon, Nov 28, 2016 at 10:20 PM, Caryn Ann Harlos
> <carynannharlos at gmail.com> wrote:
> > This is my first time with the yearly budget, so I apologize if I have
> dumb
> > questions, and also if these are better to just ask at the meeting let me
> > know, but I do have some basic questions about the first page for now:
> >
> > Why are 2013 and 2015 given as baselines to compare, but not 2014?
> > What is the basis for thinking recurring gifts will be higher in 2017?
> (line
> > 22)
> > What is project program revenue? (line 25)
> > I see building fundraising costs for 2015 of $15,304.00 (line 37)- anyone
> > know how much we raised from those efforts? (and I note we have a $0 for
> > that this year even though our PM says this is a priority)
> > What is causing the big jump in compensation?
> >
> >
> > --
> > 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
> > Colorado State Coordinator, Libertarian Party Radical Caucus
> >
> >
> > On Sun, Nov 27, 2016 at 11:10 AM, Tim Hagan <timhagan-tyr at yahoo.com>
> wrote:
> >>
> >> The draft budget to be considered at next month's meeting is attached.
> >> Some notes:
> >>
> >> The Operating Budget worksheet, column F (highlighted in blue) is the
> >> budget to be considered. Its numbers are derived from the
> yellow-highlighted
> >> column in the Acct Detail worksheet. The footnotes at the bottom of the
> Acct
> >> Detail worksheet explain how we came up with the 2017 numbers.
> >>
> >> Many of the numbers are based on the 2013 and 2015 numbers. We are
> >> predicting that membership will be 19,583 in January, dropping to
> 15,000 at
> >> the end of next year. This gives an average throughout the year of
> 17,292,
> >> which is 28% higher than the average of 2013 and 2015 membership. Some
> >> revenues and expenses are increased 28% to account for this increased
> >> membership.
> >>
> >> Because of our accounting method, the value of the office shows up as a
> >> fixed asset with the mortgage as a long-term liability, and paying down
> the
> >> mortgage's principal is a transfer from checking to the mortgage.
> Likewise,
> >> the bequest held in a trust is also an asset, which gets transferred to
> Cash
> >> in the books when we receive a check. Rows 46 and 47 on the Operating
> Budget
> >> worksheet show these transfers so the spreadsheet can show the surplus
> or
> >> deficit of the cash. For the cash flow, the draft budget has a net
> deficit
> >> of $154,900.
> >>
> >> Tim Hagan
> >>
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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
> > Colorado State Coordinator, Libertarian Party Radical Caucus
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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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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