<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 dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1455851465578_64569"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1455851465578_64619">Currently the reserve of unrestricted cash is $40,500. The Policy Manual has a goal of the targeted reserve shall be equal to the sum of all monthly occupancy, labor and governance expenses, which is $44,125. In the restricted funds, we have $65,204 of convention revenues, $2555 in the Campus Fund, $4491 in the Building Fund, and $348 for Radio Ad Project.</span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1455851465578_66200" dir="ltr"><br><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1455851465578_64619"></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1455851465578_66203" dir="ltr"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1455851465578_64619">Tim Hagan</span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1455851465578_64570" class="qtdSeparateBR"><br></div><div style="display: block;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1455851465578_64574" class="yahoo_quoted"> <div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1455851465578_64573" style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> <div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1455851465578_64572" style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> <div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1455851465578_64571" dir="ltr"> <font id="yui_3_16_0_1_1455851465578_64621" face="Arial" size="2"> <hr id="yui_3_16_0_1_1455851465578_64620" size="1"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> Kevin Ludlow <ludlow@gmail.com><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, February 18, 2016 12:54 PM<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> Re: [Lnc-business] website motion<br> </font> </div> <div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1455851465578_64575" class="y_msg_container"><br><div id="yiv0620982193"><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1455851465578_64583"><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1455851465578_64582" dir="ltr"><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1455851465578_64581"><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1455851465578_64580"><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1455851465578_64579"><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1455851465578_64578"><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1455851465578_64577"><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1455851465578_64576"><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1455851465578_65808">Thanks for weighing in, Brett and Nick.<br clear="none"><br clear="none"></div>Brett,<br clear="none"><br clear="none"></div>Your points are well-taken. I also don't know what our current coffers hold. <u id="yui_3_16_0_1_1455851465578_64591"><b id="yui_3_16_0_1_1455851465578_64590">Could you possibly weigh in on that Mr. Hagan?</b></u><br clear="none"><br clear="none"></div>I would also add that we were pretty quick to find $100k for our ballot access drives. I remain a little puzzled at how we can come up with 5 times the budget I'm requesting to secure ballot access for a single state, but not come up with the $20k to create something that would be viewed by people from all 50 states (and the world).<br clear="none"><br clear="none"></div>Point being that surely we could come up with the money if we really wanted to.<br clear="none"><br clear="none"></div>Nick,<br clear="none"><br clear="none"></div>That would be fine. I would propose a super aggressive timeline. This group has a tendency to talk about things 'til kingdom come. It's not really that complicated to get this sort of thing started. The work is difficult and we DO need to find a great firm to really make it worthwhile, but such firms exist all over the place and I certainly have connections to more than a handful.<br clear="none"><br clear="none"></div>-Kevin<br clear="none"></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1455851465578_64584" class="yiv0620982193gmail_extra"><br clear="none"><div original_target="mailto:chair@lp.org" class="yiv0620982193yqt6814843560" id="yiv0620982193yqt16398"><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1455851465578_64586" class="yiv0620982193gmail_quote">On Thu, Feb 18, 2016 at 2:44 PM, Nicholas Sarwark <span dir="ltr"><<a saprocessedanchor="true" rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:chair@lp.org" target="_blank" href="mailto:chair@lp.org">chair@lp.org</a>></span> wrote:<br clear="none"><blockquote id="yui_3_16_0_1_1455851465578_64585" class="yiv0620982193gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">I'm open to a redesign, as long as we have a clear sense of what our<br clear="none">
requirements are and an open process for soliciting bids to do the<br clear="none">
work.<br clear="none">
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That doesn't need to be a long or complicated process, but it does<br clear="none">
need to be an open one.<br clear="none">
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-Nick<br clear="none">
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On Thu, Feb 18, 2016 at 1:29 PM, Brett Bittner <<a saprocessedanchor="true" rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:brett@brettbittner.com" target="_blank" href="mailto:brett@brettbittner.com">brett@brettbittner.com</a>> wrote:<br clear="none">
> Kevin,<br clear="none">
><br clear="none">
> I appreciate your initiative in driving this topic, and I agree<br clear="none">
> wholeheartedly that the site needs more than a facelift. It needs a complete<br clear="none">
> re-design. I had a similar design (done by the same firm that built the<br clear="none">
> bones of what we're using today at LP.org about the same time) when I was<br clear="none">
> the Executive Director in Georgia, and that site transitioned to a better,<br clear="none">
> more engaging, and easier to use tool for LP Georgia in 2013. <--- That's<br clear="none">
> three years ago.<br clear="none">
><br clear="none">
> Whether we use NationBuilder or another Content Management System (CMS), I<br clear="none">
> think our investment in getting a quality product is worth it. It's not like<br clear="none">
> we're building a website for mom's knitting hobby here. We need something<br clear="none">
