September 2014 - Lnc-business - Moellman Enterprises Email

Chair's Report for 9/20/14 LNC Meeting
by Nicholas Sarwark 16 Sep '14

16 Sep '14

All, Please see the attached brief written report summarizing my activities as Chair from June 30 through September 15. See you at the end of the week. -Nick

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Treasurer's Report
by Tim Hagan 16 Sep '14

16 Sep '14

The monthly reports to the FEC are being filed on time. I was asked whether the mortgage for the office needs to be reported. Paula Edwards, our FEC consultant, had checked with the FEC. According to the FEC Reports Analysis Division, the mortgage does not have to be disclosed on Schedule D (Debts and Obligations) or Schedule C (Loans).<br/><br/>I asked Ms Edwards about FEC restrictions about spending federal funds for international political activities. She will need to check, but at first glance, we probably can spend federal money on international activity. Of course, the LNC cannot accept contributions from foreign nationals. Ms. Edwards brought up the possibility of setting up a separate entity for international activities that can accept non-federal funds. However, the LNC and its directors are restricted from soliciting non-federal funds.<br/><br/>Tim Hagan

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Region 6 Report
by Rob Oates 15 Sep '14

15 Sep '14

Colleagues: Please find attached the Region 6 Report with input from Idaho, Iowa and North Dakota. Rob Oates LNC Region 6 Representative Caldwell, Idaho

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Affiliate Support Committee - LNC Appointments
by Guy McLendon 15 Sep '14

15 Sep '14

Fellow LNC members, I'd like to announce the appointment of the following Region Representatives to the ASC: Norm Olsen Vicki Kirkland Rich Tomasso The LSLA appointees are expected to be selected during a teleconference scheduled for Sunday, Sept 21, 2014. Guy McLendon LNC At Large Member Chair Affiliate Support Committee Libertarian Party National Committee www.lp.org Cell 832-372-8131 From: Guy McLendon [mailto:guy@mclendon.net] Sent: Sunday, September 14, 2014 10:34 AM To: lnc-business(a)hq.lp.org Cc: Beth Vest (sccrep(a)sainttammany.lplouisiana.org) leigh.lachine(a)lpalabama.org Subject: Affiliate Support Committee Importance: High If any Region Reps or Alternates are interested in being considered for appointment to the ASC, please contact me ASAP. As an application, I require three items: 1. Statement of hours per month you plan to invest in ASC related efforts 2. Statement of your vision for ASC including consideration of required functions as outlined in our Policy Manual 3. Statement of what specific tasks you plan to personally perform in pursuit of that vision. My intention is to finalize LNC Region appointments this coming Monday evening as I prepare an ASC report. I'll hand that out during the LNC meeting. LSLA has three additional appointments they make, and these folks can be any LP member: please contact Leigh or Beth if you're interested. My intention is to call for an ASC meeting to be held one hour prior to start of the LNC's Sunday session: schedule is subject to change. Guy McLendon LNC At Large Member Chair Affiliate Support Committee Libertarian Party National Committee www.lp.org Cell 832-372-8131

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FW: FW: Another good campaign ad
by Norm Olsen 15 Sep '14

