[LPGa Executive Committee] Updates and Budget Motions

[Bobby Rouse]

Yes to all three

On Tue, May 7, 2019, 10:01 PM Michel Powell via Lpgaexcomm <
lpgaexcomm at lists.lpgeorgia.com> wrote:

> Third on
>
> On Mon, May 6, 2019, 4:13 PM Stephanie Aylworth via Lpgaexcomm <
> lpgaexcomm at lists.lpgeorgia.com> wrote:
>
>> Yay on all three.
>>
>> Stephanie Aylworth
>>
>> On May 6, 2019, at 3:30 PM, Ryan Graham via Lpgaexcomm <
>> lpgaexcomm at lists.lpgeorgia.com> 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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