April 2015 - Lnc-business - Moellman Enterprises Email

Re: [Lnc-business] What is joint fundraising, as the FEC defines it?
by Scott L. 09 Apr '15

09 Apr '15

Sorry - I hit send too early. If say, the LP's of DC, MD, and VA want to help sponsor the fundraiser at our upcoming LNC Session, that might spread out some of the risk. For example, if the LP can use the FEC rules for joint fundraising, the LP of Virginia could sponsor the alcohol, the LP of Maryland the food, and the LP of DC could sponsor the videotaping. Scott Lieberman

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Professional Photographer at LNC Meeting
by Nicholas Sarwark 09 Apr '15

09 Apr '15

All, I'm planning on having a professional photographer do some headshots and other high-quality images for the media. He's based in Phoenix and would be able to also do headshots for each member of the LNC in attendence at this weekend's meeting in Phoenix. The images would be provided to each member on DVD and also available to update our website. I'm thinking Saturday morning would be best, but if people have a different preference, please let me know. I wanted to give you the heads up so you can pack appropriately for how you'd like to appear in photographs. -Nick

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Texas bill to reduce the number of third party candidates who make it onto the ballot
by Scott L. 09 Apr '15

09 Apr '15

It would be nice if we could get our Lobbying Department to lobby against this. http://www.independentpoliticalreport.com/2015/04/texas-bill-to-force-minor- party-candidates-to-pay-filing-fees-passes-committee/ Scott Lieberman

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Membership Report
by Robert Kraus 08 Apr '15

08 Apr '15

The latest membership report is attached. Live Free! Robert Robert S. Kraus - Dir of Operations Operations(a)LP.org Libertarian National Committee Ph: 202.333.0008 x 231 Join / Like Today: https://www.lp.org/membership <https://www.facebook.com/libertarians> https://www.facebook.com/libertarians

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GOP again threatens Libertarian Party ballot access
by Scott L. 06 Apr '15

06 Apr '15

Possible National LP media release? This sounds like the kind of topic Glenn Beck might want to cover on his radio or TV show. And maybe other libertarian and conservative media hosts would want to cover it. And maybe even liberal media, since it gives them a chance to bash Republicans. http://www.independentpoliticalreport.com/2015/04/republican-national-commit tee-seeks-to-intervene-in-new-hampshire-libertarian-party-ballot-access-case / What possible interest could the Republican Party have in how long a competitor can take to complete a ballot access petition. Scott Lieberman

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Good news from West Virginia
by Scott L. 06 Apr '15

06 Apr '15

Some good news for ballot-access-retention in WV: http://ballot-access.org/2015/03/27/west-virginia-governor-signs-bill-that-a bolishes-straight-ticket-device/ When the Libertarian Party becomes a real political party, this will also make it easier to get Libertarians elected to the West Virginia House of Delegates and to County Councils. Scott Lieberman

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another Nolan Office reception at LNC meeting?
by Wes Benedict 05 Apr '15

05 Apr '15

I'd like to have another reception at our office on the Saturday night of our next LNC meeting which is July 18, 2015 in Alexandria, VA. Here's a description of the 2014 event. I'd expect to do something similar, such as 7-10 PM, etc. http://www.lp.org/grand-opening A big difference will be that I think we should do a fundraising pitch at this event to help pay off the mortgage. We're beginning work on LP News and would like to nail this down in the next week if possible. So, please speak up soon if you are in favor or against another Saturday evening reception at LPHQ. Thanks, -- Wes Benedict, Executive Director Libertarian National Committee, Inc. *New address: 1444 Duke St., Alexandria, VA 22314* (202) 333-0008 ext. 232, wes.benedict(a)lp.org facebook.com/libertarians @LPNational Join the Libertarian Party at: http://lp.org/membership

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The Lament of the Not Rich Enough
by Joshua Katz 05 Apr '15

