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

[Caryn Ann Harlos]

I will co sponsor.


On Tue, Jun 20, 2017 at 10:17 AM Sam Goldstein <goldsteinatlarge at gmail.com>
wrote:

> 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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