[Lnc-business] Expense Reimbursement for Fundraising

[Elizabeth Van Horn]

Thank you Nick,

I appreciate you making a statement regarding this situation.  If the 
consultation with the Treasurer, Executive Director, and the Head of 
Development, is based upon some of the email discussion, I'm wondering 
how much was clarified.  Wes wrote this:

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"Whitney,

Caryn Ann was going to be reimbursed for some travel outside of her 
region, not inside her region.

I mention that again, in case it wasn't clear.

Were you under the impression Caryn Ann was being reimbursed for travel 
to states within her region?
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Yet, the two states that Caryn Ann traveled to, where both within her 
region.  Was it the intention, as Wes stated, for the reimbursement to 
happen for states outside her region?
I hope you can appreciate how confusing this is to us learning about it 
for the first time, only to note conflicting information.


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Elizabeth Van Horn


On 2018-02-24 00:06, Nicholas Sarwark wrote:
> Dear All,
> 
> Expense reimbursements to LNC members have been made (and will be made
> in the future) according to the rules set out in our policy manual.
> The Chair and/or the Treasurer (depending on the situation) approve
> the expenses and no officer approves his or her own expenses.
> 
> When expense reimbursements for party business are made to a member of
> the LNC, they are reported on the related party transactions portion
> of the Treasurer's report.
> 
> As our fundraising infrastructure has improved, there are more
> opportunities for fundraising events than there is availability from
> only staff and the Chair. If LNC members are able to handle events at
> the direction of the Executive Director or Head of Development, they
> have been (and will continue to be) reimbursed for their expenses
> associated with those events.
> 
> Membership recruitment is one part of an effective fundraising
> strategy.  When a person makes an initial financial commitment to the
> party, they are much more likely to make future financial commitments
> over their lifetime (and sometimes at the end of it).
> 
> Absent a change in the policy manual or specific guidance in the form
> of a vote of the national committee, it is my intention to proceed as
> we have been doing in consultation with the Treasurer, Executive
> Director, and the Head of Development.
> 
> Yours in liberty,
> Nick