<html><head></head><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:16px"><div>As for banked vacation time, I see no real benefit of forcing staff to take vacation, and would like to see any contracts allow for unlimited banking, with the days either cashed in, or given as part of their severance pay when we eventually grow tired of them and kick them out.</div><div>Roland ND</div><br> <div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1449187068863_5249" style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> <div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1449187068863_5248" style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> <div dir="ltr"> <hr size="1"> <font face="Arial" size="2"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> Wes Benedict <wes.benedict@lp.org><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> lnc-business@hq.lp.org <br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Thursday, December 3, 2015 2:23 PM<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> Re: [Lnc-business] new convention website using NationBuilder<br> </font> </div> <div class="y_msg_container" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1449187068863_5247"><br><div id="yiv8961258435"><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1449187068863_5246">
Bureaucracy. Google Jack Welch and bureaucracy for examples. I point
out roadblocks from time to time as you well know.<br clear="none">
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Robert Kraus (copied on this email while I'm at it), I forgot to
punch in while working in Oklahoma.<br clear="none">
Please add the following to my time card:<br clear="none">
11/18/2015: 8 hours<br clear="none">
11/29/2015: 12 hours<br clear="none">
11/30/2015: 12 hours<br clear="none">
12/1/2015: 18 hours (yes 18 hours: started at midnight, worked
straight till 10 am; then from 2 PM till midnight).<br clear="none">
12/2/2015: add 7 hours to my morning hours: 5:00 am to 12:00 noon.<br clear="none">
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Most of that time was spent on ballot access, but I also kept up
with some normal work. I'll estimate allocations later.<br clear="none">
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All those extra hours have no affect on my pay. Just the time clock
that only me, Robert Kraus, and Aaron Starr typically look at.<br clear="none">
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I've gone over my 6 weeks max banked vacation time. I'm losing
vacation hours by not using them. Will try to burn some this
month--probably a week at Christmas, though I might punch in to
answer some emails.<br clear="none">
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I'm very encouraged that no roadblocks were put up for the
convention website.<br clear="none">
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Take care,<br clear="none">
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<div class="yiv8961258435moz-signature">Wes Benedict, Executive Director<br clear="none">
<small><small>Libertarian National Committee, Inc.<br clear="none">
<b>New address: 1444 Duke St., Alexandria, VA 22314</b><br clear="none">
(202) 333-0008 ext. 232, <a class="yiv8961258435moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:wes.benedict@lp.org" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:wes.benedict@lp.org">wes.benedict@lp.org</a><br clear="none">
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<div class="yiv8961258435MsoNormal"><font color="black" face="Verdana" size="2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;">Mr.
Executive Director:</span></font></div>
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<div class="yiv8961258435MsoNormal"><font color="black" face="Verdana" size="2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;">I sent
the e-mail below to
lnc-business over a week ago.</span></font></div>
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<div class="yiv8961258435MsoNormal"><font color="black" face="Verdana" size="2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;">I would
appreciate it if you would
answer the question that I asked you in that e-mail.</span></font></div>
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<div class="yiv8961258435MsoNormal"><font color="black" face="Verdana" size="2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;">If you
think there are “roadblocks
to progress” that are preventing you from doing your
job, it is important
for the board to know what those roadblocks are, so
that we can remove those
roadblocks.</span></font></div>
<div class="yiv8961258435MsoNormal"><font color="black" face="Verdana" size="2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;"><br clear="none">
Scott Lieberman</span></font></div>
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<div class="yiv8961258435MsoNormal"><b><font color="black" face="Tahoma" size="2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;color:windowtext;font-weight:bold;">From:</span></font></b><font color="black" face="Tahoma" size="2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;color:windowtext;"> Scott L.
[<a class="yiv8961258435moz-txt-link-freetext" href="mailto:scott73@earthlink.net" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:scott73@earthlink.net">mailto:scott73@earthlink.net</a>] <br clear="none">
<b><span style="font-weight:bold;">Sent:</span></b>
Tuesday, November 24, 2015
5:36 PM<br clear="none">
<b><span style="font-weight:bold;">To:</span></b> '<a class="yiv8961258435moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:lnc-business@hq.lp.org" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:lnc-business@hq.lp.org">lnc-business@hq.lp.org</a> '<br clear="none">
<b><span style="font-weight:bold;">Subject:</span></b>
RE: new convention
website using NationBuilder</span></font><font color="black"><span style="color:windowtext;"></span></font></div>
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<div class="yiv8961258435MsoNormal"><font color="black" face="Verdana" size="2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;">Mr.
