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<p><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New
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mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"">Hi all,</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman",serif;
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"">Here are
some of the highlights pertaining to fundraising that are
included in my portion of the staff report. <br>
</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman",serif;
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"">The year is
not yet complete but we now
have 11 months of data that show strong fundraising for 2017. <br>
</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman",serif;
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"">Comparing
2017
with other odd-numbered years, 2017 exceeds all of the past 5
and exceeds the
average of those 5 by 19%. This excludes bequest and convention
revenue.</span><span
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<p><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman",serif;
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"">When
bequests are included in the years in which they were
initially received, 2017 again exceeds the past 5 odd-numbered
years and
exceeds the average of those 5 by 28%.</span>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:
normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times
New Roman",serif;
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"">With
regard to convention revenues,
we are far ahead of where we were 2 years ago. On December 6,
2015, we'd raised $13,996 towards the 2016 national
convention. As of December 6, 2017, we've raised $101,579
towards the 2018 national convention. We
are 7 months out from the convention and we've already funded
two-thirds of the 2018 convention,
which is expected to cost $157,000. It is also worth noting
that this is not a
presidential election year and we were expecting a lower turn
out for this
convention than the 2016 convention, yet the data so far
indicates that 2018
may far exceed those expectations. Hotel room sales have also
been very high,
requiring multiple extensions of the agreement between the
hotel and the party.</span></p>
</p>
<p><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman",serif;
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"">Our
membership dip has plateaued and
membership numbers began to increase in November. I credit this
to two things:
1) Those who joined during the height of the 2016 election but
didn't feel a
lasting attachment to the party have now mostly lapsed. 2) We've
been
successful in recruiting new members via social media and
encouraging renewals with
membership promotions.</span><span
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Roman",serif;
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman""> <br>
</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman",serif;
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"">Respectfully,</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman",serif;
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"">Lauren<br>
</span></p>
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Lauren Daugherty
Head of Development
Libertarian National Committee</pre>
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