July 2015 - Lnc-business - Moellman Enterprises Email

Baseball game the evening before the next LNC meeting
by Tim Hagan 12 Jul '15

12 Jul '15

I'm planning on going to the Nationals versus Dodgers games the night before the LNC meeting, on Friday, July 17, at 7:05, and would like to get a group together. Available ticket prices range from $18 nosebleed outfield to $350 Lexus Presidents Club seats. My preference is $45 LF/RF Corner, or we can go for either $33 Outfield Reserve or $61 Baseline Reserved (past the 1st or 3rd base). Cheaper seats are getting sold out, and closer to the infield will be at least $70. Who would like to go to the game, and which ticket price do you prefer? We can get to the stadium via Metro. Wes or Robert, please pass this on to the staff. Tim Hagan

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Today's words of wisdom
by Scott L. 10 Jul '15

10 Jul '15

The last place I would expect to read decent political advice is on the fortune from a fortune cookie. Nevertheless: yesterday I bought some take-out Chinese food for lunch while I was working at a client's imaging center. The restaurant gave me one fortune cookie. The fortune read: Management is doing things right. Leadership is doing the right things. If you realize that Management is the LNC, Inc.-Executive Director, and Leadership is the LNC, that pretty much sums up what the division of labor should be between us and Mr. Benedict. Or - to be more specific - the job of the leadership is to make sure that the management is doing the right things. Scott Lieberman

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LNC Meeting 07/18-19
by Robert Kraus 10 Jul '15

10 Jul '15

Reminder to please make your reservations ASAP! Also, there may be a LP Nova Happy Hour Fri night plus if you have an interest in the Nats game Fri night contact Tim at treasurer(a)lp.org Thanks again! What: LNC Meeting 07/18-19 Where: Marriott Residence Inn, 1456 Duke Street, Alexandria, VA 22314 (meeting at hotel on SAT ONLY – Sun will be at LPHQ if needed) Room Rate: $119 Per Night includes Buffet Breakfast Reservations Via this link: http://www.marriott.com/meeting-event-hotels/group-corporate-travel/groupCo… <http://www.marriott.com/meeting-event-hotels/group-corporate-travel/groupCo…> &app=resvlink&stop_mobi=yes Or call 703.548.5474 or 1.800.321.2211 and ask for the “Libertarian National Committee Meeting" room block. Parking: $15 per day (web site is wrong we have a discounted rate) - must get parking pass from hotel reception prior to entering garage. Street parking available in area (Jamison, West, Commerce or Price - watch signs for restrictions) plus possible limited parking by office in Round House Square (spots marked 1438, 1442 or 1444 only). King Street Metro (2 stops from National Airport on Blue or Yellow line): Less than ¼ mile away. Exit Metro and cross parking lot. Go down either Dangerfield Rd. or Reinekers Ln (straight ahead as your cross parking lot & Diagonal Rd. from Metro). Hotel is less than 2 blocks away straight ahead on opposite side of Duke St. Other: LPHQ 1st Anniversary Reception Sat night 07/18 from 7-10 pm - click here for more info: http://www.lp.org/Jul15-lphq-party The hotel offers a free shuttle with drop off & pickup service throughout Old Town. There is also a free trolley on King Street that goes from metro to the river and points in between. Hotel web site: http://www.marriott.com/hotels/travel/wasdk-residence-inn-alexandria-old-to… Directions: http://www.marriott.com/hotels/maps/travel/wasdk-residence-inn-alexandria-o… Dining: http://www.marriott.com/hotels/hotel-information/restaurant/wasdk-residence… Local area: http://www.marriott.com/hotels/local-things-to-do/wasdk-residence-inn-alexa… Live Free! Robert Robert S. Kraus - Dir of Operations Operations(a)LP.org Libertarian National Committee, Inc. 1444 Duke Street Alexandria, VA 22314 Ph: 202.333.0008 x 231 Join today: https://www.lp.org/membership LP FB Page: https://www.facebook.com/libertarians

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Re: [Lnc-business] (no subject)
by doug＠vikingmetals.com 09 Jul '15

