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<p>I am posting to echo Whitney's observation. I also agree with
Daniel that donors like options and different things appeal to
different folks and that is a good thing. And I agree with Ken
that ballot access is critical.<br>
</p>
<p>49 state ballot access is a harder sell to donors and members
than 50 state (plus DC) ballot access. Major donors, whom we need
to invest in a big way to make much of this happen, are not
excited by "almost". They care about us setting solid, ambitious
goals and then working hard to reach them.</p>
<p>Tomorrow, I plan to send the LNC an update on fundraising. <br>
</p>
<p>Also, given that the LNC is currently considering locations for
the spring LNC meeting, please know that we have a donor in
Charleston that has graciously offered to host a house party at
his beautiful home overlooking Charleston harbor. This would be an
excellent opportunity for an event the Friday before the LNC
meeting, assuming he is available on the weekend chosen by the
LNC. Of the cities discussed, I think we can do productive events
at any of them but, from a fundraising perspective, Charleston and
Los Angeles would be my top recommendations.<br>
</p>
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Lauren Daugherty
Head of Development
Libertarian National Committee</pre>
<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 12/4/2017 5:24 PM, Whitney Bilyeu
wrote:<br>
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cite="mid:CAEbzTi66i0p_WJcuDxsF0OADRn-RM8+f_=zsyXqYW3scVrtV7A@mail.gmail.com">
<div dir="ltr">I had a donor tell me once that if we made extra
payments, beyond what is required by the Weiner Rule, he would
be reluctant to give for ballot access in the future.
<div><br>
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<div>Whitney</div>
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<div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Dec 4, 2017 at 4:55 PM, Ken
Moellman <span dir="ltr"><<a
href="mailto:ken.moellman@lp.org" target="_blank"
moz-do-not-send="true">ken.moellman@lp.org</a>></span>
wrote:<br>
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<p>That's a different story. Those interested who haven't
heard can hear it for the price of one bourbon.</p>
<p>PS. I'm bringing bourbon again.</p>
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style="margin:0;padding:0;font-family:monospace">Ken
C. Moellman, Jr.<br>
Libertarian National Committee<br>
Region 3 Alternate</div>
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<p>On 2017-12-04 17:18, Daniel Hayes wrote:</p>
<blockquote type="cite" style="padding:0
0.4em;border-left:#1010ff 2px solid;margin:0">That
sounds like the sort of speech that would make
someone reconsider a resignation.
<div> </div>
<div>Daniel<br>
<br>
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from my iPhone</div>
<div><br>
On Dec 4, 2017, at 3:25 PM, Ken Moellman <<a
href="mailto:ken.moellman@lp.org"
target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">ken.moellman@lp.org</a>>
wrote:<br>
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<p>If we hit true 51 state access, then we
will achieve something that's never been
done by a "minor" party in history;
therefore, I think it's actually a "big
deal" for everyone.</p>
<p>I support the HPC, and I think the project
is important. Those who don't learn from
history are doomed to repeat it. (And I
think the name was my suggestion?)</p>
<p>I get pretty sad when people poo-poo these
projects. The reality is that I think
they're all important. We're not spinning up
a committee to decide what color to paint
the hallway on the first floor of the
office, or arguing over We're trying to
retain institutional knowledge, which is
critical for success, and go where no one
has ever gone before, which is an indicator
of that success. We're running committees
to make sure our messaging doesn't go off
the rails. We're running committees to
continue to top the successes of previous
conventions. We're modernizing our IT
infrastructure (and doing more with less!).
There's a lot of really, really good stuff
happening on the LNC, because, despite our
disagreements on various things, this
particular LNC has been getting things done.</p>
<p><br>
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<div class="m_-5552458831354278356pre"
style="margin:0;padding:0;font-family:monospace">Ken
C. Moellman, Jr.<br>
Libertarian National Committee<br>
Region 3 Alternate</div>
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<p><br>
</p>
<p>On 2017-12-04 14:58, Daniel Hayes wrote:</p>
<blockquote style="padding:0
0.4em;border-left:#1010ff 2px
solid;margin:0">We have a LOT of members
that are sick to death of hearing about
ballot access. We have other members that
are motivated by certain things. We have a
lot of members that don't believe in paying
mortgages.
<div>We have people complaining about
$10,000 being spent by the historic
committee. Despite this being donated
specifically for that project.</div>
<div> </div>
<div>I fully support us striving to achieve
true 51 "State" ballot access. I tell
members from states that have great ballot
access that it helps us all when we have
more states that have it. Also, to
remember that many states that do have
great ballot access were helped in getting
that by people like Richard Winger and
Bill Redpath and many others. If others
had taken the attitude of "I got it, I
don't need to help you" early on, many of
those states actually wouldn't have it.
