<div dir="ltr">If Nick does request you to Wes, I would like to be included on that private distribution list. And not to beat a dead horse to the committee here, but THIS is a perfect thing to bring up at my still suggested September LNC meeting. I am certainly not comfortable with this firehose of information via email and making a decision.<div><br></div><div>-- <br><div data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><font size="4" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" color="#666666"><b>In Liberty,</b></font></div><div><font size="4" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" color="#666666"><b>Caryn Ann Harlos</b></font></div><div><font size="1">Region 1 Representative, Libertarian National Committee </font><span style="font-size:x-small">(Alaska, Arizona, Colorado, Hawaii, Kansas, Montana, Utah, Wyoming, Washington) - <a>Caryn.Ann. Harlos@LP.org</a></span></div><div><span style="font-size:x-small">Communications Director, <a href="http://www.lpcolorado.org/" target="_blank">Libertarian Party of Colorado</a></span></div><div><span style="font-size:x-small">Colorado State Coordinator, <a href="http://www.lpradicalcaucus.org/" target="_blank">Libertarian Party Radical Caucus</a></span></div><div><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Sep 2, 2016 at 11:37 AM, Wes Benedict <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">
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<p>Alicia, I made a mistake when I brought up Andy Burns. None of
his costs have been booked to the compensation line this year (If
I heard Robert Kraus correctly). I had erroneously been thinking
that the time that Mr. Burns worked on ballot access was booked to
compensation, but it was actually booked to the Ballot Access
line. In contrast, I think the time that Nick Dunbar spent on
ballot access was booked to Compensation (because he's an
employee-not a contractor). <br>
</p>
<p>Alicia asked, "Which individuals are included in the Compensation
budget category? "</p>
<p>
</p><blockquote type="cite">
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<td style="height:15.0pt;width:182pt" height="20" width="243">Hansen, Casey T</td>
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<tr style="height:15.0pt" height="20">
<td style="height:15.0pt" height="20">Howell,
Carla A.</td>
</tr>
<tr style="height:15.0pt" height="20">
<td style="height:15.0pt" height="20">Kraus,
Robert S</td>
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<td style="height:15.0pt" height="20">Benedict,
Robert C</td>
</tr>
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<td style="height:15.0pt" height="20">Dunbar,
Dominick J</td>
</tr>
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<td style="height:15.0pt" height="20">Thexton,
Matthew A</td>
</tr>
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<td style="height:15.0pt" height="20">Daugherty,
Lauren</td>
</tr>
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<td style="height:15.0pt" height="20">Luckey,
Denise</td>
</tr>
<tr style="height:15.0pt" height="20">
<td style="height:15.0pt" height="20">Johnston,
Robert</td>
</tr>
<tr style="height:15.0pt" height="20">
<td style="height:15.0pt" height="20">Brierly,
Elizabeth</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</blockquote>
<p></p>
<p>Alicia asked "So for the increase in Compensation are we just
talking about increased hours for Nick Dunbar and Casey Hansen
because the rest are salaried?"</p>
<blockquote>
<p> No, that is not all. I'm not going to disclose every bonus,
pay-raise, or hour increase on this list, but if Nick Sarwark
asks me to, I'll have Robert Kraus compile a list and send it to
whomever on the LNC requests it. <br>
</p>
</blockquote>
<p>Alicia asked "The new people being brought in to help with the
presumed-temporary surge, how are they treated, as employees or
contractors?"</p>
<blockquote>
<p> There's been a combination, depending on the circumstances.
