[Lnc-business] Question re: online media

Alicia Mattson alicia.mattson at lp.org
Sun Feb 25 18:38:49 EST 2018


Anything that involves co-mingling personal funds with party funds is a
situation which should be avoided.  It could also be perceived as hiding
from the FEC the true source of donations.

-Alicia


On Wed, Feb 21, 2018 at 8:21 AM, Wes Benedict <wes.benedict at lp.org> 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.
> 1444 Duke St., Alexandria, VA 22314
> <https://maps.google.com/?q=1444+Duke+St.,+Alexandria,+VA+22314&entry=gmail&source=g>
> (202) 333-0008 ext. 232, wes.benedict at lp.org
> facebook.com/libertarians @LPNational
> Join the Libertarian Party at: http://lp.org/membership
>
>
> 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/
>>>>
>>>
>
-------------- next part --------------
   Anything that involves co-mingling personal funds with party funds is a
   situation which should be avoided.  It could also be perceived as
   hiding from the FEC the true source of donations.
   -Alicia

   On Wed, Feb 21, 2018 at 8:21 AM, Wes Benedict <[1]wes.benedict at lp.org>
   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.
     [2]1444 Duke St., Alexandria, VA 22314
     [3](202) 333-0008 ext. 232, [4]wes.benedict at lp.org
     [5]facebook.com/libertarians @LPNational
     Join the Libertarian Party at: [6]http://lp.org/membership

   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
     <[7]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
     [8]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:[9]Caryn.Ann.Harlos at LP.org
         2. [10]http://www.lpcolorado.org/

References

   1. mailto:wes.benedict at lp.org
   2. https://maps.google.com/?q=1444+Duke+St.,+Alexandria,+VA+22314&entry=gmail&source=g
   3. tel:(202) 333-0008 ext. 232
   4. mailto:wes.benedict at lp.org
   5. http://facebook.com/libertarians
   6. http://lp.org/membership
   7. mailto:elizabeth.vanhorn at lp.org
   8. http://www.lpcaucus.org/
   9. mailto:Caryn.Ann.Harlos at LP.org
  10. http://www.lpcolorado.org/


More information about the Lnc-business mailing list