<div dir="ltr">I'll co-sponsor. I never liked the office condo at Alexandria, anyway.<div><br></div><div>Sam Goldstein</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Apr 1, 2015 at 1:11 PM, Brett H. Pojunis <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:brett@pojunis.com" target="_blank">brett@pojunis.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small">Mr Wiener,</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small">Thank you for providing this information to the state chairs.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small">I am happy to allocate some of Nevada resources to assist with this matter, specifically, I can assign members of our Legal Committee to review this and provide immediate guidance. I personally have some experience in this matter due to my background in finance and dealing with estate planning issues.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small">I do agree that action is probably the most important thing at this time. Talking to the estate benefactor is also important as we will get an indication of what their intentions are. Lastly, based on the wording in the will this could be an amazing opportunity for the entire Libertarian Party due to her generosity. Unless it specifically states that the money must go to the Libertarian National Committee, some of the funds could be appropriated to each state affiliate. Otherwise, a sizeable donation like this could sit in escrow (or hopefully a money market fund yielding interest) and disbursements will be made according to FEC regulations which would release only a very small dollar amount each year. Lastly, if the wording is that the money is to benefit the Libertarian Party in general, this could qualify some candidates to be recipients of the donation.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small">I would suggest a prudent approach to immediately setting up shop in ND and working directly with the ND Affiliate to see if there is temporary office space available which we could use. Having headquarters outside of DC shouldn't be an issue with anyone. Furthermore, unless specifically stipulated in her will, there is no reason we cant maintain a presence in DC via and office suite.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small">I am volunteering to assist the LNC anyway I can and I hope the LNC will take advice from people with experience in this specific matter. Please let me know what I and LPNevada can do to be helpful.</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div><div><div dir="ltr">Best,<br><br><br>Brett H. Pojunis<br>Chairman of the Libertarian Party of Nevada<br>The Political Party - Founder<br>1771 E. Flamingo Road, Suite 201 A<br>Las Vegas, NV 89119<br><a href="tel:702.763.9301" value="+17027639301" target="_blank">702.763.9301</a> | Office (direct)<br><a href="tel:702.325.7426" value="+17023257426" target="_blank">702.325.7426</a> | Las Vegas Mobile<br><a href="tel:202.505.3606" value="+12025053606" target="_blank">202.505.3606</a> | Washington D.C. Mobile<br><a href="mailto:brett@pojunis.com" target="_blank">brett@pojunis.com</a><br><u><a href="http://www.LPNevada.org" target="_blank">www.LPNevada.org</a></u><div><u><a href="http://www.PoliticalPartylv.com" target="_blank">www.PoliticalPartylv.com</a></u></div></div></div></div>
<br><div class="gmail_quote"><div><div class="h5">On Wed, Apr 1, 2015 at 9:57 AM, Daniel Wiener <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:wiener@alum.mit.edu" target="_blank">wiener@alum.mit.edu</a>></span> wrote:<br></div></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div><div class="h5"><div dir="ltr"><div style="font-size:11px;text-align:left;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><div><span style="font-size:medium">This
is a heads-up to the LNC that I expect to shortly be asking for
co-sponsors for an email ballot to immediately relocate our headquarters
to North Dakota. This matter is extremely urgent, for the following
reasons:</span></div></div><div dir="ltr"><div><div><div><div><div><div><br></div>You
may already have read on Twitter the sad news that Wyoming Knott passed
away early this morning, after she fell 60 feet from the top of a
fracking drilling rig. Wyoming Knott is of course better known as the
"North Dakota Fracking Queen" and was an ardent advocate for personal
liberties. She was an uncompromising individual who demanded total
freedom from any state interference in the booming fracking industry.
She will be sorely missed, and our heartfelt condolences go out to her
family and friends and the entire fracking community.<br><br></div>Back
in 2003, Ms. Knott apparently altered her will to bequeath a quarter of
her estate to the Libertarian Party. At the time her estate consisted
primarily of undeveloped land near Williston, North Dakota worth an
estimated $375,000. A quarter of that ($93,750) was certainly a
generous amount even back then. Today, as a consequence of development
of the Bakken Shale Formation which underlies it, that land has
appreciated enormously, with a November, 2014 appraisal coming in at
just over $6 billion. That would put the value of her bequest to the
Libertarian Party at $1.5 billion, although that may have since declined
to about $900 million due to the drop in oil prices.<br><br></div>However,
Ms. Knott detested everything connected with Washington, D.C.,
including the fact that the LP's office was located there. So she added
a codicil to that bequest that it would only be effective if the
Libertarian Party's office was located in North Dakota, which to her
represented the cultural and ideological opposite of Washington, D.C.
She believed that removing the Libertarian Party from the center of
government corruption would help it avoid the inevitable rot.<br><br></div>One
possibility is that we could challenge that condition in court. But
let's be realistic. Regardless of whether the eventual value is $1.5
billion or $900 million or somewhere in between, there will be scores of
lawyers crawling out of the woodwork, anxious to do everything possible
to deny us that bequest, if they can cobble together even the slightest
pretext. So the sooner we can move our headquarters to North Dakota to
prove we are complying with her codicil, the better.<br><br></div>Again,
time is of the essence. If all LNC members immediately vote on the
upcoming email ballot, we ought to be able to complete it by the end of
today. In the meantime, our Executive Director can fly to North Dakota
and rent a temporary office to get us started, until we can construct a
major new high-rise office building. (It's been suggested that it be
named the Wyoming Knott Memorial Office Building, and my response is
"why not"?). If all this gets finished today (on the same day as her
death, April 1, 2015) I think it will greatly strengthen our legal
position.<span><font color="#888888"><br><br></font></span></div><span><font color="#888888">Daniel Wiener</font></span></div></div>
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