<br>
</p>
</blockquote>
<p>Alicia asked: "Don't contractors show up in other budget
categories? For instance, Andy Burns was budgeted in Affiliate
Support, and his extra hours would not affect the Compensation
budget category."</p>
<blockquote>
<p>Many contractors do show up in other budget categories, but
some contractors also show up in the compensation category. Andy
Burn's extra hours have not been booked to the compensation
budget category at least so far.<br>
</p>
</blockquote>
<p>Alicia asked: "Where do the other contractors fall in the budget
categories?"</p>
<blockquote>
<p> I'm not going to list every contractor here - we have dozens,
but some are booked to Admin, at least one to Affiliate Support,
dozens in Ballot Access, at least two to Brand
Development/Political Materials, at least one in Media, probably
a few in Member Communications.<br>
</p>
</blockquote><span class="">
<p><br>
</p>
<pre cols="72">Wes Benedict, Executive Director
Libertarian National Committee, Inc.
1444 Duke St., Alexandria, VA 22314
<a href="tel:%28202%29%20333-0008%20ext.%20232" value="+12023330008" target="_blank">(202) 333-0008 ext. 232</a>, <a href="mailto:wes.benedict@lp.org" target="_blank">wes.benedict@lp.org</a>
<a href="http://facebook.com/libertarians" target="_blank">facebook.com/libertarians</a> @LPNational
Join the Libertarian Party at: <a href="http://lp.org/membership" target="_blank">http://lp.org/membership</a></pre>
</span><div><div class="h5"><div>On 9/2/2016 3:31 AM, Alicia Mattson
wrote:<br>
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<blockquote type="cite">
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<div>Which individuals are included in the Compensation budget
category? All employees, I would think, whether hourly or
salaried. So for the increase in Compensation are we just
talking about increased hours for Nick Dunbar and Casey Hansen
because the rest are salaried?<br>
<br>
</div>
<div>The new people being brought in to help with the
presumed-temporary surge, how are they treated, as employees
or contractors?<br>
</div>
<div><br>
Don't contractors show up in other budget categories? For
instance, Andy Burns was budgeted in Affiliate Support, and
his extra hours would not affect the Compensation budget
category.<br>
<br>
Where do the other contractors fall in the budget categories?<br>
<br>
</div>
-Alicia<br>
<br>
<div>
<div><br>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="gmail_extra"><br>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Sep 1, 2016 at 11:48 PM, Aaron
Starr <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:starrcpa@gmail.com" target="_blank">starrcpa@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 bgcolor="white" link="blue" vlink="purple" lang="EN-US">
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">Wes,</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">I’m
still missing something here.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">The
original budget for compensation was based on a
particular staffing level at specific amounts of
compensation.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">It
looks like the activity of the first eight months is
already running at a rate that will exceed the
budget for compensation for the year. (If $314,155
is eight months of expense, a simple extrapolation
would bring us to $471,233 for twelve months, which
is well above the budget of $388,800.) I seem to
recall that most of our compensation cost is based
on fixed salaries, not hourly rates.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">During
the first eight months we were spending just under
$40K per month. For the last four months of the year
you anticipate spending only $34K per month, so I’m
not seeing how the need for a $60K increase in the
budget is due to a need to cover increased people
costs between now and the end of the year. It
appears that we were spending well over our budget
earlier during the year. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"> </span></p>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">Aaron
Starr</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"><a href="tel:%28805%29%20583-3308" value="+18055833308" target="_blank">(805)
583-3308</a> Home</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"><a href="tel:%28805%29%20404-8693" value="+18054048693" target="_blank">(805)
404-8693</a> Mobile</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"><a href="mailto:starrcpa@gmail.com" target="_blank">starrcpa@gmail.com</a></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"> </span></p>
<div>
<div style="border:none;border-top:solid #b5c4df 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in">
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:windowtext">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:windowtext">
