[Lnc-business] Draft Budget

[Sam Goldstein]

Employee compensation is confidential and should not be discussed on an
open list.  There
will be a separate and confidential addendum to the budget  that we will
discuss in an
executive session that should answer your questions.

Sam

Sam Goldstein
Libertarian National Committee
Member at Large
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On Tue, Nov 29, 2016 at 12:42 AM, Caryn Ann Harlos <carynannharlos at gmail.com
> wrote:

> Okay the no 2014 thing makes sense.  That question answered, the rest to
> go :)
>
> I have the same questions as Joshua as well.
>
>
> --
> *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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