[Lnc-business] Agenda Item Request - Memberships

[Alicia Mattson]

I suppose we'd need something less terrible than just using an acronym for
Small Children and Animal Memberships....  :-|

I'd want to hear staff weigh in about what implications such an idea would
have on the database.  Of course donations have to be made and reported
under the name of an eligible human.  Should it be some sort of
un-membership where staff has to track expiration dates and send renewal
notices (though we would get recurring donations each year), or is it
easier to manage as a one-time sale of some sort of gift pack bought in the
LP Store?

-Alicia


On Tue, Jan 28, 2020 at 5:03 PM Joe Bishop-Henchman via Lnc-business <
lnc-business at hq.lp.org> wrote:

> Those numbers don't add up, blame the FEC
>
> JBH
>
> ------------
> Joe Bishop-Henchman
> LNC Member (At-Large)
> joe.bishop-henchman at lp.org
> www.facebook.com/groups/189510455174837
>
> On 2020-01-28 19:59, Joe Bishop-Henchman via Lnc-business wrote:
> > Americans spend almost as much on pet Halloween costumes ($490
> > million) as they do on all donations to state legislative candidates
> > ($1.3 billion in a 2-year cycle, or $511 million a year), so there's
> > tremendous growth potential here
> >
> > JBH
> >
> > ------------
> > Joe Bishop-Henchman
> > LNC Member (At-Large)
> > joe.bishop-henchman at lp.org
> > www.facebook.com/groups/189510455174837
> >
> > On 2020-01-28 19:50, Elizabeth Van Horn via Lnc-business wrote:
> >> Ooh! LP Pet Gear!  I love it.
> >>
> >> LP dog sweaters!  Might sell better than people-wear.
> >>
> >> ---
> >> Elizabeth Van Horn
> >> LNC Region 3 Representative (IN, MI, OH, KY)
> >>
> >> On 2020-01-28 19:42, Alicia Mattson via Lnc-business wrote:
> >>> We already have honorary life memberships for people, so I wouldn't
> >>> want a
> >>> name which is confusingly similar.  I bet we can come up with a
> >>> clever name.
> >>>
> >>> I wonder if pet gear would sell in the LP Store...doggie sweaters,
> >>> iguana
> >>> ties, leashes, food/water bowls, food/water bowl mats?
> >>>
> >>> -Alicia
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> On Tue, Jan 28, 2020 at 4:27 PM Elizabeth Van Horn via Lnc-business <
> >>> lnc-business at hq.lp.org> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> Tim Hagan and John Phillips, I also support the idea.  Thank you
> >>>> both
> >>>> for speaking-up on this topic.
> >>>>
> >>>> I'd be happy to see this added to our agenda.
> >>>>
> >>>> EVH
> >>>>
> >>>> ---
> >>>> Elizabeth Van Horn
> >>>> LNC Region 3 Representative (IN, MI, OH, KY)
> >>>>
> >>>> On 2020-01-28 18:47, john.phillips--- via Lnc-business wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>> > I would support this as I had already brought up a similar idea,
> >>>> honorary sounds better terminology than I suggested
> >>>> >
> >>>> > John Phillips
> >>>> > Libertarian National Committee Region 6 Representative
> >>>> > Cell 217-412-5973
> >>>> >
> >>>> > On Jan 28, 2020 5:30 PM, Tim Hagan via Lnc-business <
> >>>> lnc-business at hq.lp.org> wrote:
> >>>> >
> >>>> >> Elizabeth sent an e-mail to this list concerning Mascot Memberships
> >>>> >> that's visible in the Archives, but I did not receive the e-mail.
> Am I
> >>>> >> the only one?
> >>>> >>
> >>>> >> I request ten minutes on the agenda to consider offering Honorary
> or
> >>>> >> Mascot Memberships. So that we have something to start
> word-smithing, I
> >>>> >> will offer this motion:
> >>>> >>
> >>>> >> Add another subsection to the Policy Manual, Section 2.05,
> Membership
> >>>> >> Policies:
> >>>> >>
> >>>> >> 6) Honorary Membership
> >>>> >>
> >>>> >> People may purchase an Honorary Membership for $15 for a being or
> >>>> person
> >>>> >> incapable of signing the membership certification. This program is
> >>>> >> designed for young children and pets. Honorary Members are
> entitled to
> >>>> >> no rights or benefits other than receiving a membership card.
> >>>> >>
> >>>> >> --
> >>>> >> Tim Hagan
> >>>> >> Treasurer, Libertarian National Committee
> >>>>
>