09 Jul '15

I would love for us to talk about hiring regional reps...ones that could help states raise money and help pay their pay...they could help with ballot access...media....Maybe start with one to see if they can pay for themselves...they might would work a LNC region of three states or so.. would love to talk about making some basic TV ads for states to use... would love to talk how we could get states fired up about membership. ..right now a state does not have a lot of incentive to raise membership numbers at nationals.. Would to talk about how to get the states more free media. Would love to talk about some contest for the states. 1.who got the most new members or highest % 2. who got the most ear bed media 3.facebook growth etc Doug Craig thanks for reading -------- Original Message -------- Subject: From: "Norm Olsen" <region1rep(a)doneDad.com> Date: Jul 9, 2015 12:58 PM To: lnc-business(a)hq.lp.org CC: For the benefit of those following this list transparently, the following is the text of the message I sent using the LPconfer list: I have to say that I’m not terribly excited about spending $850 and three days of my life to attend an 8 hour meeting at which we’ll consider: 1> Voting on a logo; a decision about which most everyone’s mind is already made up, and 2> Affirming the recommendation of the legal counsel search team, a decision which is likely to be made without objection. I could change my flight reservations and get one third of a day of my life back, but only at an additional cost of $150. Multiply these costs by 16 LNC members and you get $13,600 and 48 person days. Is this the best use of the resources available to us as a committee? Could this be another indication of why we are experiencing a membership/revenue problem? We need to do better than this. I chose to use the LPconfer list as I considered the content of the message to be “Self Evaluation”, one of the legitimate reasons for having an executive session. It was my intent that the LNC deal with the issue mentioned in a pro-active manner rather than in as a reaction to external negative criticism gone viral. Please note that the message does not suggest that the meeting agenda be extended with nonsense in order to unnecessarily occupy time. The significant issue that the message emphasize is that the typical LNC meeting extracts (at a minimum) some $15,000 and 48 person days from of the resource pool which is available to the LNC by its volunteer members. The point of the message is that the body, i.e. the Libertarian National Committee, probably should be more cognizant of how it is using the resources its volunteers make available to it, and that more attention needs to be given to the level of benefits derived from the consumption of such resources. Imagine, if you will, the uproar we would witness if this $13,600 expense, plus another $43,200* in compensation for volunteers’ time, was actually extracted from the LNC bank account to pay for a meeting which simply made, say, four decisions; none of which were of major significance; none of which were time sensitive. Would we not be more cognizant of the level of benefit derived from the expenditure of such funds? This is the point of my communication and choosing the medium in which it was distributed. My intention was to have the committee deal with this issue pro-actively rather than reactively. If this was wrong or improper in any way, I plead guilty on all counts. Norm * 48 person days x 6 hours a day x 16 persons x $25 per hour = $43,200 -- Norman T Olsen Regional Representative, Region 1 Libertarian National Committee 7931 South Broadway, PMB 102 Littleton, CO 80122-2710 303-263-4995 From: Lnc-business [mailto:lnc-business-bounces@hq.lp.org] On Behalf Of Brett Bittner Sent: Wednesday, July 08, 2015 1:19 PM To: lnc-business(a)hq.lp.org Subject: Re: [Lnc-business] Proposed agenda - 7/18=7/19 All, I've watched the conversation with regard to the upcoming meeting, its length, and its agenda unfold on this list, as well as the "off list" (LPconfer) conversations by the Representative and Alternate from Region 1. Don't worry, Norm and Ron... I'll maintain the confidentiality of those messages' content. If I'm not mistaken, we voted to meet in Alexandria July 18-19. The agenda proposed by Chairman Sarwark is one that does not contain a substantial amount of action on our part. Do we really have action items that necessitate the additional meeting day? If not, why not? Every member of this body has the ability to propose agenda items for inclusion, and, to my knowledge, Chairman Sarwark has not denied the addition of any agenda items. So, with whom does the blame lie? I would prefer that we not have marathon sessions that only end due to a lack of quorum, rather than completing what we set out to do. Should we simply expect the Chair to fill an additional three hours with agenda items that are without substance to fill some allotment of hours to meet the travel plans made by the members of the committee? Perhaps we should meet Representative Goldstein's request (yes, I know that it was a joke, Sam) that we sing Kumbaya in the basement of LPHQ Sunday. Thus far this term, we have been consistent in meeting in a manner that we adjourn the session prior to noon local time on Sunday of the session. Personally, I'd like to see some discussion of our progress toward the goals we set last year in the September session in Alexandria. Remember the six things we decided as a body were the most important indicators of our success or failure as a committee? I see fewer conversations here that indicate our commitment to reaching those than I do bickering about how long an agenda is or what we should be posting on Facebook. As we seem to want to use this list to share our personal stories with regard to travel and preferences with regard to the upcoming session, I welcome having the surprise "free time" in the DC area on Sunday, so that I can see some of the sights and meet with some of my friends and acquaintances in the area that I might not otherwise be able to. I anticipated leaving Monday to accomplish some of that, but now I'll be able to make a few more visits and use the time on Monday to do some networking for my day job. To sum up, I'm fine with just meeting Saturday OR meeting both days, but I don't want to waste time on "filler" just to extend the length of the session. I hope to see several substantive agenda items added by those complaining that will actually move us closer to meeting the goals we set at the beginning of our term to roll us into the "experiment" of meeting at LPHQ on Sunday. 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 On Wed, Jul 8, 2015 at 3:04 AM, Nicholas Sarwark <nsarwark(a)gmail.com> wrote: All, Attached is a rough agenda in Word and PDF form. As I believe I've already mentioned, I'm only contemplating the Saturday-only meeting option at the request of some LNC members. The agenda attached could be applied over Saturday and Sunday combined. Please let me know what you would like me to do. Based on current feedback, we'll try to star at 9:00 am and finish by 5:00 pm. -Nick _______________________________________________ Lnc-business mailing list Lnc-business(a)hq.lp.org http://hq.lp.org/mailman/listinfo/lnc-business_hq.lp.org _______________________________________________ Lnc-business mailing list Lnc-business(a)hq.lp.org http://hq.lp.org/mailman/listinfo/lnc-business_hq.lp.org