05 Apr '15

http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/in-2016-campaign-the-lament-of-the-n… Among the 'not rich enough' I wonder if there are any who care about ideas and who lean libertarian. I also wonder if there are any who would want influence in a municipality or state. Of course, we can't sell influence. But we can sell freedom - in particular, we can sell the freedom to compete through cutting back regulations. Many municipalities and states have granted special privileges to certain businesses - competitors in those industries may well desire a relaxation of those privileges, and it seems to me that such an understanding would be perfectly acceptable to a Libertarian, so long as it is understood by all that all the candidate will do is roll back regulations - not create an opening for "Left Out Business B to Compete with Established Firm A Without Worrying About Left Out Business C." So long as the Libertarian will open the market so that B can compete with A and C, on an equal footing and without government privilege, that may well be of interest to these donors and to Libertarians. I would suggest that this board make it a priority to look into these left-out bundlers, identify any who may be of interest, and have trained board members or staff approach them. Joshua A. Katz Westbrook CT Planning Commission (L in R seat)

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my mistake with Platform Committee election results
by Alicia Mattson 05 Apr '15

05 Apr '15

LNC Colleagues (cc: Debbie Schum), Below I have copy/pasted the section from the draft minutes regarding the election of the Platform Committee. When the tellers handed me the tally sheets, I should have insisted that I be given a few minutes to copy all the results into my minutes and get them all sorted in descending order before reading the numbers out loud...but there were over 30 names for the Platform Committee. In an attempt to do things a little more quickly I just read the results directly off the tally sheets, though they were not sorted by vote totals. I visually looked for the top-vote-getter and then continued to just visually scan for the next ones below that. Well, I screwed up, as you'll see below. There were THREE names that I did not initially read aloud during the results for Platform Committee, though they had non-zero vote totals. I caught one of them at the time we had a motion for a runoff between the remaining candidates with 6 or more votes each, and we added him to the runoff. One of the other two I missed also had 6 votes. Debbie Schum should have been included in that runoff, but she wasn't because I overlooked her. It is not possible to say with certainty where she would have wound up, had she been included in the runoff. The relative rankings of others changed during the runoff. The other two people who had at least 6 round-one votes ended up being ranked as alternates. It could be that had we realized there were three with 6 votes, we might have made 8 votes the cutoff point and ranked only one alternate. Or it could be that we would have kept the process the same and at least ranked her as an alternate. Conventions only meet once every two years, so any mistakes in conventions can't be rectified before the end of the term. But the LNC is still an existing body, and if the LNC is inclined to find some sort of remedy, we can do that. It would be a little awkward for the others who have already been notified of their positions if we opted to re-do a vote as the remedy, and it's a little awkward for Debbie because she didn't get equal consideration with the others who had 6 votes. At this point we currently have 5 LNC-filled seats with 3 alternates. The chances of needing 3 alternates are slim. It's a little overkill to name 4 alternates for 5 seats, though one of them has indicated he is likely going to attempt to secure his state's appointment and move out of an alternate slot. Since I'm the one who made the mistake, I'd feel a little better about it if we at least named Debbie Schum as 4th alternate as a courtesy, even knowing that the chances of her getting to fill a seat are slim. I offer my apology to Debbie and to the LNC for my unfortunate mistake and the resulting awkwardness. I await feedback from my colleagues for what to do from here. -Alicia ----------EXTRACT FROM MINUTES---------- The LNC appoints 5 of the 20 seats on the Platform Committee. With 16 ballots cast, the results of the balloting were as follows: Guy McLendon - 12 Alicia Mattson – 11 Hollie Ryan - 10 I. Dean Ahmad - 8 Lynn House – 8 Mike Shipley - 8 Nick Frollini - 6 Andy LeCureaux – 6 Debbie Schum - 6 Michael Schoenike - 5 Chris Colvin – 4 William (Bill) Hajdu – 3 Roland Riemers – 3 Thomas Knapp – 3 Fred Stitt – 3 Starchild – 3 James Felber – 2 Tom Lippman – 2 Alexander Pease – 2 Jerry Sanford – 2 Zachary Yutzy – 2 David Williams - 2 David Demarest - 1 Loren Ameen – 0 Jake Bryan – 0 Gene Chapman – 0 Paul Koksvik – 0 David Overby - 0 Robert Peterson – 0 Donald Reach – 0 Herbert Schoenbohm – 0 Richard Sutherland – 0 Zeb Sutton – 0 Lorence Wenke – 0 Guy McLendon, Alicia Mattson, and Hollie Ryan were elected to the Platform Committee, each having received a majority. While reading the results of the ballot vote, Ms. Mattson inadvertently overlooked announcing the vote totals of Andy LeCureaux, Debbie Schum, and Michael Schoenike, leaving the impression that they had received zero votes. Mr. Tomasso moved that we have a runoff ballot using approval voting between anyone who had at least 6 votes. Mr. Feldman moved to amend by substitution to instead do a show of hands using approval voting between anyone who had at least 6 votes. Mr. Feldman’s substitute motion was adopted by a show of hands, with a vote total of 11-2 making it the main motion. The Feldman motion as the main motion was adopted without objection. Ms. Mattson noticed at this point that Andy LeCureaux had also received 6 votes, so he was included in the runoff, per the conditions of the motion. The oversight of Debbie Schum and Michael Schoenike’s votes was not caught until after the end of the session, thus Debbie Schum was mistakenly not included in the runoff. The show-of-hands vote totals for the runoff were as follows: Dean Ahmad - 9 Lynn House - 7 Mike Shipley - 8 Nick Frollini - 5 Andy Lecureaux - 7 Mr. Ahmad was elected to the fourth seat, having received a majority. Mr. Redpath moved to appoint Mr. Shipley to the fifth position. Ms. Mattson moved to amend by substitution that we use a show-of-hands runoff between Mr. Shipley, Ms. House, and Mr. LeCureaux. The Mattson amendment passed on a show of hands with a vote total of 11-3, making it the main motion. There was no objection to the Mattson motion as the main motion. The show-of-hands vote totals for the runoff were as follows: Mike Shipley – 8 Lynn House – 8 Andy LeCureaux – 5 None had received a majority. Mr. Redpath moved to conduct a show-of-hands vote between Mr. Shipley and Ms. House with a plurality electing; there was no objection. The show-of-hands vote totals for the runoff were as follows: Shipley – 7 House – 8 Ms. House was elected to the fifth seat. Mr. Hagan moved to appoint Mr. Shipley as the 1st alternate. Mr. Goldstein moved to amend the Hagan motion to also name Mr. LeCureaux as the 2nd alternate and Mr. Frollini as the 3rd alternate. There was no objection to either the amendment or the main motion. Ms. Mattson nominated herself for interim chair. Mr. McLendon nominated himself, then withdrew, then nominated himself, then withdrew again. Without objection Ms. Mattson was elected as interim chair of the Platform Committee.

