Since the ten-day balloting period for the motion below will end early tomorrow morning -- 5:00 am EST on December 6th (not 5th) -- I want to urge everyone who hasn't voted yet to give this motion your consideration and respond before the deadline.<br>
<br>Thanks,<br>Daniel Wiener<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Nov 26, 2012 at 2:01 AM, Ruth Bennett <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:bennettruthaz@gmail.com" target="_blank">bennettruthaz@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">Since there seems to be some confusion, let's try this again:<br><br>Daniel Wiener makes the following motion:<span style="background-color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span></span></span><br>
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<span style="color:rgb(255,0,0)"><i><b>Moved, that the LNC
approve the purchase of an office in the greater Washington, D.C. area, to be
named in honor of David Nolan, contingent on the following conditions:</b></i></span></p><p style="margin-left:40px" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(255,0,0)"><i><b><br></b></i></span></p>
<ul style="margin-top:0in;margin-left:40px" type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(255,0,0)"><i><b>A minimum of $400,000 shall be raised
from dedicated contributions.<span> </span>If a
portion of that is in the form of pledges, the pledges must be converted
to cash before a purchase contract and mortgage agreement are finalized.</b></i></span></li><div><li class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(255,0,0)"><i><b>Any loan must be based on a minimum of
a 30% down payment and a loan with options extending for a minimum of 10
years before a final balloon payment becomes due.</b></i></span></li><li class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(255,0,0)"><i><b>The most recent financial statement
reported unrestricted general fund balance must exceed $167,000 before a
purchase contract and loan agreement are finalized.</b></i></span></li></div><div><li class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(255,0,0)"><i><b>Additional payments towards the
principal loan balance of at least $60,000 per year above the minimum loan
requirement must be made, with this requirement structured in such a way
that future LNC bodies cannot easily circumvent it.<span> </span>These payments shall be in the form of
an additional $5,000 per month paid out of the general fund, but
reimbursable from dedicated building fund contributions.</b></i></span></li></div></ul>
<p style="margin-left:40px" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(255,0,0)"></span></p><p style="margin-left:40px" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(255,0,0)"><i><b>This motion will
constitute authority to incur a mortgage if the above conditions are met and if
this motion passes by the necessary two-thirds vote as specified in the
Libertarian Party’s Bylaws.</b></i></span></p><p style="margin-left:40px" class="MsoNormal"><br><span style="color:rgb(255,0,0)"></span></p><p style="margin-left:40px" class="MsoNormal">This motion is co-sponsored by Vicki Kirkland, Michael Cloud and Ruth Bennett</p>
<p style="margin-left:40px" class="MsoNormal"><br></p><p style="margin-left:40px" class="MsoNormal">Voting is for 10 days so will end at 5AM EST on December 5, 2012.</p><p style="margin-left:40px" class="MsoNormal"><br></p>
<p style="margin-left:40px" class="MsoNormal">Please respond directly to this email.</p><p style="margin-left:40px" class="MsoNormal"><br></p><p style="margin-left:40px" class="MsoNormal">Thank you.</p><p style="margin-left:40px" class="MsoNormal">
<br></p><p style="margin-left:40px" class="MsoNormal">Ruth E. Bennett<br><span style="color:rgb(255,0,0)"></span></p><p style="margin-left:40px" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(255,0,0)"><i><b><br></b></i></span></p>
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