April 2019 - Lnc-business - Moellman Enterprises Email

Comission Based Paid Fundraisers.
by Joshua Smith 10 Apr '19

10 Apr '19

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Fwd: Resolution wording suggestions. Please forward to list.
by Justin O'Donnell 10 Apr '19

10 Apr '19

Ms. Lynch has asked me to forward this message regarding the proposed resolution to the List for all members to read. --- Yours in Liberty, Justin O'Donnell LNC Region 8 Representative Chair- LPNH Platform Committee www.justinodonnell.me Renew your membership today at https://www.lp.org/wethepeople/?f=jod ! -------- Original Message -------- Subject: Resolution wording suggestions. Please forward to list. Date: 2019-04-10 15:23 From: Siobhan Lynch <trish(a)lovinganarchy.com> To: jeff.lyons(a)lp-mass.org, jeff.lyons(a)lp.org, justin.odonnell(a)lp.org, alex.merced(a)lp.org As someone who is one of the people Jeff talked to about this issue, and a survivor of this "therapy" myself, I want to suggest a couple things. First of all, this is not an issue that specifically affects the LGBT community. The business of conversion therapy grew out of harmful, abusive and unethical practices that have taken place since the 70's in the name of the drug war. Then they expanded out into "curing" psychiatric disorders (including eating disorders, ADHD, post traumatic stress disorder (a girl who was abused by her brother was in KIDS/Straight for 13 years held against her will), autism, etc) - and also LGBT people. I personally was labeled as a "sexual compulsion", and spent nearly two years tortured against my will, starved, beaten, raped, humiliated, could not go to the bathroom by myself, read ANYTHING (even a milk carton), or use a blanket at night - even when it was COLD (I may masturbate if I did.) We could only speak when given permission. We were deprived of sleep, and kept suggestible. A little info here: http://thestraights.net/gop.htm - and this goes to a huge crux of the matter. These places have long been shielded and even supported by people in our government. Republicans and Democrats alike (in 2008, we tried to get a bill passed to just allow kids to talk to their parents without being monitored, which would have put a nail in their coffins.) We testified at GAO hearings, won a few lawsuits, but not until the LGBT community became a crux of this was there any movement, and it in my opinion is all virtue signalling. If I had my druthers, I'd widen the scope of this - ANY treatment that uses the above techniques which were given to The Seed (the first one of these places for drug use, but many never did drugs, and they never turned anyone away, no kid was ever "normal") by George HW Bush and is in the vein of brainwashing should ever be performed on ANY child. Ever. Also on the "conversion therapy" - here is some writing I did on the matter. https://goodmenproject.com/featured-content/reparative-therapy-is-bad-medic… There's also a movie they don't want to be distributed publicly I sent to Jeff last night that I can send individually to LNC members if asked. And the movie "Over the GW" which was about the place I was in specifically, years later when it all fell apart and the group of kids was small. Made by my very good friend Nick. I agree with Caryn Ann that the practice is harmful in and of itself particularly to LGBT kids who can't change their identity any more than I can swap a foot off my body, but this is a Liberty issue that has ties into forced psychiatry, the drug war, and everything that we as Libertarians stand against. It is such a large issue, and to see the LP address even a part of it has been my dream for the 23 years I have been a part of the LP. Thanks for listening. -Trish

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County National Members
by Joshua Smith 10 Apr '19

10 Apr '19

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Georgia Presidential Filing
by Victoria Paige Lee 09 Apr '19

09 Apr '19

Hey everyone. I’m going to copy an email I received from Ryan Graham of Georgia concerning their presidential filing. I have added Ryan and Cara Shultz to this message so that hopefully someone can help them get their concerns heard and questions answered. “Hey Team, I wasn't sure who to reach out to about this, but we have some concerns with new laws down here in Georgia. Our candidates are now required to file much earlier than in the past, at the same time as the Republicans and Democrats are filing for their primaries. It caused some confusion down here in 2018 with us showing up on the qualified candidates on the SOS site for the General election before anyone else. In 2018 our filing was March 5-9. We had to have our state convention in February to insure our candidates had time to get on the ballot. I anticipate a similar scenario for 2020. My concerns are around our Presidential candidate, whomever they might be. If we won't have our candidate until May, I worry it may be too late. Please look into this and make sure we'll be able to get our Presidential candidate on the ballot in Georgia. -- In Liberty, Ryan Graham Chairman-Elect, Libertarian Party of Georgia” Again thank you for all you do and for all the help you can provide Georgia. -- Victoria Paige Lee BSN,RN Region 2 Alternate Libertarian National Committee 901-390-0578 "Every man must have freedom, must have the scope to form, test, and act upon his own choices, for any sort of development of his own personality to take place. He must, in short, be free in order that he may fully be human." -Murray Rothbard

