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

[Sam Goldstein]

I will co-sponsor Mr. Hayes' motion on the number of LP News issues.



Sam Goldstein
Libertarian National Committee
Member at Large
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On Tue, Jun 20, 2017 at 10:50 AM, Whitney Bilyeu <whitneycb76 at gmail.com>
wrote:

> 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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