15 Sep '14

Hello Scott . . . Please find below Eileen’s comments concerning the Keen for Kansas ad. Eileen is Keen’s Campaign Manager, and also his wife. The campaign is, unfortunately, a low budget affair. Keen has personally put up $50,000 of his own money, but the campaign has only been able to raise an additional $16,000. Obviously, our (LP in general) inability to raise funds means high quality candidates like Keen will not be excited about running for office as a Libertarian. Norm -- Norman T Olsen Regional Representative, Region I Libertarian National Committee 7931 S Broadway, PMB 102 Littleton, Colorado 80122-2710 303-263-4995 Norman.Olsen(a)lp.org "First they ignore you, then they ridicule you, then they fight you, then you win." -- Gandhi From: Keen for Kansas [mailto:keen@keenforkansas.com] Sent: Saturday, September 13, 2014 6:34 PM To: region1rep(a)doneDad.com Subject: Re: FW: [Lnc-business] Another good campaign ad Dear Norm, Thanks VERY much for sharing our video with your friends and then sharing their .02 with us. We appreciate it very much. Norm, we are running this whole campaign on the backs of less than a dozen people. Truth be told it’s Keen, me, our campaign manager and about 3 other people who are carrying 95% of the weight and it is very, very difficult. The video you shared was produced by someone who volunteered his services. Then one of our people decided he should be paid but I think it was only $300.00, which will end up being a payment-in-kind for the campaign. We have also recently hired a team for a Google-driven campaign that is putting the K4K banner and logo all over the Internet. I think it was seen by 400,000 people in the first week. And it links to the K4K web site and Facebook page. We initially hired a marketing firm to develop the logo and design for all the bumper stickers, cards, stationery, T-shirts and yard signs, and they did a good job on all of that. But we started to feel like we were hemorrhaging money. They hired a crew to do a video shoot with Keen and me around our town and then out in the country. But after billing us $18,000 we still didn’t have a completed video so we parted ways. Our money was running out and we didn’t feel like we could afford them. Recently, I contacted them once again and asked how much they would charge to take the raw video footage they captured and turn it into a video. I commented that I knew it would be awesome and much more professional than the ones our volunteers are producing. (Keen has a YouTube channel with several other videos, too.) Much to my surprise, they wrote back and said that they would charge $1,500 (all-inclusive, flat fee) to produce one 2-3 minute video for YouTube and Facebook, and one 30-second video that could be used for commercials. So we decided to do it. We are hoping to get in enough money to run some commercials right before the election. Keen’s R and D opponents have millions and have been running ads already. But they are running ads that attack each other. My hope is that it will work in our favor. Perhaps by the time the election rolls around, everyone will be so tired of hearing those two sling mud at each other, they will embrace an alternative. At any rate, that’s the lowdown. Best, Eileen ---------------------------- Original Message ---------------------------- Subject: FW: [Lnc-business] Another good campaign ad From: "Norm Olsen" <region1rep(a)doneDad.com> Date: Sat, September 13, 2014 2:10 pm To: "'Keen For Kansas'" <keen(a)keenforkansas.com> -------------------------------------------------------------------------- > I forwarded a link to your TV ad to the LNC. Scott Lieberman is an LNC > member from California. The rest you should be able to follow. > > > > I think the ad it great, and I believe the comments given below are valid; > but keep in mind they come from political consultants who are used to > managing multi-million dollar budgets. > > > > Norm > > -- > > Norman T Olsen > > Regional Representative, Region I > > Libertarian National Committee > > 7931 S Broadway, PMB 102 > > Littleton, Colorado 80122-2710 > > 303-263-4995 > > Norman.Olsen(a)lp.org > > > > "First they ignore you, then they ridicule you, then they fight you, then > you win." -- Gandhi > > > > From: Lnc-business [mailto:lnc-business-bounces@hq.lp.org] On Behalf Of > Scott L. > Sent: Friday, September 12, 2014 8:10 PM > To: lnc-business(a)lp.org > Subject: Re: [Lnc-business] Another good campaign ad > > > > > > I thought this ad was pretty good. However, I don't even pretend to be a > media consultant. > > > > So, I took the liberty of forwarding this link to Chad Crow. Chad and his > wife are libertarian-Republican political consultants. > > > > Here is what they wrote. I hope Mr. Olsen forwards this to the Umbehr > campaign. > > > > Please note that I am not trying to dis the Umbehr campaign. Note the part > that I made red below. > > > > I just want to point out that it would be really, really neat if all or even > most of our state level nominees were willing and able to afford political > consultants. > > > > > > Mr. Olsen - I hope you are able to forward this to the Umbehr campaign. > > > > Scott Lieberman > > > > > > GGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG > GGGG > > > > > > "I'm guessing it's web only because it's :60 instead of :30, but in Kansas > TV might be cheap enough to afford :60's. I don't know. > > > > The ad is so-so. They should have invested a few bucks in professional > voice talent for the narration. That makes a world of difference and only > costs a couple of hundred bucks to get high quality voices. I'd also have > put him on screen when it got to his part instead of just his voice with > further still shots. > > > > I'm going to take a guess and say that someone just created this with > Windows Movie Maker or something like that on their laptop with a mic, a > couple of friends, snapshots and a stock background track from a royalty > free stock music site. Sounds like he has a cool story. Would be nice if > it was told a bit more dynamically. For the web, I'll give it a B, but if I > were to invest any real money in air time, I'd first spend a couple of bucks > creating something that's going to grab people. It can still be folksy and > down home, but at times this is really slow and drags quite a bit. You > could edit that down into a :30 with no problem because there's a lot of > excess material in there that is not needed to communicate the same message. > But if the production budget was $0, then it's pretty good overall. > > > > Here are a couple of folksy bio style ads to give you an idea of what I > mean. One is a :30 and one is a :60. Doesn't have to be flashy, but the > narrative needs to be pretty tight or you lose people. On a shoestring > budget, the second one could actually be done entirely with still shots. > It's the music, the script and the storytelling quality of the voice that > draws you in, not the live action. > > > > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7x_LYNEJ-Yc > <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7x_LYNEJ-Yc <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7x_LYNEJ-Yc&list=UUaSv8jWeEZS8j1oBEjqUxvQ> &list=UUaSv8jWeEZS8j1oBEjqUxvQ> > &list=UUaSv8jWeEZS8j1oBEjqUxvQ > > > > http://www.strategicperceptioninc.com/videos/SK12-105T-60H_Land_60_HD_FINAL_ > Email.mp4 > > > > > > That's my $.02. Share as you see fit. > > > > Chad" > > > > > > > > _____ > > Subject: [Lnc-business] Another good campaign ad > > > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ky7zI-jSDI8 > <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ky7zI-jSDI8 <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ky7zI-jSDI8&sns=em> &sns=em> &sns=em > > > > > > Norman T Olsen > > Regional Representative, Region I > > Libertarian National Committee > > Keen A. Umbehr Libertarian Party candidate for governor KeenforKansas.com <http://www.KeenforKansas.com> 785.765.2626

