[Lnc-business] Draft Budget

Tue Nov 29 10:09:01 EST 2016

Mostly 1, possibly 2, I don't think we've explicitly budgeted for 3.

Bringing on at least one full-time equivalent person to fill a similar
role to the one Eric Dixon used to fill is one aspect of it.

-Nick

On Tue, Nov 29, 2016 at 7:46 AM, Caryn Ann Harlos
<carynannharlos at gmail.com> wrote:
> Yet the number is publicly here.
>
> I wasn't asking for specifics but a general answer;
>
> New hires?
> Raises and bonuses?
> Increased regulation and taxes?
>
> A very general publicly disclosable answer if possible.  Not anything
> confidential (though I am of the school that this should not be confidential
> - I accept for the time that it is)
>
> --
> 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 Tuesday, November 29, 2016, Sam Goldstein <goldsteinatlarge at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>>
>> 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
>> 8925 N Meridian St, Ste 101
>> Indianapolis IN 46260
>> 317-850-0726 Phone
>> 317-582-1773 Fax
>>
>> 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
>>> Colorado State Coordinator, Libertarian Party Radical Caucus
>>>
>>> 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
>>> Communications Director, Libertarian Party of Colorado
>>> Colorado State Coordinator, Libertarian Party Radical Caucus
>>>
>>>
>>>
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