October 2016 - Lnc-business - Moellman Enterprises Email

Re: [Lnc-business] Budget planning
by William Redpath 20 Oct '16

20 Oct '16

I do have things going on through Sunday, November 27, so the EC should meet in the evening sometime during the week of November 28. Bill Redpath -------------------------------------------- On Thu, 10/20/16, Sam Goldstein <goldsteinatlarge(a)gmail.com> wrote: Subject: Re: [Lnc-business] Budget planning To: lnc-business(a)hq.lp.org Date: Thursday, October 20, 2016, 1:27 PM I doubt staff will have time to work on a proposed 2017 budget before Election Day. I would hope they will be able to present oneto the Ex. Comm. for review and preliminary approval no later than early Thanksgiving Week so the Ex. Comm. can meet sometime the following week to amend/approve a tentative budget. That will give the entire LNC about 10-14 days for review before our next meeting on December 10th. At this time I have nothing scheduled for the week of 11/25 to 11/31 and can attend an Ex. Comm. meeting any evening. Can the other Ex. Comm. members and staff comment on this suggested time frame? Thanks and Live Free, Sam GoldsteinLibertarian National CommitteeMember at Large8925 N Meridian St, Ste 101Indianapolis IN 46260317-850-0726 Phone317-582-1773 Fax On Thu, Oct 20, 2016 at 11:43 AM, Joshua Katz <planning4liberty(a)gmail.com> wrote: In the past, we've held teleconferences (informal) on the budget prior to the budget meeting, which seemed to save at least a small amount of time. Are there any plans to do this again this year? Joshua A. KatzWestbrook CT Planning Commission, Ret. (L in R seat) ______________________________ _________________ Lnc-business mailing list Lnc-business(a)hq.lp.org http://hq.lp.org/mailman/ listinfo/lnc-business_hq.lp. org -----Inline Attachment Follows----- _______________________________________________ Lnc-business mailing list Lnc-business(a)hq.lp.org http://hq.lp.org/mailman/listinfo/lnc-business_hq.lp.org

1 0

Budget planning
by Joshua Katz 20 Oct '16

20 Oct '16

In the past, we've held teleconferences (informal) on the budget prior to the budget meeting, which seemed to save at least a small amount of time. Are there any plans to do this again this year? Joshua A. Katz Westbrook CT Planning Commission, Ret. (L in R seat)

2 1

Help lobby against anti-independent bias at SF Elections Dept.!
by Starchild 20 Oct '16

