<div dir="ltr"><div><div><div>I think people who have spoken in favor of this like the IDEA of a fundraising event, but I am concerned that we have a pretty poor track record of actually making profits on our fundraising events...at least for the ones I'm aware of.<br><br></div></div>The David Nolan memorial building fundraising dinner held in December 2011 in Las Vegas lost money, though the LNC was told it broke even.<br><br></div>How much money was raised at the grand opening event last September? Looking at September financials, it looks like we spent $634.80 on that event, rather than $400, but can the Treasurer provide us actual figures for what was raised that night? It sounds nice to say "we probably could have raised $10,000 if we had done things differently", but that's just a number pulled out of the air, not a hard fact.<br><div><div><div><br></div><div>The LNC should always get an event P&L for every fundraising event we do. If we're losing money at it, we should stop doing them.<br></div><div><br></div><div>-Alicia<br><br></div><div><br></div></div></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Apr 3, 2015 at 6:49 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>Robert tells me we spent $400 on the last party so spreading risk is unnecessary. </div><div><br></div><div>In fact , I'd like to up the food quality. </div><div><br></div><div>Probably will cost less than the Phoenix Friday night party. Because we will have it at our own office. In fact, if it's an issue, I'll raise all the funds to cover the cost of the event before the event. </div><div><div class="h5"><div><br>On Apr 3, 2015, at 8:57 PM, "Scott L." <<a href="mailto:scott73@earthlink.net" target="_blank">scott73@earthlink.net</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font color="black" face="Verdana"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:black">Sorry – I hit
send too early.<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font color="black" face="Verdana"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:black">If say, the LP’s
of DC, MD, and VA want to help sponsor the fundraiser at our upcoming LNC
Session, that might spread out some of the risk. For example, if the LP <b><span style="font-weight:bold">can</span></b> use the FEC rules for joint
fundraising, the LP of Virginia could sponsor the alcohol, the LP of Maryland
the food, and the LP of DC could sponsor the videotaping.<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font color="black" face="Verdana"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:black"> Scott
Lieberman<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
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