I vote no.<br><br>Ruth<br><div class="gmail_quote"><div style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial"><font color="#000000" face="Arial"><div><font style="BACKGROUND-COLOR:transparent" color="#000000" face="Arial"> </font></div>
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<div class="gmail_quote"><br>From: <b class="gmail_sendername">Ruth Bennett</b>
<span dir="ltr"><<a title="mailto:bennettruthaz@gmail.com" href="mailto:bennettruthaz@gmail.com" target="_blank">bennettruthaz@gmail.com</a>></span><br>Date:
Mon, Nov 26, 2012 at 2:01 AM<br>Subject: [Lnc-business] Email Ballot on
Purchasing an Office by Daniel Wiener<br>To: <a title="mailto:lnc-business@hq.lp.org" href="mailto:lnc-business@hq.lp.org" target="_blank">lnc-business@hq.lp.org</a><br><br><br>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><br><br>
<p style="MARGIN-LEFT:40px" class="MsoNormal"><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>
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</li><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></ul></div>
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<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>
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<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>
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<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><br><br>_______________________________________________<br>Lnc-business
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