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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Hello Alicia . . .<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>I suggested eliminating the budget line for the Outreach Committee as I have often heard LNC leadership refer to the items on the list in the Policy Manual which enumerates the budget lines as our “core activities” which get special treatment. My intent was to reduce our “core activities” (by one, anyway) so that we may concentrate on more crucial activities such as my preference: Affiliate Support.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>That is, let’s focus our resources on doing a few crucial things very well; and avoid trying to do many things and end up doing them all rather poorly.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Norm<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>--<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Handwriting","serif";color:#1F497D'>Norman T Olsen<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Regional Representative, Region I<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Libertarian National Committee<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>7931 S Broadway, PMB 102<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Littleton, Colorado 80122-2710<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>303-263-4995<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Norman.Olsen@lp.org<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>"First they ignore you, then they ridicule you, then they fight you, then you win." -- Gandhi<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> Lnc-business [mailto:lnc-business-bounces@hq.lp.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Alicia Mattson<br><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, September 03, 2014 4:05 AM<br><b>To:</b> lnc-business@hq.lp.org<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Lnc-business] Previous notice of proposed motion<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>Norm,<o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>You beat me to the idea of deleting the Outreach Committee. The person who advocated that it be created in 2010 requested that it be eliminated at the end of that term. It's a leftover at this point.<o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>I don't think it's necessary to eliminate that budget category, though. There could still be spending in that category with or without the existence of the committee. We routinely allocate zero to budget categories for which there is no plan for expenditure, and having it in the budget template just requires that if there is a spending plan, it must be itemized rather than rolled into another category.<o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal>-Alicia<o:p></o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></p></div></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>On Sun, Aug 31, 2014 at 11:03 AM, Norm Olsen <<a href="mailto:region1rep@donedad.com" target="_blank">region1rep@donedad.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p><div><div><p>Please accept this message as previous notice of my intent to make the following motion at the September 2014 LNC meeting in Alexandria.<o:p></o:p></p><p> <o:p></o:p></p><p>Resolved:<o:p></o:p></p><p>The following four changes are hereby made to the Policy Manual of the Libertarian National Committee: <o:p></o:p></p><p style='margin-left:.5in'>1><span style='font-size:7.0pt'> </span>Section 2.02-10, titled “Outreach Committee” shall be deleted.<o:p></o:p></p><p style='margin-left:.5in'>2><span style='font-size:7.0pt'> </span>References to the “Outreach Committee” shall be removed from the table which appear in Section 1.03.<o:p></o:p></p><p style='margin-left:.5in'>3><span style='font-size:7.0pt'> </span>The bullet item “Outreach – Initiatives to reach the general public and outside groups” listed under Program Expenses in Section 3 (page 28) shall be deleted.<o:p></o:p></p><p style='margin-left:.5in'>4><span style='font-size:7.0pt'> </span>Table of Contents and Index shall be modified to reflect the above changes.<o:p></o:p></p><p> <o:p></o:p></p><p> <o:p></o:p></p><p>Informal rationale (in lieu of several Whereas’s :>)<o:p></o:p></p><p> <o:p></o:p></p><p style='margin-left:.5in'>1><span style='font-size:7.0pt'> </span>Examination of the current web page shows that the “Outreach Committee” has no members (i.e. membership is “TBD”). I suspect that there has been no significant activity in this area (as described in the Policy Manual) for the last four years.