20 Oct '16

I would like to report on some activism I've recently been engaged with here in San Francisco on behalf of the LPSF, and ask your help in lobbying the local authorities and/or spreading the word to encourage others to do the same. I believe this would also make a good story for LP News or California Freedom, particularly since I just learned yesterday that we won at least a partial, if quiet victory! If you can spare a couple minutes, please write to the SF Ethics Commission <ethics.commission(a)sfgov.org>, and the SF Elections Commission <elections.commission(a)sfgov.org>, and let them know that you consider this a serious matter which you would like them to investigate, as it indicates partisan bias on the part of person(s) involved in running our elections. You can also write to the head of the Elections Department who authorized the inappropriate visuals in question, at <John.Arntz(a)sfgov.org> . For details, continue reading below... Love & Liberty, ((( starchild ))) At-Large Representative, Libertarian National Committee At-Large Alternate, California LP Executive Committee (415) 625-FREE @StarchildSF P.S. - You can watch my testimony yesterday before the San Francisco Ethics Commission online here: http://sanfrancisco.granicus.com/MediaPlayer.php?view_id=142&clip_id=26370 I appear near the end of the video, starting around 3:33:55, but you may also find some of the public comment that took place toward the beginning of the meeting worth watching if you enjoy seeing members of the public dress down public officials and stand up for their rights. :-) Begin forwarded message: > From: Starchild <RealReform(a)earthlink.net> > Date: October 18, 2016 9:31:50 PM PDT > To: elections.commission(a)sfgov.org > Cc: Starchild <RealReform(a)earthlink.net> > Subject: Anti-independent bias at Elections Dept.? > > Elections Commissioners, > > I am writing to bring to your attention a current situation concerning what I believe is inappropriate electioneering at the polling station in City Hall (see attached image and letter). Please put this item on the agenda for your next meeting (requested agenda item description below), and make this email including its image (in color) available to members of the public attending the meeting. > > Your confirmation of having received this message, and feedback on what action(s) you will take regarding the situation, when you have had a chance to review the enclosed materials, is kindly requested. Either writing me at RealReform(a)earthlink.net or calling me at the phone number below is welcome. Direct contact information for each of yourselves is also requested for future reference. Thank you for your time and attention to this matter. > > Love & Liberty, > > ((( starchild ))) > Outreach Director, Libertarian Party of San Francisco > (415) 625-FREE > > > P.S. – If this message has not reached every member of the Elections Commission by writing to elections.commission(a)sfgov.org (as I would hope it would) and to any staff members who might potentially be working on this issue, please forward it to them. I urge members of the commission to respond. > > P.P.S. – Visiting City Hall yesterday to testify before the Ethics Commission, I confirmed that the footprint stickers seen below are currently out again in the polling area in the basement of the building, although they have been arranged in a less problematic manner than shown in the Examiner photo. > > > Summary for Agenda Item Description > The Libertarian Party of San Francisco's outreach director (Starchild) requested the Elections Commission to investigate the matter of the Elections Department director (John Arntz) having stickers placed on the floor in the vicinity of the City Hall polling place in a manner that sends a subtle message in favor of the two establishment political parties (Democrats and Republicans) and against independent parties and voters, to persons voting there. > > > September 19, 2016 > > John Arntz > > Director, > > San Francisco Elections Department > > > > It has come to our attention that during the June 2016 primary election, there were stickers of footprints placed on the floor of the basement in City Hall leading to the polling area where voters were able to cast ballots in the election (see attached sheet with photo from Aug. 14, 2016 San Francisco Examiner, page 10). > > I had hoped to speak with you directly about this prior to our filing this complaint, but you have not returned my phone calls, despite a message left on your voicemail and orally with Elections Department staff who took my calls, requesting a call-back. > > As can be seen in the Examiner photo, the right footprints are all red, and the left footprints all blue. This clearly corresponds to the well-known association of the color red with the Republican Party, generally recognized as being on the “right” side of the political spectrum, and the color blue with the Democrat Party, generally recognized as being on the “left” side of the political spectrum. That such a left/right color scheme could have been accidental defies common sense. > > The problem, obviously, is that the electorate does not consist only of Republicans and Democrats. Many San Francisco voters are registered independents who decline to affiliate with any party, and some are registered with alternative parties such as the Libertarian Party and the Green Party. > > The placement of these footprints sent residents voting in City Hall a subtle message to think about the election in right vs. left, Republican vs. Democrat, terms, and thus constituted discrimination against San Francisco voters who support neither the left nor the right faction of the dominant two-party cartel. It further constituted, I believe, an illegal form of electioneering in the vicinity of a polling place. > > Unfortunately there is little to be done now about any biasing impact this may have had on the election results. Our chief concern is to ensure that these footprint stickers or other subtle messaging to influence voters not be placed in future elections, including the upcoming presidential election scheduled for November 8. > > Your written response addressing how this occurred, and what steps the Elections Department will take to ensure that nothing similar happens again, is kindly requested. > > Sincerely, > > > > > > Starchild > > Outreach Director, > > On behalf of the Libertarian Party of San Francisco > > > > cc: San Francisco Ethics Commission > > members of various media organizations > Finally, here's how the footprint stickers at the SF City Hall polling place look now (in a photo I took yesterday) since they've been redeployed for the general election, following our complaints – one pair of red footprints, then one pair of blue footprints, then one more red pair, and so on. Still objectionable for the 2-color scheme, but a definite improvement from the previous blatant left=blue/right=red pattern!

1 1

IT committee
by Caryn Ann Harlos 19 Oct '16

19 Oct '16

Has the IT committee been fully populated now? I know we were waiting for a few names. -- *In Liberty,* *Caryn Ann Harlos* Region 1 Representative, Libertarian National Committee (Alaska, Arizona, Colorado, Hawaii, Kansas, Montana, Utah, Wyoming, Washington) - Caryn.Ann. Harlos(a)LP.org <Caryn.Ann.Harlos(a)LP.org> Communications Director, Libertarian Party of Colorado <http://www.lpcolorado.org> Colorado State Coordinator, Libertarian Party Radical Caucus <http://www.lpradicalcaucus.org>

5 13

December Budget meeting and paying down mortgage
by Caryn Ann Harlos 19 Oct '16

19 Oct '16

A member asked me to write to followup on the earlier suggestion that we use some of our success in fundraising this year to pay down the mortgage. Can someone post a brief summary of where we are with this mortgage presently or where I can find that information myself, including details on the prior missed balloon payment? -- *In Liberty,* *Caryn Ann Harlos* Region 1 Representative, Libertarian National Committee (Alaska, Arizona, Colorado, Hawaii, Kansas, Montana, Utah, Wyoming, Washington) - Caryn.Ann. Harlos(a)LP.org <Caryn.Ann.Harlos(a)LP.org> Communications Director, Libertarian Party of Colorado <http://www.lpcolorado.org> Colorado State Coordinator, Libertarian Party Radical Caucus <http://www.lpradicalcaucus.org>

4 6

Fwd: FW: December Budget meeting and paying down mortgage
by Wes Benedict 18 Oct '16

