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    <p>Aaron, I hope I have found all of the bonuses and affects on
      compensation from raises. It is possible I've missing something or
      someone. If so, it is not intentional. <br>
    </p>
    <p><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">How much
        was paid in bonuses so far during 2016? </span> <b>$8,600</b>.<br>
    </p>
    <p><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Not
        including the Executive Director, how much has the annualized
        cost of compensation [Line 45--Compensation] increased on
        account of changes in pay rates?</span> <b>$7,030</b>.</p>
    <p>Aaron, I think bonuses and raises aren't the primary factor
      pushing us over budget on compensation--rather, it's my desire to
      add staff to accommodate growth. <br>
    </p>
    <p>If anyone wants to know who got how much of a raise and how much
      of a bonus, you can send an email to Robert Kraus and he will give
      that confidential information but you're supposed to agree to keep
      that confidential. The LNC has as a practice kept pay details
      confidential. It's not something that I have personally pushed
      for, but I have certainly understood the desire for the LNC to
      have that practice and I have tried to accommodate the LNC on
      this. <br>
    </p>
    <p><br>
    </p>
    <pre class="moz-signature" cols="72">Wes Benedict, Executive Director
Libertarian National Committee, Inc.
1444 Duke St., Alexandria, VA 22314
(202) 333-0008 ext. 232, <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:wes.benedict@lp.org">wes.benedict@lp.org</a>
facebook.com/libertarians @LPNational
Join the Libertarian Party at: <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://lp.org/membership">http://lp.org/membership</a></pre>
    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 9/4/2016 7:00 PM, Wes Benedict
      wrote:<br>
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      <div>Aaron , I'll try to answer that exactly on Tuesday. </div>
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      <div>In advance of my exact answer, would you care to suggest an
        amount you think would sound concerningly high to you, an amount
        you think is expected or completely reasonable, and an amount
        you think is comfortably low?</div>
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      <div>Do you have other questions you'd like us to work on that you
        can ask now? </div>
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      <div><br>
        On Sep 4, 2016, at 6:32 PM, Aaron Starr <<a
          moz-do-not-send="true" href="mailto:starrcpa@gmail.com">starrcpa@gmail.com</a>>
        wrote:<br>
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          <div>At first I understood that "<span
              style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">all of
              these budget increase requests are the result of good
              news".</span></div>
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          <div id="AppleMailSignature"><span style="background-color:
              rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">With further inquiry I now
              understand that is not the full explanation: </span>"<span
              style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">There
              have been some raises and bonuses given that also affect
              overall compensation--with my own total compensation being
              the biggest factor there (as you know I was given a new
              contract by the LNC in July 2016)."</span></div>
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          <div id="AppleMailSignature"><span style="background-color:
              rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">We are certainly aware of the
              change caused by the new executive director contract. That
              explains some, but not all, of the requested $60K increase
              for the balance of the year. </span></div>
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          <div id="AppleMailSignature"><span style="background-color:
              rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Before supporting an increase in
              budget for compensation we should all understand that
              there is a distinction to be made between increased
              expenditures due to timing differences (or even an
              increase in activity) versus increased expenditures
              resulting from pay raises.</span></div>
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              rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br>
            </span></div>
          <div id="AppleMailSignature"><span style="background-color:
              rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">How much was paid in bonuses so
              far during 2016?</span></div>
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              rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br>
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          <div id="AppleMailSignature"><span style="background-color:
              rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Not including the Executive
              Director, how much has the annualized cost of compensation
              increased on account of changes in pay rates?</span></div>
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          <div id="AppleMailSignature"><span style="background-color:
              rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Aaron Starr</span></div>
          <div><br>
          </div>
          <div><br>
            Sent from my iPad</div>
          <div><br>
            On Sep 2, 2016, at 10:15 AM, Wes Benedict <<a
              moz-do-not-send="true" href="mailto:wes.benedict@lp.org">wes.benedict@lp.org</a>>
            wrote:<br>
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              <p>I haven't taken the Policy Manual out to read it in
                detail before providing this response, and I haven't
                taken the time to investigate line-by-line every 2016
                expenditure, but in general, unless I'm mistaken, the
                budgets that the LNC passes are annual limits on
                expenditures, not monthly limits. Some months we may go
                over the average monthly budget limitation, and some
                months we may go under the average monthly limit. <br>
              </p>
              <p>Beyond monthly variations, however, as you noted below,
                we have indeed consistently spent at a rate that, if
                continued through to the end of the year, would put us
                over the 2016 annual compensation budget. <br>
              </p>
              <p>My thinking for the 2016 effort was that we should plan
                for success, but be prepared for the worst, and also
                front-load our expenses when it mattered the most. So, I
                was comfortable spending over the average monthly limits
                in the first two-thirds of the year when we had the very
                large critical projects of the <b>national convention</b>,
                and <b>50 state ballot access,</b> that take a lot of
                staff time. Had things gone really poorly this year, we
                would still have had the option of cutting back staff
                sufficient to meet whatever budget restrictions were in
                place later in the year. As an exaggerated example, in
                theory, if things had going really really poorly, we
                could terminate every staff member except for Robert
                Kraus, terminate most contractors, and I could have
                resigned myself (or be terminated). Again, that's not
                what we expected, or hoped for, but it was a way to meet
                budget requirements if needed.</p>
              <p>It turns out, things have gone really well--far better
                than the LNC or I projected. And my thinking back in
                early 2016 was that if things did go very well this
                year, the LNC would likely want to increase the budget
                later in the year.<br>
              </p>
              <p>There have been some raises and bonuses given that also
                affect overall compensation--with my own total
                compensation being the biggest factor there (as you know
                I was given a new contract by the LNC in July 2016). </p>
              <p>The bottom line is, we can add people and hours and pay
                and continue working to grow this party, or we can cut
                people and hours and pay, and shrink it. My
                recommendation is to grow.  <br>
              </p>
              <p>In summary, we have been spending more than our average
                monthly budgeted amount, and I recommend increasing the
                budget. <br>
              </p>
              <p>This email took me an hour to write because I was
                trying to be rather careful. Hopefully I got all of my
                facts right, or at least close enough. I'll be
                correcting a fact in a response to Alicia.<br>
              </p>
              <p><br>
              </p>
              <pre class="moz-signature" cols="72">Wes Benedict, Executive Director
Libertarian National Committee, Inc.