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Proposed agenda - 7/18=7/19
by Nicholas Sarwark 09 Jul '15

09 Jul '15

All, Attached is a rough agenda in Word and PDF form. As I believe I've already mentioned, I'm only contemplating the Saturday-only meeting option at the request of some LNC members. The agenda attached could be applied over Saturday and Sunday combined. Please let me know what you would like me to do. Based on current feedback, we'll try to star at 9:00 am and finish by 5:00 pm. -Nick

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Completing agenda for the upcoming meeting
by Nicholas Sarwark 08 Jul '15

08 Jul '15

All, I should be sending the proposed agenda out to the list tonight. If you have agenda items you would like added, please email the list or myself directly. The major items other than reports that I anticipate for the agenda are: - Final logo selection - Selection of a new General Counsel Due to our not having the meeting room at the hotel on Sunday, I have been asked to try to complete the business by the end of the Saturday session. Suggestions include starting at 8:30 am, having a working lunch, and adjourning as late as 6:30 pm. I'm open to any or all of these ideas, but will defer to the body if anyone has strong objections. Also, please get your reports to the Secretary and Mr. Kraus if you would like them to be included in the binder. -Nick

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Agenda Item -- Define in Advance the Agreement between the Party and the Presidential Campaign
by Daniel Wiener 07 Jul '15

