<div dir="ltr">Starchild, I was under the impression you had just arrived in New Orleans. Can you please let me know if you were there on Friday?<div><br></div><div>Mr. Lark, yes, on that number Mr. Hagan and I had an off-list discussion to be sure the numbers were right as I did not have that in my notes either and when I ran the numbers they did not add up.</div><div><br></div><div>-Caryn Ann</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Dec 31, 2017 at 1:00 PM, James Lark <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:james.lark@lp.org" target="_blank">james.lark@lp.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Dear colleagues:<br>
<br>
I hope all is well with you. Thanks to Mr. Hagan for his message regarding the draft minutes; I greatly appreciate his taking the time and trouble to dig through my long list of comments and suggestions.<br>
<br>
I do not recall a discussion during the meeting of changing the bequests receivable number from $66,800 to $67,800. In reviewing my recording and notes, it is possible I was out of the room when Mr. Sarwark made a comment regarding the amount. (As they say in Hollywood, "Timing is everything.") Specifically, roughly 25 minutes after the beginning of the 2018 budget discussion, Mr. Sarwark indicated that the $66,800 bequests receivable figure may be too low. There was a very brief discussion among Mr. Hagan, Mr. Sarwark, and Mr. Kraus, from which the $67,800 figure emerged.<br>
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Thus, allow me to propose a modification of the draft minutes. On p. 11, the text under the heading Adoption of 2018 Budget currently reads as follows:<br>
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Mr. Hagan had distributed a proposed budget in advance, gave an oral overview, and fielded questions. He noted the previously discussed increase on the ballot access line (Program Expense line “70-BallotAccess Voter Reg & Related Exp”) from $202,000 to $250,000.<br>
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Ms. Daugherty was requested to speak on fundraising efforts and costs. As previously agreed, each LNC member took turns to briefly comment, request information, express concerns, and/or state intent to offer<br>
amendment(s).<br>
<br>
I suggest the draft minutes be amended so that the text reads as follows:<br>
<br>
Adoption of 2018 Budget<br>
<br>
Mr. Hagan had distributed a proposed budget in advance, gave an oral overview, and fielded questions. He noted the previously discussed increase on the ballot access line (Program Expense line “70-BallotAccess Voter Reg & Related Exp”) from $202,000 to $250,000.<br>
<br>
Ms. Daugherty was requested to speak on fundraising efforts and costs. Mr. Sarwark suggested that the Bequests Receivable number of $66,800 in the draft budget may be too low. After a brief discussion, the number was changed to $67,800.<br>
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As previously agreed, each LNC member took turns to comment briefly, request information, express concerns, and/or state intent to offer amendment(s).<br>
<br>
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Please note that in the third paragraph, I have changed the phrase "... to briefly comment ..." to the phrase "... to comment briefly ...." (I prefer that we not split infinitives.)<br>
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As always, thanks for your work for liberty. As always, thanks for considering my comments and suggestions. Best wishes to you for a great 2018.<span class=""><br>
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Take care,<br>
Jim<br>
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James W. Lark, III<br>
Dept. of Systems and Information Engineering<br>
Applied Mathematics Program, Dept. of Engineering and Society<br>
Affiliated Faculty, Dept. of Statistics<br>
University of Virginia<br>
<br>
Advisor, The Liberty Coalition<br>
University of Virginia<br>
<br>
Region 5 Representative, Libertarian National Committee<br>
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On 12/31/2017 12:42 PM, Tim Hagan wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
Concerning your comments on the budget table on page 15, Draft 5 of the spreadsheet had a former number for the Bequests Receivable. The FEC raised the contribution limit to $33,900 per individual, so we can withdraw $67,800 from the bequests. (See <a href="https://transition.fec.gov/pages/brochures/contriblimitschart.htm" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://transition.fec.gov/pag<wbr>es/brochures/contriblimitschar<wbr>t.htm</a> for contribution limits.) I believe the Bequests Receivable got corrected toward the beginning of the budget discussion, before the budget was moved.<br>
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Tim Hagan<br>
Treasurer, Libertarian National Committee<br>
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On 2017-12-30 19:51, James Lark wrote:<br>
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Dear colleagues:<br>
<br>
I hope all is well with you. I have enclosed several comments<br>
regarding the draft minutes of the December LNC meeting. I hope you<br>
find these comments to be helpful. A goodly number of the comments<br>
involve substantive issues (e.g., corrections); many of the comments<br>
involve suggested wording.<br>
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