[LPGa Executive Committee] Updates and Budget Motions

[Allen Buckley]

Second on all three

On 5/6/2019 3:30 PM, Ryan Graham via Lpgaexcomm wrote:
>
> Still waiting for Seconds on the three motions mentioned below so we 
> can get an email vote going.
>
> ---
> In Liberty,
> Ryan Graham
> Chair, Libertarian Party of Georgia
>
>
> On 2019-05-02 22:23, Ryan Graham wrote:
>
>> Hey Team,
>>
>> Happy May! I just wanted to send out an email with a few updated 
>> items as well as a few things we need to update in the budget.
>>
>> *Ballot Access Lawsuit Fundraising:*
>>
>> We have collected $5,767.86 so far. We have another $3,220 pledged, 
>> but that hasn't been donated yet. That total is $8,987.86. Our goal 
>> is $15,000 so we still have quite a ways to go. As of now, we owe 
>> Bryan Sells $8,945.66. Please donate if you haven't.
>>
>> LPHQ(National Staff) have offered us quite a bit of assistance in our 
>> efforts. You probably saw the email go out from national about our 
>> fundraising. New Executive Director, Dan Fishman, has also been phone 
>> banking on our behalf. Finally, they are sending us a check for 
>> $1,000 from their discretionary funds.
>>
>> We are still awaiting help from the LNC.
>>
>> *Filing Fees Refunded:*
>>
>> We received our filing fee refund of 75% of the filing fees paid by 
>> candidates in the last election cycle. This was $22,700.98 and it was 
>> deposited directly into our Leveling Fund.
>>
>> *General Housekeeping:*
>>
>> Goal Updates - 
>> https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1GFpvlxQoAUPHpFTcPe0cIetxwcymgkV3vJEw3NO9USg/edit?usp=sharing
>>
>> Updated Budget - 
>> https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1qsCbPe_bgIAPBRc-zwc7F8Pps-AA3Rl4_j00M1XQNK4/edit?usp=sharing 
>>
>>
>> *Motion 1:*
>>
>> Last month, I took all of our CiviCRM contacts and imported them into 
>> MailChimp. Our contact list grew by quite a bit, and the open rate 
>> increased as well. We ended up raising over $1,000 with the  new 
>> list. With that being said, the monthly cost of Mailchimp has gone up 
>> from $75 to $90.
>>
>> I make a motion to amend the budget to increase the monthly 
>> expenditure for Mailchimp to be $90. Still need a second, and then 
>> we'll set up an email ballot for each motion.
>>
>> *Motion 2:*
>>
>> Storage expenses went up from $57 a month to $59 a month.
>>
>> I make a motion to amend the budget to increase the monthly 
>> expenditure for storage to $59.
>>
>> *Motion 3:*
>>
>> Three of our candidates in 2018 paid the entirety of their filing 
>> fees, John Turpish, Martin Cowen, and me. We made the disbursements 
>> because it was promised back to those candidates then, but it wasn't 
>> properly included in the budget. We need to amend the budget to 
>> account for disbursing $9,260.15 in total back to these candidates.
>>
>> I make a motion to amend the budget to add a leveling fund 
>> expenditure of $9,260.15 to reflect disbursement of filing fees back 
>> to those candidates who paid the full amount.
>>
>> It's worth noting that John Turpish has already donated the entirety 
>> of his disbursement back to the LP Georgia, so we welcome him as our 
>> latest Lifetime member. That donation was split three ways evenly 
>> among the Operations fund, Leveling fund, and the Ballot Access 
>> Lawsuit fund. I also made a donation of $1,000 towards the ballot 
>> access lawsuit and have become a LPGa Lifetime member.
>>
>> -- 
>> In Liberty,
>> Ryan Graham
>> Chair, Libertarian Party of Georgia
>
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