[Lnc-business] Seeking Co-Sponsors For a Motion to Give Staff the Authority to Select the number of issues of LP News

[Whitney Bilyeu]

I will co-sponsor.

On Jun 20, 2017 8:33 AM, "Daniel Hayes" <danielehayes at icloud.com> wrote:

>
> Once somebody objected this was inevitable. Here comes a request for
> cosponsors of a motion by email at the bottom of this missive .
>
> Our staff has asked for the discretion to cut an issue of LP news this
> year.  The rationale seems to be with lots of transition in staff and some
> other projects there isn't the time to do it well.
>
> I was the main driver of reducing the number of physical issues of LPNews
> at the December meeting.  That said, Lauren Daugherty our Head of
> Development was not in favor of that.  She likes to have more touches in
> between "asks" for money.  It's part of cultivating donors. Nobody likes to
> feel like an ATM.  I totally get that though I think there are other ways
> to do it and still believe we should start to transition to an all digital
> format. That said I believe in giving our staff the tools they ask for to
> succeed.
>
> In this case, the person tasked with raising our donation levels and
> maintaining and increasing our dues paying members prefers more touches.
> Our executive director who has a good understanding of what a can of worms
> the LPNews "issue" is has asked us to cut an issue.  I don't think he would
> do that without good reason.
>
> Nick has the authority to direct staff(or let our executive director do
> it).  From the technical aspects Joshua mentions, there doesn't need to be
> a motion for Wes to do this, especially with Nick's ok.  Caryn Ann objects
> because of underlying arguments made in the unsuccessful attempt to limit
> the number of LPNews issues to 4 during the December 2016 LNC meeting.
> That motion failing didn't mandate more issues. It just did not set a limit
> of 4. I may be wrong on the specifics but it becomes moot either way if
> this motion passes.
>
> If we don't amend the budget line, that leaves the funding there for 6
> issues.  Let's say things go smoother or other things shift and Wes changes
> his mind on being able to put out 6 well produced issues. By giving him
> discretion to select between publishing 5 or 6 issues that removes at least
> the objection of going against the sentiment that may or may not have been
> codified in December. It also lets him do his job we hired him for which is
> to allocate staff resources with the chair's guidance.
>
> I can already sense that while we may not technically need a motion,
> despite how painful email motions can be, not having one is going to be
> made much more time consuming and painful by cries of "foul".
>
> So I am seeking cosponsors for the following motion:
> *"Move to allow staff the discretion to choose between publishing a total
> of five or six physical issues of LPNews for the year of 2017, subject to
> the approval of the Chairman."*
>
> Daniel Hayes
> LNC At Large Member
>
>
>
> Sent from my iPhone
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