1444 Duke St., Alexandria, VA 22314
(202) 333-0008 ext. 232, <a moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:wes.benedict@lp.org">wes.benedict@lp.org</a>
<a moz-do-not-send="true" href="http://facebook.com/libertarians">facebook.com/libertarians</a> @LPNational
Join the Libertarian Party at: <a moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://lp.org/membership">http://lp.org/membership</a></pre>
              <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 9/2/2016 2:48 AM, Aaron
                Starr wrote:<br>
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                  <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Wes,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
                  <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">I’m
                      still missing something here.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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                  <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.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
                  <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></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.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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                  <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. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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                    <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Aaron
                        Starr<o:p></o:p></span></p>
                    <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">(805)
                        583-3308 Home<o:p></o:p></span></p>
                    <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">(805)
                        404-8693 Mobile<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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                          moz-do-not-send="true"
                          class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated"
                          href="mailto:starrcpa@gmail.com">starrcpa@gmail.com</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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                          Lnc-business [<a moz-do-not-send="true"
                            class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
                            href="mailto:lnc-business-bounces@hq.lp.org">mailto:lnc-business-bounces@hq.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 moz-do-not-send="true"
                            class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated"
                            href="mailto:lnc-business@hq.lp.org">lnc-business@hq.lp.org</a><br>
                          <b>Subject:</b> Re: [Lnc-business] Upcoming
                          budget increase requests<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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                  <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></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. <o:p></o:p></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 moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.lp.org/blogs/staff/hiring-libertarian-packaging-interns">http://www.lp.org/blogs/staff/hiring-libertarian-packaging-interns</a><br>
                    <br>
                    <br>
                    With Robert's help, the numbers below show:<br>
                    <br>
                    <o:p></o:p></p>
                  <p class="MsoNormal"
                    style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:navy">FYI
                      – Compensation:</span><o:p></o:p></p>
                  <p class="MsoNormal"
                    style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:navy"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
                  <p class="MsoNormal"
                    style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:navy">Compensation
                      YTD *                                         
                       $314,155 </span><o:p></o:p></p>
                  <p class="MsoNormal"
                    style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><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><o:p></o:p></p>
                  <p class="MsoNormal"
                    style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:navy">Est
                      Amount for Nov-Dec 
                                                          $65,000 </span><o:p></o:p></p>
                  <p class="MsoNormal"
                    style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:navy">TOTAL
                      EST 2016: 
                                                                 
                       $448,155 </span><o:p></o:p></p>
                  <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:navy">*
                      Includes 09/07 payroll  </span><o:p></o:p></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>
                    <o:p></o:p></p>
                  <pre>Wes Benedict, Executive Director<o:p></o:p></pre>
                  <pre>Libertarian National Committee, Inc.<o:p></o:p></pre>
                  <pre>1444 Duke St., Alexandria, VA 22314<o:p></o:p></pre>
                  <pre>(202) 333-0008 ext. 232, <a moz-do-not-send="true" href="mailto:wes.benedict@lp.org">wes.benedict@lp.org</a><o:p></o:p></pre>
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                    <p class="MsoNormal">On 9/1/2016 6:25 PM, <a
                        moz-do-not-send="true"
                        href="mailto:starrcpa@gmail.com">starrcpa@gmail.com</a>
                      wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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                      <p class="MsoNormal">Thanks for the good news!<o:p></o:p></p>
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                      <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
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                      <p class="MsoNormal">I would like to understand in
                        greater detail the need for a $60,000 increase
                        in compensation. <o:p></o:p></p>
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                      <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
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                      <p class="MsoNormal">Aaron Starr<br>
                        <br>
                        Sent from my iPhone<o:p></o:p></p>
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                        On Sep 1, 2016, at 12:46 PM, Wes Benedict <<a
                          moz-do-not-send="true"
                          href="mailto:wes.benedict@lp.org">wes.benedict@lp.org</a>>
                        wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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                        <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 moz-do-not-send="true"
                            href="http://lpstore.org">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
                            moz-do-not-send="true"
                            href="http://lpstore.org">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
                            moz-do-not-send="true"
                            href="http://lpstore.org">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>
                          <o:p></o:p></p>
                        <pre>-- <o:p></o:p></pre>
                        <pre>Wes Benedict, Executive Director<o:p></o:p></pre>
                        <pre>Libertarian National Committee, Inc.<o:p></o:p></pre>
                        <pre>1444 Duke St., Alexandria, VA 22314<o:p></o:p></pre>
                        <pre>(202) 333-0008 ext. 232, <a moz-do-not-send="true" href="mailto:wes.benedict@lp.org">wes.benedict@lp.org</a><o:p></o:p></pre>
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