[Lnc-business] Question on Policy Manual

[Tim Hagan]

>From Wikipedia: 

CAGING (DIRECT MAIL)

A CAGING LIST, in the direct mail [1] industry, is a list or database of
addresses that is updated after a mailing program is completed, with
notations on responses and corrections for addresses whose mail has been
returned as undeliverable or has been forwarded. 

In third-party direct mail [1] fundraising, a caging agent receives
contributions, processes donor mail and "deposits all contributions to
the client's account" according to Eberle Associates [2], a US direct
mail and political fundraising firm.[1] [3] 

The Association of Fundraising Professionals [4] similarly defines
caging as "the process or act of collecting donations by an entity other
than the not-for-profit organization [5] for which they were solicited."


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Tim Hagan
Treasurer, Libertarian National Committee 

On 2020-04-13 20:22, joe.bishop-henchman--- via Lnc-business wrote:

> That is a (strange) industry term (processing donations, recording the information, and depositing the funds). For the interest of clarity it may be worth saying that instead of the strange term.
> 
> On Apr 13, 2020 11:08 PM, Caryn Ann Harlos via Lnc-business <lnc-business at hq.lp.org> wrote:
> 
>> Is this really supposed to say "cage"? 
>> 
>> Section 1.01             OTHER MATTERS 
>> 
>> 1)     Coordination and Support of Project Managers 
>> 
>> The Executive Director shall coordinate vendor contracts, project 
>> communications to donors or service providers, and the timing and content 
>> of fundraising appeals. 
>> 
>> LNC staff will: 
>> 
>> - Process and *cage* all fund raising receipts and maintain all project 
>> donor records in the donor database; 
>> - Pay all approved project expenses and maintain records of all project 
>> expenditures; creating contact (mail, e-mail, phone) lists at the request 
>> project manager; 
>> - Create contact (mail, e-mail, phone) lists at the request of the 
>> project manager 
>> - Send bulk e-mails at the request of the project manager; 
>> - Provide bids for all printing and mailing expenses; 
>> - Provide an approved list of vendors for project expenses, where 
>> applicable; 
>> - Establish separate bank accounts, at the discretion of the executive 
>> director; 
>> - Establish an easy and prominent way to donate and pledge to the 
>> project on the website. 
>> 
>> *  In Liberty,* 
>> * Personal Note:  I have what is commonly known as Asperger's Syndrome 
>> (part of the autism spectrum).  This can affect inter-personal 
>> communication skills in both personal and electronic arenas.  If anyone 
>> found anything offensive or overly off-putting (or some other social faux 
>> pas) in an actual email, please contact me privately and let me know.  *
 

Links:
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[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Direct_mail
[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eberle_Associates
[3]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caging_(direct_mail)#cite_note-Eberle-Process-Description-1
[4]
https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Association_of_Fundraising_Professionals&action=edit&redlink=1
[5] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-profit_organization