Lnc-business [mailto:<a href="mailto:lnc-business-bounces@hq.lp.org" target="_blank">lnc-business-bounces@h<wbr>q.lp.org</a>]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Wes Benedict<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, September 01, 2016 4:25
PM<br>
<b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:lnc-business@hq.lp.org" target="_blank">lnc-business@hq.lp.org</a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Lnc-business] Upcoming
budget increase requests</span></p>
</div>
</div>
<div>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p>I can't disclose exact pay rates and hours worked
publicly on this email list, as you know. In any
case, the increase in the budget is to cover more
hours and more people than were originally
budgeted for. </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Some contractors and staff have
been working more hours, and I'd like to continue
working more hours, than were in the original
budget.<br>
<br>
I've got more contractors than in the original
budget.<br>
<br>
I'd like to spend more on additional staff,
including interns, as advertised here:<br>
<a href="http://www.lp.org/blogs/staff/hiring-libertarian-packaging-interns" target="_blank">http://www.lp.org/blogs/staff/<wbr>hiring-libertarian-packaging-i<wbr>nterns</a><br>
<br>
<br>
With Robert's help, the numbers below show:<br>
<br>
</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:navy">FYI
– Compensation:</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:navy"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:navy">Compensation
YTD * <wbr>
$314,155 </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:navy">Est
Amount for Sept-Oct (based on July/Aug)
$69,000 </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:navy">Est
Amount for Nov-Dec
<wbr> $65,000
</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:navy">TOTAL
EST 2016: <wbr>
$448,155 </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:navy">*
Includes 09/07 payroll </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><br>
I'm prepared to scale back everywhere if needed as
needed, including cutting people, hours, pay
rates, etc., if activity drops post Election Day
or whenever regardless of how far it drops. Of
course we hope to win lots of elections and see
activity skyrocket even higher after Election Day,
but I'm prudently prepared for the alternate
scenario as well.<br>
<br>
<br>
</p>
<pre>Wes Benedict, Executive Director</pre>
<pre>Libertarian National Committee, Inc.</pre>
<pre>1444 Duke St., Alexandria, VA 22314</pre>
<pre><a href="tel:%28202%29%20333-0008%20ext.%20232" value="+12023330008" target="_blank">(202) 333-0008 ext. 232</a>, <a href="mailto:wes.benedict@lp.org" target="_blank">wes.benedict@lp.org</a></pre>
<pre><a href="http://facebook.com/libertarians" target="_blank">facebook.com/libertarians</a> @LPNational</pre>
<pre>Join the Libertarian Party at: <a href="http://lp.org/membership" target="_blank">http://lp.org/membership</a></pre>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal">On 9/1/2016 6:25 PM, <a href="mailto:starrcpa@gmail.com" target="_blank">starrcpa@gmail.com</a> wrote:</p>
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<blockquote style="margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt">
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal">Thanks for the good news!</p>
</div>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
</div>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal">I would like to understand
in greater detail the need for a $60,000
increase in compensation. </p>
</div>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
</div>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal">Aaron Starr<br>
<br>
Sent from my iPhone</p>
</div>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><br>
On Sep 1, 2016, at 12:46 PM, Wes Benedict <<a href="mailto:wes.benedict@lp.org" target="_blank">wes.benedict@lp.org</a>>
wrote:</p>
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<blockquote style="margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt">
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal">Dear LNC:<br>
<br>
I'd like to start a discussion about several
budget increase requests before a formal
motion is considered. I mentioned to the
chair that I thought it would be good for me
to put this before the LNC soon, and he
agreed it was okay for me to get this
discussion started on this list.<br>
<br>
To me, all of these budget increase requests
are the result of good news -- our revenue,
membership, and interest is very high, far
higher than budgeted, and as a result, many
of our expenses are higher as well. <br>
<br>
More revenue and members means more
membership cards and LP News to mail out,
and bigger lists to send fundraising letter
to.<br>
<br>
The original 2016 Budget adopted for the
entire year of 2016 was <b>$1,474,561</b>.
My preliminary estimate for August 31, 2016
YTD revenue is $1,679,938 (July 2016 YTD)
plus $412,425 (August 2016) = <b>$2,092,363</b>.
