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

[David Demarest]

I will co-sponsors.

On Jun 20, 2017 12:11 PM, "Caryn Ann Harlos" <carynannharlos at gmail.com>
wrote:

> 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
>> 8925 N Meridian St, Ste 101
>> Indianapolis IN 46260
>> 317-850-0726 <(317)%20850-0726> Phone
>> 317-582-1773 <(317)%20582-1773> Fax
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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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