[Lnc-business] Question re: online media

[Sam Goldstein]

Steemit is in the process of renting a room for a presentation at NOLA 
2018.  Perhaps some of these questions
can be considered there.

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Sam Goldstein
Libertarian National Committee
317-850-0726 Cell

On 2018-02-21 11:21, Wes Benedict wrote:
> If someone comes up with a legal and ethical solution that includes
> monetization, that would be great.
> 
> My hunch is that even if a legal means existed, it's probably not
> worth the trouble.
> 
> I'm not the legal authority, but I'm concerned that the LNC is not
> allowed to accept profits from Steemit, and if revenue from Steemit
> was accepted, it would be considered income perhaps reportable to the
> IRS and/or the FEC, perhaps by the individual and/or the LNC.
> 
> My suggestion is to stick with the non-monetized option until you
> start thinking we're talking about over $1,000 per year.
> 
> 
> Wes Benedict, Executive Director
> Libertarian National Committee, Inc.
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> 
> On 2/21/2018 10:50 AM, Caryn Ann Harlos wrote:
>> At least for steemit each video is accounted for separately.
>> 
>> 
>> On Wed, Feb 21, 2018 at 8:24 AM Elizabeth Van Horn 
>> <elizabeth.vanhorn at lp.org>
>> wrote:
>> 
>>> As for possible monetizing of LP historical stuff, I wouldn't have a
>>> problem with funds going to an LP committee, if earned through any 
>>> legal
>>> means.
>>> 
>>> My question would be, how is a record made public of the funds, to
>>> ensure that it does all go to the historical committee work? If it's
>>> your account, how do others know what was taken in, and then 
>>> disbursed
>>> to the historical committee?  Also, if you're the chair of the same
>>> committee, who keeps track of the records? Is there a way for the 
>>> entire
>>> historical committee to see the incoming funds?
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> ---
>>> Elizabeth Van Horn
>>> LNC Region 3 (IN, MI, OH, KY)
>>> Secretary Libertarian Party of Madison Co, Indiana
>>> Chair-LP Social Media Process Review Committee
>>> Vice-Chair Libertarian Pragmatist Caucus
>>> http://www.lpcaucus.org/
>>> 
>>> On 2018-02-20 01:17, Caryn Ann Harlos wrote:
>>>> Hello everyone, I have a steemit account.  If you don't know what 
>>>> that
>>>>     is, in a very simple form, it is a social media sharing site in
>>>> which
>>>>     you earn crypto for posting, upvoting, etc.  Some people make 
>>>> large
>>>>     amounts of money there.  I do not.  I think my highest post 
>>>> earned
>>>> .65
>>>>     cents because I am not there for that but it is possible one day
>>>> that
>>>>     one will take off, you never know.
>>>>     But here is the question.  I would like to post some of the
>>>> historical
>>>>     materials there to raise awareness and interest in the LP and 
>>>> its
>>>>     history.  I, however, do not wish to make any money off of 
>>>> straight
>>>>     posting of videos etc with no original analysis or content.  
>>>> There
>>>> is
>>>>     an option to turn off monetization of any post, so I can always 
>>>> do
>>>>     that.  But it is possible that these posts could generate 
>>>> interest -
>>>> so
>>>>     to the question, if monetization was kept on would there be a
>>>> conflict
>>>>     or issue if I did that to raise money for the Historical 
>>>> Committee?
>>>>     The money would go to me as it is my account, and then I would
>>>>     personally donate it.  Realistically we are probably talking 
>>>> about
>>>>     probably under $50 in a year.
>>>>     Would appreciate some guidance here.  For the time being, I am
>>>> setting
>>>>     any repost of historical videos to monetization off.  But if I 
>>>> could
>>>>     raise funds for the committee I would love to.
>>>>     --
>>>>     In Liberty,
>>>>     Caryn Ann Harlos
>>>>     Region 1 Representative, Libertarian National Committee (Alaska,
>>>>     Arizona, Colorado, Hawaii, Kansas, Montana, Utah, Wyoming,
>>>> Washington)
>>>>     - [1]Caryn.Ann. Harlos at LP.org
>>>>     Communications Director, [2]Libertarian Party of Colorado
>>>>     Chair, LP Historical Preservation Committee
>>>>     A haiku to the Statement of Principles:
>>>>     We defend your rights
>>>>     And oppose the use of force
>>>>     Taxation is theft
>>>> 
>>>> References
>>>> 
>>>>     1. mailto:Caryn.Ann.Harlos at LP.org
>>>>     2. http://www.lpcolorado.org/