[Lnc-business] comment on costs and savings on I.T. projects - Re: LPedia

[Caryn Ann Harlos]

Yes Nick, that is what Ken and I are working on.

- Caryn Ann

On Wed, Jan 4, 2017 at 3:50 PM, Nicholas Sarwark <chair at lp.org> wrote:

> FYI: You don't need to pass any motions to move LPedia to a hosted
> solution.  Ken was sending a heads up to see if there's any objection.
>
> Creation of a committee or something like that would need a motion.
>
> -Nick
>
> On Wed, Jan 4, 2017 at 3:39 PM, Caryn Ann Harlos
> <carynannharlos at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Hi everyone, Ken and I (primarily Ken - all due credit to his efforts
> behind
> > the scenes on this) are going to work on the appropriate motions.  Pretty
> > much it is Ken, and he is running by me to be sure I don't see something
> > missing.
> >
> > But we need to realize that LPedia is going away - from where it is now -
> > that is happening.  We can either save it or not. This is the best means
> to
> > save it with little to no efforts needed from staff.  The rest of the
> > questions are great - but they are right now irrelevant to the
> existential
> > question.  Those can be developed as we go, but we have to pull the
> trigger
> > on the existential question.  Or give up LPedia to someone else and lose
> a
> > great means to solve many problems and responsibilities such as
> historical
> > information that doesn't even really belong on a simply frozen archive
> site
> > discussed before, take control of preserving the vast history in the
> > psychical archives I inspected during our visit, and being good stewards
> of
> > our history going forward.  IOW, this is a gold mine to solve a lot of
> > nagging website objections I still have and many members still have.
> >
> > So much has been wasted (over the years now I see with Starchild's input)
> > talking and not doing.  Ken did what I asked and beyond.  He found a
> great
> > solution.
> >
> > Motions will be forthcoming.
> >
> > Joshua did have the sum of it quite nicely.
> >
> >
> > --
> > 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 Wed, Jan 4, 2017 at 9:16 AM, Wes Benedict <wes.benedict at lp.org>
> wrote:
> >>
> >> To expand on what Ken said, while I do also hope cost-savings are
> realized
> >> with some of these various I.T. projects (LPEdia, various emails
> systems,
> >> LP.org hosting, Raiser's Edge upgrades, etc.), I think we've seen
> >> over-optimistic projections for savings quite a bit, so I'll personally
> try
> >> not to be overly optimistic about potential savings when discussing
> these
> >> projects with the LNC and others.
> >>
> >> I think we need to do many of these upgrades even if some of the direct
> >> expenditures result in being higher than our current direct
> expenditures.
> >>
> >> Other people, feel free to expand on the concept of Total Cost of
> >> Ownership, opportunity costs, other benefits, etc., but some of the
> direct
> >> expenditures that are easily identifiable won't necessarily go down.
> >>
> >>
> >> Wes Benedict, Executive Director
> >> Libertarian National Committee, Inc.
> >> 1444 Duke St., Alexandria, VA 22314
> >> (202) 333-0008 ext. 232, wes.benedict at lp.org
> >> facebook.com/libertarians @LPNational
> >> Join the Libertarian Party at: http://lp.org/membership
> >>
> >> On 1/4/2017 9:09 AM, Ken Moellman wrote:
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> So we're looking, overall, at reducing budget from about $3000/mo down
> to
> >>> approximately $1500/mo.  Don't hold me to these figures just yet;
> there are
> >>> still decisions to be made.  The goal here is to provide better
> service at a
> >>> lower price.  I think that goal is attainable.
> >>
> >>
> >>
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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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