<div dir="ltr">Other than my usual opposition to this provision, I'd suggest modifying the year. I continue to fail to understand why we are comfortable putting half our budget in the compensation black-box (despite requiring staff to produce functional accounting), but don't think staff, with general strategic direction from the LNC and ballot access committee, can decide how much to spend on specific drives. I also continue to be baffled by using this proviso year after year, when I have yet to see the EC say no to a proposal. It's not clear to me what it's achieving.<div><br></div><div>Of course, I think the larger issue is that we, as a board, never really discuss strategy or objectives when it comes to this, and tend to make decisions by default and inertia. I don't think this proviso solves that. </div><div><br></div><div>But, to the relief of many I'm sure, I'm unable to vote on this.</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div><div class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr">Joshua A. Katz<div><br></div></div></div></div></div></div>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Dec 10, 2017 at 10:32 AM, Alicia Mattson <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:agmattson@gmail.com" target="_blank">agmattson@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 dir="ltr"><div>
<p class="m_-4710538461266356751gmail-NormalLeft0" style="margin-left:0.5in"><span style="text-decoration:none">“<a name="m_-4710538461266356751_OLE_LINK6"></a><a name="m_-4710538461266356751_OLE_LINK5"><span>Ballot access encumbrances for 2016 may only be
authorized by a two-thirds vote of the Executive Committee and the total
expended shall not exceed the amount authorized in the budget.</span></a>”</span></p><span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888">
<br></font></span></div><span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888">-Alicia<br></font></span></div>
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