<o:p></o:p></p><p style='margin-left:.5in'>2><span style='font-size:7.0pt'> </span>Reference to the “Outreach Committee” in Section 3 implies that funds are to be allocated for this function in the annual budget even though there have been no expenditures that I am aware of over the last four years. Availability of funding is always tight. If we are to allocate funds, let’s allocate funds to committees which will do something with the funds.<o:p></o:p></p><p style='margin-left:.5in'>3><span style='font-size:7.0pt'> </span>Rather than trying to do many things (all of which are well intentioned) in a half-assed manner, let’s plan to do only a couple of things but do them well. That is, lets fully fund the things that are really crucial and drop those that are not crucial.<o:p></o:p></p><p style='margin-left:.5in'>4><span style='font-size:7.0pt'> </span>When the financial squeeze eases and we find individuals willing to commit resources to these worthwhile efforts, we can add this back in to the policy manual.<o:p></o:p></p><p style='margin-left:.5in'>5><span style='font-size:7.0pt'> </span>But for now let’s not allocate very scarce resources to an effort in which there is very limited interest.<o:p></o:p></p><p> <o:p></o:p></p><p>Norm<o:p></o:p></p><p>--<o:p></o:p></p><p>Norman T Olsen<o:p></o:p></p><p>Regional Representative, Region I<o:p></o:p></p><p>Libertarian National Committee<o:p></o:p></p><p>7931 S Broadway, PMB 102<o:p></o:p></p><p>Littleton, Colorado 80122-2710<o:p></o:p></p><p><a href="tel:303-263-4995" target="_blank">303-263-4995</a><o:p></o:p></p><p><a href="mailto:Norman.Olsen@lp.org" target="_blank">Norman.Olsen@lp.org</a><o:p></o:p></p><p> <o:p></o:p></p><p>"First they ignore you, then they ridicule you, then they fight you, then you win." -- Gandhi<o:p></o:p></p><p> <o:p></o:p></p><p> <o:p></o:p></p><p>-----Original Message-----<br>From: Lnc-business [mailto:<a href="mailto:lnc-business-bounces@hq.lp.org" target="_blank">lnc-business-bounces@hq.lp.org</a>] On Behalf Of Nicholas Sarwark<br>Sent: Thursday, August 28, 2014 8:11 PM<br>To: <a href="mailto:lnc-business@hq.lp.org" target="_blank">lnc-business@hq.lp.org</a><br>Cc: Leigh LaChine<br>Subject: [Lnc-business] Affiliate Support Committee Chair and Solicitation of Additional Members<o:p></o:p></p><p> <o:p></o:p></p><p>All,<o:p></o:p></p><p>I have selected Guy McLendon as Chair of the Affiliate Support Committee. Per the current policy manual, Mr. McLendon will select three additional members from a pool of LNC Regional Representatives or Regional Alternates. If you are a Regional or Alternate Representative interested in serving on the Affiliate Support Committee, you are encouraged to contact Mr. McLendon at <a href="mailto:guy.mclendon@lp.org" target="_blank"><span style='color:windowtext;text-decoration:none'>guy.mclendon@lp.org</span></a> or by phone at <a href="tel:832-372-8131" target="_blank">832-372-8131</a> for consideration.<o:p></o:p></p><p> <o:p></o:p></p><p> <o:p></o:p></p><p>Three additional members of the committee are selected by the Libertarian State Leadership Alliance. The LSLA selected members of the committee must be members of the Libertarian Party, but do not have any other constraints I am aware of. If you know of anyone who would be a good candidate or you are an At-Large or Officer LNC member and would like to be on the committee, please contact the LSLA Chair, Leigh LaChine at <a href="mailto:leigh.lachine@lpalabama.org" target="_blank"><span style='color:windowtext;text-decoration:none'>leigh.lachine@lpalabama.org</span></a> for consideration.<o:p></o:p></p><p> <o:p></o:p></p><p> <o:p></o:p></p><p>Yours in liberty,<o:p></o:p></p><p>Nick<o:p></o:p></p><p> <o:p></o:p></p><p>_______________________________________________<o:p></o:p></p><p>Lnc-business mailing list<o:p></o:p></p><p><a href="mailto:Lnc-business@hq.lp.org" target="_blank"><span style='color:windowtext;text-decoration:none'>Lnc-business@hq.lp.org</span></a><o:p></o:p></p><p><a href="http://hq.lp.org/mailman/listinfo/lnc-business_hq.lp.org" target="_blank"><span style='color:windowtext;text-decoration:none'>http://hq.lp.org/mailman/listinfo/lnc-business_hq.lp.org</span></a><o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><br>_______________________________________________<br>Lnc-business mailing list<br><a href="mailto:Lnc-business@hq.lp.org">Lnc-business@hq.lp.org</a><br><a href="http://hq.lp.org/mailman/listinfo/lnc-business_hq.lp.org" target="_blank">http://hq.lp.org/mailman/listinfo/lnc-business_hq.lp.org</a><o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></div></body></html>