> that is professional in appearance and can offer the functionality necessary<br clear="none">
> to make the connections with staff, CRM, and users more efficient.<br clear="none">
><br clear="none">
> My only concern is our cash flow position. I hope that the "Sky is falling"<br clear="none">
> rhetoric I've seen regarding it is just that. If not, we may need to examine<br clear="none">
> our priorities with regard to how the money we have on hand and expect to<br clear="none">
> bring in is spent. I only bring this up because I've seen the Chicken<br clear="none">
> Littles scurrying about with the information, yet I've not had the<br clear="none">
> opportunity to discuss with Tim the financial picture and questions that I<br clear="none">
> have. I intend to in Phoenix.<br clear="none">
><br clear="none">
> Thank you for taking the lead here, and I look forward to the end result.<br clear="none">
><br clear="none">
> Brett C. Bittner<br clear="none">
><br clear="none">
> <a saprocessedanchor="true" rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:brett@brettbittner.com" target="_blank" href="mailto:brett@brettbittner.com">brett@brettbittner.com</a><br clear="none">
> <a href="" rel="nofollow" shape="rect">404.492.6524</a><br clear="none">
><br clear="none">
> "I would rather be exposed to the inconveniences attending too much liberty<br clear="none">
> than those attending too small a degree of it." -- Thomas Jefferson<br clear="none">
><br clear="none">
> On Thu, Feb 18, 2016 at 2:49 PM, Kevin Ludlow <<a saprocessedanchor="true" rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:ludlow@gmail.com" target="_blank" href="mailto:ludlow@gmail.com">ludlow@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br clear="none">
>><br clear="none">
>> Scott,<br clear="none">
>><br clear="none">
>> No. I have gone out of my way to try and minimize the cost as best I can.<br clear="none">
>> For an organization like ours to spend only $20,000 on a website is already<br clear="none">
>> beyond ridiculous. Did I not mention that local theater company I work with<br clear="none">
>> that I pointed you to spent $15,000 on theirs. They put on occasional<br clear="none">
>> avant-garde shows; we nominate the president of the united states. I guess<br clear="none">
>> it's about the same thing.<br clear="none">
>><br clear="none">
>> Frankly, I'm a little insulted that I gave a detailed reality about the<br clear="none">
>> cost of this kind of work, have heard nothing back, and now the request is<br clear="none">
>> "how do we get equal value for lower cost?". We don't. I provided<br clear="none">
>> real-world numbers. I wouldn't be able to pay my newest 24 year old<br clear="none">
>> employee over $100k/annually if this work didn't cost a lot. It costs a lot<br clear="none">
>> because there is a great deal of work that goes into doing it right. Maybe<br clear="none">
>> you could point me to a place where I can get an x-ray taken for a grand<br clear="none">
>> total of $10.<br clear="none">
>><br clear="none">
>> When you do it on the cheap, it looks like it's done on the cheap. It<br clear="none">
>> misses the point of having it done in the first place. I guess it would at<br clear="none">
>> least be consistent, but I was really hoping our group wanted to change the<br clear="none">
>> glaring hole.<br clear="none">
>><br clear="none">
>> On that note though, if the pulse on the group is just to do it cheaper<br clear="none">
>> than it would really help me out if people would just say that. I'm putting<br clear="none">
>> in time making calls, ensuring that I have firms lined up, ensuring they<br clear="none">
>> have designers ready to go, etc. I would really prefer not to spend my time<br clear="none">
>> doing all of that if the effort is just to do it cheaper or not at all.<br clear="none">
>><br clear="none">
>> -Kevin<br clear="none">
>><br clear="none">
>> On Thu, Feb 18, 2016 at 12:30 PM, Scott L. <<a saprocessedanchor="true" rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:scott73@earthlink.net" target="_blank" href="mailto:scott73@earthlink.net">scott73@earthlink.net</a>> wrote:<br clear="none">
>>><br clear="none">
>>><br clear="none">
>>> I would like to know if NationBuilder has "in-house" designers that could<br clear="none">
>>> design an equal quality web site at a lower cost.<br clear="none">
>>><br clear="none">
>>> In other words - would having NB or "NB approved" designers make the<br clear="none">
>>> interfacing between the web site and NB easier and/or less expensive?<br clear="none">
>>><br clear="none">
>>> Scott Lieberman<br clear="none">
>>><br clear="none">
>>><br clear="none">
>>> GGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG<br clear="none">
>>><br clear="none">
>>><br clear="none">
>>> -----Original Message-----<br clear="none">
>>> From: Kevin Ludlow<br clear="none">
>>> Sent: Feb 18, 2016 10:11 AM<br clear="none">
>>> To: lnc-business<br clear="none">
>>> Subject: [Lnc-business] website motion<br clear="none">
>>><br clear="none">
>>> All:<br clear="none">
>>><br clear="none">
>>> I've only heard back from 2 people with respect to me putting the website<br clear="none">
>>> redesign into high gear. It would be a combination of getting a proper<br clear="none">
>>> design from a high-end design firm and then having it implemented into NB by<br clear="none">
>>> the NB team.<br clear="none">
>>><br clear="none">
>>> Could everyone give me an idea of where they sit with this idea in<br clear="none">
>>> general. Are there concerns? Are there impasses I'm unaware of? Do we<br clear="none">
>>> just not think the website needs an overhaul? Does it require more<br clear="none">
>>> discussion?<br clear="none">
>>><br clear="none">
>>> -Kevin Ludlow<br clear="none">
>>><br clear="none">
>>><br clear="none">
>>> _______________________________________________<br clear="none">
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>>> <a saprocessedanchor="true" rel="nofollow" shape="rect" target="_blank" href="http://hq.lp.org/mailman/listinfo/lnc-business_hq.lp.org">http://hq.lp.org/mailman/listinfo/lnc-business_hq.lp.org</a><br clear="none">
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>> --<br clear="none">
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>> Kevin Ludlow<br clear="none">
>> <a href="" rel="nofollow" shape="rect">512-773-3968</a><br clear="none">
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