18 Oct '16

-------- Forwarded Message -------- Subject: FW: [Lnc-business] December Budget meeting and paying down mortgage Date: Tue, 18 Oct 2016 13:49:43 -0400 From: Robert Kraus <robert.kraus(a)lp.org> To: 'Tim Hagan' <treasurer(a)lp.org>, 'Wes Benedict' <wes.benedict(a)lp.org> Curr mortgage balance = $430,598 Live Free! /*/Robert/*/*/ /* Robert S. Kraus - Dir of Operations Operations(a)LP.org Libertarian National Committee Ph: 202.333.0008 x 231 Join today: https://www.lp.org/membership LP FB Page: https://www.facebook.com/libertarians size=2 width="100%" align=center tabindex=-1> *From:*Lnc-business [mailto:lnc-business-bounces@hq.lp.org] *On Behalf Of *Caryn Ann Harlos *Sent:* Tuesday, October 18, 2016 12:56 PM *To:* lnc-business(a)hq.lp.org *Subject:* [Lnc-business] December Budget meeting and paying down mortgage A member asked me to write to followup on the earlier suggestion that we use some of our success in fundraising this year to pay down the mortgage. Can someone post a brief summary of where we are with this mortgage presently or where I can find that information myself, including details on the prior missed balloon payment? -- *In Liberty,* *Caryn Ann Harlos* Region 1 Representative, Libertarian National Committee (Alaska, Arizona, Colorado, Hawaii, Kansas, Montana, Utah, Wyoming, Washington) - Caryn.Ann. Harlos(a)LP.org <mailto:Caryn.Ann.Harlos@LP.org> Communications Director, Libertarian Party of Colorado <http://www.lpcolorado.org> ColoradoStateCoordinator, Libertarian Party Radical Caucus <http://www.lpradicalcaucus.org>

2 1

Thanks from Geoffrey Neale
by Nicholas Sarwark 18 Oct '16

18 Oct '16

Dear All, Geoffrey Neale asked me to convey his great appreciation for your decision to financially support the Mark Miller campaign in Texas. Yours in liberty, Nick

2 1

Email Ballot 2016-14: Maine Question 5
by Alicia Mattson 16 Oct '16

16 Oct '16

We have an electronic mail ballot. *Votes are due to the LNC-Business list by October 14, 2016 at 11:59:59pm Pacific time.* *Co-Sponsors:* Redpath, Harlos, Demarest, McKnight, Katz, Bilyeu *Motion:* The Libertarian National Committee supports Question 5 in Maine on the ballot on November 8, 2016. -Alicia

13 14

Outreach to Log Cabin Republicans
by Caryn Ann Harlos 15 Oct '16

15 Oct '16

At our 7/17/16 meeting, this was stated: Mr. Sarwark yielded the gavel to Mr. Vohra. Ms. Harlos moved that it is the sense of the LNC that the Chair should make efforts to reach out to the Log Cabin Republicans. Mr. Sarwark resumed the gavel. Following debate, the motion was adopted without objection. Has there been any effort to reach out to this group> -- *In Liberty,* *Caryn Ann Harlos* Region 1 Representative, Libertarian National Committee (Alaska, Arizona, Colorado, Hawaii, Kansas, Montana, Utah, Wyoming, Washington) - Caryn.Ann. Harlos(a)LP.org <Caryn.Ann.Harlos(a)LP.org> Communications Director, Libertarian Party of Colorado <http://www.lpcolorado.org> Colorado State Coordinator, Libertarian Party Radical Caucus <http://www.lpradicalcaucus.org>

2 4

Fwd: Miller radio ad
by Daniel Hayes 15 Oct '16

15 Oct '16

This afternoon I reached out to Lauren Daugherty, the campaign manager for the Mark Miller campaign to see if we could get the radio ad they were going to be sending over the airwaves. It should be attached. Caryn, I think you will approve, at least for the reason that you know why I am mentioning this. It's our joint peeve over candidates not including the L word. If anything I think they went out of their way to include it. It is my understanding that they did a $50,000 radio buy in the following markets: Dallas, Austin, Houston, San Antonio, Waco, Corpus Christi, Lubbock, Odessa/Midland, Amarillo, Abilene, Beaumont/Port Arthur. It is my understanding that the Mark Miller for Railroad Commissioner campaign has raised over $120,000 to date. I am feeling very comfortable with our decision to invest in this campaign heavily, especially with Texas ballot access on the line. I make it a point to keep tabs on this one because since Lauren is our Special Projects Director and Whitney is the Gulf Coast Coordinator for this campaign, I know they want to do their best to keep those roles separate and probably don't keep us up to speed on this important race as much as it possibly should be. Texas Ballot access if lost would cost us $200,000-$500,000 to reacquire. The main objective is to get 5% so we keep that ballot access and I think they are doing a good job to make sure that happens. At the same time with the newspaper endorsements and the impressive amount of funds raised, it has me flirting with the fantasy of a major Libertarian win. That said with the size of Texas and 60% of Texans voting straight ticket, it makes it a little harder to achieve. In any event, I wanted to throw this out there for the LNC to see and say great job guys, and if anybody has a little extra mad donation money, think about Mark Miller for Railroad commissioner. Daniel Hayes LNC At Large Member Begin forwarded message: From: Lauren Daugherty <ledaugh(a)laurendaugherty.com> Date: October 14, 2016 3:40:10 PM To: Daniel.Hayes(a)Lp.Org Subject: Miller radio ad Attached.

2 2