It's important to pay it forward.</div>
<div> </div>
<div>That said what happens when people
poo-poo encouraging others to give money
to the Historic Committee or the Building
Fund because we need more ballot access is
that we probably end up with LESS money
for ballot access. Different things
motivate different people. When someone
that otherwise hasn't been giving now has
something they want to donate to, a funny
thing can happen. Some of those people get
into the habit of giving and start giving
to other things as well. </div>
<div> </div>
<div>It's about developing relationships
with donors. When someone says to a donor,
"what's important and excites you isn't
really important. Give your money to this
instead" , some of those donors will close
their checkbook back up and not donate at
all. When you say what's important to them
isn't really important, they hear that
they are not that important.</div>
<div> </div>
<div>Everyone needs to keep that in mind.
Options are a good thing.</div>
<div> </div>
<div> </div>
<div>Daniel Hayes</div>
<div>LNC At Large Member<br>
<br>
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id="m_-5552458831354278356AppleMailSignature">Sent
from my iPhone</div>
<div><br>
On Dec 4, 2017, at 1:35 PM, Ken Moellman
<<a href="mailto:ken.moellman@lp.org"
target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">ken.moellman@lp.org</a>>
wrote:<br>
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solid;margin:0">
<div>
<p>It is my understanding that the
interest on the building is at about
4%, and that previous contributions
have set us on a path to pay off the
building prior to the balloon
payment. I have not independently
verified this, but if it's true,
then I would suggest that pushing to
pay it off any sooner may be to the
detriment of other goals. Certainly
I appreciate paying off debts, but
simultaneously, there is a weighing
of opportunity cost to consider.</p>
<p>On a separate note, the Ballot
Access Committee's report is asking
for $250,000. I apologize for the
discrepancy between what was placed
into the budget and the report
itself. As the report was being put
together, a number of things
changed. Primarily, Alabama has put
together a plan which, if they
execute their half, I would
encourage the LNC to execute the
second-half. Additionally, LP Ohio
and LP Tennessee will have "carry
over" from the 2017, which isn't
shown as carry-over.</p>
<p>Here is the link to the Ballot
Access Committee report for the
upcoming meeting: <br>
<a
href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1hi2dav_9dfwRURz4pv8K6wG5GDsJMYisc-83WW-jRfQ/edit?usp=sharing"
target="_blank"
moz-do-not-send="true">https://docs.google.com/<wbr>document/d/1hi2dav_<wbr>9dfwRURz4pv8K6wG5GDsJMYisc-<wbr>83WW-jRfQ/edit?usp=sharing</a></p>
<p>Here is the link to the Ballot
Access plan submitted by LP Alabama:<br>
<a
href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1I2NSKFsqjBXmvLqZXKkHVHNDMxQB3pgaXYsJzxuiVzU/edit?usp=sharing"
target="_blank"
moz-do-not-send="true">https://docs.google.com/<wbr>document/d/<wbr>1I2NSKFsqjBXmvLqZXKkHVHNDMxQB3<wbr>pgaXYsJzxuiVzU/edit?usp=<wbr>sharing</a></p>
<p>Thank you.</p>
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<div
class="m_-5552458831354278356pre"
style="margin:0;padding:0;font-family:monospace">Ken C. Moellman, Jr.<br>
Libertarian National Committee<br>
Region 3 Alternate</div>
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<p><br>
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<p>On 2017-12-04 12:39, Lauren
Daugherty wrote:</p>
<blockquote style="padding:0
0.4em;border-left:#1010ff 2px
solid;margin:0">
<p>Hi Caryn Ann,</p>
<p>We may do 1 or 2 fundraising
appeals about the building in 2018
but probably not much more than
that because we'll be focused on
fundraising for ballot access,
candidate support, etc.</p>
<p>Yes, some people really like
giving to something they can touch
and something that allows their
name to displayed permanently. We
now have sponsors for all of our
named rooms at HQ so that removes
what many people would consider
the biggest incentive for donors
to give big checks to the Building
Fund. There are still other
opportunities for people to give
and have their name listed
prominently, however, and we'll
highlight that occasionally.</p>
<p>For the purposes of budgeting, I
do think it is wise not to expect
any large contributions to the
Building Fund in 2018.</p>
<p>Lauren</p>
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Head of Development
Libertarian National Committee</pre>
<div
class="m_-5552458831354278356moz-cite-prefix">On
12/3/2017 12:07 PM, Caryn Ann
Harlos wrote:</div>
<blockquote style="padding:0
0.4em;border-left:#1010ff 2px
solid;margin:0">
<p>Aren't the building targeted
fund-raisers pretty successful?