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Fwd: Re: Georgia Presidential Filing
by Lauren Daugherty 07 Apr '19

07 Apr '19

Hi everyone, I asked Richard Winger for his thoughts on this. Please see his response below. Lauren -------- Forwarded Message -------- Subject: Re: [Lnc-business] Georgia Presidential Filing Date: Sat, 6 Apr 2019 04:57:13 +0000 (UTC) From: Richard Winger Reply-To: Richard Winger To: Lauren Daugherty It's only our candidates for presidential elector who must file early. The candidates for president and vice-president technically aren't candidates. And the Democratic and Republican Party national conventions are even later than the LP presidential convention. Democrats probably won't know who their vice-presidential nominee will be until their national convention or perhaps a few days before. So we're covered. Richard Winger On Friday, April 5, 2019, 7:23:46 PM PDT, Lauren Daugherty wrote: Hi Richard, Please see below and let me know your thoughts. Lauren -------- Forwarded Message -------- Subject: [Lnc-business] Georgia Presidential Filing Date: Fri, 05 Apr 2019 19:37:23 -0500 From: Victoria Paige Lee via Lnc-business <lnc-business(a)hq.lp.org> <mailto:lnc-business@hq.lp.org> Reply-To: lnc-business(a)hq.lp.org <mailto:lnc-business@hq.lp.org> Organization: Libertarian National Committee To: LNC-Business List <lnc-business(a)hq.lp.org> <mailto:lnc-business@hq.lp.org>, ryan.graham(a)lpgeorgia.com <mailto:ryan.graham@lpgeorgia.com>, cara.schulz(a)lp.org <mailto:cara.schulz@lp.org> CC: Victoria Paige Lee <victoria.paige.lee(a)lp.org> <mailto:victoria.paige.lee@lp.org> Hey everyone. I’m going to copy an email I received from Ryan Graham of Georgia concerning their presidential filing. I have added Ryan and Cara Shultz to this message so that hopefully someone can help them get their concerns heard and questions answered. “Hey Team, I wasn't sure who to reach out to about this, but we have some concerns with new laws down here in Georgia. Our candidates are now required to file much earlier than in the past, at the same time as the Republicans and Democrats are filing for their primaries. It caused some confusion down here in 2018 with us showing up on the qualified candidates on the SOS site for the General election before anyone else. In 2018 our filing was March 5-9. We had to have our state convention in February to insure our candidates had time to get on the ballot. I anticipate a similar scenario for 2020. My concerns are around our Presidential candidate, whomever they might be. If we won't have our candidate until May, I worry it may be too late. Please look into this and make sure we'll be able to get our Presidential candidate on the ballot in Georgia. -- In Liberty, Ryan Graham Chairman-Elect, Libertarian Party of Georgia” Again thank you for all you do and for all the help you can provide Georgia. -- Victoria Paige Lee BSN,RN Region 2 Alternate Libertarian National Committee 901-390-0578 "Every man must have freedom, must have the scope to form, test, and act upon his own choices, for any sort of development of his own personality to take place. He must, in short, be free in order that he may fully be human." -Murray Rothbard

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incorrect reserve calculations in monthly financials
by Alicia Mattson 07 Apr '19