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Specialization is good
by Scott L. 15 Sep '14

15 Sep '14

I bet this also applies to organizations. Scott Lieberman GGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG http://www.bakadesuyo.com/2014/09/manage-their-time "How The Most Successful People Manage Their Time Successful people spend as much time as possible on their " <http://www.bakadesuyo.com/2013/03/insights-management-book/> core competency" and ignore, minimize or outsource everything else. They spend time on that thing they're best at which produces meaningful results. Writers need to be writing. Accountants need to be working with numbers. And everything else (like email and meetings) just gets in the way."

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Region 3 Report
by Brett Bittner 14 Sep '14

14 Sep '14

Colleagues, Please find attached the Region 3 Report, as relayed to me by the Chairs of IN, KY, MI, and OH. Brett C. Bittner brett(a)brettbittner.com 404.492.6524 "I would rather be exposed to the inconveniences attending too much liberty than those attending too small a degree of it." -- Thomas Jefferson

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Region 8 Report for Sept LNC mtg
by Rich Tomasso 14 Sep '14

14 Sep '14

Attached is the Region 8 report, covering the northeast. Enjoy. ~Rich Region 8 Rep

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Affiliate Support Committee
by Guy McLendon 14 Sep '14

14 Sep '14

If any Region Reps or Alternates are interested in being considered for appointment to the ASC, please contact me ASAP. As an application, I require three items: 1. Statement of hours per month you plan to invest in ASC related efforts 2. Statement of your vision for ASC including consideration of required functions as outlined in our Policy Manual 3. Statement of what specific tasks you plan to personally perform in pursuit of that vision. My intention is to finalize LNC Region appointments this coming Monday evening as I prepare an ASC report. I'll hand that out during the LNC meeting. LSLA has three additional appointments they make, and these folks can be any LP member: please contact Leigh or Beth if you're interested. My intention is to call for an ASC meeting to be held one hour prior to start of the LNC's Sunday session: schedule is subject to change. Guy McLendon LNC At Large Member Chair Affiliate Support Committee Libertarian Party National Committee www.lp.org Cell 832-372-8131

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Fwd: Proposed Policy Manual addition regarding electronic meetings
by Daniel Wiener 14 Sep '14

