<div dir="ltr"><div><div><div><div><div>This is a tricky vote for me. I am of the mindset that this will likely pass, but I believe it should not. I would like to voice that reasoning below.<br><br></div>I felt extremely under-prepared when discussing these points at the previous meeting as I had only been elected to the position 4 days prior. That said, my arguments against the logo were that there was seemingly no real plan of attack for using it. I feel that point has now been vindicated if not at least illustrated. I strongly favor change (seriously, I'm young and impetuous to a fault), but I also favor it to make business sense. This went from a logo change, to a logo change + $5,000 to a logo change + $5,000 + $30,000.<br><br></div>Yes we need to change the material, but this mentality of just doing it all at once strikes me as a kid-in-a-candy-shop mentality. This money isn't earned, it's donated for the goal of promoting a Libertarian agenda, for growing the party, etc. There is simply no evidence - at all - that immediately changing our logo will accomplish this in any capacity. I cannot imagine one of you would be willing to drop another $30,000 of your own money (especially given our existing budgetary constraints) simply to change your business branding on the fly. I would certainly not for any of my businesses. We're willing to be hasty with this, in my opinion, because it is not our money. <br><br>Many large corporations phase in branding changes, sometimes over a few years even. I strongly suggest that we do the same thing. I do not believe that the membership levels of commitment of donations to the LP are going to change even a little bit whether we change our logo material today or over the next year or two. Blowing through this cash is a poor business decision.<br><br></div>I vote NO.<br><br></div>-Kevin Ludlow<br></div>Region 7<br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Oct 4, 2015 at 1:29 PM, Alicia Mattson <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:agmattson@gmail.com" target="_blank">agmattson@gmail.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><div>We have an electronic mail ballot.<br> <br><b><u>Votes are due to the LNC-Business list by October 14, 2015 at 11:59:59pm Pacific time.<br></u></b> <br><u>Sponsor:</u> Sarwark<br>
<br><u>Motion:</u> to amend the budget by increasing line 26 Branding/Political Materials Revenue by $15,000 from $20,200 to $35,200 and by increasing line 55 Branding/Political Materials Expense by $15,000 from $20,000 to $35,000<span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><br><br></font></span></div><span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888">Alicia Mattson<br></font></span></div><span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888">LNC Secretary<br><br><br></font></span></div>
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