I do hope we have some planned.
Some people really like giving
to that preferring to invest in
something they can touch.</p>
<div>
<div
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style="margin:0;padding:0;font-family:monospace"><span>--<span> </span></span><br>
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<div><span
style="color:#666666;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:large"><strong>In
Liberty,</strong></span></div>
<div><span
style="color:#666666;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:large"><strong>Caryn
Ann Harlos</strong></span></div>
<div><span
style="font-size:xx-small">Region
1
Representative,
Libertarian
National
Committee </span><span>(Alaska,
Arizona,
Colorado,
Hawaii,
Kansas,
Montana, Utah,
Wyoming,
Washington) -<span> </span><a
href="mailto:Caryn.Ann.Harlos@LP.org" target="_blank"
moz-do-not-send="true">Caryn.Ann.
Harlos@LP.org</a></span></div>
<div><span>Communications
Director,<span> </span><a
href="http://www.lpcolorado.org/" target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">Libertarian
Party of
Colorado</a></span></div>
<div><span>Chair,
LP Historical
Preservation
Committee</span></div>
<div><span> </span></div>
<div><span>A
haiku to the
Statement of
Principles:</span></div>
<div><span><em>We
defend your
rights</em></span></div>
<div><span><em>And
oppose the use
of force</em></span></div>
<div><span><em>Taxation
is theft</em></span></div>
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<p>On 2017-12-03 10:31, Tim Hagan
wrote:</p>
<blockquote style="padding:0
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solid;margin:0">
<p>The draft 2018 budget that we
were working on is attached in
Excel and PDF formats. I
deleted the worksheet for
Total Salary since it contains
the salary for each staff
member, which we have always
treated as confidential. Let
me know if you want a copy of
the confidential salary
expenses sheet.</p>
<p><span>The first worksheet,
Operating Budget, is the
budget to be considered. The
amounts are calculated from
the values on the Account
Detail sheet. </span></p>
<p><span
id="m_-5552458831354278356yiv3378273447yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1509592841380_1296847">Note
on the Operating Budget
sheet, row 49, that the
budget has a $155,064 net
deficit.<br
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<br
id="m_-5552458831354278356yiv3378273447yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1509592841380_1296838">
On the Account Detail sheet,
many of the revenue numbers
are based on the amounts
raised in 2017. The draft
assumes no growth in
membership during the year.<br
id="m_-5552458831354278356yiv3378273447yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1509592841380_1296839">
<br
id="m_-5552458831354278356yiv3378273447yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1509592841380_1296840">
No targeted fundraising is
planned for the Building
Fund, so its budgeted
revenue of $15,000 is based
on 2016.<br
id="m_-5552458831354278356yiv3378273447yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1509592841380_1296841">
<br
id="m_-5552458831354278356yiv3378273447yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1509592841380_1296842">
Expenses were increased
compared to previous years
in the areas where
contractors or staff have
been hired for functional
areas: Affiliate
Development, Donor Renewal,
Media Relations, Candidate
Support & Training. </span></p>
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class="m_-5552458831354278356pre"
style="margin:0;padding:0;font-family:monospace">Tim Hagan<br>
Treasurer, Libertarian
National Committee</div>
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<p><br>
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<p>On 2017-12-02 18:22, Joshua
Katz wrote:</p>
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solid;margin:0">
<div dir="ltr">I did not
receive any reply indicating
when the proposed budget
would be available. The
meeting is now next week.
Is the EC's proposed budget
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<div class="gmail_quote">On
Thu, Oct 26, 2017 at 11:37
AM, Joshua Katz <span><<a
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moz-do-not-send="true">planning4liberty@gmail.com</a>></span>
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<div dir="ltr">It
appears (I just
noticed last night; I
thought our next
meeting was in April)
that we have a budget
meeting in December.
Ahead of that, I
wanted to ask if the
EC had a timeline for
the proposed budget.
<div> </div>
<div>Last term, we
held one or two
teleconferences
after we had the
proposed budget. I
found those helpful,
and would encourage
us to do that
again. I don't know
that they resolved
much, but at least
we knew going in
where the
flashpoints were. </div>
<div> </div>
<div>In any case, I'd
appreciate knowing
when we can expect
the proposed budget
so I can plan my
time accordingly.</div>
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