14 Sep '14

Here are Dan Karlan's comments. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Dan Karlan <dankarlan(a)earthlink.net> Date: Sun, Sep 14, 2014 at 4:18 AM Subject: RE: Proposed Policy Manual addition regarding electronic meetings To: Daniel Wiener <wiener(a)alum.mit.edu> Dan -- I don't have my original set of rules handy for comparison, but your proposal seems quite sufficient and appropriate. I don't think I can post to lnc-business e-list, but my comments are only minor: In the 3rd bullet, the second sentence appears to begin "*A participants ....*" If that is a correct cut-and-paste, it needs to be corrected for grammar. Also, the 3rd sentence is phrased as "*Failure to do any of the above*" but the second sentence refers to NOT doing something. The resulting double negative is quite confusing (Failure to not do something?). I think rephrasing as "Failure to comply with the above...." should resolve the confusion. I believe RONR already specifies that every committee should have a secretary who is not the presiding officer, so the 6th bullet should be superfluous; check with Ms. Mattson. Dan Karlan What Fictional Characters Influenced You? Visit www.101influential.com ----- Original Message ----- *From:* Daniel Wiener <wiener(a)alum.mit.edu> *To: *lnc-business(a)hq.lp.org *Cc: *Dan Karlan <dankarlan(a)earthlink.net> *Sent:* 9/14/2014 2:30:26 AM *Subject:* Proposed Policy Manual addition regarding electronic meetings I like some but not all of Dan Karlan's suggestions for videoconference and teleconference procedures. So here is my proposed draft of a Policy Manual amendment, to be considered at our upcoming meeting. Remember, we can always modify our procedures as we learn from experience. Daniel Wiener Add a new *Section 1.02(7) Electronic Meetings:* *Pursuant to Article 13 of the LP Bylaws, the LNC and all committees of the national party may conduct meetings via videoconference or teleconference (ā€ e-conferenceā€¯) according to the following rules:* - *For videoconferences, it is the responsibility of committee member to provide their own compatible equipment.Ā In the temporary absence of the necessary equipment, or in the case of technical difficulties, a committee member must be allowed to participate by teleconference.Ā To the extent that it is technically feasible, meetings shall be open to all Libertarian Party sustaining members to listen in on, but those members must first identify themselves and their phone numbers to the person acting as secretary, and their status must be verified prior to the meeting.Ā By a majority vote a committee may allow a non-committee member to participate on a limited basis.* - *Either the committee chair or one-third of the committee members may call for an e-conference.Ā A minimum of seven (7) days notice for such a meeting, along with the agenda, shall be provided to all committee members by email, and shall also be reposted on the LNC-Business list. Ā No item of business may be placed on or added to the agenda unless all committee members have access to the same supporting documentation.* - *Participants must try to eliminate background noise, including radio, television, traffic, appliances, and side conversations, as well as call waiting for those who have it. A participants shall not place a telephone on hold if the system has music or messages playing while in that mode.Ā Failure to do any of the above, or to otherwise mute the sound when a participant isnā€™t talking, shall be grounds for dropping the participant from the e-conference.* - *Each committee member shall be given an opportunity to speak at least once on each agenda item, but a member may defer until others have had an opportunity to speak.Ā If the technical means are available, members may signal to the committee chair their desire to speak.Ā The committee chair may choose the order to call on members.Ā The default time limit for each speaker shall be three minutes, but a different limit, applicable equally to all speakers, may be specified either in the agenda material prior to the meeting or by a majority of the committee.Ā An individual speakerā€™s time may be extended by unanimous consent.Ā Seconding a motion and similar parliamentary matters shall not require recognition, and shall not deprive a member of the opportunity to speak substantively on an agenda item.Ā * - *The chair may choose a voting method which will clearly and efficiently determine the outcome.Ā In cases where a roll call vote is required, it shall be sufficient if the voting method can accurately identify how each committee member voted and allow that information to be recorded.* - *A person (normally the Party Secretary in the case of an LNC or Executive Committee meeting) shall be appointed to perform the secretarial function who is not also the person chairing the meeting.* - *Barring technical difficulties and excepting Executive Sessions, e-conferences shall be recorded.Ā The audio (and, if practical, the video) shall be archived and linked to on the LP website.Ā All individuals attending an e-conference must agree to be so recorded, and also agree not to record and not to divulge the contents of Executive Sessions unless the committee allows it by unanimous consent.Ā Individuals who do not agree to these conditions shall be excluded from the e-conference.*

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