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Re: [Lnc-business] another Nolan Office reception at LNC meeting?
by Scott L. 03 Apr '15

03 Apr '15

I have a suggestion for the pay-off-the-mortgage fundraiser that is being contemplated for our next LNC Session: Is this a way for us to jointly raise money with non-FEC-filing entities? http://www.fec.gov/pages/brochures/jointfundraising.shtml "Joint fundraising is fundraising conducted jointly by a political committee and one or more other political committees or unregistered organizations. Joint fundraising rules apply to: * 1Party committees; * Party organizations not registered as political committees; * Federal and/or nonfederal candidate committees; * Nonparty, unauthorized political committees (nonconnected PACs); and * Unregistered nonparty organizations. 11 CFR 102.17(a)(1)(i) and (2)." I suggest we ask our FEC consultant about this. Even if she charges money for the answer, her answer might help the National LP and State LP's on multiple future occasions. Scott Lieberman _____ What makes you think that the amount of money you might raise will compensate for the cost of food, and the staff time involved in planning this event? I mean - if you raise $10,000 it will be worth the cost, but if you only raise a couple of thousand dollars will that really make this a cost-effective idea? I am not against the idea of a Saturday night reception as long as neither the Maryland, DC, nor Virginia Libertarian Parties, nor any other libertarian organization, schedules an event for the Friday night before the LNC Session. Considering that we will be tied up in the meeting all day on Saturday and at least half the day on Sunday, it is not a good idea to "use up" all of our free time in the DC area with scheduled social events. Scott Lieberman _____ I'd like to have another reception at our office on the Saturday night of our next LNC meeting which is July 18, 2015 in Alexandria, VA. Here's a description of the 2014 event. I'd expect to do something similar, such as 7-10 PM, etc. http://www.lp.org/grand-opening A big difference will be that I think we should do a fundraising pitch at this event to help pay off the mortgage. We're beginning work on LP News and would like to nail this down in the next week if possible. So, please speak up soon if you are in favor or against another Saturday evening reception at LPHQ. Wes Benedict, Executive Director Libertarian National Committee, Inc.

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