07 Jul '15

I'd like to add an item to the LNC meeting agenda on drafting in advance an agreement between the Party and the 2016 Presidential candidate. The Bylaws Committee is considering a proposed amendment which would require persons seeking the LP Presidential nomination to sign such an agreement ahead of time. This would avoid the problems and delays we've had in the past. But it means that the LNC needs to come up with a draft document within the next several months (preferably at least six months before the 2016 convention) so as to negotiate the terms with potential candidates and work out the kinks. Of course a Bylaws Amendment, if passed, would only officially take effect for 2020 and thereafter. But it is an inherently good idea, and should be at least unofficially implemented for 2016 by the LNC. This would also demonstrate to the convention delegates that it is both feasible and valuable. It's something which our new legal counsel should expect to take on as one of his early assignments. I'm forwarding copies of several past agreements which Dan Karlan has provided. Dan Wiener ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Dan Karlan <dankarlan(a)earthlink.net> Date: Sun, Jul 5, 2015 at 5:23 AM Subject: RE: Bylaws Proposal -- Define in Advance the Agreement between the Party and the Presidential Campaign Attached are several documents relevant to the discussion of advance agreement with the nominee. Dan Karlan

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Fundraising calls - I need your help
by Nicholas Sarwark 07 Jul '15

07 Jul '15

Fellow LNC Members, As I know you are all aware, our finances are constrained and have been for the last few months. We have been realizing some financial efficiencies from having a smaller staff and no general counsel for the last six months or so, but we are likely to choose a general counsel at this upcoming LNC meeting and will also be restaffing to some extent. To do this effectively, we need money. I have been making phone calls to try to raise money for projects and generally. So far, these efforts have only yielded $20K, but I'm still actively working the phones to raise money for Oklahoma ballot access. If you are willing and able to help make phone calls to donors to try to fill some of this budget gap, I'd appreciate it. Wes Benedict can provide you with a list of donors to call, tailored to your region and/or project interests. Whether other members of the committee step up to make calls or not, I will continue to work the phones to raise the funds we need to continue the fight for liberty. I hope you will help. Yours in liberty, Nick

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Re: [Lnc-business] Membership trends
by Scott L. 05 Jul '15

05 Jul '15

I thank Dr. Phillies for doing the research to dig up the numbers that he posted below to the State Chairs e-mail list. I have replied here since we are in a much better position to affect those numbers, as opposed to our affiliates trying to increase National LP membership. The 1988 membership number is just 2 months after the election in which Ron Paul was the Libertarian Presidential Nominee. That is a LONG time ago. Using one of the compound interest calculators on the Internet, over the 27 years since 1988, the annual increase in our membership has been 2.3% per year. If I was even slightly devious, I would have used the 1992 number, since annual membership growth in the 23 years since 1992 has been a shockingly low 0.1% per year! If we had as many registrants as the Republicans and Democrats back in 1988 then 2.3% annual growth would be quite reasonable. But when you start out with only 6300 dues paying members and probably fewer than 100,000 registered Libertarians nationwide, our performance on membership metrics has been HORRIBLE over the past quarter century. I vaguely remember the number of elected Libertarians being in the 100 or so range back in the 1980's. I know that correlation does not equal causation. Nevertheless, I have to wonder if the behavior of the LNC's during that quarter-century in not requiring or even cajoling our affiliates into getting their members elected to public office, and not demanding that our affiliates do whatever it took to maintain semi-permanent major-party ballot status has caused American voters to view the Libertarian Party as a washed-up Advocacy Organization, rather than as a dynamic and growing political party. The longer the LNC ignores this problem, the longer it will be before the Libertarian Party becomes a Real Political PartyT. Even as a card-carrying right-libertarian, I have no problem looking to an article in the Huffington Post for guidance: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/alice-korngold/the-role-of-the-nonprofit_b_186 7740.html "Sophisticated and experienced NGO/nonprofit board members and CEOs routinely ask me to explain the role of the board. It's not surprising and I'm glad they do. So let me share my four essentials for effective governance. 1. Achievement: The role of the board is to achieve the organization's greater potential as well as its mission. The role of the board must be crafted specifically for each and every organization. The role is determined based on what you seek to achieve in terms of the mission - the organization's compelling purpose, and the vision - what you imagine to be your organization's greater potential in the next few years. And while the mission is usually set, many boards don't discuss the vision. Taking the time out to create the vision is fundamental to establishing the role of the board. If you wonder why not simply maintain the organization's status quo, I'd point to the Nonprofit Finance Fund State of the Sector 2012 <http://www.fastcompany.com/1826938/nonprofit-finance-fund-state-sector-2012 -system-under-pressure> , which shows the extreme financial distress under which so many nonprofits operate. In today's environment, the nonprofits that survive and thrive are the ones whose boards and CEOs are highly strategic and effective in identifying opportunities to pursue their missions in improving communities and the world. Additionally, if you are passionate about the mission, as one should be when you join a board, then the status quo is not sufficient when you know that the organization's work can be further enhanced or expanded to improve more lives, or do some greater good." Scott Lieberman GGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG -----Original Message----- From: Statechairs [mailto:statechairs-bounces@hq.lp.org] On Behalf Of George Phillies Sent: Sunday, July 05, 2015 10:11 AM To: State Chairs Libertarian Subject: [Statechairs] Membership trends I dug up the membership numbers going back into the past. The number is for the end of the indicated year, except 2015, where the indicated number is the end of June 2015. You will see that 1992 brought in a lot of people, 1996 brought in a lot of people, 2000 lost ground, 2004 brought in 873 people, 2008 brought in 1177 people, and 2012 brought in 281 people. Remember that the Presidential campaign is not everything in terms of member recruitment, but it can help. The the extent we credit the Presidential campaign: Note that Barr was more effective than Badnarik or Johnson at bringing in people, and Badnarik was more effective than Johnson, but all of them were more effective than the second Browne campaign. For 2009 and after, there are three columns. The second column counts people who signed the oath and sent us some money during the year (or are life members), while the third column lists "sustaining members" as defined in the Bylaws. 2006 is an anomaly because dues changed several times in different directions. 1988 - 6253 1989 - 8211 1990 - 9130 1991 - 9162 1992 - 11416 1993 - 9539 1994 - 10641 1995 - 13658 1996 - 21580 1997 - 23345 1998 - 30007 1999 - 33007 2000 - 32922 2001 - 27731 2002 - 22871 2003 - 19410 2004 - 20283 2005 - 15575 2006 - 11014 2007 - 14181 2008 - 15358 2009 - 14076 - 14096 2010 - 14077 - 14309 2011 - 13468 - 13589 2012 - 13749 - 13824 2013 - 13670 - 13869 2014 - 12053 - 12526 2015 - 11640 - 11723 (June)