07 Apr '19

Colleagues, It looks to me like the February financial report we just received overstates our reserve amount by about $37k. I am trying to make sense of the reserve calculations published in our monthly financial statements (p. 3, Reserve Adequacy Trend chart), and not just for this one most recent month. Over the past two years, the FORMULA used to calculate the blue number in that chart (called "Curr Month Resv" in the header) has changed several times without our knowledge. As I will show you, the several different formulas used at different times give very different answers when applied to the same month's data, often portraying our financial position as being better than I think it really is. It seems that for some LNC members, the reserve is the main number they look at for a quick snapshot of our current position, so it's important to get that number right. First, a big-picture concept: what does our reserve level calculate? Why is it an important measure? It calculates whether we have enough unrestricted cash on hand to pay the next month's worth of occupancy, labor, and governance expenses. The amount of cash we need to meet that goal is listed as the "Resv Target" in that p. 3 chart on our monthly financials. The blue number is the available cash we currently have relative to that target number. The 2019 goal is to have $57,225 at the end of each month. The February 2019 chart shows us at -$11,529, but I think we're really at -$48,839. Please refer to the attached spreadsheet, and below I will walk you through it. You won't be able to follow this well on a phone...get your full-sized screen. :-) The numbers in rows 4 - 15 are copied/pasted directly from the monthly financial reports sent to the LNC on this email list. I have listed the page and line numbers where those figures can be found in each month's report. These are the data points that (at various times) have been (or ought to be) used in the reserve calculation. Row 21 is each month's reported reserve amount, also copied/pasted directly from the blue "Curr Month Resv" in the p. 3 Reserve Adequacy Trend chart in the monthly financial reports. Row 16 contains the formula that represents how I believe the reserve should be consistently calculated. Rows 17-20 show four of the several different formulas that seem to have been used at different times over the past two years to calculate row 21. You'll quickly notice that the results of the four different formulas applied to the same month's data aren't even similar figures. MAR - SEPT 2017 >From March 2017 to September 2017, it seems that the formula in Row 17 was used to calculate the published number in Row 21. This formula is close to my proposed formula in Row 16 for that time frame. For three of those seven months I noticed manual errors were made in calculating the published number, as described in rows 25 - 27, but otherwise that formula was used consistently for those seven months. OCT - DEC 2017 I have no theory about how the October to December 2017 figures in Row 21 were derived. The numbers don't track with any of the other formulas I identified here. JAN - FEB 2018 It seems the formula in Row 18 was used to calculate the published number in Row 21, but only for two months. MAR - MAY 2018 It seems the formula in Row 19 was used to calculate the published number in Row 21, but only for three months. JUN - JULY 2018 I have no theory about how the figures in Row 21 were derived. The numbers don't track with any of the other formulas I identified here. AUG - DEC 2018 It seems the formula in Row 20 was used to calculate the published number in Row 21 (with the exception of a $1000 manual error described in Row 28). Whatever the correct formula is, it should be the same formula from month to month, not changing at least five times within a two-year period, with such wildly different results which overstate our position. I had an email discussion with Mr. Hagan and Mr. Kraus about these fluctuations just prior to our March 9-10 LNC meeting, and Mr. Hagan intended to work with Mr. Kraus during that weekend to establish an approved formula. Now we have a new financial statement, and I can't figure out how this one was calculated, either. It may well be that Mr. Hagan and Mr. Kraus didn't have a chance to work on it during the weekend of that meeting, but since the reserve is the lead number that was referenced when the February report was sent to us, it seems this should be sorted out sooner rather than later so that the LNC can rely on consistent data. -Alicia

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update on revenue and finances
by Lauren Daugherty 05 Apr '19

05 Apr '19

Dear LNC, Our March revenues were the best we've had in over a decade. Despite that, our bank balance still hovers at $0. Our operating costs are going to increase significantly later this month. While our financial situation has improved greatly over the past several months, it is still tenuous. We are current on paying bills but we do not have a financial reserve. Lauren & Robert -- Lauren Daugherty Interim Executive Director Libertarian National Committee

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Selection of Dan Fishman for Executive Director
by Nicholas Sarwark 01 Apr '19

01 Apr '19

Dear All, After a very thorough search process and careful consideration of all of the candidates, I have decided to offer Dan Fishman the position of Executive Director. Thank you to all of you who have publicly and privately offered advice and feedback during this process, it has been very valuable to me in providing insight and perspective I did not have. A proposed contract is being finalized with input from Oliver Hall and the Employment Policy and Compensation Committee. When that is final, it will be available to any LNC member who agrees to keep it confidential for review and I will start a mail ballot for the vote to ratify my decision as required. Mr. Fishman's mother recently passed away and I do not expect he will making any public statements until the traditional week of mourning ends this Wednesday. Yours truly, Nick

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Fwd: resignation from Convention Voting Committee
by Jeff Lyons 01 Apr '19

01 Apr '19

Get Outlook for Android ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: "Jeff Lyons" <jeff.lyons.1987(a)gmail.com> Date: Mon, Apr 1, 2019 at 4:11 PM -0400 Subject: Fwd: resignation from Convention Voting Committee To: <Jeff.lyons(a)lp.org> ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Dan Fishman <fishdan(a)gmail.com> Date: Mon, Apr 1, 2019, 4:01 PM Subject: resignation from Convention Voting Committee To: Justin O'Donnell <justin.odonnell(a)lp.org>, Jeff Lyons <jeff.lyons.1987(a)gmail.com> To whom it may concern, As I am about to become XD I think I should resign from the Convention voting committee to free up a space for someone else. That being said, I intend to stay very involved with the process. I have already had some technical discussions about the feasibility using opavote with data loaded via a scantron machine and paper ballots. Dan

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February Financial Reports
by Tim Hagan 01 Apr '19

01 Apr '19

The February End-of-Month Financial Reports are attached. Mr. Kraus added a new chart on page 4 showing the percentage of non-convention revenue from memberships, general fundraising, and projects. The share of revenue from membership has increased from 33% in 2015 to 40% this year. The reserve is expected to become positive in March. --- Tim Hagan Treasurer, Libertarian National Committee

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