<div dir="ltr">I think it's a good thing that donors can earmark donations to be used for the "building" and related expenses. I'd like to see a system where donors have a wide variety of choices - separate donation buttons for candidate training, affiliate support, ballot access, and so on, with the LNC unable to move money from one use to another. In addition, individual projects could be included as well - these should probably be in the form of pledges rather than actual donations, or else offer a choice of a pledge (conditional on the project being fully funded) or a straight donation which becomes unearmarked if the project is not funded by a specific date.<div class="gmail_extra">
<br clear="all"><div><div dir="ltr">Joshua A. Katz<div><br></div><div>Region 8 (Region of Badassdom) Alternate</div><div>Libertarian National Committee</div><div><br>Chair, Libertarian Party of Connecticut</div></div></div>
<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Jul 21, 2014 at 9:37 PM, LP <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:wes.benedict@lp.org" target="_blank">wes.benedict@lp.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div dir="auto"><div><br><br><br>Begin forwarded message:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><b>From:</b> "Robert Kraus" <<a href="mailto:robert.kraus@lp.org" target="_blank">robert.kraus@lp.org</a>><br>
<b>Date:</b> July 21, 2014 at 8:19:23 PM EDT<br><b>To:</b> "'Wes Benedict'" <<a href="mailto:Wes.Benedict@lp.org" target="_blank">Wes.Benedict@lp.org</a>><br><b>Cc:</b> "'Nicholas Sarwark'" <<a href="mailto:chair@lp.org" target="_blank">chair@lp.org</a>><br>
<b>Subject:</b> <b>FW: LP Web Site Building Fund page</b><br><br></div></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><div>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font color="navy" face="Verdana"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:navy">Please feel free to forward. Yes we do
need to update the page and the tracker. I will work on a new tracker to “pay
off the mortgage!” but Erick can probably update the page based on the related
LP news article. <u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font color="navy" face="Verdana"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:navy">We’ve raised a total thru today of $416,538
gross towards the building not including expenses, down payment, etc.<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font color="navy" face="Verdana"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:navy">We raised $26,238 of that since May 1<sup>st</sup>
(post closing). This is obviously an on going effort that folks want to
contribute to and should remain a featured “project” until the mortgage is paid
off. <u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font color="navy" face="Verdana"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:navy">At this point pretty much everything we
raised has been put towards expenses, build-out, moving related costs and the
down payment. So we are pretty much as of today at zero with $500,000 to go to
pay off the mortgage. <u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><font color="navy" face="Verdana"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:navy">Robert
S. Kraus - Dir of Operations<br>
<a href="mailto:Operations@LP.org" target="_blank">Operations@LP.org</a><br>
Libertarian National Committee<br>
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WE HAVE MOVED ***<u></u><u></u><u></u></span></font></i></b></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><b><i><font color="navy" face="Verdana"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:navy;font-weight:bold;font-style:italic">PLEASE NOTE: Effective June 1<sup>st</sup>
our address is </span></font></i></b><b><i><font face="Verdana"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Verdana;font-weight:bold;font-style:italic"><u></u><u></u><u></u><u></u><u></u><u></u><font color="navy"><span style="color:navy">1444 Duke Street</span></font><u></u><u></u><u></u><u></u><u></u><u></u><font color="navy"><span style="color:navy">, </span></font><u></u><u></u><u></u><font color="navy"><span style="color:navy">Alexandria</span></font><u></u><u></u><u></u><font color="navy"><span style="color:navy"> </span></font><u></u><u></u><u></u><font color="navy"><span style="color:navy">VA</span></font><u></u><u></u><u></u><font color="navy"><span style="color:navy"> </span></font><u></u><u></u><u></u><font color="navy"><span style="color:navy">22314</span></font><u></u><u></u><u></u><font color="navy"><span style="color:navy">. </span></font></span></font></i></b><font color="navy" face="Verdana"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:navy"><u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
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<b><span style="font-weight:bold">Sent:</span></b> Monday, July 21, 2014 7:52
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<b><span style="font-weight:bold">To:</span></b> <a href="mailto:lnc-business@hq.lp.org" target="_blank">lnc-business@hq.lp.org</a><br>
<b><span style="font-weight:bold">Cc:</span></b> <a href="mailto:wes.benedict@lp.org" target="_blank">wes.benedict@lp.org</a>;
<a href="mailto:robert.kraus@lp.org" target="_blank">robert.kraus@lp.org</a><br>
<b><span style="font-weight:bold">Subject:</span></b> LP Web Site Building Fund
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office condo and have moved into it yet our web site has the following active
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to know how much, if any, money has been contributed to this effort since the
purchase closed. Is it being held in a encumbered account as were the
contributions prior to the purchase? Will any contributions be used to
pay down the principal on the mortgage?<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
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might be interfering with efforts to raise money for ballot access,
candidate training, affiliate support or other important party functions.<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
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Free,<br>
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Sam Goldstein<br>
At Large Representative<br>
IT Committee Chair<br>
Libertarian National Committee<br>
<a href="tel:317-850-0726" value="+13178500726" target="_blank">317-850-0726</a> <u></u><u></u>Mobile<u></u><u></u><br>
<a href="mailto:sam.goldstein@lp.org" target="_blank">sam.goldstein@lp.org</a> Email<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
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