[Lnc-business] ballot access proviso

[Joshua Katz]

Other than my usual opposition to this provision, I'd suggest modifying the
year.  I continue to fail to understand why we are comfortable putting half
our budget in the compensation black-box (despite requiring staff to
produce functional accounting), but don't think staff, with general
strategic direction from the LNC and ballot access committee, can decide
how much to spend on specific drives.  I also continue to be baffled by
using this proviso year after year, when I have yet to see the EC say no to
a proposal.  It's not clear to me what it's achieving.

Of course, I think the larger issue is that we, as a board, never really
discuss strategy or objectives when it comes to this, and tend to make
decisions by default and inertia.  I don't think this proviso solves that.

But, to the relief of many I'm sure, I'm unable to vote on this.

Joshua A. Katz


On Sun, Dec 10, 2017 at 10:32 AM, Alicia Mattson <agmattson at gmail.com>
wrote:

> “Ballot access encumbrances for 2016 may only be authorized by a
> two-thirds vote of the Executive Committee and the total expended shall not
> exceed the amount authorized in the budget.”
>
> -Alicia
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