It's possible we could double the original
revenue budgeted for the entire year
(although I'm not ready to predict that). <br>
<br>
Dues-paying membership has increased from <b>11,693</b>
at the start of January to approximately <b>19,300</b>
at the end of August. <br>
<br>
The original budget for branding revenue was
<b>$35,000</b>. We've already brought in <b>$205,862</b>
in branding revenue (that's mostly the stuff
we sell at <a href="http://lpstore.org" target="_blank">LPStore.org</a>).<br>
<br>
Again, all of these increases in donations,
memberships, and store orders, means higher
postage, credit card processing fees,
purchases of items offered at <a href="http://lpstore.org" target="_blank">LPStore.org</a>,
office supplies, and some labor to help
process all that stuff.<br>
<br>
Robert Kraus and I have looked over the
results of this year to date, considered
what things could look like going forward,
and are recommending that the LNC proposed
and passes the following budget increases. <br>
<br>
<br>
26-Brand Political Materials Revenue
increase by $150,000 to $400,000<br>
32-Fundraising Costs increase by $60,000 to
$201,364<br>
33-Membership Fundraising Costs increase by
$35,000 to $127,200<br>
40-Adminstrative Costs increase by $50,000
to $310,050<br>
45-Compensation increase by $60,000 to
$448,800<br>
55-Brand Political Materials Expense
increase by $150,000 to $400,000<br>
85-Member Communication increase by $17,500
to $62,500<br>
<br>
We have the revenue to pay for all of these
budget increases. I'm pretty certain we have
more money in the bank for the September of
a Presidential election year than ever
before in the history of the Libertarian
Party, and that's in spite of paying what it
has taken to achieve 50 state ballot access
for the first time since 2000.<br>
<br>
While we are not technically over budget in
most areas, we are trending in that
direction and certainly will go way over
budget by the end of the year unless I
proactively cut back on fundraising letters,
LP News, shipping <a href="http://lpstore.org" target="_blank">LPStore.org</a>
materials, staff levels, and other areas.
That could be done, but I don't think it's
the right thing to do. For example, instead
of focusing my time on trying to continue
the growth of membership and fundraising by
hiring another intern to fill boxes with
campaign materials, I could spend my own
time stuffing envelopes and filling boxes
with yard signs--something I do actually
enjoy and find to be therapeutic. <br>
<br>
I'd be happy to try to respond to any
questions you have on these items. <br>
<br>
Thanks for your consideration. I'm hoping we
have a productive discussion on this, and
then the chair or treasurer can propose a
motion that fits a consensus for you to
consider of the Labor Day Weekend. <br>
<br>
<br>
</p>
<pre>-- </pre>
<pre>Wes Benedict, Executive Director</pre>
<pre>Libertarian National Committee, Inc.</pre>
<pre>1444 Duke St., Alexandria, VA 22314</pre>
<pre><a href="tel:%28202%29%20333-0008%20ext.%20232" value="+12023330008" target="_blank">(202) 333-0008 ext. 232</a>, <a href="mailto:wes.benedict@lp.org" target="_blank">wes.benedict@lp.org</a></pre>
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<br></blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><font size="4" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" color="#666666"><b>In Liberty,</b></font></div><div><font size="4" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" color="#666666"><b>Caryn Ann Harlos</b></font></div><div><font size="1">Region 1 Representative, Libertarian National Committee </font><span style="font-size:x-small">(Alaska, Arizona, Colorado, Hawaii, Kansas, Montana, Utah, Wyoming, Washington) - <a href="mailto:Caryn.Ann.Harlos@LP.org" target="_blank">Caryn.Ann. Harlos@LP.org</a></span></div><div><span style="font-size:x-small">Communications Director, <a href="http://www.lpcolorado.org" target="_blank">Libertarian Party of Colorado</a></span></div><div><span style="font-size:x-small">Colorado State Coordinator, <a href="http://www.lpradicalcaucus.org" target="_blank">Libertarian Party Radical Caucus</a></span></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><span style="font-size:x-small"><br></span></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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