<div dir="ltr">Okay the no 2014 thing makes sense. That question answered, the rest to go :)<div><br></div><div>I have the same questions as Joshua as well.</div><div><br></div><div><br class="gmail-Apple-interchange-newline">-- <br><div><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></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Nov 28, 2016 at 10:38 PM, Nicholas Sarwark <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:chair@lp.org" target="_blank">chair@lp.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><span class="">Why are 2013 and 2015 given as baselines to compare, but not 2014?<br>
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</span>Off-year budgets are more similar to other off-years. Also, no convention.<br>
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-Nick<br>
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On Mon, Nov 28, 2016 at 10:20 PM, Caryn Ann Harlos<br>
<<a href="mailto:carynannharlos@gmail.com">carynannharlos@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> This is my first time with the yearly budget, so I apologize if I have dumb<br>
> questions, and also if these are better to just ask at the meeting let me<br>
> know, but I do have some basic questions about the first page for now:<br>
><br>
> Why are 2013 and 2015 given as baselines to compare, but not 2014?<br>
> What is the basis for thinking recurring gifts will be higher in 2017? (line<br>
> 22)<br>
> What is project program revenue? (line 25)<br>
> I see building fundraising costs for 2015 of $15,304.00 (line 37)- anyone<br>
> know how much we raised from those efforts? (and I note we have a $0 for<br>
> that this year even though our PM says this is a priority)<br>
> What is causing the big jump in compensation?<br>
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> In Liberty,<br>
> Caryn Ann Harlos<br>
> Region 1 Representative, Libertarian National Committee (Alaska, Arizona,<br>
> Colorado, Hawaii, Kansas, Montana, Utah, Wyoming, Washington) - Caryn.Ann.<br>
> Harlos@LP.org<br>
> Communications Director, Libertarian Party of Colorado<br>
> Colorado State Coordinator, Libertarian Party Radical Caucus<br>
><br>
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> On Sun, Nov 27, 2016 at 11:10 AM, Tim Hagan <<a href="mailto:timhagan-tyr@yahoo.com">timhagan-tyr@yahoo.com</a>> wrote:<br>
>><br>
>> The draft budget to be considered at next month's meeting is attached.<br>
>> Some notes:<br>
>><br>
>> The Operating Budget worksheet, column F (highlighted in blue) is the<br>
>> budget to be considered. Its numbers are derived from the yellow-highlighted<br>
>> column in the Acct Detail worksheet. The footnotes at the bottom of the Acct<br>
>> Detail worksheet explain how we came up with the 2017 numbers.<br>
>><br>
>> Many of the numbers are based on the 2013 and 2015 numbers. We are<br>
>> predicting that membership will be 19,583 in January, dropping to 15,000 at<br>
>> the end of next year. This gives an average throughout the year of 17,292,<br>
>> which is 28% higher than the average of 2013 and 2015 membership. Some<br>
>> revenues and expenses are increased 28% to account for this increased<br>
>> membership.<br>
>><br>
>> Because of our accounting method, the value of the office shows up as a<br>
>> fixed asset with the mortgage as a long-term liability, and paying down the<br>
>> mortgage's principal is a transfer from checking to the mortgage. Likewise,<br>
>> the bequest held in a trust is also an asset, which gets transferred to Cash<br>
>> in the books when we receive a check. Rows 46 and 47 on the Operating Budget<br>
>> worksheet show these transfers so the spreadsheet can show the surplus or<br>
>> deficit of the cash. For the cash flow, the draft budget has a net deficit<br>
>> of $154,900.<br>
>><br>
>> Tim Hagan<br>
>><br>
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