[Lnc-business] Email Ballot 2018-20: AMEND BUDGET

Sat Aug 4 11:38:00 EDT 2018

I think so too Elizabeth and am pleased we are at a break even point.  I
did not vote for the deficit budget as I am pretty risk-averse though I
understood the ambitious plans that were behind it.

-Caryn Ann

On Sat, Aug 4, 2018 at 8:21 AM Elizabeth Van Horn via Lnc-business <
lnc-business at hq.lp.org> wrote:

> Alicia, you bring up very good points, and I don't think it's unreasonable
> to ask questions.  The specific questions you've asked are good.
>
> I'm aware of some of the candidate field support efforts that'll be
> upcoming, and there will be some expense involved.  Some of it involves
> on-the-ground canvassing, and there's also an upcoming phone-banking
> effort.  Although, a lot can be done with volunteers, there are costs
> that'll be incurred.
>
> I'll leave the formal explanation to the person who created the motion,
> and to staff, as they'd know the details better. But, I'm pretty positive
> that these are legitimate expenses that the LP will need to handle it we
> want to see our candidates have a chance at success. Timing is crucial.
> ---
> Elizabeth Van Horn
>
> On 2018-08-04 01:13, Alicia Mattson via Lnc-business wrote:
>
> I'll not yet my vote until I get some additional information.
>
> I'd like to remind my colleagues that budgets are just guesses written
> down on paper.  With this motion, we're not just shuffling numbers around
> on paper, but we're also approving spending it for very specific purposes.
> Before we start shuffling budget numbers, we need to be looking at how
> actual performance is running versus budget projections.
>
> Unless I've overlooked it, I don't think we've yet received June financial
> statements.  It could be that the convention put that a little behind
> schedule.  Since I was on the previous LNC, I have the end-of-month May
> 2018 financials which our newer members will not have seen.  This will at
> least give you something, rather than nothing, to consult.
>
> The budget adopted by the previous LNC for 2018 had a $350k deficit,
> essentially betting on revenues to come in higher than budget.  Is that the
> case?  So far this year, we're running $69k below budget on revenues, and
> that was a deficit budget.  The cost of raising those revenues is running
> within $2k of budget.  We're afloat because our program expenses are
> running $100k under budget.  At the bottom line, we're running a $33k
> surplus so far this year.
>
> Now we're planning to take $34k of budgeted expenses that we weren't going
> to spend at all, and we're going to spend them.  This will wash out our
> surplus and put our actual performance (not budget) at break-even for the
> year.
>
>
> I'd like to hear more about what exactly the spending plan is.  Two things
> are listed in the motion:
> 1)  cost of existing candidate recruitment and campaigns advisor support
> staff, and
> 2) to provide up to $20,000 for candidate field support expenses though
> the end of the budget year.
>
> Parsing the words here, it says we've hired more staff than we budgeted
> for?  This will be an ongoing expense, not just a one-time cost that will
> be fixed by this one shuffle.  Can we have specifics of what the
> over-budget costs are?
>
> For the candidate field support expenses, my guess is that this is perhaps
> intended to help incumbents such as Brandon Phinney and Laura Ebke.  If so,
> I'm inclined to support, but I would like more details about whether that's
> the intent.  Or are we planning to give token contributions to candidates
> in other situations?
>
> -Alicia
>
>
>
>
>
>
> On Fri, Aug 3, 2018 at 2:08 AM, Caryn Ann Harlos via Lnc-business <
> lnc-business at hq.lp.org> wrote:
>
>> Email Ballot 2018-20: AMEND BUDGET
>>
>> We have an electronic mail ballot.
>>
>> Votes are due to the LNC-Business list by AUGUST 10, 2018 at
>> 11:59:59pm Pacific time.
>>
>> Co-Sponsors:  GOLDSTEIN, HARLOS, LONGSTRETH, O'DONNELL, PHILLIPS, VAN HORN
>>
>> Motion: Decrease the budget for line 70-Ballot Access VR & Related Exp
>> by $34,400 from $250,000 to $216,600 (a $34,400 decrease) and increase
>> the budget for line 60-Candidate, Campaign & Initiatives from $58,800
>> to $92,200 (a $34,400 increase) to cover the cost of existing
>> candidate recruitment and campaigns advisor support staff, and to
>> provide up to $20,000 for candidate field support expenses though the
>> end of the budget year.
>>
>> =============================================
>>
>> You can keep track of the Secretary's manual tally of votes here:
>> https://tinyurl.com/lncvoting.  Votes are noted with a link to the
>> actual ballot cast for verification.  You can find the time that the
>> manual tally was last updated at the bottom of the sheet.
>>
>> Please notify me of any discrepancies.
>>
>> --
>> In Liberty,
>> Caryn Ann Harlos
>> Libertarian Party and Libertarian National Committee Secretary -
>> Caryn.Ann. Harlos at LP.org or Secretary at LP.org.
>> Chair, LP Historical Preservation Committee - LPedia at LP.org
>>
>>
>> A haiku to the Statement of Principles:
>> We defend your rights
>> And oppose the use of force
>> Taxation is theft
>>
> --
-- 
*In Liberty,*
*Caryn Ann Harlos*
Libertarian Party and Libertarian National Committee Secretary - Caryn.Ann.
Harlos at LP.org <Caryn.Ann.Harlos at LP.org> or Secretary at LP.org.
Chair, LP Historical Preservation Committee - LPedia at LP.org

A haiku to the Statement of Principles:
*We defend your rights*
*And oppose the use of force*
*Taxation is theft*
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