[Lnc-business] Comments regarding draft minutes

[Caryn Ann Harlos]

Starchild, I was under the impression you had just arrived in New Orleans.
Can you please let me know if you were there on Friday?

Mr. Lark, yes, on that number Mr. Hagan and I had an off-list discussion to
be sure the numbers were right as I did not have that in my notes either
and when I ran the numbers they did not add up.

-Caryn Ann

On Sun, Dec 31, 2017 at 1:00 PM, James Lark <james.lark at lp.org> wrote:

> Dear colleagues:
>
>     I hope all is well with you.  Thanks to Mr. Hagan for his message
> regarding the draft minutes; I greatly appreciate his taking the time and
> trouble to dig through my long list of comments and suggestions.
>
>     I do not recall a discussion during the meeting of changing the
> bequests receivable number from $66,800 to $67,800.  In reviewing my
> recording and notes, it is possible I was out of the room when Mr. Sarwark
> made a comment regarding the amount.  (As they say in Hollywood, "Timing is
> everything.")  Specifically, roughly 25 minutes after the beginning of the
> 2018 budget discussion, Mr. Sarwark indicated that the $66,800 bequests
> receivable figure may be too low.  There was a very brief discussion among
> Mr. Hagan, Mr. Sarwark, and Mr. Kraus, from which the $67,800 figure
> emerged.
>
>     Thus, allow me to propose a modification of the draft minutes. On p.
> 11, the text under the heading Adoption of 2018 Budget currently reads as
> follows:
>
> Mr. Hagan had distributed a proposed budget in advance, gave an oral
> overview, and fielded questions.  He noted the previously discussed
> increase on the ballot access line (Program Expense line “70-BallotAccess
> Voter Reg & Related Exp”) from $202,000 to $250,000.
>
> Ms. Daugherty was requested to speak on fundraising efforts and costs. As
> previously agreed, each LNC member took turns to briefly comment, request
> information, express concerns, and/or state intent to offer
> amendment(s).
>
>     I suggest the draft minutes be amended so that the text reads as
> follows:
>
> Adoption of 2018 Budget
>
> Mr. Hagan had distributed a proposed budget in advance, gave an oral
> overview, and fielded questions.  He noted the previously discussed
> increase on the ballot access line (Program Expense line “70-BallotAccess
> Voter Reg & Related Exp”) from $202,000 to $250,000.
>
> Ms. Daugherty was requested to speak on fundraising efforts and costs.
> Mr. Sarwark suggested that the Bequests Receivable number of $66,800 in the
> draft budget may be too low.  After a brief discussion, the number was
> changed to $67,800.
>
> As previously agreed, each LNC member took turns to comment briefly,
> request information, express concerns, and/or state intent to offer
> amendment(s).
>
>
> Please note that in the third paragraph, I have changed the phrase "... to
> briefly comment ..." to the phrase "... to comment briefly ...."  (I prefer
> that we not split infinitives.)
>
>     As always, thanks for your work for liberty.  As always, thanks for
> considering my comments and suggestions.  Best wishes to you for a great
> 2018.
>
>     Take care,
>     Jim
>
>     James W. Lark, III
>     Dept. of Systems and Information Engineering
>     Applied Mathematics Program, Dept. of Engineering and Society
>     Affiliated Faculty, Dept. of Statistics
>     University of Virginia
>
>     Advisor, The Liberty Coalition
>     University of Virginia
>
>     Region 5 Representative, Libertarian National Committee
> -----
>
> On 12/31/2017 12:42 PM, Tim Hagan wrote:
>
>> Concerning your comments on the budget table on page 15, Draft 5 of the
>> spreadsheet had a former number for the Bequests Receivable. The FEC raised
>> the contribution limit to $33,900 per individual, so we can withdraw
>> $67,800 from the bequests. (See https://transition.fec.gov/pag
>> es/brochures/contriblimitschart.htm for contribution limits.) I believe
>> the Bequests Receivable got corrected toward the beginning of the budget
>> discussion, before the budget was moved.
>>
>> ---
>> Tim Hagan
>> Treasurer, Libertarian National Committee
>>
>> On 2017-12-30 19:51, James Lark wrote:
>>
>>> Dear colleagues:
>>>
>>>     I hope all is well with you.  I have enclosed several comments
>>> regarding the draft minutes of the December LNC meeting.  I hope you
>>> find these comments to be helpful.  A goodly number of the comments
>>> involve substantive issues (e.g., corrections); many of the comments
>>> involve suggested wording.
>>>
>> <SNIP>
>
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