[Lnc-business] Q1 fundraising update

[Sam Goldstein]

I'm bringing my check book to the Gala and my wife won't be with me.

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Sam Goldstein
Libertarian National Committee
317-850-0726 Cell

On 2018-04-05 14:20, Lauren Daugherty wrote:
> Thank you, Sam. It is a big team effort and I'm so thankful for our
> many members and donors who invest their hard-earned dollars in the
> LP.
> 
> My goal is constantly "bigger and better" so we'll continue pursuing 
> that.
> 
> Naturally, the national convention will be a big part of this next
> quarter and it is already doing very well financially.
> 
> Lauren Daugherty
> Head of Development
> Libertarian National Committee
> 
> On 4/5/2018 1:12 PM, Sam Goldstein wrote:
>> Lauren,
>> 
>> Congratulations on a great job!  Now what are you going to do for the 
>> second quarter?
>> 
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>> Sam Goldstein
>> Libertarian National Committee
>> 317-850-0726 Cell
>> 
>> On 2018-04-05 14:04, Lauren Daugherty wrote:
>>> Dear LNC,
>>> 
>>> At the beginning of the year, I set a goal for our fundraising that
>>> we'd have the best first quarter revenues in 10 years. I knew this 
>>> was
>>> ambitious because the first quarter of 2017 was so solid and this 
>>> year
>>> we'd be fundraising for the national convention simultaneously. (I
>>> don't include convention revenues or bequest payments in these
>>> quarterly comparisons.)
>>> 
>>> Thanks to the hard work of our team and the generous support of so
>>> many members and donors, we achieved that goal and also my next one 
>>> of
>>> beating the 2005 first quarter revenues.
>>> 
>>> So, this year, we had the best Q1 going back to 2004.
>>> 
>>> We surpassed the 10-year-average by 31% and the average of the last 5
>>> even-numbered years by 28%. Please see the attached graph.
>>> 
>>> Thanks to all those who helped make this happen.
>>> 
>>> Lauren
>>> 
>>> Lauren Daugherty
>>> Head of Development