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Re: [Lnc-business] I agree with Ron
by doug＠vikingmetals.com 05 Jul '15

05 Jul '15

btw....Ron was at my FIRST libertarian meeting I ever went to Doug Craig -------- Original Message -------- Subject: [Lnc-business] I agree with Ron From: "Scott L." <scott73(a)earthlink.net> Date: Jul 4, 2015 9:00 PM To: "'lnc-business'" <lnc-business(a)lp.org> CC: I primarily remember the late Ron Crickenberger for his interest in the Libertarian Party fielding enough US House nominees to cover a majority of the country's Congressional Districts. So, I was quite surprised to see the sentences below that I put in bold face. Scott Lieberman GGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG https://www.lp.org/files/crm.pdf CANDIDATE RECRUITMENT MANUAL 2001 A PUBLICATION OF THE LIBERTARIAN NATIONAL COMMITTEE, INC. Again, we should take yes for an answer. National level and statewide campaigns do provide the most bang for the buck in terms of free media, outreach, and short-term membership growth for the party. But winning local elections is crucial to our long-term success. We must build a support base for our candidates by winning locally to set the stage for larger victories later. By having a strategy which encourages lots of candidates at all levels, our candidates will be able to run in the races which are important to them, setting the stage for them to do the best job possible. This manual is written from the standpoint of a state where ballot access and filing fees are relatively reasonable. There will be little difference in recruiting techniques if your situation is more difficult - but your success rate will naturally be somewhat less, and you will have to concentrate your resources more. I hope this manual is helpful. Good luck in recruiting your army of candidates. Ron Crickenberger Libertarian Party Political Director _______________________________________________ Lnc-business mailing list Lnc-business(a)hq.lp.org http://hq.lp.org/mailman/listinfo/lnc-business_hq.lp.org

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