Executive Director:</span></font></div>
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<div class="yiv8961258435MsoNormal"><font color="black" face="Verdana" size="2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;">I think
your plan to dip
staff’s toe in NationBuilder without betting the
farm on it is a good
idea. </span></font></div>
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<div class="yiv8961258435MsoNormal"><font color="black" face="Verdana" size="2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;">However,
I would like you to
explain what you meant by the very last sentence in
the e-mail below. I
have made it </span></font><font color="red" face="Verdana" size="2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:red;">red</span></font><font face="Verdana" size="2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;"> and <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">bold </span></b>to
make it easy for you to locate it.</span></font></div>
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Scott Lieberman</span></font></div>
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[<a class="yiv8961258435moz-txt-link-freetext" href="mailto:lnc-business-bounces@hq.lp.org" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:lnc-business-bounces@hq.lp.org">mailto:lnc-business-bounces@hq.lp.org</a>] <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">On Behalf Of </span></b>Wes
Benedict<br clear="none">
<b><span style="font-weight:bold;">Sent:</span></b>
Tuesday, November 24, 2015
11:09 AM<br clear="none">
<b><span style="font-weight:bold;">To:</span></b> <a class="yiv8961258435moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:lnc-business@hq.lp.org" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:lnc-business@hq.lp.org">lnc-business@hq.lp.org</a><br clear="none">
<b><span style="font-weight:bold;">Subject:</span></b>
[Lnc-business] new convention
website using NationBuilder</span></font><font color="black"><span style="color:windowtext;"></span></font></div>
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<div class="yiv8961258435MsoNormal"><font color="black" face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;">Unless
I detect significant opposition soon from the
LNC, I plan to have built a 2016 convention website
using the NationBuilder
platform.<br clear="none">
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I've already broached the topic with Nick Sarwark
and Sam Goldstein. <br clear="none">
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I'm excited about the possibilities the
NationBuilder technology offers, but
not yet completely sold on the platform or the
enormity of the conversion task.
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Starting with a convention website will allow us to
get our feet wet with the
technology, and at the same time, to quickly roll
out some of our new branding.
And since this won't involve a massive wholesale
instantaneous changeover from
our current website, LP.org on Drupal, and our
current membership database,
RaisersEdge, it's something we can manage without
the risk of destabilizing our
entire organization at the start of a Presidential
election year. <br clear="none">
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If you like the content of the 2013 Libertarian
Party of Texas
Annual Report:<br clear="none">
<a href="http://www.lp.org/files/LPTX_2014_Annual_Report.pdf" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" shape="rect">http://www.lp.org/files/LPTX_2014_Annual_Report.pdf</a><br clear="none">
then I think you're going to like our upcoming
branding efforts and convention
website.<br clear="none">
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The makers of that annual report, including the
events portrayed, the graphics,
and I'll add to that--most of the content of the
current LPTexas website <a href="http://lptexas.org/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" shape="rect">http://lptexas.org/</a>
(joomla platform I think),
will be building the 2016 convention website.<br clear="none">
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Separately, Andy Burns, our affiliate support
specialist, has already
implemented a couple NationBuilder sites at the
state level. He won't be the
main driver of this project, but of course we'll
consult him for practical
advice.<br clear="none">
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The convention theme, as voted on by members, will
be #LegalizeFreedom<br clear="none">
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Starting with a convention website allows us to
import a small portion of our
database contacts, which keeps the pricing very low,
but allows us to
experiment with its interactivity capabilities with
our best activists.<br clear="none">
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If things go well, I can see migrating other things,
like perhaps <a href="http://lpstore.org/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" shape="rect">http://lpstore.org/</a>
to the NationBuilder site.
Perhaps the site could eventually morph into the
replacement for LP.org, but
that's something we can decide later.<br clear="none">
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Perhaps we will be able to get away from some of the
additional payment portals
we've had to rely on, like <a href="https://secure.piryx.com/donate/uO2ehmy0/libertarian/llpp22" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" shape="rect">Piryx
pages</a>,
and <a href="http://www.lp.org/office-fund" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" shape="rect">Authorize.net</a>,
and consolidate
those functions into the NationBuilder system.<br clear="none">
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The 2014 convention website is here, <a href="https://lpcon2014.org/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" shape="rect"></a><a class="yiv8961258435moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://lpcon2014.org/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" shape="rect">https://lpcon2014.org/</a>
and I suspect we'll
easily outdo that one.<br clear="none">
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Content for the 2016 convention is currently
embedded in pages on our existing
website: <a href="http://www.lp.org/convention/welcome" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" shape="rect">http://www.lp.org/convention/welcome</a><br clear="none">
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I see the new website as a combination of a
convention project, an I.T.
project, and a branding project. The costs will be
relatively low. The risks
will be relatively low. Our Treasurer and Audit
Committee will have plenty of
fun double-checking the cost allocations. <br clear="none">
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I plan to tell our team to get started on this next
week, and to have it live
before the end of the year, unless you guys want to
stop this before then,
which I can live with. </span></font><b><font color="red"><span style="color:red;font-weight:bold;">There are many viable paths
around the roadblocks of
progress.</span></font></b></div>
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<div class="yiv8961258435MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;"><font color="black" face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;">-- <br clear="none">
Wes Benedict, Executive Director<br clear="none">
</span></font><font size="1"><span style="font-size:7.5pt;">Libertarian National
Committee, Inc.</span></font> </div>
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